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  "entry_id": "TSP-ENT-000013",
  "slug": "serpent",
  "url_path": "/types-symbols/serpent/",
  "canonical_name": "Serpent",
  "entry_classifications": [
    "APOCALYPTIC_SYMBOL",
    "IMAGE",
    "SYMBOL"
  ],
  "modules": [
    "ANIMALS",
    "ANGELIC_HEAVENLY_BEINGS",
    "APOCALYPTIC"
  ],
  "aliases": [],
  "legacy_present": true,
  "legacy_raw_wording_public": false,
  "senses": [
    {
      "sense_id": "TSP-SNS-000025",
      "label": "Ancient serpent identified with Devil and Satan",
      "classification": "APOCALYPTIC_SYMBOL",
      "definition": "Revelation explicitly identifies the ancient serpent with the Devil and Satan.",
      "not_always": "Not every serpent occurrence has a Satanic referent; Numbers 21 and John 3 are decisive scope controls.",
      "scope_note": "Use the explicit Revelation identification where applicable and test other serpent texts independently.",
      "claims": [
        {
          "claim_id": "TSP-CLM-000025",
          "statement": "Revelation explicitly identifies the ancient serpent with the Devil and Satan.",
          "asserted_classifications": [
            "APOCALYPTIC_SYMBOL"
          ],
          "type_kinds": [],
          "evidence_grade": 1,
          "grade_basis": "G1_EXPLICIT_BIBLICAL_INTERPRETATION",
          "status": "ESTABLISHED",
          "public_wording_class": "SCRIPTURE_EXPLICITLY_IDENTIFIES",
          "scope_limitation": "The explicit identification controls Revelation 12 and 20 and strongly informs canonical reading of the primeval serpent; it does not make every serpent occurrence Satanic.",
          "strongest_alternative_explanation": null,
          "residual_uncertainty": null,
          "theological_intersections": [
            "ESCHATOLOGY",
            "OTHER"
          ],
          "scripture_references": [
            {
              "passage_ref_id": "TSP-PAS-000045",
              "osis_start": "Rev.12.9",
              "osis_end": null,
              "display_label": "Revelation 12:9",
              "versification_system": "ENGLISH_STANDARD"
            },
            {
              "passage_ref_id": "TSP-PAS-000046",
              "osis_start": "Rev.20.2",
              "osis_end": null,
              "display_label": "Revelation 20:2",
              "versification_system": "ENGLISH_STANDARD"
            },
            {
              "passage_ref_id": "TSP-PAS-000047",
              "osis_start": "Gen.3.1",
              "osis_end": "Gen.3.15",
              "display_label": "Genesis 3:1-15",
              "versification_system": "ENGLISH_STANDARD"
            }
          ],
          "source_citations": [
            {
              "source_id": "TSP-SRC-000014",
              "author_editor": null,
              "title": "Canonical Scripture: MT/LXX/NA28 with NET/ESV comparison",
              "publication_data": "Text loci verified for TSP-S0F Batch 3",
              "locator": null,
              "verification_level": "V4_QUOTATION_VERIFIED",
              "source_function": [
                "CANONICAL_AUTHORITY",
                "TEXT_ESTABLISHMENT"
              ],
              "locator_targets": []
            },
            {
              "source_id": "TSP-SRC-000019",
              "author_editor": "D. A. Carson",
              "title": "Missions as the Triumph of the Lamb - Revelation 12",
              "publication_data": "The Gospel Coalition",
              "locator": "https://www.thegospelcoalition.org/sermon/revelation-12-en/",
              "verification_level": "V3_CLAIM_VERIFIED",
              "source_function": [
                "SCHOLARLY_ARGUMENT"
              ],
              "locator_targets": [
                {
                  "kind": "EXTERNAL_URL",
                  "target": "https://www.thegospelcoalition.org/sermon/revelation-12-en/"
                }
              ]
            }
          ],
          "s8_wording_provenance": null
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "sense_id": "TSP-SNS-000026",
      "label": "Fixed serpent equals Satan/evil code",
      "classification": "SYMBOL",
      "definition": "The legacy entry generalizes serpent imagery to Satan, evil spirits, and wicked persons.",
      "not_always": "God commands the bronze serpent in Numbers 21, and Jesus uses that event as an analogy for his own lifting up.",
      "scope_note": "The animal does not carry intrinsic moral polarity across the canon.",
      "claims": [
        {
          "claim_id": "TSP-CLM-000026",
          "statement": "The generalized proposal that serpent imagery always denotes Satan, evil spirits, or wicked people is contradicted by canonical context.",
          "asserted_classifications": [
            "SYMBOL"
          ],
          "type_kinds": [],
          "evidence_grade": 7,
          "grade_basis": "G7_INSUFFICIENT_BIBLICAL_EVIDENCE",
          "status": "CONTRADICTED_BY_CONTEXT",
          "public_wording_class": "CONTRADICTED_BY_CONTEXT",
          "scope_limitation": "Retain the explicit ancient-serpent/Satan identification separately from the divinely commanded bronze-serpent sign and other serpent uses.",
          "strongest_alternative_explanation": "Serpent imagery is context-sensitive; some passages are Satanic, while Numbers 21/John 3 use the serpent event differently.",
          "residual_uncertainty": null,
          "theological_intersections": [
            "CHRISTOLOGY",
            "ESCHATOLOGY"
          ],
          "scripture_references": [
            {
              "passage_ref_id": "TSP-PAS-000048",
              "osis_start": "Num.21.8",
              "osis_end": "Num.21.9",
              "display_label": "Numbers 21:8-9",
              "versification_system": "ENGLISH_STANDARD"
            },
            {
              "passage_ref_id": "TSP-PAS-000049",
              "osis_start": "John.3.14",
              "osis_end": "John.3.15",
              "display_label": "John 3:14-15",
              "versification_system": "ENGLISH_STANDARD"
            }
          ],
          "source_citations": [
            {
              "source_id": "TSP-SRC-000015",
              "author_editor": null,
              "title": "Legacy Symbols & Types list supplied for TSP project",
              "publication_data": "User-supplied legacy corpus",
              "locator": null,
              "verification_level": "V4_QUOTATION_VERIFIED",
              "source_function": [
                "INTERPRETIVE_HISTORY"
              ],
              "locator_targets": []
            },
            {
              "source_id": "TSP-SRC-000014",
              "author_editor": null,
              "title": "Canonical Scripture: MT/LXX/NA28 with NET/ESV comparison",
              "publication_data": "Text loci verified for TSP-S0F Batch 3",
              "locator": null,
              "verification_level": "V4_QUOTATION_VERIFIED",
              "source_function": [
                "CANONICAL_AUTHORITY",
                "TEXT_ESTABLISHMENT"
              ],
              "locator_targets": []
            }
          ],
          "s8_wording_provenance": null
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "lexeme_mappings": [
    {
      "lexeme_link_id": "TSP-LEX-000020",
      "language": "GREEK",
      "lemma_unicode": "ὄφις",
      "transliteration": "ophis",
      "strongs_id": "G3789",
      "owner_tier": "TSP_MAPPING_ONLY",
      "semantic_domain_ids": []
    },
    {
      "lexeme_link_id": "TSP-LEX-000021",
      "language": "HEBREW",
      "lemma_unicode": "נָחָשׁ",
      "transliteration": "nachash",
      "strongs_id": "H5175",
      "owner_tier": "TSP_MAPPING_ONLY",
      "semantic_domain_ids": []
    }
  ],
  "canonical_relationships": [
    {
      "canonical_relationship_id": "TSP-S6-R03-P03-REL-0036",
      "title": "Dragon / ancient serpent — Devil and Satan",
      "canonical_statement": "Revelation explicitly identifies the great dragon, the ancient serpent, as the Devil and Satan. This explicit identification does not authorize a universal serpent = Satan code in every biblical context.",
      "canonical_action": "MERGE_ADJUDICATED_DUPLICATE_OR_COMPLEMENTARY_CONCEPTS_PRESERVE_PROVENANCE",
      "guardrails": [],
      "relationship_status": "CONFIRMED_REFINED"
    }
  ],
  "negative_guardrails": [
    {
      "guardrail_id": "TSP-S6-R03-P03-GRD-036",
      "canonical_relation_status": "NEGATIVE_GUARDRAIL_CONTRADICTED",
      "adjudication_outcome": "CONTRADICTED_BY_CONTEXT",
      "decision_statement": "No positive fixed-symbol/type relationship is authorized for this overlap: The generalized proposal that serpent imagery always denotes Satan, evil spirits, or wicked people is contradicted by canonical context."
    }
  ]
}