{
  "entry_id": "TSP-ENT-000414",
  "slug": "refine",
  "url_path": "/types-symbols/refine/",
  "canonical_name": "Refine",
  "entry_classifications": [
    "METAPHOR",
    "MOTIF",
    "ORDINARY_DESCRIPTION"
  ],
  "modules": [
    "COLORS_MATERIALS_STONES"
  ],
  "aliases": [],
  "legacy_present": true,
  "legacy_raw_wording_public": false,
  "senses": [
    {
      "sense_id": "TSP-SNS-000961",
      "label": "Refining as purification/testing metaphor",
      "classification": "METAPHOR",
      "definition": "Scripture recurrently uses metal refining as a metaphor for divine purification, testing, and proving of people.",
      "not_always": "Refining imagery strongly supports purification/testing where Scripture uses the comparison; literal metallurgy and other fire imagery remain distinct.",
      "scope_note": "Refining imagery strongly supports purification/testing where Scripture uses the comparison; literal metallurgy and other fire imagery remain distinct.",
      "claims": [
        {
          "claim_id": "TSP-CLM-000961",
          "statement": "Psalm 66:10, Isaiah 48:10, Zechariah 13:9, and Malachi 3:3 recurrently compare God’s testing/purifying work to refining silver or gold, strongly establishing the legacy purifying/trial/testing association as a canonical metaphor.",
          "asserted_classifications": [
            "METAPHOR",
            "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": "Refining imagery strongly supports purification/testing where Scripture uses the comparison; literal metallurgy and other fire imagery remain distinct.",
          "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-001380",
              "osis_start": "Ps.66.10",
              "osis_end": null,
              "display_label": "Psalm 66:10",
              "versification_system": "ENGLISH_STANDARD"
            },
            {
              "passage_ref_id": "TSP-PAS-000906",
              "osis_start": "Isa.48.10",
              "osis_end": null,
              "display_label": "Isaiah 48:10",
              "versification_system": "ENGLISH_STANDARD"
            },
            {
              "passage_ref_id": "TSP-PAS-001381",
              "osis_start": "Zech.13.9",
              "osis_end": null,
              "display_label": "Zechariah 13:9",
              "versification_system": "ENGLISH_STANDARD"
            },
            {
              "passage_ref_id": "TSP-PAS-001382",
              "osis_start": "Mal.3.3",
              "osis_end": null,
              "display_label": "Malachi 3:3",
              "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": []
            }
          ],
          "s8_wording_provenance": null
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "lexeme_mappings": [],
  "canonical_relationships": [],
  "negative_guardrails": []
}