Biblical Types, Symbols & Patterns
Feathers
Claim-level biblical evidence review with contextual controls, canonical relationships, and preserved interpretive history.
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Evidence grades apply to individual claims, not to the headword as a whole. Strong biblical identification is kept separate from plausible or traditional interpretations, and unsupported proposals remain visible as negative evidence rather than being silently removed.
Feathers/pinions as literal bird anatomy/image-source
Hebrew ebrah denotes a pinion/feather/wing in poetic animal imagery.
Context control: Preserve literal avian imagery before evaluating divine shelter metaphor.
The legacy Feathers entry must first recognize feathers/pinions as literal bird imagery rather than an intrinsic symbol.
Grade 1: Explicit biblical interpretationScope: Preserve literal avian imagery before evaluating divine shelter metaphor.
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 — Hebrew ebrah: pinion / feather / wing — Accessed/verified 2026-09-20
Protective covering under divine pinions/wings
Psalm 91 directly uses pinion/wing imagery for divine covering and refuge, aligning with the already-frozen Wings protection claim.
Context control: Reuse the frozen Wings/refuge conclusion and retain feathers/pinions as a bounded poetic protective image.
Psalm 91:4 directly uses feather/pinion imagery as part of the divine-wing metaphor of covering and refuge, strongly supporting protection in that specific poetic context.
Grade 1: Explicit biblical interpretationScope: Reuse the frozen Wings/refuge conclusion and retain feathers/pinions as a bounded poetic protective image.
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 — Hebrew ebrah: pinion / feather / wing — Accessed/verified 2026-09-20
Lexical mappings
These are cross-tier mappings only; lexical definitions remain owned by the site’s lexical resources.
- HEBREW: אֶבְרָה ebrah — H84
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