{
  "entry_id": "TSP-ENT-000442",
  "slug": "scepter",
  "url_path": "/types-symbols/scepter/",
  "canonical_name": "Scepter",
  "entry_classifications": [
    "ORDINARY_DESCRIPTION",
    "IMAGE",
    "METAPHOR"
  ],
  "modules": [],
  "aliases": [],
  "legacy_present": true,
  "legacy_raw_wording_public": false,
  "senses": [
    {
      "sense_id": "TSP-SNS-001006",
      "label": "Scepter as royal rule, kingship, and authority",
      "classification": "METAPHOR",
      "definition": "Scepter language directly functions as royal-regal language for kingdom rule and authority.",
      "not_always": "The royal-authority sense is controlled by regal contexts; a rod or staff in another context need not function as a scepter.",
      "scope_note": "The royal-authority sense is controlled by regal contexts; a rod or staff in another context need not function as a scepter.",
      "claims": [
        {
          "claim_id": "TSP-CLM-001006",
          "statement": "Psalm 45:6 explicitly joins the scepter with the king’s kingdom, and Hebrews 1:8 applies that royal-scepter text to the Son; scepter therefore functions as an established image of royal rule, kingship, and authority in these contexts.",
          "asserted_classifications": [
            "IMAGE",
            "METAPHOR"
          ],
          "type_kinds": [],
          "evidence_grade": 1,
          "grade_basis": "G1_EXPLICIT_BIBLICAL_INTERPRETATION",
          "status": "ESTABLISHED",
          "public_wording_class": "SCRIPTURE_EXPLICITLY_IDENTIFIES",
          "scope_limitation": "The royal-authority sense is controlled by regal contexts; a rod or staff in another context need not function as a scepter.",
          "strongest_alternative_explanation": null,
          "residual_uncertainty": "No material residual uncertainty beyond the stated scope limitation.",
          "theological_intersections": [
            "CHRISTOLOGY"
          ],
          "scripture_references": [
            {
              "passage_ref_id": "TSP-PAS-001471",
              "osis_start": "Ps.45.6",
              "osis_end": "Ps.45.7",
              "display_label": "Psalm 45:6–7",
              "versification_system": "ENGLISH_STANDARD"
            },
            {
              "passage_ref_id": "TSP-PAS-001472",
              "osis_start": "Heb.1.8",
              "osis_end": "Heb.1.9",
              "display_label": "Hebrews 1:8–9",
              "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": [
    {
      "canonical_relationship_id": "TSP-S6-R03-P03-REL-0096",
      "title": "Scepter",
      "canonical_statement": "Confirmed in the source-supported contextual sense: Psalm 45:6 explicitly joins the scepter with the king’s kingdom, and Hebrews 1:8 applies that royal-scepter text to the Son; scepter therefore functions as an established image of royal rule, kingship, and authority in these contexts.",
      "canonical_action": "PROMOTE_ADJUDICATED_P02_POSITIVE_OR_RECLASSIFIED_GROUP_AS_DISTINCT_CUMULATIVE_CLUSTER",
      "guardrails": [],
      "relationship_status": "CONFIRMED_CONTEXTUAL_RELATION"
    }
  ],
  "negative_guardrails": []
}