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  "entry_id": "TSP-ENT-000145",
  "slug": "cheek",
  "url_path": "/types-symbols/cheek/",
  "canonical_name": "Cheek",
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    "IMAGE",
    "SYMBOL"
  ],
  "modules": [
    "BODY_PARTS_IDIOMS"
  ],
  "aliases": [],
  "legacy_present": true,
  "legacy_raw_wording_public": false,
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    {
      "sense_id": "TSP-SNS-000366",
      "label": "Cheek as literal body part and target of striking",
      "classification": "ORDINARY_DESCRIPTION",
      "definition": "Cheek is first an actual body part; striking or exposing the cheek is a concrete act that can carry social meaning.",
      "not_always": "Theological significance arises from the act and context, not from the cheek as an intrinsic symbol.",
      "scope_note": "Theological significance arises from the act and context, not from the cheek as an intrinsic symbol.",
      "claims": [
        {
          "claim_id": "TSP-CLM-000366",
          "statement": "The headword must begin with literal anatomy and action before any idiomatic or symbolic association is assigned.",
          "asserted_classifications": [
            "ORDINARY_DESCRIPTION"
          ],
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          "evidence_grade": 1,
          "grade_basis": "G1_EXPLICIT_BIBLICAL_INTERPRETATION",
          "status": "REQUIRES_RECLASSIFICATION",
          "public_wording_class": "CATEGORY_OR_RECLASSIFICATION_NOTICE",
          "scope_limitation": "Theological significance arises from the act and context, not from the cheek as an intrinsic symbol.",
          "strongest_alternative_explanation": null,
          "residual_uncertainty": "No material residual uncertainty beyond the stated scope limitation.",
          "theological_intersections": [
            "OTHER"
          ],
          "scripture_references": [
            {
              "passage_ref_id": "TSP-PAS-000595",
              "osis_start": "Matt.5.39",
              "osis_end": null,
              "display_label": "Matthew 5:39",
              "versification_system": "ENGLISH_STANDARD"
            }
          ],
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              "source_id": "TSP-SRC-000131",
              "author_editor": null,
              "title": "Canonical Scripture: TSP-S3 Batch 10 loci, MT/LXX/NA28 with NET/ESV comparison",
              "publication_data": "Accessed/verified 2026-09-20",
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        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "sense_id": "TSP-SNS-000367",
      "label": "Smitten cheek as recurrent image of insult, humiliation, and suffering",
      "classification": "IMAGE",
      "definition": "Striking or offering the cheek can express insult, humiliation, suffering, or patient non-retaliation.",
      "not_always": "Different contexts emphasize insult, submission to suffering, or refusal to retaliate.",
      "scope_note": "Different contexts emphasize insult, submission to suffering, or refusal to retaliate.",
      "claims": [
        {
          "claim_id": "TSP-CLM-000367",
          "statement": "The inherited suffering association is strongly supported when restricted to smiting/humiliation contexts; the cheek itself is not a universal suffering symbol.",
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            "IMAGE"
          ],
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          "evidence_grade": 4,
          "grade_basis": "G4_RECURRENT_CANONICAL_MOTIF_OR_STRONG_THEMATIC_PATTERN",
          "status": "STRONGLY_SUPPORTED",
          "public_wording_class": "STRONGLY_SUPPORTED_PATTERN",
          "scope_limitation": "Different contexts emphasize insult, submission to suffering, or refusal to retaliate.",
          "strongest_alternative_explanation": null,
          "residual_uncertainty": "No material residual uncertainty beyond the stated scope limitation.",
          "theological_intersections": [
            "OTHER"
          ],
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            {
              "passage_ref_id": "TSP-PAS-000596",
              "osis_start": "Isa.50.6",
              "osis_end": null,
              "display_label": "Isaiah 50:6",
              "versification_system": "ENGLISH_STANDARD"
            },
            {
              "passage_ref_id": "TSP-PAS-000597",
              "osis_start": "Lam.3.30",
              "osis_end": null,
              "display_label": "Lamentations 3:30",
              "versification_system": "ENGLISH_STANDARD"
            }
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        }
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    },
    {
      "sense_id": "TSP-SNS-000368",
      "label": "Cheek = testing code",
      "classification": "SYMBOL",
      "definition": "The legacy entry adds testing as a generalized cheek meaning.",
      "not_always": "Testing must be demonstrated independently in passages that actually concern testing.",
      "scope_note": "Testing must be demonstrated independently in passages that actually concern testing.",
      "claims": [
        {
          "claim_id": "TSP-CLM-000368",
          "statement": "Scripture does not establish the cheek as a fixed symbol of testing; suffering and insult contexts do not by themselves create a testing code.",
          "asserted_classifications": [
            "SYMBOL"
          ],
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          "evidence_grade": 7,
          "grade_basis": "G7_INSUFFICIENT_BIBLICAL_EVIDENCE",
          "status": "INSUFFICIENT_BIBLICAL_EVIDENCE",
          "public_wording_class": "INSUFFICIENT_BIBLICAL_EVIDENCE",
          "scope_limitation": "Testing must be demonstrated independently in passages that actually concern testing.",
          "strongest_alternative_explanation": "Insult, humiliation, and non-retaliation better explain the relevant cheek passages.",
          "residual_uncertainty": "No material residual uncertainty beyond the stated scope limitation.",
          "theological_intersections": [
            "OTHER"
          ],
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  "canonical_relationships": [],
  "negative_guardrails": []
}