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  "slug": "adder",
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  "canonical_name": "Adder",
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    "ANGELIC_HEAVENLY_BEINGS",
    "ANIMALS"
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  "legacy_raw_wording_public": false,
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      "sense_id": "TSP-SNS-000169",
      "label": "Adder/viper is primarily a reptile/translation category, not a fixed symbol.",
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      "definition": "The English label \"adder\" refers to venomous snake/viper terminology in older translations; that lexical/translation fact should be separated from later metaphorical uses.",
      "not_always": "Different Hebrew snake terms are rendered with overlapping English labels; the English headword itself does not carry one theological meaning.",
      "scope_note": "Different Hebrew snake terms are rendered with overlapping English labels; the English headword itself does not carry one theological meaning.",
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          "statement": "The English label \"adder\" refers to venomous snake/viper terminology in older translations; that lexical/translation fact should be separated from later metaphorical uses.",
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          "evidence_grade": 4,
          "grade_basis": "G4_RECURRENT_CANONICAL_MOTIF_OR_STRONG_THEMATIC_PATTERN",
          "status": "REQUIRES_RECLASSIFICATION",
          "public_wording_class": "CATEGORY_OR_RECLASSIFICATION_NOTICE",
          "scope_limitation": "Different Hebrew snake terms are rendered with overlapping English labels; the English headword itself does not carry one theological meaning.",
          "strongest_alternative_explanation": "The entry may be retained as an alias/pointer into serpent/viper imagery rather than an independent symbolic code.",
          "residual_uncertainty": "No material residual uncertainty beyond the stated scope limitation.",
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            {
              "passage_ref_id": "TSP-PAS-000279",
              "osis_start": "Ps.58.4",
              "osis_end": null,
              "display_label": "Psalm 58:4",
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              "title": "Canonical Scripture: TSP-S3 Batch 1 loci, MT/LXX/NA28 with NET/ESV comparison",
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      "sense_id": "TSP-SNS-000170",
      "label": "Viper/serpent imagery is explicitly applied to hostile religious leaders in specified Gospel contexts.",
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      "definition": "John the Baptist and Jesus call Pharisaic/Sadducean opponents a brood of vipers/serpents, establishing a context-specific metaphor of dangerous and condemned religious opposition.",
      "not_always": "The metaphor applies to the persons addressed in these contexts; it is not a universal label for every false teacher.",
      "scope_note": "The metaphor applies to the persons addressed in these contexts; it is not a universal label for every false teacher.",
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          "grade_basis": "G1_EXPLICIT_BIBLICAL_INTERPRETATION",
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          "public_wording_class": "SCRIPTURE_EXPLICITLY_IDENTIFIES",
          "scope_limitation": "The metaphor applies to the persons addressed in these contexts; it is not a universal label for every false teacher.",
          "strongest_alternative_explanation": null,
          "residual_uncertainty": "No material residual uncertainty beyond the stated scope limitation.",
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              "passage_ref_id": "TSP-PAS-000280",
              "osis_start": "Matt.3.7",
              "osis_end": null,
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              "passage_ref_id": "TSP-PAS-000281",
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      "sense_id": "TSP-SNS-000171",
      "label": "Adder/viper is a fixed symbol of Satan.",
      "classification": "SYMBOL",
      "definition": "Scripture explicitly identifies the ancient serpent with Satan in Revelation, but it does not independently identify the English category \"adder\" or every viper with Satan.",
      "not_always": "Serpent/Satan identification in Revelation cannot be transferred automatically to every venomous-snake term.",
      "scope_note": "Serpent/Satan identification in Revelation cannot be transferred automatically to every venomous-snake term.",
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        {
          "claim_id": "TSP-CLM-000171",
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          "public_wording_class": "INSUFFICIENT_BIBLICAL_EVIDENCE",
          "scope_limitation": "Serpent/Satan identification in Revelation cannot be transferred automatically to every venomous-snake term.",
          "strongest_alternative_explanation": "Adder/viper imagery often functions as ordinary or metaphorical danger language without a Satanic referent.",
          "residual_uncertainty": "No material residual uncertainty beyond the stated scope limitation.",
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              "passage_ref_id": "TSP-PAS-000282",
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      "sense_id": "TSP-SNS-000172",
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      "classification": "SYMBOL",
      "definition": "Specific religious opponents are called vipers/serpents, but Scripture does not establish a universal adder/viper code for the category \"false teachers.\"",
      "not_always": "The Gospel metaphors are person- and context-specific; the broader doctrinal category \"false teacher\" must be established independently in each passage.",
      "scope_note": "The Gospel metaphors are person- and context-specific; the broader doctrinal category \"false teacher\" must be established independently in each passage.",
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          "strongest_alternative_explanation": "The imagery depicts dangerous, hypocritical, condemned opponents in specific contexts rather than defining a universal office/category.",
          "residual_uncertainty": "No material residual uncertainty beyond the stated scope limitation.",
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      "guardrail_id": "TSP-S6-R03-P03-GRD-004",
      "canonical_relation_status": "NEGATIVE_GUARDRAIL_INSUFFICIENT",
      "adjudication_outcome": "INSUFFICIENT_BIBLICAL_EVIDENCE",
      "decision_statement": "No positive canonical type/symbol relationship is promoted beyond the source evidence: Scripture explicitly identifies the ancient serpent with Satan in Revelation, but it does not independently identify the English category \"adder\" or every viper with Satan."
    }
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}