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  "url_path": "/types-symbols/pillar/",
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    "IMAGE"
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  "aliases": [],
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      "label": "Literal architectural pillar",
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      "definition": "Pillars are first literal architectural supports in biblical buildings and sanctuaries; figurative uses derive their force from this ordinary supporting/stable function.",
      "not_always": "Literal structural support is the source domain; no theological meaning should be assigned to every architectural pillar.",
      "scope_note": "Literal structural support is the source domain; no theological meaning should be assigned to every architectural pillar.",
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          "claim_id": "TSP-CLM-000902",
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          "status": "REQUIRES_RECLASSIFICATION",
          "public_wording_class": "CATEGORY_OR_RECLASSIFICATION_NOTICE",
          "scope_limitation": "Literal structural support is the source domain; no theological meaning should be assigned to every architectural pillar.",
          "strongest_alternative_explanation": null,
          "residual_uncertainty": "No material residual uncertainty beyond the stated scope limitation.",
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              "passage_ref_id": "TSP-PAS-001304",
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              "osis_end": null,
              "display_label": "1 Kings 7:21",
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              "passage_ref_id": "TSP-PAS-001305",
              "osis_start": "2Chr.3.17",
              "osis_end": null,
              "display_label": "2 Chronicles 3:17",
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            }
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              "author_editor": null,
              "title": "Canonical Scripture: MT/LXX/NA28 with NET/ESV comparison",
              "publication_data": "Text loci verified for TSP-S0F Batch 1",
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              "source_id": "TSP-SRC-000298",
              "author_editor": "BibleHub/BibleGateway reference",
              "title": "Pillar imagery: Galatians 2:9; 1 Timothy 3:15; Revelation 3:12",
              "publication_data": "Accessed/verified 2026-09-20",
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        }
      ]
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      "sense_id": "TSP-SNS-000903",
      "label": "Pillar support/stability metaphor",
      "classification": "METAPHOR",
      "definition": "Scripture recurrently uses pillar language for persons or communities that are stable, prominent, or supportive: James, Cephas, and John are reputed pillars, the church is a pillar/support of the truth, and the overcomer is promised pillar-like permanence in God’s temple.",
      "not_always": "Strength, firmness, permanence, and support are genuine recurring pillar-image associations, but the precise emphasis is set by each context.",
      "scope_note": "Strength, firmness, permanence, and support are genuine recurring pillar-image associations, but the precise emphasis is set by each context.",
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        {
          "claim_id": "TSP-CLM-000903",
          "statement": "Scripture recurrently uses pillar language for persons or communities that are stable, prominent, or supportive: James, Cephas, and John are reputed pillars, the church is a pillar/support of the truth, and the overcomer is promised pillar-like permanence in God’s temple.",
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            "METAPHOR"
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          "scope_limitation": "Strength, firmness, permanence, and support are genuine recurring pillar-image associations, but the precise emphasis is set by each context.",
          "strongest_alternative_explanation": null,
          "residual_uncertainty": "No material residual uncertainty beyond the stated scope limitation.",
          "theological_intersections": [
            "ECCLESIOLOGY",
            "PERSEVERANCE"
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              "passage_ref_id": "TSP-PAS-001306",
              "osis_start": "Gal.2.9",
              "osis_end": null,
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              "passage_ref_id": "TSP-PAS-001040",
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            },
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              "passage_ref_id": "TSP-PAS-001226",
              "osis_start": "Rev.3.12",
              "osis_end": null,
              "display_label": "Revelation 3:12",
              "versification_system": "ENGLISH_STANDARD"
            }
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              "source_id": "TSP-SRC-000001",
              "author_editor": null,
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              "publication_data": "Text loci verified for TSP-S0F Batch 1",
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                "TEXT_ESTABLISHMENT"
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              "source_id": "TSP-SRC-000298",
              "author_editor": "BibleHub/BibleGateway reference",
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              "publication_data": "Accessed/verified 2026-09-20",
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      "lexeme_link_id": "TSP-LEX-000226",
      "language": "GREEK",
      "lemma_unicode": "στῦλος",
      "transliteration": "stylos",
      "strongs_id": "G4769",
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      "semantic_domain_ids": []
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      "lexeme_link_id": "TSP-LEX-000227",
      "language": "HEBREW",
      "lemma_unicode": "עַמּוּד",
      "transliteration": "ammud",
      "strongs_id": "H5982",
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    }
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  "canonical_relationships": [],
  "negative_guardrails": []
}