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  "entry_id": "TSP-ENT-000200",
  "slug": "edify",
  "url_path": "/types-symbols/edify/",
  "canonical_name": "Edify",
  "entry_classifications": [
    "METAPHOR"
  ],
  "modules": [],
  "aliases": [],
  "legacy_present": true,
  "legacy_raw_wording_public": false,
  "senses": [
    {
      "sense_id": "TSP-SNS-000477",
      "label": "Edify/build up as an explicit building metaphor for strengthening persons or the church",
      "classification": "METAPHOR",
      "definition": "The Greek building verb oikodomeō is used figuratively for strengthening or building up believers and the church.",
      "not_always": "The English theological verb “edify” reflects this building metaphor; it is not itself a separate symbol for an edifice.",
      "scope_note": "Treat edification as lexicalized building metaphor whose referent is supplied by context.",
      "claims": [
        {
          "claim_id": "TSP-CLM-000477",
          "statement": "The legacy “edify = building/edifice” wording reverses the relationship: New Testament edification is itself an explicit building metaphor for strengthening believers and the church.",
          "asserted_classifications": [
            "METAPHOR"
          ],
          "type_kinds": [],
          "evidence_grade": 1,
          "grade_basis": "G1_EXPLICIT_BIBLICAL_INTERPRETATION",
          "status": "REQUIRES_RECLASSIFICATION",
          "public_wording_class": "CATEGORY_OR_RECLASSIFICATION_NOTICE",
          "scope_limitation": "Treat edification as lexicalized building metaphor whose referent is supplied by context.",
          "strongest_alternative_explanation": null,
          "residual_uncertainty": "No material residual uncertainty beyond the stated scope limitation.",
          "theological_intersections": [
            "ECCLESIOLOGY",
            "SANCTIFICATION"
          ],
          "scripture_references": [
            {
              "passage_ref_id": "TSP-PAS-000757",
              "osis_start": "1Thess.5.11",
              "osis_end": null,
              "display_label": "1 Thessalonians 5:11",
              "versification_system": "ENGLISH_STANDARD"
            },
            {
              "passage_ref_id": "TSP-PAS-000758",
              "osis_start": "Eph.4.12",
              "osis_end": "Eph.4.16",
              "display_label": "Ephesians 4:12–16",
              "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-000186",
              "author_editor": "BibleHub lexical summary",
              "title": "Greek oikodomeo: build / build up / edify",
              "publication_data": "Accessed/verified 2026-09-20",
              "locator": "https://biblehub.com/greek/3618.htm",
              "verification_level": "V3_CLAIM_VERIFIED",
              "source_function": [
                "TEXT_ESTABLISHMENT"
              ],
              "locator_targets": [
                {
                  "kind": "EXTERNAL_URL",
                  "target": "https://biblehub.com/greek/3618.htm"
                }
              ]
            }
          ],
          "s8_wording_provenance": null
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "lexeme_mappings": [
    {
      "lexeme_link_id": "TSP-LEX-000128",
      "language": "GREEK",
      "lemma_unicode": "οἰκοδομέω",
      "transliteration": "oikodomeō",
      "strongs_id": "G3618",
      "owner_tier": "TSP_MAPPING_ONLY",
      "semantic_domain_ids": []
    }
  ],
  "canonical_relationships": [],
  "negative_guardrails": []
}