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  "entry_id": "TSP-ENT-000164",
  "slug": "commandment",
  "url_path": "/types-symbols/commandment/",
  "canonical_name": "Commandment",
  "entry_classifications": [
    "ORDINARY_DESCRIPTION",
    "SYMBOL"
  ],
  "modules": [],
  "aliases": [
    {
      "alias_text": "COMMANDMENT a",
      "alias_type": "LEGACY_SPELLING"
    }
  ],
  "legacy_present": true,
  "legacy_raw_wording_public": false,
  "senses": [
    {
      "sense_id": "TSP-SNS-000407",
      "label": "Commandment as direct command/precept, not symbol of Torah",
      "classification": "ORDINARY_DESCRIPTION",
      "definition": "Hebrew mitsvah and Greek entolē denote a command, commandment, injunction, or precept; in many contexts commandments are constituent expressions of God’s law/instruction rather than symbols standing for it.",
      "not_always": "“Commandment” can refer collectively or specifically according to context, but lexical reference must not be confused with symbolic function.",
      "scope_note": "The relation to God’s law is semantic/legal and contextual, not an occult symbolic code.",
      "claims": [
        {
          "claim_id": "TSP-CLM-000407",
          "statement": "The legacy “Commandment = Law of God” wording should be reclassified: a commandment is a direct command/precept and may belong to or summarize divine law, rather than functioning as a symbol of the Law.",
          "asserted_classifications": [
            "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 does not deny collective uses of “commandment(s)” for divine instruction; it rejects the category error of treating the lexical/legal relation as symbolism.",
          "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-000643",
              "osis_start": "Deut.6.1",
              "osis_end": "Deut.6.2",
              "display_label": "Deuteronomy 6:1–2",
              "versification_system": "ENGLISH_STANDARD"
            },
            {
              "passage_ref_id": "TSP-PAS-000644",
              "osis_start": "Matt.22.36",
              "osis_end": "Matt.22.40",
              "display_label": "Matthew 22:36–40",
              "versification_system": "ENGLISH_STANDARD"
            }
          ],
          "source_citations": [
            {
              "source_id": "TSP-SRC-000001",
              "author_editor": null,
              "title": "Canonical Scripture: MT/LXX/NA28 with NET/ESV comparison",
              "publication_data": "Text loci verified for TSP-S0F Batch 1",
              "locator": null,
              "verification_level": "V4_QUOTATION_VERIFIED",
              "source_function": [
                "CANONICAL_AUTHORITY",
                "TEXT_ESTABLISHMENT"
              ],
              "locator_targets": []
            },
            {
              "source_id": "TSP-SRC-000155",
              "author_editor": "BibleHub lexical summary",
              "title": "Hebrew mitsvah and Greek entole: commandment/order/precept",
              "publication_data": "Accessed/verified 2026-09-20",
              "locator": "https://biblehub.com/hebrew/4687.htm; https://biblehub.com/greek/1785.htm",
              "verification_level": "V3_CLAIM_VERIFIED",
              "source_function": [
                "TEXT_ESTABLISHMENT"
              ],
              "locator_targets": [
                {
                  "kind": "EXTERNAL_URL",
                  "target": "https://biblehub.com/hebrew/4687.htm"
                },
                {
                  "kind": "EXTERNAL_URL",
                  "target": "https://biblehub.com/greek/1785.htm"
                }
              ]
            }
          ],
          "s8_wording_provenance": null
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "lexeme_mappings": [
    {
      "lexeme_link_id": "TSP-LEX-000084",
      "language": "HEBREW",
      "lemma_unicode": "מִצְוָה",
      "transliteration": "mitsvah",
      "strongs_id": "H4687",
      "owner_tier": "TSP_MAPPING_ONLY",
      "semantic_domain_ids": []
    },
    {
      "lexeme_link_id": "TSP-LEX-000085",
      "language": "GREEK",
      "lemma_unicode": "ἐντολή",
      "transliteration": "entolē",
      "strongs_id": "G1785",
      "owner_tier": "TSP_MAPPING_ONLY",
      "semantic_domain_ids": []
    }
  ],
  "canonical_relationships": [],
  "negative_guardrails": []
}