{
  "entry_id": "TSP-ENT-000518",
  "slug": "thorn",
  "url_path": "/types-symbols/thorn/",
  "canonical_name": "Thorn",
  "entry_classifications": [
    "ORDINARY_DESCRIPTION",
    "MOTIF",
    "METAPHOR"
  ],
  "modules": [
    "PLANTS_AGRICULTURE"
  ],
  "aliases": [],
  "legacy_present": true,
  "legacy_raw_wording_public": false,
  "senses": [
    {
      "sense_id": "TSP-SNS-001126",
      "label": "Genesis 3:17–18 explicitly connects thorns with the cursed ground after human sin, and Hebrews 6:7–8 later places thorn-and-thistle-bearing land in a warning image described as wor",
      "classification": "MOTIF",
      "definition": "Genesis 3:17–18 explicitly connects thorns with the cursed ground after human sin, and Hebrews 6:7–8 later places thorn-and-thistle-bearing land in a warning image described as worthless and near to being cursed; the legacy curse association is therefore textually established in those contexts.",
      "not_always": "Thorns are literal plants and also occur in other metaphors, so “thorn” does not invariably mean the curse.",
      "scope_note": "The curse association is explicit in the Fall narrative and Hebrews 6 warning image; it should not be imposed mechanically on every occurrence of thorn imagery.",
      "claims": [
        {
          "claim_id": "TSP-CLM-001126",
          "statement": "Genesis 3:17–18 explicitly connects thorns with the cursed ground after human sin, and Hebrews 6:7–8 later places thorn-and-thistle-bearing land in a warning image described as worthless and near to being cursed; the legacy curse association is therefore textually established in those contexts.",
          "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 the Fall narrative and Hebrews 6 warning image; it should not be imposed mechanically on every occurrence of thorn imagery.",
          "strongest_alternative_explanation": null,
          "residual_uncertainty": "No material residual uncertainty beyond the stated scope limitation.",
          "theological_intersections": [
            "HAMARTIOLOGY"
          ],
          "scripture_references": [
            {
              "passage_ref_id": "TSP-PAS-001697",
              "osis_start": "Gen.3.17",
              "osis_end": "Gen.3.18",
              "display_label": "Genesis 3:17–18",
              "versification_system": "ENGLISH_STANDARD"
            },
            {
              "passage_ref_id": "TSP-PAS-001698",
              "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
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "sense_id": "TSP-SNS-001127",
      "label": "Matthew 13 uses thorns for cares and the deceitfulness of riches that choke the word, while 2 Corinthians 12:7 uses “thorn in the flesh” for Paul’s afflicting messenger; these mate",
      "classification": "METAPHOR",
      "definition": "Matthew 13 uses thorns for cares and the deceitfulness of riches that choke the word, while 2 Corinthians 12:7 uses “thorn in the flesh” for Paul’s afflicting messenger; these materially different uses show that thorn imagery is multivalent rather than a universal one-to-one curse code.",
      "not_always": "No single thorn meaning should be transferred to every biblical thorn reference.",
      "scope_note": "The individual passage controls whether thorns signify curse, choking impediment, affliction, or ordinary vegetation.",
      "claims": [
        {
          "claim_id": "TSP-CLM-001127",
          "statement": "Matthew 13 uses thorns for cares and the deceitfulness of riches that choke the word, while 2 Corinthians 12:7 uses “thorn in the flesh” for Paul’s afflicting messenger; these materially different uses show that thorn imagery is multivalent rather than a universal one-to-one curse code.",
          "asserted_classifications": [
            "METAPHOR"
          ],
          "type_kinds": [],
          "evidence_grade": 4,
          "grade_basis": "G4_RECURRENT_CANONICAL_MOTIF_OR_STRONG_THEMATIC_PATTERN",
          "status": "STRONGLY_SUPPORTED",
          "public_wording_class": "STRONGLY_SUPPORTED_PATTERN",
          "scope_limitation": "The individual passage controls whether thorns signify curse, choking impediment, affliction, or ordinary vegetation.",
          "strongest_alternative_explanation": null,
          "residual_uncertainty": "No material residual uncertainty beyond the stated scope limitation.",
          "theological_intersections": [
            "SANCTIFICATION",
            "OTHER"
          ],
          "scripture_references": [
            {
              "passage_ref_id": "TSP-PAS-001699",
              "osis_start": "Matt.13.7",
              "osis_end": "Matt.13.7",
              "display_label": "Matthew 13:7",
              "versification_system": "ENGLISH_STANDARD"
            },
            {
              "passage_ref_id": "TSP-PAS-001700",
              "osis_start": "Matt.13.22",
              "osis_end": "Matt.13.22",
              "display_label": "Matthew 13:22",
              "versification_system": "ENGLISH_STANDARD"
            },
            {
              "passage_ref_id": "TSP-PAS-001701",
              "osis_start": "2Cor.12.7",
              "osis_end": "2Cor.12.7",
              "display_label": "2 Corinthians 12:7",
              "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-0110",
      "title": "Thorn",
      "canonical_statement": "Confirmed in the source-supported contextual sense: Genesis 3:17–18 explicitly connects thorns with the cursed ground after human sin, and Hebrews 6:7–8 later places thorn-and-thistle-bearing land in a warning image described as worthless and near to being cursed; the legacy curse association is therefore textually established in those contexts.",
      "canonical_action": "PROMOTE_ADJUDICATED_P02_POSITIVE_OR_RECLASSIFIED_GROUP_AS_DISTINCT_CUMULATIVE_CLUSTER",
      "guardrails": [],
      "relationship_status": "CONFIRMED_CONTEXTUAL_RELATION"
    }
  ],
  "negative_guardrails": []
}