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  "entry_id": "TSP-ENT-000216",
  "slug": "feet",
  "url_path": "/types-symbols/feet/",
  "canonical_name": "Feet",
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    "ORDINARY_DESCRIPTION",
    "METAPHOR",
    "SYMBOL"
  ],
  "modules": [
    "BODY_PARTS_IDIOMS"
  ],
  "aliases": [
    {
      "alias_text": "FOOT",
      "alias_type": "POINTER"
    }
  ],
  "legacy_present": true,
  "legacy_raw_wording_public": false,
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    {
      "sense_id": "TSP-SNS-000513",
      "label": "Feet as body-part and contextual path/conduct idiom",
      "classification": "METAPHOR",
      "definition": "Biblical feet are literal body parts but can support path, movement, and conduct imagery when the surrounding language supplies that metaphor.",
      "not_always": "Feet do not intrinsically equal moral conduct in every occurrence.",
      "scope_note": "Retain walk/conduct only as a contextual body-part idiom or metonymy.",
      "claims": [
        {
          "claim_id": "TSP-CLM-000513",
          "statement": "The legacy “feet = walk/conduct” association is substantially valid only as a contextual body-part idiom; feet remain literal in many passages.",
          "asserted_classifications": [
            "METAPHOR"
          ],
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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": "Retain walk/conduct only as a contextual body-part idiom or metonymy.",
          "strongest_alternative_explanation": null,
          "residual_uncertainty": "No material residual uncertainty beyond the stated scope limitation.",
          "theological_intersections": [
            "SANCTIFICATION"
          ],
          "scripture_references": [
            {
              "passage_ref_id": "TSP-PAS-000225",
              "osis_start": "Ps.119.105",
              "osis_end": null,
              "display_label": "Psalm 119:105",
              "versification_system": "ENGLISH_STANDARD"
            },
            {
              "passage_ref_id": "TSP-PAS-000781",
              "osis_start": "John.9.6",
              "osis_end": "John.9.7",
              "display_label": "John 9:6–7",
              "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-000196",
              "author_editor": "BibleHub lexical summary",
              "title": "Hebrew regel and Greek pous: foot / feet",
              "publication_data": "Accessed/verified 2026-09-20",
              "locator": "https://biblehub.com/hebrew/7272.htm; https://biblehub.com/greek/4228.htm",
              "verification_level": "V3_CLAIM_VERIFIED",
              "source_function": [
                "TEXT_ESTABLISHMENT"
              ],
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                {
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                },
                {
                  "kind": "EXTERNAL_URL",
                  "target": "https://biblehub.com/greek/4228.htm"
                }
              ]
            }
          ],
          "s8_wording_provenance": null
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "sense_id": "TSP-SNS-000514",
      "label": "Foot-treading as covenantal possession formula",
      "classification": "METAPHOR",
      "definition": "Deuteronomy and Joshua explicitly link the places where Israel’s feet tread with the land being given to them.",
      "not_always": "The possession formula is covenantal and geographical, not a universal meaning of feet.",
      "scope_note": "Retain foot-treading = possession only where the land-grant text explicitly supplies the relation.",
      "claims": [
        {
          "claim_id": "TSP-CLM-000514",
          "statement": "Deuteronomy 11:24 and Joshua 1:3 explicitly use the sole-of-the-foot/treading formula in connection with Israel’s possession of the promised land.",
          "asserted_classifications": [
            "METAPHOR"
          ],
          "type_kinds": [],
          "evidence_grade": 1,
          "grade_basis": "G1_EXPLICIT_BIBLICAL_INTERPRETATION",
          "status": "ESTABLISHED",
          "public_wording_class": "SCRIPTURE_EXPLICITLY_IDENTIFIES",
          "scope_limitation": "Retain foot-treading = possession only where the land-grant text explicitly supplies the relation.",
          "strongest_alternative_explanation": null,
          "residual_uncertainty": "No material residual uncertainty beyond the stated scope limitation.",
          "theological_intersections": [
            "ISRAELOLOGY",
            "COVENANT"
          ],
          "scripture_references": [
            {
              "passage_ref_id": "TSP-PAS-000802",
              "osis_start": "Deut.11.24",
              "osis_end": null,
              "display_label": "Deuteronomy 11:24",
              "versification_system": "ENGLISH_STANDARD"
            },
            {
              "passage_ref_id": "TSP-PAS-000803",
              "osis_start": "Josh.1.3",
              "osis_end": null,
              "display_label": "Joshua 1:3",
              "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-000196",
              "author_editor": "BibleHub lexical summary",
              "title": "Hebrew regel and Greek pous: foot / feet",
              "publication_data": "Accessed/verified 2026-09-20",
              "locator": "https://biblehub.com/hebrew/7272.htm; https://biblehub.com/greek/4228.htm",
              "verification_level": "V3_CLAIM_VERIFIED",
              "source_function": [
                "TEXT_ESTABLISHMENT"
              ],
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                {
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                },
                {
                  "kind": "EXTERNAL_URL",
                  "target": "https://biblehub.com/greek/4228.htm"
                }
              ]
            }
          ],
          "s8_wording_provenance": null
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "sense_id": "TSP-SNS-000515",
      "label": "Proposed Revelation 10 feet on sea/land = formal possession",
      "classification": "SYMBOL",
      "definition": "Revelation 10 depicts the mighty angel standing with one foot on sea and one on land, but the text does not explicitly gloss the stance as “formal possession.”",
      "not_always": "The posture plausibly signals comprehensive scope/authority over sea and land, but possession is not stated.",
      "scope_note": "Do not convert the land/sea stance into a formal possession formula without stronger textual control.",
      "claims": [
        {
          "claim_id": "TSP-CLM-000515",
          "statement": "The legacy equation “feet on earth and sea = formal possession” is not explicitly established in Revelation 10; comprehensive scope or authority is plausible, but formal possession remains unproven.",
          "asserted_classifications": [
            "SYMBOL"
          ],
          "type_kinds": [],
          "evidence_grade": 7,
          "grade_basis": "G7_INSUFFICIENT_BIBLICAL_EVIDENCE",
          "status": "INSUFFICIENT_BIBLICAL_EVIDENCE",
          "public_wording_class": "INSUFFICIENT_BIBLICAL_EVIDENCE",
          "scope_limitation": "Do not convert the land/sea stance into a formal possession formula without stronger textual control.",
          "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-000804",
              "osis_start": "Rev.10.2",
              "osis_end": null,
              "display_label": "Revelation 10:2",
              "versification_system": "ENGLISH_STANDARD"
            },
            {
              "passage_ref_id": "TSP-PAS-000805",
              "osis_start": "Rev.10.5",
              "osis_end": "Rev.10.6",
              "display_label": "Revelation 10:5–6",
              "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": []
            }
          ],
          "s8_wording_provenance": null
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "lexeme_mappings": [
    {
      "lexeme_link_id": "TSP-LEX-000141",
      "language": "HEBREW",
      "lemma_unicode": "רֶגֶל",
      "transliteration": "regel",
      "strongs_id": "H7272",
      "owner_tier": "TSP_MAPPING_ONLY",
      "semantic_domain_ids": []
    },
    {
      "lexeme_link_id": "TSP-LEX-000142",
      "language": "GREEK",
      "lemma_unicode": "πούς",
      "transliteration": "pous",
      "strongs_id": "G4228",
      "owner_tier": "TSP_MAPPING_ONLY",
      "semantic_domain_ids": []
    }
  ],
  "canonical_relationships": [
    {
      "canonical_relationship_id": "TSP-S6-R03-P03-REL-0041",
      "title": "Feet",
      "canonical_statement": "Confirmed in the source-supported contextual sense: The legacy “feet = walk/conduct” association is substantially valid only as a contextual body-part idiom; feet remain literal in many passages.",
      "canonical_action": "PROMOTE_ADJUDICATED_P02_POSITIVE_OR_RECLASSIFIED_GROUP_AS_DISTINCT_CUMULATIVE_CLUSTER",
      "guardrails": [],
      "relationship_status": "CONFIRMED_CONTEXTUAL_RELATION"
    }
  ],
  "negative_guardrails": []
}