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  "entry_id": "TSP-ENT-000213",
  "slug": "fan",
  "url_path": "/types-symbols/fan/",
  "canonical_name": "Fan",
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    "ORDINARY_DESCRIPTION",
    "IMAGE"
  ],
  "modules": [
    "PLANTS_AGRICULTURE"
  ],
  "aliases": [],
  "legacy_present": true,
  "legacy_raw_wording_public": false,
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    {
      "sense_id": "TSP-SNS-000506",
      "label": "Winnowing fan/fork as literal agricultural implement",
      "classification": "ORDINARY_DESCRIPTION",
      "definition": "Greek ptyon denotes a winnowing fork/shovel used in threshing to separate grain from chaff.",
      "not_always": "The agricultural tool itself is not automatically a theological symbol.",
      "scope_note": "Preserve the literal winnowing implement as the image-source.",
      "claims": [
        {
          "claim_id": "TSP-CLM-000506",
          "statement": "The legacy fan must first be reclassified as a literal winnowing implement before its figurative function is assessed.",
          "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": "Preserve the literal winnowing implement as the image-source.",
          "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-000404",
              "osis_start": "Matt.3.12",
              "osis_end": null,
              "display_label": "Matthew 3:12",
              "versification_system": "ENGLISH_STANDARD"
            },
            {
              "passage_ref_id": "TSP-PAS-000795",
              "osis_start": "Luke.3.17",
              "osis_end": null,
              "display_label": "Luke 3:17",
              "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-000193",
              "author_editor": "BibleHub lexical summary",
              "title": "Greek ptyon: winnowing fork / fan",
              "publication_data": "Accessed/verified 2026-09-20",
              "locator": "https://biblehub.com/greek/4425.htm",
              "verification_level": "V3_CLAIM_VERIFIED",
              "source_function": [
                "TEXT_ESTABLISHMENT"
              ],
              "locator_targets": [
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                  "kind": "EXTERNAL_URL",
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                }
              ]
            }
          ],
          "s8_wording_provenance": null
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "sense_id": "TSP-SNS-000507",
      "label": "Winnowing-fork image of separation and judgment",
      "classification": "IMAGE",
      "definition": "John the Baptist uses the winnowing-fork/threshing-floor image to portray the Messiah separating wheat from chaff, gathering the wheat, and burning the chaff.",
      "not_always": "The image supports separation and judgment in this context, not every use of a fan or agricultural implement.",
      "scope_note": "Retain separation/judgment as the explicit Matt 3/Luke 3 image-function.",
      "claims": [
        {
          "claim_id": "TSP-CLM-000507",
          "statement": "Matthew 3:12 and Luke 3:17 strongly establish the winnowing fan/fork as an image of messianic separation and judgment in that preaching context.",
          "asserted_classifications": [
            "IMAGE"
          ],
          "type_kinds": [],
          "evidence_grade": 1,
          "grade_basis": "G1_EXPLICIT_BIBLICAL_INTERPRETATION",
          "status": "ESTABLISHED",
          "public_wording_class": "SCRIPTURE_EXPLICITLY_IDENTIFIES",
          "scope_limitation": "Retain separation/judgment as the explicit Matt 3/Luke 3 image-function.",
          "strongest_alternative_explanation": null,
          "residual_uncertainty": "No material residual uncertainty beyond the stated scope limitation.",
          "theological_intersections": [
            "ESCHATOLOGY"
          ],
          "scripture_references": [
            {
              "passage_ref_id": "TSP-PAS-000404",
              "osis_start": "Matt.3.12",
              "osis_end": null,
              "display_label": "Matthew 3:12",
              "versification_system": "ENGLISH_STANDARD"
            },
            {
              "passage_ref_id": "TSP-PAS-000795",
              "osis_start": "Luke.3.17",
              "osis_end": null,
              "display_label": "Luke 3:17",
              "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-000193",
              "author_editor": "BibleHub lexical summary",
              "title": "Greek ptyon: winnowing fork / fan",
              "publication_data": "Accessed/verified 2026-09-20",
              "locator": "https://biblehub.com/greek/4425.htm",
              "verification_level": "V3_CLAIM_VERIFIED",
              "source_function": [
                "TEXT_ESTABLISHMENT"
              ],
              "locator_targets": [
                {
                  "kind": "EXTERNAL_URL",
                  "target": "https://biblehub.com/greek/4425.htm"
                }
              ]
            }
          ],
          "s8_wording_provenance": null
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "lexeme_mappings": [
    {
      "lexeme_link_id": "TSP-LEX-000138",
      "language": "GREEK",
      "lemma_unicode": "πτύον",
      "transliteration": "ptyon",
      "strongs_id": "G4425",
      "owner_tier": "TSP_MAPPING_ONLY",
      "semantic_domain_ids": []
    }
  ],
  "canonical_relationships": [
    {
      "canonical_relationship_id": "TSP-S6-R03-P03-REL-0040",
      "title": "Fan",
      "canonical_statement": "Confirmed in the source-supported contextual sense: Matthew 3:12 and Luke 3:17 strongly establish the winnowing fan/fork as an image of messianic separation and judgment in that preaching context.",
      "canonical_action": "PROMOTE_ADJUDICATED_P02_POSITIVE_OR_RECLASSIFIED_GROUP_AS_DISTINCT_CUMULATIVE_CLUSTER",
      "guardrails": [],
      "relationship_status": "CONFIRMED_CONTEXTUAL_RELATION"
    }
  ],
  "negative_guardrails": []
}