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  "entry_id": "TSP-ENT-000062",
  "slug": "anoint",
  "url_path": "/types-symbols/anoint/",
  "canonical_name": "Anoint",
  "entry_classifications": [
    "ORDINARY_DESCRIPTION",
    "SYMBOL",
    "SYMBOLIC_ACTION"
  ],
  "modules": [
    "OFFICES"
  ],
  "aliases": [],
  "legacy_present": true,
  "legacy_raw_wording_public": false,
  "senses": [
    {
      "sense_id": "TSP-SNS-000186",
      "label": "Anointing as consecratory/commissioning action",
      "classification": "SYMBOLIC_ACTION",
      "definition": "In priestly installation, anointing is a literal ritual action that accompanies consecration and sanctification for service; Scripture distinguishes these coordinated actions rather than making \"anoint\" a synonym for sanctification.",
      "not_always": "This finding is strongest in priestly and royal commissioning contexts. Anointing has additional functions elsewhere and should not be reduced to a single abstract definition.",
      "scope_note": "This finding is strongest in priestly and royal commissioning contexts. Anointing has additional functions elsewhere and should not be reduced to a single abstract definition.",
      "claims": [
        {
          "claim_id": "TSP-CLM-000186",
          "statement": "In priestly installation, anointing is a literal ritual action that accompanies consecration and sanctification for service; Scripture distinguishes these coordinated actions rather than making \"anoint\" a synonym for sanctification.",
          "asserted_classifications": [
            "SYMBOLIC_ACTION",
            "ORDINARY_DESCRIPTION"
          ],
          "type_kinds": [],
          "evidence_grade": 1,
          "grade_basis": "G1_EXPLICIT_BIBLICAL_INTERPRETATION",
          "status": "REQUIRES_RECLASSIFICATION",
          "public_wording_class": "CATEGORY_OR_RECLASSIFICATION_NOTICE",
          "scope_limitation": "This finding is strongest in priestly and royal commissioning contexts. Anointing has additional functions elsewhere and should not be reduced to a single abstract definition.",
          "strongest_alternative_explanation": null,
          "residual_uncertainty": "No material residual uncertainty beyond the stated scope limitation.",
          "theological_intersections": [
            "SANCTIFICATION"
          ],
          "scripture_references": [
            {
              "passage_ref_id": "TSP-PAS-000312",
              "osis_start": "Exod.28.41",
              "osis_end": null,
              "display_label": "Exodus 28:41",
              "versification_system": "ENGLISH_STANDARD"
            },
            {
              "passage_ref_id": "TSP-PAS-000313",
              "osis_start": "Lev.8.12",
              "osis_end": null,
              "display_label": "Leviticus 8:12",
              "versification_system": "ENGLISH_STANDARD"
            },
            {
              "passage_ref_id": "TSP-PAS-000314",
              "osis_start": "1Sam.16.13",
              "osis_end": null,
              "display_label": "1 Samuel 16:13",
              "versification_system": "ENGLISH_STANDARD"
            }
          ],
          "source_citations": [
            {
              "source_id": "TSP-SRC-000094",
              "author_editor": null,
              "title": "Canonical Scripture: TSP-S3 Batch 2 loci, MT/LXX/NA28 with NET/ESV comparison",
              "publication_data": "Passage loci verified for TSP-S3 Batch 2, 2026-09-20",
              "locator": "https://classic.net.bible.org/",
              "verification_level": "V4_QUOTATION_VERIFIED",
              "source_function": [
                "CANONICAL_AUTHORITY",
                "TEXT_ESTABLISHMENT"
              ],
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                }
              ]
            }
          ],
          "s8_wording_provenance": null
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "sense_id": "TSP-SNS-000187",
      "label": "Anointing as a fixed symbol of sanctification",
      "classification": "SYMBOL",
      "definition": "The legacy wording should not be read as a fixed equation in which every biblical act of anointing symbolizes sanctification. Biblical anointing can consecrate, commission, honor, heal, prepare for burial, or function in ordinary grooming depending on context.",
      "not_always": "Priestly consecration is a real association; the universal symbolic equation is not.",
      "scope_note": "Priestly consecration is a real association; the universal symbolic equation is not.",
      "claims": [
        {
          "claim_id": "TSP-CLM-000187",
          "statement": "The legacy wording should not be read as a fixed equation in which every biblical act of anointing symbolizes sanctification. Biblical anointing can consecrate, commission, honor, heal, prepare for burial, or function in ordinary grooming depending on context.",
          "asserted_classifications": [
            "SYMBOL"
          ],
          "type_kinds": [],
          "evidence_grade": 7,
          "grade_basis": "G7_INSUFFICIENT_BIBLICAL_EVIDENCE",
          "status": "INSUFFICIENT_BIBLICAL_EVIDENCE",
          "public_wording_class": "INSUFFICIENT_BIBLICAL_EVIDENCE",
          "scope_limitation": "Priestly consecration is a real association; the universal symbolic equation is not.",
          "strongest_alternative_explanation": "Anointing is a concrete action whose theological function is supplied by each literary and covenantal context.",
          "residual_uncertainty": "No material residual uncertainty beyond the stated scope limitation.",
          "theological_intersections": [
            "SANCTIFICATION"
          ],
          "scripture_references": [
            {
              "passage_ref_id": "TSP-PAS-000315",
              "osis_start": "Exod.28.41",
              "osis_end": null,
              "display_label": "Exodus 28:41",
              "versification_system": "ENGLISH_STANDARD"
            },
            {
              "passage_ref_id": "TSP-PAS-000316",
              "osis_start": "Mark.14.8",
              "osis_end": null,
              "display_label": "Mark 14:8",
              "versification_system": "ENGLISH_STANDARD"
            }
          ],
          "source_citations": [
            {
              "source_id": "TSP-SRC-000094",
              "author_editor": null,
              "title": "Canonical Scripture: TSP-S3 Batch 2 loci, MT/LXX/NA28 with NET/ESV comparison",
              "publication_data": "Passage loci verified for TSP-S3 Batch 2, 2026-09-20",
              "locator": "https://classic.net.bible.org/",
              "verification_level": "V4_QUOTATION_VERIFIED",
              "source_function": [
                "CANONICAL_AUTHORITY",
                "TEXT_ESTABLISHMENT"
              ],
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                  "target": "https://classic.net.bible.org/"
                }
              ]
            }
          ],
          "s8_wording_provenance": null
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "lexeme_mappings": [
    {
      "lexeme_link_id": "TSP-LEX-000077",
      "language": "HEBREW",
      "lemma_unicode": "מָשַׁח",
      "transliteration": "mashach",
      "strongs_id": null,
      "owner_tier": "TSP_MAPPING_ONLY",
      "semantic_domain_ids": []
    }
  ],
  "canonical_relationships": [],
  "negative_guardrails": []
}