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      "not_always": "The genitive phrases must be read in context; crown is not a single detachable code for all rewards everywhere.",
      "scope_note": "The reward/victor metaphor is explicit and recurrent.",
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          "statement": "The legacy Crown association with reward and life is strongly established in explicit New Testament crown-of-life, crown-of-righteousness, and crown-of-glory reward imagery.",
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          "scope_limitation": "These phrases establish reward imagery; they do not erase other literal, royal, mocking, or visionary crown contexts.",
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          "residual_uncertainty": "No material residual uncertainty beyond the stated scope limitation.",
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              "passage_ref_id": "TSP-PAS-000668",
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              "osis_end": null,
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              "passage_ref_id": "TSP-PAS-000670",
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              "osis_end": null,
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              "passage_ref_id": "TSP-PAS-000671",
              "osis_start": "1Pet.5.4",
              "osis_end": null,
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            {
              "source_id": "TSP-SRC-000164",
              "author_editor": "BibleHub lexical summary",
              "title": "Greek stephanos and diadema: crown/wreath and royal diadem",
              "publication_data": "Accessed/verified 2026-09-20",
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        }
      ]
    },
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      "sense_id": "TSP-SNS-000424",
      "label": "Crown/diadem as royal and rulership insignia in context",
      "classification": "IMAGE",
      "definition": "Crowns and diadems can visibly mark royal/exalted status and rulership in historical or apocalyptic contexts.",
      "not_always": "Stephanos and diadema overlap but are not interchangeable in every text; crown imagery also appears in non-royal reward and mockery contexts.",
      "scope_note": "Retain kingship/rulership only where the context supplies it.",
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        {
          "claim_id": "TSP-CLM-000424",
          "statement": "The legacy Crown association with kingship and rulership is strongly supported in royal and apocalyptic contexts, but it is contextual rather than a universal crown code.",
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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": "CANONICAL_MOTIF",
          "scope_limitation": "Reward wreaths, crowns of mockery, and royal diadems must remain distinct contextual senses.",
          "strongest_alternative_explanation": null,
          "residual_uncertainty": "No material residual uncertainty beyond the stated scope limitation.",
          "theological_intersections": [
            "CHRISTOLOGY",
            "ESCHATOLOGY"
          ],
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            {
              "passage_ref_id": "TSP-PAS-000672",
              "osis_start": "Rev.19.11",
              "osis_end": "Rev.19.16",
              "display_label": "Revelation 19:11–16",
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            }
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              "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",
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                "TEXT_ESTABLISHMENT"
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            },
            {
              "source_id": "TSP-SRC-000164",
              "author_editor": "BibleHub lexical summary",
              "title": "Greek stephanos and diadema: crown/wreath and royal diadem",
              "publication_data": "Accessed/verified 2026-09-20",
              "locator": "https://biblehub.com/greek/4735.htm; https://biblehub.com/greek/1238.htm",
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      "lexeme_link_id": "TSP-LEX-000098",
      "language": "GREEK",
      "lemma_unicode": "στέφανος",
      "transliteration": "stephanos",
      "strongs_id": "G4735",
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      "semantic_domain_ids": []
    },
    {
      "lexeme_link_id": "TSP-LEX-000099",
      "language": "GREEK",
      "lemma_unicode": "διάδημα",
      "transliteration": "diadēma",
      "strongs_id": "G1238",
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  "canonical_relationships": [],
  "negative_guardrails": []
}