Biblical Types, Symbols & Patterns
Eyesalve
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Eye salve as literal remedial substance/image
Greek kollourion denotes an eye remedy; this ordinary medical sense supplies the image in Revelation 3:18.
Context control: Preserve the remedial eye-salve referent as the image-source before interpreting the admonition.
The legacy “anointing for healing the eyes” wording first describes the ordinary remedial function of eye salve and should be reclassified as image-source rather than independent symbolism.
Grade 1: Explicit biblical interpretationScope: Preserve the remedial eye-salve referent as the image-source before interpreting the admonition.
Residual uncertainty: No material residual uncertainty beyond the stated scope limitation.
Scripture
Evidence sources
- Canonical Scripture: MT/LXX/NA28 with NET/ESV comparison — Text loci verified for TSP-S0F Batch 1
- BibleHub lexical summary — Greek kollourion: eye salve / remedy — Accessed/verified 2026-09-20
Revelation 3 eyesalve image for restored spiritual sight
Within the Laodicean rebuke, Jesus calls the church blind and counsels eye salve so that it may see, making the medical image a metaphor for restored spiritual perception/discernment.
Context control: Restrict the interpretation to Revelation 3’s blindness/sight rebuke and call to repentance.
Revelation 3:17–18 uses eye salve as a direct metaphorical remedy for the Laodiceans’ spiritual blindness, supporting restored spiritual sight/discernment in that context.
Grade 1: Explicit biblical interpretationScope: Restrict the interpretation to Revelation 3’s blindness/sight rebuke and call to repentance.
Residual uncertainty: No material residual uncertainty beyond the stated scope limitation.
Scripture
Evidence sources
- Canonical Scripture: MT/LXX/NA28 with NET/ESV comparison — Text loci verified for TSP-S0F Batch 1
Canonical relationships
- Eyesalve: Confirmed in the source-supported contextual sense: Revelation 3:17–18 uses eye salve as a direct metaphorical remedy for the Laodiceans’ spiritual blindness, supporting restored spiritual sight/discernment in that context.
Lexical mappings
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- GREEK: κολλούριον kollourion — G2854
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