{ "entry_id": "TSP-ENT-000374", "slug": "overshadow", "url_path": "/types-symbols/overshadow/", "canonical_name": "Overshadow", "entry_classifications": [ "ORDINARY_DESCRIPTION", "MOTIF", "SYMBOL" ], "modules": [], "aliases": [], "legacy_present": true, "legacy_raw_wording_public": false, "senses": [ { "sense_id": "TSP-SNS-000864", "label": "Overshadowing in Luke 1:35 as divine power action", "classification": "ORDINARY_DESCRIPTION", "definition": "Luke 1:35 explicitly joins the Holy Spirit coming upon Mary with the power of the Most High overshadowing her; in that passage “overshadow” directly describes divine presence/power in the conception announcement.", "not_always": "The association is explicit in Luke 1:35; it should not be generalized to every use of the verb.", "scope_note": "The association is explicit in Luke 1:35; it should not be generalized to every use of the verb.", "claims": [ { "claim_id": "TSP-CLM-000864", "statement": "Luke 1:35 explicitly joins the Holy Spirit coming upon Mary with the power of the Most High overshadowing her; in that passage “overshadow” directly describes divine presence/power in the conception announcement.", "asserted_classifications": [ "ORDINARY_DESCRIPTION" ], "type_kinds": [], "evidence_grade": 1, "grade_basis": "G1_EXPLICIT_BIBLICAL_INTERPRETATION", "status": "ESTABLISHED", "public_wording_class": "SCRIPTURE_EXPLICITLY_IDENTIFIES", "scope_limitation": "The association is explicit in Luke 1:35; it should not be generalized to every use of the verb.", "strongest_alternative_explanation": null, "residual_uncertainty": "No material residual uncertainty beyond the stated scope limitation.", "theological_intersections": [ "PNEUMATOLOGY", "CHRISTOLOGY" ], "scripture_references": [ { "passage_ref_id": "TSP-PAS-001257", "osis_start": "Luke.1.35", "osis_end": null, "display_label": "Luke 1:35", "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-000284", "author_editor": "BibleGateway/BibleHub reference", "title": "Luke 1:35; Matthew 17:5; Acts 5:15 overshadow passages", "publication_data": "Accessed/verified 2026-09-20", "locator": "https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Luke+1%3A35%2CMatthew+17%3A5%2CActs+5%3A15&version=ESV", "verification_level": "V3_CLAIM_VERIFIED", "source_function": [ "TEXT_ESTABLISHMENT" ], "locator_targets": [ { "kind": "EXTERNAL_URL", "target": "https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Luke+1%3A35%2CMatthew+17%3A5%2CActs+5%3A15&version=ESV" } ] } ], "s8_wording_provenance": null } ] }, { "sense_id": "TSP-SNS-000865", "label": "Overshadowing cloud as divine-presence motif", "classification": "MOTIF", "definition": "At the Transfiguration a bright cloud overshadows the disciples and the divine voice speaks from the cloud, supplying a recurrent Gospel context in which overshadowing accompanies manifest divine presence.", "not_always": "The motif is especially tied to the Transfiguration cloud context; the verb itself is not a universal symbol.", "scope_note": "The motif is especially tied to the Transfiguration cloud context; the verb itself is not a universal symbol.", "claims": [ { "claim_id": "TSP-CLM-000865", "statement": "At the Transfiguration a bright cloud overshadows the disciples and the divine voice speaks from the cloud, supplying a recurrent Gospel context in which overshadowing accompanies manifest divine presence.", "asserted_classifications": [ "MOTIF" ], "type_kinds": [], "evidence_grade": 4, "grade_basis": "G4_RECURRENT_CANONICAL_MOTIF_OR_STRONG_THEMATIC_PATTERN", "status": "STRONGLY_SUPPORTED", "public_wording_class": "CANONICAL_MOTIF", "scope_limitation": "The motif is especially tied to the Transfiguration cloud context; the verb itself is not a universal symbol.", "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-001269", "osis_start": "Matt.17.5", "osis_end": null, "display_label": "Matthew 17:5", "versification_system": "ENGLISH_STANDARD" }, { "passage_ref_id": "TSP-PAS-001270", "osis_start": "Luke.9.34", "osis_end": null, "display_label": "Luke 9:34", "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-000284", "author_editor": "BibleGateway/BibleHub reference", "title": "Luke 1:35; Matthew 17:5; Acts 5:15 overshadow passages", "publication_data": "Accessed/verified 2026-09-20", "locator": "https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Luke+1%3A35%2CMatthew+17%3A5%2CActs+5%3A15&version=ESV", "verification_level": "V3_CLAIM_VERIFIED", "source_function": [ "TEXT_ESTABLISHMENT" ], "locator_targets": [ { "kind": "EXTERNAL_URL", "target": "https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Luke+1%3A35%2CMatthew+17%3A5%2CActs+5%3A15&version=ESV" } ] } ], "s8_wording_provenance": null } ] }, { "sense_id": "TSP-SNS-000866", "label": "Rejected invariant overshadow code", "classification": "SYMBOL", "definition": "“Overshadow” is not an invariant symbolic code for God’s presence and power: Acts 5:15 uses the same verb for Peter’s physical shadow falling on the sick, demonstrating that context controls the meaning.", "not_always": "Divine-presence/power uses are genuine but bounded; lexical recurrence in an ordinary shadow context blocks a universal code.", "scope_note": "Divine-presence/power uses are genuine but bounded; lexical recurrence in an ordinary shadow context blocks a universal code.", "claims": [ { "claim_id": "TSP-CLM-000866", "statement": "“Overshadow” is not an invariant symbolic code for God’s presence and power: Acts 5:15 uses the same verb for Peter’s physical shadow falling on the sick, demonstrating that context controls the meaning.", "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": "Divine-presence/power uses are genuine but bounded; lexical recurrence in an ordinary shadow context blocks a universal code.", "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-001257", "osis_start": "Luke.1.35", "osis_end": null, "display_label": "Luke 1:35", "versification_system": "ENGLISH_STANDARD" }, { "passage_ref_id": "TSP-PAS-001271", "osis_start": "Acts.5.15", "osis_end": null, "display_label": "Acts 5:15", "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-000284", "author_editor": "BibleGateway/BibleHub reference", "title": "Luke 1:35; Matthew 17:5; Acts 5:15 overshadow passages", "publication_data": "Accessed/verified 2026-09-20", "locator": "https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Luke+1%3A35%2CMatthew+17%3A5%2CActs+5%3A15&version=ESV", "verification_level": "V3_CLAIM_VERIFIED", "source_function": [ "TEXT_ESTABLISHMENT" ], "locator_targets": [ { "kind": "EXTERNAL_URL", "target": "https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Luke+1%3A35%2CMatthew+17%3A5%2CActs+5%3A15&version=ESV" } ] } ], "s8_wording_provenance": null } ] } ], "lexeme_mappings": [ { "lexeme_link_id": "TSP-LEX-000210", "language": "GREEK", "lemma_unicode": "ἐπισκιάζω", "transliteration": "episkiazō", "strongs_id": "G1982", "owner_tier": "TSP_MAPPING_ONLY", "semantic_domain_ids": [] } ], "canonical_relationships": [ { "canonical_relationship_id": "TSP-S6-R03-P03-REL-0083", "title": "Overshadow", "canonical_statement": "Confirmed in the source-supported contextual sense: Luke 1:35 explicitly joins the Holy Spirit coming upon Mary with the power of the Most High overshadowing her; in that passage “overshadow” directly describes divine presence/power in the conception announcement.", "canonical_action": "PROMOTE_ADJUDICATED_P02_POSITIVE_OR_RECLASSIFIED_GROUP_AS_DISTINCT_CUMULATIVE_CLUSTER", "guardrails": [], "relationship_status": "CONFIRMED_CONTEXTUAL_RELATION" } ], "negative_guardrails": [ { "guardrail_id": "TSP-S6-R03-P03-GRD-031", "canonical_relation_status": "NEGATIVE_GUARDRAIL_INSUFFICIENT", "adjudication_outcome": "INSUFFICIENT_BIBLICAL_EVIDENCE", "decision_statement": "No positive canonical type/symbol relationship is promoted beyond the source evidence: “Overshadow” is not an invariant symbolic code for God’s presence and power: Acts 5:15 uses the same verb for Peter’s physical shadow falling on the sick, demonstrating that context controls the meaning." } ] }