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  "id": "lentils",
  "name": "Lentils",
  "aliases": [],
  "originalTerms": [],
  "shortDefinition": "Common food; notable in Esau/Jacob narrative.",
  "biblicalUse": "Lentils is used in Scripture in ordinary-life, narrative, worship, teaching, legal, or symbolic contexts according to the listed references.",
  "symbolicUse": "",
  "usageTypes": [],
  "relatedItems": [],
  "verses": [
    {
      "reference": "Genesis 25:34",
      "book": "Genesis",
      "chapter": 25,
      "verse": 34,
      "netUrl": "/bible/net/genesis/25/#genesis-25-34",
      "occurrenceType": "listed_reference",
      "usageType": "narrative",
      "note": "Listed reference for this Bible Everyday Life item.",
      "reviewStatus": "listed"
    }
  ],
  "reviewStatus": "listed",
  "lastReviewed": "2026-06-14",
  "categories": [
    {
      "id": "food-drink",
      "title": "Food, Drink and Cooking Items in Scripture",
      "url": "/bible-everyday-life/food-drink/"
    }
  ],
  "url": "/bible-everyday-life/items/lentils/",
  "canonicalUrl": "https://ai-bible-commentary.com/bible-everyday-life/items/lentils/",
  "localStrongEvidence": {
    "source": "/data/bible-everyday-life/local-strongs-audit.json",
    "matchCount": 1,
    "uniqueStrongNumbers": [
      "H5742"
    ],
    "matches": [
      {
        "itemId": "lentils",
        "itemName": "Lentils",
        "reference": "Genesis 25:34",
        "localKjvReference": "Genesis 25:34",
        "book": "Genesis",
        "chapter": 25,
        "verse": 34,
        "kjvUrl": "/bible/kjv-strongs/genesis/25/#genesis-25-34",
        "tokenText": "of lentiles",
        "rawStrongNumbers": [
          "H5742"
        ],
        "strongs": [
          "H5742"
        ],
        "primaryStrong": "H5742",
        "morph": "",
        "lemmaTransliteration": [],
        "matchTerm": "lentiles",
        "matchTermNormalized": "lentiles",
        "matchSource": "controlled_kjv_alias",
        "confidence": "review",
        "contentStrongNumbers": [
          "H5742"
        ]
      }
    ]
  },
  "strongsOccurrenceExpansion": {
    "source": "/data/bible-everyday-life/strongs-occurrence-expansion.json",
    "occurrenceCount": 4,
    "uniqueReferenceCount": 4,
    "bookCount": 3,
    "strongs": [
      "H5742"
    ]
  },
  "occurrencePrecision": {
    "level": "context-sensitive lexical range",
    "readerGuidance": "The references are useful, but the wording should be read in context because related English terms are included.",
    "listedReferenceCount": 1,
    "expandedUniqueReferenceCount": 4,
    "expandedOccurrenceCount": 4,
    "bookCount": 3
  }
}