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  "entry_id": "TSP-ENT-000369",
  "slug": "ointment",
  "url_path": "/types-symbols/ointment/",
  "canonical_name": "Ointment",
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    "ORDINARY_DESCRIPTION",
    "SYMBOL"
  ],
  "modules": [],
  "aliases": [],
  "legacy_present": true,
  "legacy_raw_wording_public": false,
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      "sense_id": "TSP-SNS-000852",
      "label": "Ointment as material used in anointing",
      "classification": "ORDINARY_DESCRIPTION",
      "definition": "John 12:3 presents myron as literal costly perfumed ointment used to anoint Jesus; the relation between ointment and anointing is material and verbal, not itself a symbolic equation.",
      "not_always": "Ointment/perfume is a material that may be used in anointing; its theological force depends on the action and context.",
      "scope_note": "Ointment/perfume is a material that may be used in anointing; its theological force depends on the action and context.",
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        {
          "claim_id": "TSP-CLM-000852",
          "statement": "John 12:3 presents myron as literal costly perfumed ointment used to anoint Jesus; the relation between ointment and anointing is material and verbal, not itself a symbolic equation.",
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          "evidence_grade": 4,
          "grade_basis": "G4_RECURRENT_CANONICAL_MOTIF_OR_STRONG_THEMATIC_PATTERN",
          "status": "STRONGLY_SUPPORTED",
          "public_wording_class": "CATEGORY_OR_RECLASSIFICATION_NOTICE",
          "scope_limitation": "Ointment/perfume is a material that may be used in anointing; its theological force depends on the action and context.",
          "strongest_alternative_explanation": null,
          "residual_uncertainty": "No material residual uncertainty beyond the stated scope limitation.",
          "theological_intersections": [
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          ],
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              "passage_ref_id": "TSP-PAS-000289",
              "osis_start": "John.12.3",
              "osis_end": null,
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              "passage_ref_id": "TSP-PAS-000316",
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            }
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              "title": "Canonical Scripture: MT/LXX/NA28 with NET/ESV comparison",
              "publication_data": "Text loci verified for TSP-S0F Batch 1",
              "locator": null,
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              "locator_targets": []
            },
            {
              "source_id": "TSP-SRC-000279",
              "author_editor": "BibleGateway/BibleHub reference",
              "title": "John 12:3 Greek myron ointment/perfume reference",
              "publication_data": "Accessed/verified 2026-09-20",
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        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "sense_id": "TSP-SNS-000853",
      "label": "Rejected fixed ointment code",
      "classification": "SYMBOL",
      "definition": "Scripture does not establish ointment as a fixed symbol meaning “anointing”; ointment/perfume can function as costly fragrance, honor, grooming, burial preparation, or other ordinary material according to context.",
      "not_always": "Do not turn the physical substance into an invariant symbolic code detached from its use.",
      "scope_note": "Do not turn the physical substance into an invariant symbolic code detached from its use.",
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        {
          "claim_id": "TSP-CLM-000853",
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            "SYMBOL"
          ],
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          "evidence_grade": 7,
          "grade_basis": "G7_INSUFFICIENT_BIBLICAL_EVIDENCE",
          "status": "INSUFFICIENT_BIBLICAL_EVIDENCE",
          "public_wording_class": "INSUFFICIENT_BIBLICAL_EVIDENCE",
          "scope_limitation": "Do not turn the physical substance into an invariant symbolic code detached from its use.",
          "strongest_alternative_explanation": null,
          "residual_uncertainty": "No material residual uncertainty beyond the stated scope limitation.",
          "theological_intersections": [
            "OTHER"
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              "passage_ref_id": "TSP-PAS-000289",
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              "osis_end": null,
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              "passage_ref_id": "TSP-PAS-000316",
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              "osis_end": null,
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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",
              "locator": null,
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              "source_function": [
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                "TEXT_ESTABLISHMENT"
              ],
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            },
            {
              "source_id": "TSP-SRC-000279",
              "author_editor": "BibleGateway/BibleHub reference",
              "title": "John 12:3 Greek myron ointment/perfume reference",
              "publication_data": "Accessed/verified 2026-09-20",
              "locator": "https://biblehub.com/john/12-3.htm",
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        }
      ]
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  ],
  "lexeme_mappings": [
    {
      "lexeme_link_id": "TSP-LEX-000208",
      "language": "GREEK",
      "lemma_unicode": "μύρον",
      "transliteration": "myron",
      "strongs_id": "G3464",
      "owner_tier": "TSP_MAPPING_ONLY",
      "semantic_domain_ids": []
    }
  ],
  "canonical_relationships": [],
  "negative_guardrails": []
}