{
  "entry_id": "TSP-ENT-000517",
  "slug": "thistle",
  "url_path": "/types-symbols/thistle/",
  "canonical_name": "Thistle",
  "entry_classifications": [
    "ORDINARY_DESCRIPTION",
    "METAPHOR",
    "MOTIF"
  ],
  "modules": [
    "PLANTS_AGRICULTURE"
  ],
  "aliases": [],
  "legacy_present": true,
  "legacy_raw_wording_public": false,
  "senses": [
    {
      "sense_id": "TSP-SNS-001124",
      "label": "Genesis 3:17–18 explicitly states that the cursed ground will bring forth thorns and thistles for the man; the legacy curse association is therefore directly grounded in the Fall n",
      "classification": "MOTIF",
      "definition": "Genesis 3:17–18 explicitly states that the cursed ground will bring forth thorns and thistles for the man; the legacy curse association is therefore directly grounded in the Fall narrative, while the plants themselves remain literal features of cursed agricultural toil.",
      "not_always": "Thistles are literal plants; their curse association is established where Scripture supplies that theological context.",
      "scope_note": "The curse association is explicit in Genesis 3’s ground-and-toil context; it should not be detached from the passage and imposed on every botanical reference.",
      "claims": [
        {
          "claim_id": "TSP-CLM-001124",
          "statement": "Genesis 3:17–18 explicitly states that the cursed ground will bring forth thorns and thistles for the man; the legacy curse association is therefore directly grounded in the Fall narrative, while the plants themselves remain literal features of cursed agricultural toil.",
          "asserted_classifications": [
            "MOTIF"
          ],
          "type_kinds": [],
          "evidence_grade": 1,
          "grade_basis": "G1_EXPLICIT_BIBLICAL_INTERPRETATION",
          "status": "ESTABLISHED",
          "public_wording_class": "SCRIPTURE_EXPLICITLY_IDENTIFIES",
          "scope_limitation": "The curse association is explicit in Genesis 3’s ground-and-toil context; it should not be detached from the passage and imposed on every botanical reference.",
          "strongest_alternative_explanation": null,
          "residual_uncertainty": "No material residual uncertainty beyond the stated scope limitation.",
          "theological_intersections": [
            "ANTHROPOLOGY",
            "HAMARTIOLOGY"
          ],
          "scripture_references": [
            {
              "passage_ref_id": "TSP-PAS-001695",
              "osis_start": "Gen.3.17",
              "osis_end": "Gen.3.18",
              "display_label": "Genesis 3:17–18",
              "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
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "sense_id": "TSP-SNS-001125",
      "label": "Hebrews 6:7–8 explicitly contrasts fruitful land receiving blessing with land that bears thorns and thistles, calling the latter worthless and near to being cursed; this directly s",
      "classification": "METAPHOR",
      "definition": "Hebrews 6:7–8 explicitly contrasts fruitful land receiving blessing with land that bears thorns and thistles, calling the latter worthless and near to being cursed; this directly supports the legacy uselessness/curse association within that warning metaphor.",
      "not_always": "The botanical object does not automatically carry Hebrews 6’s warning force in every occurrence.",
      "scope_note": "The worthlessness/curse association belongs to Hebrews 6’s agricultural warning metaphor; it is not a universal lexical meaning of thistle.",
      "claims": [
        {
          "claim_id": "TSP-CLM-001125",
          "statement": "Hebrews 6:7–8 explicitly contrasts fruitful land receiving blessing with land that bears thorns and thistles, calling the latter worthless and near to being cursed; this directly supports the legacy uselessness/curse association within that warning metaphor.",
          "asserted_classifications": [
            "METAPHOR"
          ],
          "type_kinds": [],
          "evidence_grade": 1,
          "grade_basis": "G1_EXPLICIT_BIBLICAL_INTERPRETATION",
          "status": "ESTABLISHED",
          "public_wording_class": "SCRIPTURE_EXPLICITLY_IDENTIFIES",
          "scope_limitation": "The worthlessness/curse association belongs to Hebrews 6’s agricultural warning metaphor; it is not a universal lexical meaning of thistle.",
          "strongest_alternative_explanation": null,
          "residual_uncertainty": "No material residual uncertainty beyond the stated scope limitation.",
          "theological_intersections": [
            "PERSEVERANCE",
            "HAMARTIOLOGY"
          ],
          "scripture_references": [
            {
              "passage_ref_id": "TSP-PAS-001696",
              "osis_start": "Heb.6.7",
              "osis_end": "Heb.6.8",
              "display_label": "Hebrews 6:7–8",
              "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": []
}