{
  "entry_id": "TSP-ENT-000447",
  "slug": "seat",
  "url_path": "/types-symbols/seat/",
  "canonical_name": "Seat",
  "entry_classifications": [
    "ORDINARY_DESCRIPTION",
    "METAPHOR"
  ],
  "modules": [],
  "aliases": [],
  "legacy_present": true,
  "legacy_raw_wording_public": false,
  "senses": [
    {
      "sense_id": "TSP-SNS-001016",
      "label": "Seat/throne language as contextual authority imagery requiring lexical distinction",
      "classification": "METAPHOR",
      "definition": "Biblical “seat” language can denote recognized teaching, judicial, or royal authority, but English seat terminology covers distinct underlying expressions and cannot be treated as one universal symbol.",
      "not_always": "Matthew 23:2 uses Moses’ seat for teaching-office authority; judgment-seat and throne passages use different terms and functions. Authority is therefore contextual, not an intrinsic meaning of every seat.",
      "scope_note": "Matthew 23:2 uses Moses’ seat for teaching-office authority; judgment-seat and throne passages use different terms and functions. Authority is therefore contextual, not an intrinsic meaning of every seat.",
      "claims": [
        {
          "claim_id": "TSP-CLM-001016",
          "statement": "The legacy “seat = throne authority” idea is contextually valid but requires lexical reclassification: Matthew 23:2 uses Moses’ seat for recognized teaching authority, while judgment-seat and throne passages employ distinct expressions for judicial or royal authority rather than one universal symbolic seat code.",
          "asserted_classifications": [
            "ORDINARY_DESCRIPTION",
            "METAPHOR"
          ],
          "type_kinds": [],
          "evidence_grade": 4,
          "grade_basis": "G4_RECURRENT_CANONICAL_MOTIF_OR_STRONG_THEMATIC_PATTERN",
          "status": "REQUIRES_RECLASSIFICATION",
          "public_wording_class": "CATEGORY_OR_RECLASSIFICATION_NOTICE",
          "scope_limitation": "Matthew 23:2 uses Moses’ seat for teaching-office authority; judgment-seat and throne passages use different terms and functions. Authority is therefore contextual, not an intrinsic meaning of every seat.",
          "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-001490",
              "osis_start": "Matt.23.2",
              "osis_end": "Matt.23.2",
              "display_label": "Matthew 23:2",
              "versification_system": "ENGLISH_STANDARD"
            },
            {
              "passage_ref_id": "TSP-PAS-001491",
              "osis_start": "2Cor.5.10",
              "osis_end": "2Cor.5.10",
              "display_label": "2 Corinthians 5:10",
              "versification_system": "ENGLISH_STANDARD"
            },
            {
              "passage_ref_id": "TSP-PAS-001492",
              "osis_start": "Rev.2.13",
              "osis_end": "Rev.2.13",
              "display_label": "Revelation 2:13",
              "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": []
}