Core Glossary
Core Glossary — 2 Peter — English → Assamese
This glossary consolidates every load-bearing term identified in 07_semantic_analysis.md, drawn from every chapter of 2 Peter (1–3). Terms already present in the baseline Romans translation_memory.json are marked [Baseline — reuse exactly] and carry forward their recorded rendering, risk tier, and rejected alternatives unchanged. Terms newly identified in 2 Peter are marked [NEW] and proposed here for confirmation and entry into the translation memory update in a later Phase 1/2 step.
Risk tiers follow the baseline doctrine_risk_registry.json definitions exactly: Critical (human theologian review, every occurrence) / High (human theologian review) / Medium (native speaker review) / Low (automated review).
A. Baseline Terms Reused Exactly (no new rendering decision required)
| English Term | Assamese Rendering | Risk | Doctrine Link | 2 Peter Occurrences | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| God | ঈশ্বৰ | Critical | Divine Nature; Deity of Christ | 1:1, 1:2, 1:17, 1:21, 2:4, 3:5 | Reuse baseline exactly; never ভগৱান. |
| Jesus | যীচু | Critical | Lordship of Christ | 1:1, 1:2, 1:8, 1:11, 1:14, 1:16, 2:1, 2:20, 3:18 | Reuse baseline exactly; never ঈছা. |
| Lord | প্ৰভু | Critical | Lordship of Christ; Certainty of Christ’s Return | 1:2, 1:8, 1:11, 1:14, 1:16, 2:20, 3:2, 3:8-10, 3:15, 3:18 | Reuse baseline exactly. Also serves as the root for NEW compound প্ৰভুৰ দিন (Day of the Lord, ch.3). |
| Holy Spirit | পবিত্ৰ আত্মা | Critical | Inspiration of Scripture | 1:21 | Reuse baseline exactly. Anchors the single most doctrinally load-bearing verse in the book (1:21). |
| holy | পবিত্ৰ | High | Divine Nature; Growing in Christian Virtue | 1:18, 1:21, 2:21, 3:2, 3:11 | Reuse baseline exactly. |
| grace | অনুগ্ৰহ | High | Growing in Christian Virtue | 1:2, 3:18 | Reuse baseline exactly; never কৰ্মফল/ভাগ্য/পুণ্য/বৰ. |
| peace | শান্তি | Medium | Growing in Christian Virtue | 1:2 | Reuse baseline exactly. |
| faith | বিশ্বাস | High | Growing in Christian Virtue | 1:1, 1:5 | Reuse baseline exactly; never ভক্তি/শ্ৰদ্ধা. |
| righteousness | ধাৰ্মিকতা | Critical | Reliability of Scripture; Judgment | 1:1, 2:5, 2:7-8, 2:21, 3:13 | Reuse baseline exactly; never ধৰ্ম. |
| glory | মহিমা | High | Divine Nature; Deity of Christ | 1:3, 1:17 (×2), 3:18 | Reuse baseline exactly. |
| calling | মতনি | High | Divine Calling | 1:10 | Reuse baseline exactly. |
| election | ঈশ্বৰৰ মনোনয়ন | High | Effectual Calling | 1:10 | Reuse baseline exactly; never ভাগ্য/নিয়তি/কপাল. |
| sin | পাপ | High | False Teachers; Judgment | 1:9, 2:4, 2:14 | Reuse baseline exactly. |
| prophecy / prophet | ভাববাণী / ভাববাদী | Low (elevated High in 2 Peter) | Reliability and Inspiration of Scripture | 1:19-21, 2:1, 2:16, 3:2 | Reuse baseline exactly; risk elevated because Scripture’s reliability is the anchor doctrine of the core passage, in direct tension with the near-canonical status of Sankardev’s Assamese Bhagavata within Ekasarana devotional practice. |
| kingdom of God | ঈশ্বৰৰ ৰাজ্য | Medium | Certainty of Christ’s Return | 1:11 (as “eternal kingdom”) | Reuse baseline exactly; distinguish from political/Ahom-kingdom associations. |
| fellowship (root) | সহভাগিতা | Low | (root for NEW κοινωνοί, “partakers”) | 1:4 | Root reused; see NEW entry “partakers” below for compound risk. |
| son of God (title pattern) | ঈশ্বৰৰ পুত্ৰ | Critical | Sonship of Christ | 1:17 (“my beloved Son”) | Reuse baseline exactly; combine with প্ৰিয় (beloved). |
B. New Terms Identified in 2 Peter (proposed renderings)
Divine Nature and Escaping Corruption
| English Term | Original (Greek) | Transliteration | Proposed Assamese | Risk | Rejected Alternatives | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| divine power | θεία δύναμις | theia dynamis | ঈশ্বৰৰ শক্তি | Medium | দৈৱী শক্তি (too impersonal/occult-adjacent) | Always anchor to God’s own person. |
| virtue / moral excellence | ἀρετή | aretē | সদাচাৰ | High | গুণ, সদগুণ | Reject গুণ (guna) — the Samkhya/Vedanta trigunas (sattva-rajas-tamas) are a foundational Hindu cosmological category unrelated to NT moral-virtue growth. |
| divine nature | θεία φύσις | theia physis | ঈশ্বৰীয় স্বভাৱ | Critical | ব্ৰহ্ম স্বৰূপ, পৰমাত্মাৰ সৈতে একত্ৱ | Must never suggest ontological merger/identity with Brahman (Advaita atman=Brahman union, the goal of jnana-marga moksha). Means sanctifying participation in God’s communicable moral character. Mandatory translator note required at every first occurrence, parallel to দেহধাৰণ. |
| partakers | κοινωνοί | koinōnoi | ভাগী / সহভাগী | High | — | Directly tied to theia physis risk above; participatory sharing, not metaphysical absorption. |
| corruption | φθορά | phthora | ভ্ৰষ্টতা | High | ক্ষয় (acceptable secondary), কলি-যুগৰ ক্ষয় (rejected) | Must not be read as the fixed, inevitable Kali Yuga cosmic-degeneration stage; this corruption is caused by sinful desire and is escapable now through Christ. |
| sinful desire | ἐπιθυμία | epithymia | কু-অভিলাষ | Medium | কামনা (too devotionally loaded via Kamadeva associations) | |
| knowledge (full/relational) | ἐπίγνωσις | epignōsis | (পূর্ণ) জ্ঞান, always object-anchored | High | — | Must always be paired with its object (”…যীচু খ্ৰীষ্টৰ জ্ঞান”) to avoid drift toward Vedantic self-realization gnosis. |
| knowledge (general) | γνῶσις | gnōsis | জ্ঞান | High | — | Same collision risk as ἐπίγνωσις above. |
Growing in Christian Virtue
| English Term | Original (Greek) | Transliteration | Proposed Assamese | Risk | Rejected Alternatives | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| self-control | ἐγκράτεια | egkrateia | আত্মসংযম | High | ইন্দ্ৰিয় দমন | ইন্দ্ৰিয় দমন strongly echoes Yogic/ascetic self-powered merit-discipline; frame as Spirit-given fruit, not self-earned asceticism. |
| endurance / perseverance | ὑπομονή | hypomonē | সহনশীলতা | Medium | — | Distinct from μακροθυμία (God’s own patience, ch.3). |
| godliness | εὐσέβεια | eusebeia | ঈশ্বৰনিষ্ঠা | High | ভক্তি | Reject ভক্তি (bhakti) — carries the entire Ekasarana naam-devotional-practice framework (per baseline faith entry precedent). |
| brotherly affection | φιλαδελφία | philadelphia | ভাতৃ-প্ৰেম | Medium | — | |
| love | ἀγάπη | agapē | প্ৰেম | Medium | মৰম (too casual/familial-only register) | |
| cleansed (from past sins) | καθαρισμός | katharismos | শুচি হোৱা | Medium | শুচিকৰণ (rejected in baseline for sanctification) | Once-for-all forgiveness at conversion; not repeatable ritual purification. |
| equally precious (faith) | ἰσότιμος | isotimos | সমমূল্যৰ | Medium | — | Qualifier attached to established বিশ্বাস. |
| tent (mortal body) | σκήνωμα | skēnōma | দেহ | Low–Medium | — | Brief note: single decisive departure to Christ, not transition to a next incarnation. |
| departure (death) | ἔξοδος | exodos | প্ৰয়াণ | Low–Medium | — | |
| eternal kingdom | αἰώνιος βασιλεία | aiōnios basileia | নিত্য ঈশ্বৰৰ ৰাজ্য | Medium | — | Compound on baseline ঈশ্বৰৰ ৰাজ্য. |
| Savior | σωτήρ | sōtēr | পৰিত্ৰাণকৰ্তা | Critical | মুক্তিদাতা, মোক্ষদাতা | Built on baseline পৰিত্ৰাণ root; never a term containing মুক্তি/মোক্ষ. |
| our God and Savior [Jesus Christ] | Θεοῦ ἡμῶν καὶ σωτῆρος | Theou hēmōn kai sōtēros | ঈশ্বৰ আৰু পৰিত্ৰাণকৰ্তা | Critical | — | Preserve single-subject Granville Sharp grammar affirming Christ’s full deity; do not split into two separate figures. |
The Reliability and Inspiration of Scripture
| English Term | Original (Greek) | Transliteration | Proposed Assamese | Risk | Rejected Alternatives | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| carried along by the Holy Spirit | ὑπὸ Πνεύματος Ἁγίου φερόμενοι | hypo Pneumatos Hagiou pheromenoi | পবিত্ৰ আত্মাৰ দ্বাৰা চালিত হৈ | Critical | — | Doctrinal anchor of the core passage. Must not suggest trance-possession/oracular channeling (cf. Assamese folk/Shakta-tantric mediumship); the human author’s full personhood and style are preserved even as the Spirit guarantees divine origin. Mandatory translator note at every first occurrence. |
| men spoke from God | ἄνθρωποι ἀπὸ Θεοῦ ἐλάλησαν | anthrōpoi apo Theou elalēsan | ঈশ্বৰৰ পৰা মানুহে কথা কোৱা | High | — | |
| private/one’s own interpretation | ἴδιος ἐπίλυσις | idios epilysis | ব্যক্তিগত ব্যাখ্যা | High | — | Concerns the origin of prophecy, not a prohibition on personal Bible study; also distinguishes from Satradhikar-mediated textual authority. |
| the prophetic word | προφητικὸς λόγος | prophētikos logos | ভাববাণীৰ বাক্য | High | — | Built on baseline ভাববাণী. |
| more fully confirmed | βεβαιότερος | bebaioteros | অধিক দৃঢ় | Medium | — | Objective, evidentiary certainty, not subjective mystical assurance. |
| myths | μῦθος | mythos | কল্পিত কাহিনী | Medium | উপকথা (too gentle/folkloric) | Must convey deliberate fabrication, distinct from itihasa/purana narratives regarded as historically true by many readers. |
| hard to understand / twisted | δυσνόητα / στρεβλοῦσιν | dysnoēta / streblousin | দুর্বোধ্য / বিকৃত কৰা | Medium–High | — | Fault lies in willful human distortion, not Scripture’s unreliability. |
| eyewitnesses | ἐπόπται | epoptai | প্ৰত্যক্ষদৰ্শী | Medium | দর্শনপ্রাপ্ত (too mystical-visionary) | Plain sensory eyewitnessing of history, not meditative/mystical “sight.” |
False Teachers and Their Judgment
| English Term | Original (Greek) | Transliteration | Proposed Assamese | Risk | Rejected Alternatives | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| false prophets / false teachers | ψευδοπροφῆται / ψευδοδιδάσκαλοι | pseudoprophētai / pseudodidaskaloi | মিছা ভাববাদী / মিছা শিক্ষক | High | — | Specific doctrinal category (denial of Christ’s redemption + destructive heresy), not merely a rival/disagreeable teacher. |
| the Master [who bought them] | δεσπότης | despotēs | স্বামী | Medium–High | — | Used here specifically for δεσπότης, kept distinct from প্ৰভু (reserved for κύριος). Context must exclude a “husband” reading. |
| bought / purchased | ἀγοράζω | agorazō | কিনি লওয়া | Medium–High | — | Redemption imagery tied to Christ’s atoning blood, not a merit-transaction or guru-dakshina. |
| destructive heresies | αἱρέσεις ἀπωλείας | haireseis apōleias | বিনাশজনক ভুল মতবাদ | High | — | |
| destruction / perdition | ἀπώλεια | apōleia | বিনাশ / ধ্বংস | High | — | Personal, eternal, moral ruin — not equated with nirvana-style cessation. |
| sensuality | ἀσέλγεια | aselgeia | কামুকতা | Medium | — | |
| greed | πλεονεξία | pleonexia | লোভ | Low–Medium | — | |
| cast into Tartarus / chains of darkness | ταρταρώσας / σειραῖς ζόφου | tartarōsas / seirais zophou | অন্ধকাৰময় বন্দীশালা | Critical | নৰক | Never নৰক (Naraka) — imports the Puranic multi-level hell/Yama-judgment/karmic-purgatory cosmology. A specific, one-time judicial confinement of specific angels, not the general realm of the dead. |
| flood | κατακλυσμός | kataklysmos | জলপ্লাৱন | Low–Medium | — | Brief OT background gloss recommended (low OT narrative literacy). |
| reserved for judgment / punished | τηρέω / κρίσις / κολαζομένους | tēreō / krisis / kolazomenous | শাস্তি / বিচাৰ | High | — | |
| dominion / glorious ones (angelic) | κυριότης / δόξαι | kyriotēs / doxai | কৰ্তৃত্ব / মহিমাম্বিত সত্তা | Medium | — | Created, subordinate beings; not elevated to deva/pantheon status; kept distinct from মহিমা (God’s own glory). |
| wages of unrighteousness | μισθὸς ἀδικίας | misthos adikias | অধাৰ্মিকতাৰ মজুৰি | Medium–High | — | |
| spots and blemishes | σπίλοι καὶ μῶμοι | spiloi kai mōmoi | কলঙ্ক আৰু দোষ | Low–Medium | — | Moral, not caste/ritual-purity, defilement. |
| [false] freedom / slaves of corruption | ἐλευθερία / δοῦλοι φθορᾶς | eleutheria / douloi phthoras | স্বাধীনতা / দাস (+ ভ্ৰষ্টতা) | High | মুক্তি | Never মুক্তি (reserved away from salvation vocabulary in baseline); mark explicitly as a false, self-serving promise, contrasted with true freedom in Christ. |
| dog / sow (proverb) | κύων / ὗς | kyōn / hys | কুকুৰ / গাহৰী | Low | — |
The Certainty of Christ’s Return / The Day of the Lord and Final Judgment
| English Term | Original (Greek) | Transliteration | Proposed Assamese | Risk | Rejected Alternatives | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| coming / Parousia | παρουσία | parousia | পুনৰাগমন | Critical | আগমন (alone, ambiguous), অৱতাৰণ (rejected — avatar-descent) | The highest single syncretism risk in the book: risks assimilation to Vishnu’s future Kalki-avatar descent at the end of Kali Yuga. Must always be marked as the one-time, final, personal return of the same historical, resurrected Jesus — never a repeatable divine descent. Mandatory translator note at every first occurrence, parallel to দেহধাৰণ. |
| scoffers | ἐμπαῖκται | empaiktai | বিদ্রূপকাৰী | Low–Medium | — | |
| day of judgment | ἡμέρα κρίσεως | hēmera kriseōs | বিচাৰৰ দিন | Critical/High | — | |
| fire (eschatological) | πῦρ | pyr | জুই | Medium | — | Not Agni-as-deity nor yajna ritual fire; simply God’s judicial instrument. |
| the Lord’s patience | μακροθυμία | makrothymia | ধৈৰ্য্য | High | — | Personal, purposive, relational forbearance offering opportunity for repentance — not impersonal cosmic inevitability tied to the Yuga cycle. |
| delay | βραδύνω | bradynō | পলম | Low | — | |
| repentance | μετάνοια | metanoia | মন-পৰিৱৰ্তন | High | প্ৰায়শ্চিত্ত-সদৃশ অনুষ্ঠান (rejected framing) | Inward turning of heart/mind toward God, not ritual atonement (prāyaścitta) to offset karma. |
| the Day of the Lord | ἡμέρα Κυρίου | hēmera Kyriou | প্ৰভুৰ দিন | Critical | — | See cosmic-dissolution note below; the single, final, historically decisive day, not one of recurring cosmic cycles. |
| heavens pass away / elements dissolved by fire | στοιχεῖα καυσούμενα λυθήσεται | stoicheia kausoumena lythēsetai | আকাশমণ্ডল লুপ্ত হ’ব / মৌলিক পদাৰ্থ পুৰি ধ্বংস হ’ব | Critical | প্ৰলয় (rejected as unqualified equivalence) | Must not be assimilated to Puranic Pralaya/Mahapralaya (cyclical cosmic dissolution-recreation within an endless kalachakra). This is a one-time, morally purposive, final dissolution. Mandatory translator note at every first occurrence. |
| new heavens and new earth | καινοὺς οὐρανοὺς καὶ γῆν καινήν | kainous ouranous kai gēn kainēn | নতুন আকাশ আৰু নতুন পৃথিৱী | Critical | — | The one, final, permanent new creation — not a stage in an endless creation-dissolution cycle. |
| without spot or blemish | ἄσπιλος καὶ ἀμώμητος | aspilos kai amōmētos | নিষ্কলঙ্ক আৰু নিৰ্দোষ | Medium | — | |
| untaught and unstable | ἀμαθεῖς καὶ ἀστήρικτοι | amatheis kai astēriktoi | অশিক্ষিত আৰু অস্থিৰ | Low–Medium | — | |
| guard / error / steadfastness | φυλάσσεσθε / πλάνη / στηριγμός | phylassesthe / planē / stērigmos | ৰক্ষা কৰা / ভ্ৰান্তি / স্থিৰতা | Low–Medium | — | |
| grow in grace and knowledge | αὐξάνετε ἐν χάριτι καὶ γνώσει | auxanete en chariti kai gnōsei | অনুগ্ৰহ আৰু জ্ঞানত বৃদ্ধি পাওক | High | — | Always object-anchored to “আমাৰ প্ৰভু আৰু ত্ৰাণকৰ্তা যীচু খ্ৰীষ্টৰ.” |
Summary of Critical-Risk NEW Terms Requiring Mandatory Translator Notes
The following five terms/phrases are assessed Critical and, following the precedent set by দেহধাৰণ (incarnation) in the Romans baseline, require a mandatory distinguishing translator note at every first occurrence in every 2 Peter document:
- পুনৰাগমন (parousia / Christ’s Second Coming) — distinguish from Vishnu’s future Kalki-avatar descent.
- ঈশ্বৰীয় স্বভাৱ (partakers of the divine nature) — distinguish from Advaita atman-Brahman ontological union.
- অন্ধকাৰময় বন্দীশালা (Tartarus / chains of darkness) — distinguish from Naraka’s karmic-purgatory cosmology.
- প্ৰভুৰ দিন / cosmic dissolution by fire (Day of the Lord, ch. 3) — distinguish from cyclical Puranic Pralaya/Mahapralaya.
- পবিত্ৰ আত্মাৰ দ্বাৰা চালিত হৈ (carried along by the Holy Spirit, 1:21) — distinguish directed, personality-preserving inspiration from trance-possession/oracular channeling.
These five terms should be prioritized for Phase 1 Step 2 (doctrine risk registry update) and flagged for mandatory human theologian review at every occurrence in Phase 2 translation.
Critical Risk Terms
God
Approved rendering: ঈশ্বৰ
Transliteration: Iswôr
Doctrine: Deity of Christ
Rejected alternatives: ভগৱান, পৰমেশ্বৰ
Original: θεός
Category: God
Inherited from Romans package. In 2 Peter, load-bearing at 1:1 where the Granville Sharp construction names Jesus himself as ঈশ্বৰ আৰু পৰিত্ৰাণকৰ্তা (see god_and_savior below); at 1:2, 1:17, 1:21, 2:4, 3:5.
Jesus
Approved rendering: যীচু
Transliteration: Yisu
Doctrine: Lordship of Christ
Rejected alternatives: ঈছা
Original: Ἰησοῦς
Category: Christology
Inherited from Romans package. Occurs throughout 2 Peter (1:1, 1:2, 1:8, 1:11, 1:14, 1:16, 2:1, 2:20, 3:18), always in the recurring title ‘our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ,’ which must render identically at every occurrence.
Christ
Approved rendering: খ্ৰীষ্ট
Transliteration: Khristô
Doctrine: Lordship of Christ
Established Assamese Bible Society transliteration standard, carried forward from the baseline’s transliteration-standards list (12_ai_translation_requirements.md) rather than from a dedicated baseline glossary entry. Always paired with যীচু as ‘যীচু খ্ৰীষ্ট’ in the recurring title ‘আমাৰ প্ৰভু আৰু পৰিত্ৰাণকৰ্তা যীচু খ্ৰীষ্ট.‘
Lord
Approved rendering: প্ৰভু
Transliteration: prôbhu
Doctrine: Lordship of Christ
Rejected alternatives: স্বামী, ঈশ্বৰ
Original: κύριος
Category: Christology
Inherited from Romans package. In 2 Peter this is the root of the compound doctrinal term প্ৰভুৰ দিন (Day of the Lord, ch.3). Must never read as one honorific among the many devotional titles addressed to gurus, Satradhikars, or chosen deities in Assamese religious speech. স্বামী is reserved separately in 2 Peter for δεσπότης (2:1) and must never be confused with this term.
Holy Spirit
Approved rendering: পবিত্ৰ আত্মা
Transliteration: pobitrô atma
Doctrine: The Reliability and Inspiration of Scripture
Rejected alternatives: ব্ৰহ্ম, পৰমাত্মা
Original: πνεῦμα ἅγιον
Category: God
Inherited from Romans package. Anchors the single most doctrinally load-bearing verse in 2 Peter (1:21), where it is the subject of the compound phrase পবিত্ৰ আত্মাৰ দ্বাৰা চালিত হৈ (see carried_along_by_holy_spirit below).
Righteousness
Approved rendering: ধাৰ্মিকতা
Transliteration: dharmikôta
Doctrine: False Teachers and Their Judgment
Rejected alternatives: ধৰ্ম, পুণ্য, ন্যায়
Original: δικαιοσύνη
Category: Salvation
Inherited from Romans package. Used of Noah as a herald of righteousness (2:5), Lot as righteous (2:7-8), the ‘way of righteousness’ abandoned by false teachers (2:21), and the moral character of the new creation (3:13). Never ধৰ্ম.
Son Of God
Approved rendering: ঈশ্বৰৰ পুত্ৰ
Transliteration: Iswôror putrô
Doctrine: Sonship of Christ
Rejected alternatives: ঈশ্বৰৰ অংশ, দেৱপুৰুষ
Original: υἱὸς θεοῦ
Category: Christology
Inherited from Romans package. In 2 Peter 1:17, combined with প্ৰিয় (beloved) to render the Father’s declaration ‘মোৰ প্ৰিয় পুত্ৰ’ at the Transfiguration. Must not read as adoptive/honorary sonship or a devotee elevated to child-of-god status within a bhakti framework.
Salvation
Approved rendering: পৰিত্ৰাণ
Transliteration: poritran
Doctrine: Deity of Christ
Rejected alternatives: মুক্তি, মোক্ষ, নিস্তাৰ
Inherited from Romans package. Serves as the root for the new compound title পৰিত্ৰাণকৰ্তা (Savior, see below), used repeatedly of Jesus Christ throughout 2 Peter. NEVER মুক্তি or মোক্ষ.
Parousia
Approved rendering: পুনৰাগমন
Transliteration: punor-agomôn
Doctrine: The Certainty of Christ’s Return
Rejected alternatives: আগমন, অৱতাৰণ
Original: παρουσία
Category: Eschatology
The single highest syncretism risk in the book. Never অৱতাৰণ, which would assimilate Christ’s one-time, final, personal return to Vishnu’s future Kalki-avatar descent at the close of Kali Yuga, a cyclical, repeatable pattern. Occurs at 1:16 (Transfiguration preview) and 3:3-4, 3:9-10 (scoffers’ denial and reaffirmation). MANDATORY translator note required at every first occurrence in every document, distinguishing this as the return of the same historical, resurrected Jesus, not a repeatable avatar-descent.
Carried Along By Holy Spirit
Approved rendering: পবিত্ৰ আত্মাৰ দ্বাৰা চালিত হৈ
Transliteration: pobitrô atmar dwara chalito hoi
Doctrine: The Reliability and Inspiration of Scripture
Original: ὑπὸ Πνεύματος Ἁγίου φερόμενοι
Category: Scripture
2 Peter 1:21. The doctrinal anchor of the core passage. Must NOT be rendered in a way suggestive of trance-possession or oracular channeling, a phenomenon with real folk-religious and Shakta-tantric parallels in Assam where a medium’s own identity is suppressed while a deity or spirit ‘speaks through’ them. Biblical inspiration preserved the prophets’ full personhood and style even as the Spirit guaranteed the divine origin and truthfulness of the message. MANDATORY translator note required at every first occurrence in every document.
Divine Nature
Approved rendering: ঈশ্বৰীয় স্বভাৱ
Transliteration: Iswôriyô sôbhabô
Doctrine: Divine Nature and Escaping Corruption
Rejected alternatives: ব্ৰহ্ম স্বৰূপ, পৰমাত্মাৰ সৈতে একত্ৱ
Original: θεία φύσις
Category: Divine Nature
2 Peter 1:4. The single most theologically dangerous phrase in the book for an Assamese audience. Must NEVER suggest ontological merger/identity with Brahman (Advaita atman=Brahman union, the goal of jnana-marga moksha). Names participatory sharing in God’s communicable moral character, never absorption into the divine essence or self-deification. MANDATORY translator note required at every first occurrence in every document.
Savior
Approved rendering: পৰিত্ৰাণকৰ্তা
Transliteration: poritranôkorta
Doctrine: Deity of Christ
Rejected alternatives: মুক্তিদাতা, মোক্ষদাতা
Original: σωτήρ
Category: Salvation
Recurring title for Jesus Christ throughout 2 Peter (1:1, 1:11, 2:20, 3:2, 3:18). Built on the established পৰিত্ৰাণ root; never a term containing মুক্তি/মোক্ষ (rebirth-cycle liberation).
God And Savior
Approved rendering: ঈশ্বৰ আৰু পৰিত্ৰাণকৰ্তা
Transliteration: Iswôr aru poritranôkorta
Doctrine: Deity of Christ
Original: τοῦ Θεοῦ ἡμῶν καὶ σωτῆρος Ἰησοῦ Χριστοῦ
Category: Christology
2 Peter 1:1, the Granville Sharp single-subject construction ‘our God and Savior Jesus Christ.’ Must preserve the single-subject grammar identifying Jesus as both God and Savior; do NOT split into two figures (‘God, and also our Savior Jesus Christ’), which would soften the letter’s clearest deity-of-Christ claim toward Ekasarana-style guru-veneration of a revered figure honored alongside, but distinct from, the Supreme Deity.
Tartarus
Approved rendering: অন্ধকাৰময় বন্দীশালা
Transliteration: ondhôkarômôy bôndixala
Doctrine: False Teachers and Their Judgment
Rejected alternatives: নৰক
Original: ταρταρώσας / σειραῖς ζόφου
Category: Judgment
2 Peter 2:4, ταρταρώσας / σειραῖς ζόφου. Must NEVER be নৰক (Naraka), the Puranic/Hindu hell-realm with Yama’s multi-level judgment and temporary karmic punishment prior to rebirth. This is a specific, one-time judicial confinement of particular rebellious angels awaiting final judgment, not a general realm of the dead or a temporary karmic purgatory. MANDATORY translator note required at every first occurrence in every document.
Day Of The Lord
Approved rendering: প্ৰভুৰ দিন
Transliteration: prôbhur din
Doctrine: The Day of the Lord and Final Judgment
Original: ἡμέρα Κυρίου
Category: Eschatology
2 Peter 3:10, ἡμέρα Κυρίου. Built on the established প্ৰভু root. Must never be assimilated to cyclical Puranic cosmology (see cosmic_dissolution below). MANDATORY translator note required at every first occurrence in every document.
Cosmic Dissolution
Approved rendering: আকাশমণ্ডল লুপ্ত হ’ব / মৌলিক পদাৰ্থ পুৰি ধ্বংস হ’ব
Transliteration: akaxmôndôl luptô hôbô / moulik pôdarthô puri dhwôngxô hôbô
Doctrine: The Day of the Lord and Final Judgment
Rejected alternatives: প্ৰলয়, মহাপ্ৰলয়
Original: οἱ οὐρανοὶ … παρελεύσονται … στοιχεῖα … καυσούμενα λυθήσεται
Category: Eschatology
2 Peter 3:10, 3:12. The single greatest cosmological syncretism risk in the book. NEVER প্ৰলয় or মহাপ্ৰলয়, which name the recurring cycle of cosmic dissolution and re-creation taught in the Bhagavata Purana (Ekasarana’s own near-canonical text), repeating endlessly within an impersonal kalachakra. This is a one-time, morally purposive, final dissolution. The deliberately awkward descriptive-phrase (rather than a single reified noun) is intentional, to resist collapse into the familiar Pralaya category. MANDATORY translator note required at every first occurrence in every document.
New Heavens New Earth
Approved rendering: নতুন আকাশ আৰু নতুন পৃথিৱী
Transliteration: nôtun akax aru nôtun prithibi
Doctrine: The Day of the Lord and Final Judgment
Original: καινοὺς οὐρανοὺς καὶ γῆν καινήν
Category: Eschatology
2 Peter 3:13. Directly tied to cosmic_dissolution above; must be marked as the one, final, permanent renewal, not a recurring stage in an endless creation-dissolution cycle. Shares the mandatory-note requirement with cosmic_dissolution and day_of_the_lord.
High Risk Terms
Holy
Approved rendering: পবিত্ৰ
Transliteration: pobitrô
Doctrine: Eyewitness Testimony and the Transfiguration
Rejected alternatives: শুচি, নিৰ্মল
Original: ἅγιος
Category: Sanctification
Inherited from Romans package. In 2 Peter 1:18 (‘the holy mountain’) and 3:11 (‘holy conduct’); at 1:18 must be read as one specific historical site of divine self-disclosure, not an ongoing pilgrimage destination (cf. Kamakhya hill veneration in Assamese practice).
Grace
Approved rendering: অনুগ্ৰহ
Transliteration: anugrôh
Doctrine: Growing in Christian Virtue
Rejected alternatives: কৃপা, দয়া, বৰ, সৌভাগ্য, পুণ্য
Original: χάρις
Category: Salvation
Inherited from Romans package. Occurs in the opening greeting (1:2) and the closing exhortation (3:18, ‘grow in grace and knowledge’); never কৰ্মফল, ভাগ্য, পুণ্য, or বৰ.
Faith
Approved rendering: বিশ্বাস
Transliteration: biswax
Doctrine: Growing in Christian Virtue
Rejected alternatives: শ্ৰদ্ধা, ভক্তি
Original: πίστις
Category: Faith
Inherited from Romans package. In 2 Peter 1:1 described as ‘of equal standing’ (সমমূল্যৰ বিশ্বাস) shared by all believers; foundational to the virtue-growth chain in 1:5. Never ভক্তি (Ekasarana devotional-practice framework).
Glory
Approved rendering: মহিমা
Transliteration: môhima
Doctrine: Eyewitness Testimony and the Transfiguration
Rejected alternatives: দেৱজ্যোতি, তেজ
Original: δόξα
Category: God
Inherited from Romans package. Conferred on Christ at the Transfiguration (1:17) and ascribed to him in the closing doxology (3:18). Kept distinct from প্ৰতাপ (majesty, megaleiotēs, see below) so the two related Greek terms are not collapsed into one Assamese word.
Calling
Approved rendering: মতনি
Transliteration: motoni
Doctrine: Divine Calling and Election
Rejected alternatives: আমন্ত্ৰণ
Original: κλῆσις
Category: Salvation
Inherited from Romans package. In 2 Peter 1:10, believers are urged to ‘confirm’ (not earn) their calling and election through virtuous living.
Election
Approved rendering: ঈশ্বৰৰ মনোনয়ন
Transliteration: Iswôror monônoyon
Doctrine: Divine Calling and Election
Rejected alternatives: ভাগ্য, নিয়তি, কপাল
Original: ἐκλογή
Category: Salvation
Inherited from Romans package. Paired with calling in 1:10; must never suggest karma-determined fate or the Ekasarana practice of a devotee’s own initiative in formally taking naam.
Sin
Approved rendering: পাপ
Transliteration: pap
Doctrine: Divine Nature and Escaping Corruption
Rejected alternatives: অধৰ্ম, অশুচিতা
Original: ἁμαρτία
Category: Sin
Inherited from Romans package. In 2 Peter, the state believers are cleansed from (1:9) and into which false teachers entice others (2:14).
Prophecy
Approved rendering: ভাববাণী
Transliteration: bhabôbani
Doctrine: The Reliability and Inspiration of Scripture
Rejected alternatives: গণনা
Original: προφητεία
Category: Scripture
Inherited from Romans package, but risk elevated from baseline Low to High for 2 Peter because it anchors 1:19-21 and 3:2, the doctrine of Scripture’s divine origin, directly against the near-canonical devotional status of Sankardev’s Assamese Bhagavata within Ekasarana Namghar worship.
Power Of God
Approved rendering: ঈশ্বৰৰ শক্তি
Transliteration: Iswôror xôkti
Doctrine: Divine Nature and Escaping Corruption
Rejected alternatives: বল
Inherited from Romans package. Serves as the root anchor for the new term divine_power (θεία δύναμις, 1:3); always paired with ঈশ্বৰৰ to avoid drift toward an impersonal or personified cosmic force.
Prophetic Word
Approved rendering: ভাববাণীৰ বাক্য
Transliteration: bhabôbanir bakyô
Doctrine: The Reliability and Inspiration of Scripture
Original: προφητικὸς λόγος
Category: Scripture
2 Peter 1:19. Built on the established ভাববাণী root. Elevated risk because it anchors Scripture’s reliability doctrine against the near-canonical devotional authority of the Assamese Bhagavata in Ekasarana practice.
Private Interpretation
Approved rendering: ব্যক্তিগত ব্যাখ্যা
Transliteration: byaktigôtô byakhya
Doctrine: The Reliability and Inspiration of Scripture
Original: ἴδιος ἐπίλυσις
Category: Scripture
2 Peter 1:20. Concerns the origin of prophecy (not human insight), not a prohibition on personal Bible study. Also distinguishes biblical prophecy’s divine origin from religious authority mediated through an interpreting Satradhikar (guru-successor) in the Ekasarana institutional structure.
Men Spoke From God
Approved rendering: ঈশ্বৰৰ পৰা মানুহে কথা কোৱা
Transliteration: Iswôror pora manuhe kôtha kôwa
Doctrine: The Reliability and Inspiration of Scripture
Original: ἄνθρωποι ἀπὸ Θεοῦ ἐλάλησαν
Category: Scripture
2 Peter 1:21b. Must preserve both the genuine humanity of the biblical authors and the divine origin of the content; avoid either a dictation-only reading or a merely-human-opinion reading.
Virtue
Approved rendering: সদাচাৰ
Transliteration: sôdachar
Doctrine: Growing in Christian Virtue
Rejected alternatives: গুণ, সদগুণ
Original: ἀρετή
Category: Virtue
2 Peter 1:3, 1:5. NEVER গুণ (guna) — the technical term for the three qualities of material nature (sattva-rajas-tamas) in Samkhya/Vedanta cosmology, a foundational Hindu metaphysical category wholly unrelated to NT moral-virtue growth.
Partakers
Approved rendering: ভাগী / সহভাগী
Transliteration: bhagi / xohobhagi
Doctrine: Divine Nature and Escaping Corruption
Original: κοινωνοί
Category: Divine Nature
2 Peter 1:4, κοινωνοί. Root shared with established সহভাগিতা (fellowship). Directly tied to the divine_nature risk; must convey participation, never ontological absorption.
Corruption
Approved rendering: ভ্ৰষ্টতা
Transliteration: bhrostôta
Doctrine: Divine Nature and Escaping Corruption
Rejected alternatives: কলি-যুগৰ ক্ষয়
Original: φθορά
Category: Divine Nature
2 Peter 1:4. Must be distinguished from the Puranic Yuga-cycle concept of an inevitable, fixed cosmic moral decline (Kali Yuga degeneration) that must simply run its course; this corruption is caused by sinful desire and is escapable now, through Christ.
Epignosis
Approved rendering: (পূর্ণ) জ্ঞান
Transliteration: (purnô) gyan
Doctrine: Divine Nature and Escaping Corruption
Original: ἐπίγνωσις
Category: Scripture
2 Peter 1:2-3, 1:8, ἐπίγνωσις. জ্ঞান (jnana) is loaded in Assamese Hindu/Vedantic usage as the path of intellectual/mystical self-realization toward moksha. Must always be anchored explicitly to its object — ‘যীচু খ্ৰীষ্টৰ জ্ঞান’ — never left as an abstract, self-attained gnosis.
Gnosis
Approved rendering: জ্ঞান
Transliteration: gyan
Doctrine: Growing in Christian Virtue
Original: γνῶσις
Category: Virtue
2 Peter 1:5-6, 3:18, γνῶσις. Same jnana-marga collision risk as epignosis above; keep register distinct from Vedantic ‘gnosis-as-liberation’; always object-anchored where possible.
Self Control
Approved rendering: আত্মসংযম
Transliteration: atmô-xôngyôm
Doctrine: Growing in Christian Virtue
Rejected alternatives: ইন্দ্ৰিয় দমন
Original: ἐγκράτεια
Category: Virtue
2 Peter 1:6. ইন্দ্ৰিয় দমন rejected — strongly echoes Yogic/ascetic self-powered sense-restraint discipline. Must be framed as fruit flowing from the Spirit’s work, not self-generated ascetic merit accumulation.
Godliness
Approved rendering: ঈশ্বৰনিষ্ঠা
Transliteration: Iswôr-nixtha
Doctrine: Growing in Christian Virtue
Rejected alternatives: ভক্তি
Original: εὐσέβεια
Category: Virtue
2 Peter 1:3, 1:6-7, 3:11, εὐσέβεια. ভক্তি rejected — per baseline faith-entry precedent, carries the entire Ekasarana naam-devotional-practice framework (naam-kirtan, guru-lineage, formal devotional vows), not equivalent to biblical eusebeia.
False Teachers
Approved rendering: মিছা শিক্ষক / মিছা ভাববাদী
Transliteration: misa xikkhôk / misa bhabôbadi
Doctrine: False Teachers and Their Judgment
Original: ψευδοδιδάσκαλοι / ψευδοπροφῆται
Category: False Teaching
2 Peter 2:1, ψευδοδιδάσκαλοι / ψευδοπροφῆται. In Assam’s pluralistic landscape of competing gurus, Satradhikars, and sadhus, must communicate the specific doctrinal category of denying Christ’s redemption and introducing destructive falsehood, not merely ‘a teacher from a rival tradition.‘
Destructive Heresies
Approved rendering: বিনাশজনক ভুল মতবাদ
Transliteration: binaxôjonôk bhul motobad
Doctrine: False Teachers and Their Judgment
Original: αἱρέσεις ἀπωλείας
Category: False Teaching
2 Peter 2:1, αἱρέσεις ἀπωλείας. Must convey doctrinal falsehood with eternal consequence, not merely an alternative religious opinion among many valid paths.
Destruction Perdition
Approved rendering: বিনাশ / ধ্বংস
Transliteration: binax / dhwôngxô
Doctrine: False Teachers and Their Judgment
Original: ἀπώλεια
Category: Judgment
2 Peter 2:1, 2:3, 3:7, ἀπώλεια. Must remain eternal, personal, morally-grounded ruin under God’s judgment — not confused with the Buddhist/Hindu cessation sense of nirvana, a different theological category (extinguishing of the self, not judicial ruin).
Reserved For Judgment
Approved rendering: শাস্তি / বিচাৰ
Transliteration: xasti / bichar
Doctrine: False Teachers and Their Judgment
Original: τηρέω … κρίσις … κολαζομένους
Category: Judgment
2 Peter 2:9, 3:7, τηρέω / κρίσις / κολαζομένους. Must convey purposive, personal judicial custody by God, not an impersonal fated outcome.
False Freedom
Approved rendering: স্বাধীনতা / দাস
Transliteration: sadhinôta / das
Doctrine: False Teachers and Their Judgment
Rejected alternatives: মুক্তি
Original: ἐλευθερία / δοῦλοι φθορᾶς
Category: False Teaching
2 Peter 2:19, ἐλευθερία / δοῦλοι φθορᾶς. NEVER মুক্তি, reserved elsewhere for rebirth-cycle liberation; using it here would additionally imply the false teachers’ counterfeit liberty equals a legitimate liberation category. Use স্বাধীনতা with explicit contextual marking as a false, self-serving promise, contrasted with true freedom in Christ.
Day Of Judgment
Approved rendering: বিচাৰৰ দিন
Transliteration: bicharôr din
Doctrine: The Day of the Lord and Final Judgment
Original: ἡμέρα κρίσεως
Category: Judgment
2 Peter 2:9, 3:7, ἡμέρα κρίσεως. Key term anchoring the Day-of-the-Lord doctrine; must retain personal, moral, decisive character.
Lords Patience
Approved rendering: ধৈৰ্য্য
Transliteration: dhoirjyô
Doctrine: Patience of God’s Timing
Original: μακροθυμία
Category: Eschatology
2 Peter 3:9, 3:15, μακροθυμία. Must be distinguished from an impersonal cosmic waiting-period bound to an inevitable Yuga cycle irrespective of divine will or human repentance; God’s patience here is personal, purposive, relational.
Repentance
Approved rendering: মন-পৰিৱৰ্তন
Transliteration: mônô-pôribôrtôn
Doctrine: Patience of God’s Timing
Rejected alternatives: প্ৰায়শ্চিত্ত-সদৃশ অনুষ্ঠান
Original: μετάνοια
Category: Salvation
2 Peter 3:9, μετάνοια. Must be distinguished from Hindu ritual atonement practices (prāyaścitta — fasting, pilgrimage, ritual acts believed to offset accumulated bad karma); biblical repentance is an inward turning of heart and mind toward a personal God, not a ritual technique for discharging karmic debt.
Grow In Grace And Knowledge
Approved rendering: অনুগ্ৰহ আৰু জ্ঞানত বৃদ্ধি পাওক
Transliteration: anugrôh aru gyanôtô bridhi paôk
Doctrine: Growing in Christian Virtue
Original: αὐξάνετε ἐν χάριτι καὶ γνώσει
Category: Virtue
2 Peter 3:18, closing exhortation bookending the ch.1 virtue-growth theme. Always paired with ‘আমাৰ প্ৰভু আৰু পৰিত্ৰাণকৰ্তা যীচু খ্ৰীষ্টৰ’ to keep জ্ঞান relationally anchored and avoid drift toward Vedantic self-attained gnosis.
Medium Risk Terms
Peace
Approved rendering: শান্তি
Transliteration: xanti
Doctrine: Growing in Christian Virtue
Rejected alternatives: সুখ, প্ৰশান্তি
Original: εἰρήνη
Category: Salvation
Inherited from Romans package. Occurs in the opening greeting, 2 Peter 1:2, paired with grace.
Kingdom Of God
Approved rendering: ঈশ্বৰৰ ৰাজ্য
Transliteration: Iswôror rajyo
Doctrine: Lordship of Christ
Rejected alternatives: ঈশ্বৰৰ ৰাষ্ট্ৰ
Original: βασιλεία τοῦ θεοῦ
Category: Kingdom
Inherited from Romans package. Root of the new compound নিত্য ঈশ্বৰৰ ৰাজ্য (eternal kingdom, 1:11, see below); distinguish from any political/territorial kingdom association, relevant given Assam’s historic Ahom-kingdom political memory.
Apostle
Approved rendering: প্ৰেৰিত
Transliteration: prerito
Doctrine: Eyewitness Testimony and the Transfiguration
Rejected alternatives: দূত, গুৰু
Inherited from Romans package. 2 Peter 1:1, ‘Simon Peter, a servant and apostle of Jesus Christ.’ গুৰু must be avoided per baseline rationale (Satradhikar guru-lineage collision).
Majesty
Approved rendering: প্ৰতাপ
Transliteration: protap
Doctrine: Eyewitness Testimony and the Transfiguration
Original: μεγαλειότης
Category: Christology
2 Peter 1:16. Kept distinct from মহিমা (glory, doxa) so two related-but-distinct Greek terms (μεγαλειότης / δόξα) are not collapsed into one Assamese word.
Holy Mountain
Approved rendering: পবিত্ৰ পাহাৰ
Transliteration: pobitrô pahar
Doctrine: Eyewitness Testimony and the Transfiguration
Original: τὸ ἅγιον ὄρος
Category: Christology
2 Peter 1:18. Must be read as one specific historical event-site, not an ongoing pilgrimage destination, given the prominence of venerated mountain sites (e.g. Kamakhya hill) in Assamese Hindu practice.
Eyewitnesses
Approved rendering: প্ৰত্যক্ষদৰ্শী
Transliteration: prôtyôkkhôdôrxi
Doctrine: Eyewitness Testimony and the Transfiguration
Rejected alternatives: দর্শনপ্রাপ্ত
Original: ἐπόπται
Category: Scripture
2 Peter 1:16. Must be ordinary sensory eyewitnessing of a historical event, not a mystical/visionary ‘inner sight’ (cf. rishi/darshan traditions of spiritual seeing).
Myths
Approved rendering: কল্পিত কাহিনী
Transliteration: kôlpitô kahini
Doctrine: The Reliability and Inspiration of Scripture
Rejected alternatives: উপকথা
Original: μῦθος
Category: Scripture
2 Peter 1:16. Must communicate deliberate fabrication, distinct from itihasa/purana narratives many Assamese readers regard as historically true. উপকথা rejected as too gentle/folkloric.
More Fully Confirmed
Approved rendering: অধিক দৃঢ়
Transliteration: odhik dridho
Doctrine: The Reliability and Inspiration of Scripture
Original: βεβαιότερος
Category: Scripture
2 Peter 1:19. Must convey objective, evidentiary/legal certainty, not subjective mystical assurance or feeling.
Hard To Understand
Approved rendering: দুর্বোধ্য / বিকৃত কৰা
Transliteration: durbodhyô / bikrito kôra
Doctrine: The Reliability and Inspiration of Scripture
Original: δυσνόητα / στρεβλοῦσιν
Category: Scripture
2 Peter 3:16. Care needed that this does not imply Scripture’s essential message is unreliable or genuinely ambiguous; the fault named is willful human distortion by unstable readers, not textual unclarity.
Divine Power
Approved rendering: ঈশ্বৰৰ শক্তি
Transliteration: Iswôror xôkti
Doctrine: Divine Nature and Escaping Corruption
Rejected alternatives: দৈৱী শক্তি
Original: θεία δύναμις
Category: Divine Nature
2 Peter 1:3, θεία δύναμις. Built on the baseline power_of_god root; always anchor to God’s own person to avoid drift toward an impersonal or occult-adjacent force.
Sinful Desire
Approved rendering: কু-অভিলাষ
Transliteration: ku-ôbhilaxô
Doctrine: Divine Nature and Escaping Corruption
Rejected alternatives: কামনা
Original: ἐπιθυμία
Category: Sin
2 Peter 1:4, 2:10. কামনা rejected — carries devotional/Kamadeva associations in Assamese religious poetry and Vaishnavite lyric tradition.
Endurance
Approved rendering: সহনশীলতা
Transliteration: xohonoxilôta
Doctrine: Growing in Christian Virtue
Original: ὑπομονή
Category: Virtue
2 Peter 1:6, ὑπομονή. Kept distinct from μακροθυμία (God’s own patience, lords_patience below) so believer-endurance and divine-forbearance are not collapsed into one word.
Brotherly Affection
Approved rendering: ভাতৃ-প্ৰেম
Transliteration: bhatri-prem
Doctrine: Growing in Christian Virtue
Original: φιλαδελφία
Category: Virtue
2 Peter 1:7, φιλαδελφία. Standard vocabulary; low doctrinal ambiguity.
Love Agape
Approved rendering: প্ৰেম
Transliteration: prem
Doctrine: Growing in Christian Virtue
Rejected alternatives: মৰম
Original: ἀγάπη
Category: Virtue
2 Peter 1:7, capstone virtue completing the growth chain. মৰম rejected — too casual/familial-only register for this theological capstone term.
Cleansed
Approved rendering: শুচি হোৱা
Transliteration: xuci hôwa
Doctrine: Divine Nature and Escaping Corruption
Rejected alternatives: শুচিকৰণ
Original: καθαρισμός
Category: Sanctification
2 Peter 1:9, καθαρισμός. Must not be confused with repeatable ritual purification rites (e.g. Ganga-snana, Namghar/Satra purity observances); once-for-all forgiveness at conversion tied to Christ’s finished work.
Equally Precious Faith
Approved rendering: সমমূল্যৰ (বিশ্বাস)
Transliteration: xômômullyôr (biswax)
Doctrine: Growing in Christian Virtue
Original: πίστις ἰσότιμος
Category: Faith
2 Peter 1:1, πίστις ἰσότιμος. Affirms no spiritual hierarchy between apostolic and later believers; qualifier attached to established বিশ্বাস.
Eternal Kingdom
Approved rendering: নিত্য ঈশ্বৰৰ ৰাজ্য
Transliteration: nityô Iswôror rajyo
Doctrine: Lordship of Christ
Original: αἰώνιος βασιλεία
Category: Kingdom
2 Peter 1:11, αἰώνιος βασιλεία. Compound on the baseline ঈশ্বৰৰ ৰাজ্য; distinguish from any political/territorial kingdom association, given Assam’s historic Ahom-kingdom political memory.
Despotes Master
Approved rendering: স্বামী
Transliteration: xami
Doctrine: False Teachers and Their Judgment
Original: δεσπότης
Category: False Teaching
2 Peter 2:1, δεσπότης (Master/Owner). Kept distinct from প্ৰভু (reserved for κύριος) and from its common secondary Assamese sense ‘husband’; context must always specify ‘who purchased them.‘
Bought Purchased
Approved rendering: কিনি লওয়া
Transliteration: kini lôwa
Doctrine: False Teachers and Their Judgment
Original: ἀγοράζω
Category: Salvation
2 Peter 2:1, ἀγοράζω. Must connect to Christ’s atoning blood-price, not to any notion of a spiritual transaction earned through merit, ritual offering, or guru-dakshina.
Sensuality
Approved rendering: কামুকতা
Transliteration: kamukôta
Doctrine: False Teachers and Their Judgment
Original: ἀσέλγεια
Category: Sin
2 Peter 2:2, 2:18, ἀσέλγεια. Standard vocabulary for shameless sexual immorality.
Dominion Glorious Ones
Approved rendering: কৰ্তৃত্ব / মহিমাম্বিত সত্তা
Transliteration: kortritwô / môhimambitô sôtta
Doctrine: False Teachers and Their Judgment
Original: κυριότης / δόξαι
Category: False Teaching
2 Peter 2:10-11, κυριότης / δόξαι. Must remain clearly created, subordinate beings — not implicitly elevated to deva/pantheon status; kept distinct from মহিমা as used of God’s own glory.
Wages Of Unrighteousness
Approved rendering: অধাৰ্মিকতাৰ মজুৰি
Transliteration: odharmikôtar mojuri
Doctrine: False Teachers and Their Judgment
Original: μισθὸς ἀδικίας
Category: False Teaching
2 Peter 2:13, 2:15, μισθὸς ἀδικίας. Built on the established ধাৰ্মিকতা root (negated); highlights corrupt financial motive.
Scoffers
Approved rendering: বিদ্রূপকাৰী
Transliteration: bidrupôkari
Doctrine: The Certainty of Christ’s Return
Original: ἐμπαῖκται
Category: Eschatology
2 Peter 3:3-4, ἐμπαῖκται. Skeptics who deny the certainty of Christ’s coming by pointing to the world’s apparent unchanging continuity.
Fire Judgment
Approved rendering: জুই
Transliteration: jui
Doctrine: The Day of the Lord and Final Judgment
Original: πῦρ
Category: Eschatology
2 Peter 3:7, 3:10, 3:12, πῦρ. Distinguish clearly from Vedic Agni as a deity or from ritual homa/yajna fire-offerings that generate religious merit; fire here is simply God’s judicial instrument.
Without Spot Or Blemish
Approved rendering: নিষ্কলঙ্ক আৰু নিৰ্দোষ
Transliteration: nixkôlônk aru nirdox
Doctrine: The Day of the Lord and Final Judgment
Original: ἄσπιλος καὶ ἀμώμητος
Category: Virtue
2 Peter 3:14, ἄσπιλος καὶ ἀμώμητος. Sacrificial-purity imagery; keep the sense of moral, not ritual, purity.
Low Risk Terms
Prophet
Approved rendering: ভাববাদী
Transliteration: bhabôbadi
Doctrine: The Reliability and Inspiration of Scripture
Rejected alternatives: জ্যোতিষী
Original: προφήτης
Category: Scripture
Inherited from Romans package. Contrasted with false prophets (ψευδοπροφῆται) throughout chapter 2; distinguish from জ্যোতিষী (astrologer/fortune-teller).
Fellowship
Approved rendering: সহভাগিতা
Transliteration: xohobhagita
Doctrine: Divine Nature and Escaping Corruption
Rejected alternatives: বন্ধুত্ব, সমাজ
Original: κοινωνία
Category: Church
Inherited from Romans package. Root shared with the new coined term ভাগী/সহভাগী (‘partakers,’ κοινωνοί) in 1:4; see that entry for the elevated risk when applied to ‘partakers of the divine nature.‘
Voice
Approved rendering: মাত/স্বৰ
Transliteration: mat/sôr
Doctrine: Sonship of Christ
Original: φωνή
Category: Christology
2 Peter 1:17-18, the Father’s audible declaration at the Transfiguration. Plain audible speech; minor doctrinal risk.
Honor
Approved rendering: সমাদৰ
Transliteration: xomador
Doctrine: Sonship of Christ
Original: τιμή
Category: Christology
2 Peter 1:17. Divine honor conferred by the Father on the Son, evidence of the Son’s deity.
Untaught And Unstable
Approved rendering: অশিক্ষিত আৰু অস্থিৰ
Transliteration: oxikkhitô aru ôsthir
Doctrine: The Reliability and Inspiration of Scripture
Original: ἀμαθεῖς καὶ ἀστήρικτοι
Category: Scripture
2 Peter 3:16, those vulnerable to distorting Scripture. Minor doctrinal risk; standard descriptive vocabulary.
Steadfastness
Approved rendering: স্থিৰতা / ৰক্ষা কৰা
Transliteration: sthirôta / rôkkha kôra
Doctrine: The Reliability and Inspiration of Scripture
Original: στηριγμός / φυλάσσεσθε
Category: Virtue
2 Peter 3:17, the closing pastoral exhortation to doctrinal vigilance and stability. Minor doctrinal risk.
Tent Body
Approved rendering: দেহ
Transliteration: dehô
Doctrine: The Certainty of Christ’s Return
Original: σκήνωμα
Category: Eschatology
2 Peter 1:13-14, σκήνωμα, the mortal body. Brief note recommended: a single, decisive transition to be with Christ, not a transition into a next incarnation or rebirth.
Departure
Approved rendering: প্ৰয়াণ
Transliteration: prôyan
Doctrine: The Certainty of Christ’s Return
Original: ἔξοδος
Category: Eschatology
2 Peter 1:15, ἔξοδος. Peter’s death framed positively as a purposeful departure to be with the Lord.
Greed
Approved rendering: লোভ
Transliteration: lobh
Doctrine: False Teachers and Their Judgment
Original: πλεονεξία
Category: Sin
2 Peter 2:3, 2:14, πλεονεξία. Standard vocabulary; minor doctrinal risk.
Flood
Approved rendering: জলপ্লাৱন
Transliteration: jôlôplabôn
Doctrine: False Teachers and Their Judgment
Original: κατακλυσμός
Category: Judgment
2 Peter 2:5, κατακλυσμός, the Noahic flood. Given low OT narrative literacy among target readers, a brief explanatory gloss on Noah is advisable at first mention.
Spots And Blemishes
Approved rendering: কলঙ্ক আৰু দোষ
Transliteration: kolonk aru dosh
Doctrine: False Teachers and Their Judgment
Original: σπίλοι καὶ μῶμοι
Category: False Teaching
2 Peter 2:13, σπίλοι καὶ μῶμοι. Distinguish from caste/ritual-purity blemish concepts (jati/varna purity norms); this is moral, not ritual/social, corruption.
Dog Sow Proverb
Approved rendering: কুকুৰ / গাহৰী
Transliteration: kukur / gahori
Doctrine: False Teachers and Their Judgment
2 Peter 2:22, κύων / ὗς. Vivid proverbial imagery warning apostates reveal they were never truly transformed. Transfers naturally; dogs and pigs carry similar low/unclean associations in Assamese cultural usage.
Delay
Approved rendering: পলম
Transliteration: pôlom
Doctrine: Patience of God’s Timing
Original: βραδύνει
Category: Eschatology
2 Peter 3:9, βραδύνει. Denies that God’s timing reflects failure or forgetfulness.
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