Biblical Types, Symbols & Patterns
Lamp
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.
Psalm 119 explicitly compares God's word to a lamp for the feet and a light for the path.
Psalm 119 explicitly compares God's word to a lamp for the feet and a light for the path.
Context control: This establishes a Word/lamp metaphor in Psalm 119:105, not a universal lamp code.
Psalm 119 explicitly compares God's word to a lamp for the feet and a light for the path.
Grade 1: Explicit biblical interpretationScope: This establishes a Word/lamp metaphor in Psalm 119:105, not a universal lamp code.
Residual uncertainty: Full legacy wording remains subject to TSP-S3 unless the S2 statement exactly exhausts it.
Scripture
Evidence sources
- Canonical Scripture: S2 high-certainty anchor loci, MT/LXX/NA28 with NET/ESV comparison — Text loci verified for TSP-S2 high-certainty anchor corpus, 2026-09-20
Human spirit explicitly called the LORD’s lamp
Proverbs 20:27 explicitly calls the human spirit/breath the lamp of the LORD, using lamp imagery for inward searching/exposure.
Context control: This is a wisdom metaphor in Proverbs 20:27, not a universal rule that every lamp represents the human spirit.
Proverbs 20:27 explicitly says that the spirit of man is the lamp of the LORD, establishing the legacy human-spirit association in that wisdom context.
Grade 1: Explicit biblical interpretationScope: This is a wisdom metaphor in Proverbs 20:27, not a universal rule that every lamp represents the human spirit.
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 ner: lamp — Accessed/verified 2026-09-20
Seven fiery lamps explicitly identified as the seven Spirits of God
Revelation 4:5 explicitly interprets seven burning lamps/torches before the throne as the seven Spirits of God.
Context control: The identification belongs to the seven fiery lamps of this throne vision; it does not make every biblical lamp a symbol of the Holy Spirit.
Revelation 4:5 explicitly identifies the seven burning lamps/torches before God’s throne as the seven Spirits of God, establishing the legacy Spirit-of-God association in this specific apocalyptic vision.
Grade 1: Explicit biblical interpretationScope: The identification belongs to the seven fiery lamps of this throne vision; it does not make every biblical lamp a symbol of the Holy Spirit.
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 ner: lamp — Accessed/verified 2026-09-20
Canonical relationships
- Seven lamps/torches — seven Spirits of God: Revelation 4:5 explicitly identifies the seven burning lamps/torches before God's throne with the seven Spirits of God in that apocalyptic vision.
Lexical mappings
These are cross-tier mappings only; lexical definitions remain owned by the site’s lexical resources.
- HEBREW: נֵר ner — H5216
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