{
  "entry_id": "TSP-ENT-000525",
  "slug": "tongue",
  "url_path": "/types-symbols/tongue/",
  "canonical_name": "Tongue",
  "entry_classifications": [
    "ORDINARY_DESCRIPTION",
    "METAPHOR",
    "IMAGE"
  ],
  "modules": [
    "BODY_PARTS_IDIOMS"
  ],
  "aliases": [],
  "legacy_present": true,
  "legacy_raw_wording_public": false,
  "senses": [
    {
      "sense_id": "TSP-SNS-001140",
      "label": "Biblical “tongue” language denotes the physical organ and recurrently extends by metonymy to speech or language: Proverbs and James use the tongue for verbal conduct, while Acts 2 ",
      "classification": "METAPHOR",
      "definition": "Biblical “tongue” language denotes the physical organ and recurrently extends by metonymy to speech or language: Proverbs and James use the tongue for verbal conduct, while Acts 2 and Revelation use “tongue(s)” in contexts of intelligible languages or peoples distinguished by language; the legacy “language, speech” wording is therefore substantially correct after reclassification from symbol to lexical/metonymic usage.",
      "not_always": "Not every occurrence is figurative, and “tongue” does not always carry the same speech-function.",
      "scope_note": "Tongue may denote anatomy, spoken utterance, or language according to syntax and context; it should not be converted into one moral or mystical code.",
      "claims": [
        {
          "claim_id": "TSP-CLM-001140",
          "statement": "Biblical “tongue” language denotes the physical organ and recurrently extends by metonymy to speech or language: Proverbs and James use the tongue for verbal conduct, while Acts 2 and Revelation use “tongue(s)” in contexts of intelligible languages or peoples distinguished by language; the legacy “language, speech” wording is therefore substantially correct after reclassification from symbol to lexical/metonymic usage.",
          "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": "Tongue may denote anatomy, spoken utterance, or language according to syntax and context; it should not be converted into one moral or mystical code.",
          "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-001731",
              "osis_start": "Prov.18.21",
              "osis_end": "Prov.18.21",
              "display_label": "Proverbs 18:21",
              "versification_system": "ENGLISH_STANDARD"
            },
            {
              "passage_ref_id": "TSP-PAS-001732",
              "osis_start": "Jas.3.5",
              "osis_end": "Jas.3.10",
              "display_label": "James 3:5–10",
              "versification_system": "ENGLISH_STANDARD"
            },
            {
              "passage_ref_id": "TSP-PAS-001733",
              "osis_start": "Acts.2.4",
              "osis_end": "Acts.2.11",
              "display_label": "Acts 2:4–11",
              "versification_system": "ENGLISH_STANDARD"
            },
            {
              "passage_ref_id": "TSP-PAS-001734",
              "osis_start": "Rev.5.9",
              "osis_end": "Rev.5.9",
              "display_label": "Revelation 5:9",
              "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": [],
  "negative_guardrails": []
}