Core Glossary

Core Glossary: 2 Timothy (English → Assamese)

This glossary consolidates every load-bearing theological term identified in 07_semantic_analysis.md, spanning all four chapters of 2 Timothy. Terms marked [BASELINE] are reused exactly from the Romans Language Package (translation_memory.json / bible_term_registry.json) and must not be altered. Terms marked [NEW] are proposed additions for this curriculum, pending the same theologian-review workflow described in the baseline’s 12_ai_translation_requirements.md before being written into an updated translation_memory.json in Phase 2.

Risk tiers follow doctrine_risk_registry.json definitions exactly: Critical (theologian review, every occurrence) > High (theologian review) > Medium (native speaker review) > Low (automated review).

1. Inspiration and Sufficiency of Scripture

English Term	Greek	Assamese Rendering	Transliteration	Risk	Status	Chapters	Notes / Rejected Alternatives
Scripture / sacred writings	γραφή / ἱερὰ γράμματα	পবিত্ৰ শাস্ত্ৰ	pobitrô xastrô	High	[NEW]	3	শাস্ত্ৰ alone is the common Hindu term for sacred texts, including the venerated Assamese Bhagavata; mandatory note distinguishing God-breathed canonical authority from devotional-textual authority. Consistent with baseline `inspiration_of_scripture` doctrine name (শাস্ত্ৰৰ প্ৰেৰণা).
God-breathed	θεόπνευστος	ঈশ্বৰৰ প্ৰেৰণাৰে লিখিত	Iswôror prerônare likhitô	Critical	[NEW]	3	Compound phrase required; no single word conveys divine-breath origin. Rejected: bare ঈশ্বৰীয় (too weak, could describe any devout composition).
profitable/useful	ὠφέλιμος	উপকাৰী	upôkari	Low	[NEW]	3	Standard vocabulary.
teaching/doctrine	διδασκαλία	শিক্ষা	xikkha	Medium	[NEW]	3, 4	Root reused across সুস্থ শিক্ষা, শিক্ষক, etc.
reproof	ἐλεγμός	দোষ প্ৰমাণ কৰা	dox prôman kôra	Medium	[NEW]	3
correction	ἐπανόρθωσις	সংশোধন	xôngxodhôn	Medium	[NEW]	3
training/discipline	παιδεία	প্ৰশিক্ষণ	prôxikkhôn	Medium	[NEW]	3	Formative, not punitive.
complete/proficient	ἄρτιος	সম্পূৰ্ণ / উপযুক্ত	sômpurnô / upôyuktô	Medium-High	[NEW]	3	Carries Scripture’s sufficiency claim — guard against implying supplementary non-scriptural authority is equally required.
equipped	ἐξαρτίζω	সাজু কৰা	saju kôra	Medium	[NEW]	3
man of God	ὁ τοῦ θεοῦ ἄνθρωπος	ঈশ্বৰৰ লোক	Iswôror lok	Medium	[NEW]	3	Distinct from Satradhikar/guru office titles.
pattern of sound words	ὑποτύπωσις ὑγιαινόντων λόγων	সুস্থ বচনৰ আদর্শ	susthô bôsonor adorxô	High	[NEW]	1	Same সুস্থ root as sound doctrine below; keep consistent.

2. Guarding Sound Doctrine

English Term	Greek	Assamese Rendering	Transliteration	Risk	Status	Chapters	Notes / Rejected Alternatives
sound doctrine / sound teaching	ὑγιαίνουσα διδασκαλία	সুস্থ শিক্ষা	susthô xikkha	High	[NEW]	1, 4	Must convey doctrinal health/accuracy, contrasted with itching-ear teaching and gangrene-like false doctrine (2:17).
entrusted deposit	παραθήκη	অৰ্পিত বিষয়	ôrpitô bixôy	High	[NEW]	1, 2	Compound rendering required (cf. baseline `justification` method); central to guarding and transmitting doctrine intact.
entrust	παρατίθεμαι	অৰ্পণ কৰা	ôrpôn kôra	High	[NEW]	2	Same root as παραθήκη.
guard	φυλάσσω	ৰক্ষা কৰা	rôkkha kôra	High	[NEW]	1	Paired with অৰ্পিত বিষয়.
rightly handling the word of truth	ὀρθοτομέω τὸν λόγον τῆς ἀληθείας	সত্যৰ বাক্য সঠিকভাৱে ব্যাখ্যা কৰা	xôtyôr bakyô sôthikbhabe byakhya kôra	High	[NEW]	2	Standard is accurate transmission, not innovative reinterpretation.
profane/empty talk	βέβηλος κενοφωνία	অপবিত্ৰ আৰু অসাৰ কথা	ôpobitrô aru ôxar kôtha	Medium	[NEW]	2
gangrene (metaphor)	γάγγραινα	পুতিধরা ঘা	putidhôra gha	Low-Medium	[NEW]	2	Descriptive image of spreading doctrinal corruption.
foolish controversies	μωραὶ ζητήσεις	মূৰ্খ বিতর্ক	murkhô bitôrkô	Low-Medium	[NEW]	2
foundation / seal	θεμέλιος / σφραγίς	ভিত্তি / মোহৰ	bhitti / mohôr	Low	[NEW]	2
teacher	διδάσκαλος	শিক্ষক	xikkhôk	Medium	[NEW]	3, 4	Never গুৰু, per baseline `apostleship` doctrine’s guru-succession caution.
itching ears	κνηθόμενοι τὴν ἀκοήν	নতুন আৰু মনতুষ্টিদায়ক কথা শুনিবৰ আকাংক্ষা	(descriptive)	Medium	[NEW]	4	Idiom rendered by meaning per idiom-handling rule; literal calque may accompany as gloss.
myths	μῦθος	কল্পকাহিনী	kôlpôkahini	Critical	[NEW]	4	NEVER use পুৰাণ/পুৰাণিক root — would equate Hindu Puranic scripture with the false fables Paul condemns. Mandatory translator note every occurrence.

3. Faithful Transmission of the Gospel

English Term	Greek	Assamese Rendering	Transliteration	Risk	Status	Chapters	Notes / Rejected Alternatives
gospel	εὐαγγέλιον	সুসমাচাৰ	xusomacar	High	[BASELINE]	1, 2	Reused exactly.
word (of God)	λόγος	বাক্য	bakyô	High	[NEW]	2, 4	Fixed, transmitted content — not an evolving personal message.
word of God is not bound	ὁ λόγος τοῦ θεοῦ οὐ δέδεται	ঈশ্বৰৰ বাক্য বন্দী নহয়	Iswôror bakyô bôndi nôhôy	High	[NEW]	2
faithful men	πιστοὶ ἄνθρωποι	বিশ্বাসী লোক	biswaxi lok	Medium	[NEW]	2	Trustworthiness-based, not lineage-based succession.
evangelist	εὐαγγελιστής	সুসমাচাৰ প্ৰচাৰক	xusomacar prôcarôk	Medium	[NEW]	4	Built on baseline সুসমাচাৰ.
ministry	διακονία	সেৱকাই	xewôkai	Medium	[NEW]	4	Consistent with system-prompt “Christ-Centered Ministry” doctrine term.
fulfill completely	πληροφορέω	সম্পূৰ্ণৰূপে সম্পন্ন কৰা	sômpurnôrupe sômpônnô kôra	Medium	[NEW]	4
entrusted deposit	παραθήκη	(see Section 2)	—	High	[NEW]	1, 2	Cross-listed; core to both doctrines.

4. The Charge to Preach the Word

English Term	Greek	Assamese Rendering	Transliteration	Risk	Status	Chapters	Notes / Rejected Alternatives
solemnly charge	διαμαρτύρομαι	গম্ভীৰভাৱে আজ্ঞা দিওঁ	gômbhirbhabe agya dioṅ	High	[NEW]	4	Legal/oath-like gravity; not a mere suggestion.
preach	κηρύσσω	প্ৰচাৰ কৰা	prôcar kôra	High	[NEW]	4	Authoritative herald’s proclamation.
in season, out of season	εὐκαίρως ἀκαίρως	সময়ত আৰু অসময়ত	xômôyôtô aru ôxômôyôtô	Low-Medium	[NEW]	4	Idiom rendered naturally.
reprove	ἐλέγχω	দোষ দেখুওৱা	dox dekhuōa	Medium	[NEW]	4
rebuke sternly	ἐπιτιμάω	তীব্ৰভাৱে শুধৰণী দিয়া	tibrôbhabe xudhôroni dia	Medium	[NEW]	4
exhort/encourage	παρακαλέω	উৎসাহিত কৰা	utxahitô kôra	Low	[BASELINE]	4	Reused exactly.
patience	μακροθυμία	সহনশীলতা	xohonoxilôta	Medium	[NEW]	4
judge (the living and dead)	κρίνω	বিচাৰ কৰা	bicar kôra	Medium-High	[NEW]	4	Personal divine judgment, not self-executing karma.
living and the dead	ζῶντες καὶ νεκροί	জীৱিত আৰু মৃত লোক	jibitô aru mritô lok	Low-Medium	[NEW]	4	Universal scope of accountability.

5. Apostasy and False Teachers in the Last Days

English Term	Greek	Assamese Rendering	Transliteration	Risk	Status	Chapters	Notes / Rejected Alternatives
last days / difficult times	ἔσχαται ἡμέραι / καιροὶ χαλεποί	শেষৰ দিন / কঠিন সময়	xexôr din / kôthin xômôy	High	[NEW]	3	Linear eschatology; distinguish from cyclical yuga-decline cosmology.
godliness	εὐσέβεια	ভক্তি	bhôkti	Critical	[NEW]	3	Mandatory note distinguishing Christian ভক্তি (grace-flowing obedience) from Ekasarana naam-bhakti devotional system. Rejected: ধৰ্ম-compounds.
form/appearance of godliness	μόρφωσις εὐσεβείας	ভক্তিৰ বাহ্যিক ৰূপ	bhôktir bahyik rup	Critical	[NEW]	3	Same caution as εὐσέβεια; sensitive to reading as polemic against Vaishnavite devotional practice specifically rather than a general church warning.
lovers of pleasure rather than lovers of God	φιλήδονος μᾶλλον ἢ φιλόθεος	ঈশ্বৰতকৈ সুখ-ভোগত অধিক প্ৰেম কৰা	(descriptive)	High	[NEW]	3	Climactic diagnostic phrase of the vice list; retain the displacement contrast.
vice list (19 traits, grouped)	(φίλαυτος, etc.)	(standard Assamese moral vocabulary — see 07 chapter table)	—	Low-Medium (individually)	[NEW]	3	Grouped per methodology note in 07; most items map to ordinary moral vocabulary.
passions/desires	ἐπιθυμία	অভিলাষ	ôbhilax	Medium-High	[NEW]	2, 3, 4	Self-indulgent craving resisting correction; distinguish from legitimate desire.
myths	μῦθος	কল্পকাহিনী	kôlpôkahini	Critical	[NEW]	4	Cross-listed; see Section 2.
deceivers	πλάνος	প্ৰৱঞ্চক	prôbônchôk	Low-Medium	[NEW]	3
disqualified concerning the faith	ἀδόκιμος περὶ τὴν πίστιν	বিশ্বাসৰ বিষয়ে অযোগ্য	biswaxôr bixôye ôyogyô	Medium-High	[NEW]	3
snare of the devil / the devil	παγὶς τοῦ διαβόλου / διάβολος	শয়তানৰ ফান্দ / শয়তান	xoytanôr phandô / xoytan	Medium-High	[NEW]	2	One personal defeated adversary, not one of many local spirits/asuras.
repentance	μετάνοια	মন-পালটন	mon-palôtôn	High	[NEW]	2	Spirit-granted reorientation, not self-performed প্ৰায়শ্চিত্ত ritual expiation.
knowledge of the truth	ἐπίγνωσις ἀληθείας	সত্যৰ জ্ঞান	xôtyôr gyan	Medium-High	[NEW]	2, 3	Revealed relational knowledge, not esoteric gnosis-attainment.
truth	ἀλήθεια	সত্য	xôtyô	Medium	[NEW]	4	Distinguish from impersonal metaphysical Absolute (Vedantic sat).
turn away to myths / go astray	ἀποστρέφω / ἐκτρέπω	সত্যৰ পৰা মুখ ফিৰাব / বিপথে যোৱা	xôtyôr pora mukh phiraba / bipôthe zoa	Medium-High	[NEW]	4

6. Perseverance under Suffering

English Term	Greek	Assamese Rendering	Transliteration	Risk	Status	Chapters	Notes / Rejected Alternatives
suffer / suffer hardship	πάσχω / κακοπαθέω / συγκακοπαθέω	কষ্ট ভোগ কৰা / কষ্ট সহ্য কৰা	kôxtô bhog kôra / kôxtô xôhyô kôra	High	[NEW]	1, 2, 4	Must not be read through a karma-consequence lens; this is privileged suffering for the gospel’s sake, embraced as a calling.
be ashamed	αἰσχύνομαι / ἐπαισχύνομαι	লজ্জিত হ’ব	lôjjitô hôbô	Medium	[NEW]	1
endure	ὑπομένω	সহি থাকা	xohi thaka	Medium-High	[NEW]	2
soldier / athlete / farmer	στρατιώτης / ἀθλητής / γεωργός	সৈনিক / খেলুৱৈ / কृষক	xoinik / kheluoi / krishôk	Low	[NEW]	2	Vocational metaphors for disciplined perseverance.
conscience	συνείδησις	বিবেক	bibek	Medium	[NEW]	1	Distinct from ritual purity concerns.
poured out (as a libation)	σπένδομαι	মই পানীয় নৈবেদ্যৰ দৰে ঢালি দিয়া হৈছে	(descriptive)	Medium-High	[NEW]	4	Distinguish self-sacrificial metaphor from Hindu ritual libation (তৰ্পণ).
be sober-minded/watchful	νήφω	সজাগ থাকিব	xôjag thakibô	Medium	[NEW]	4

7. Assurance of Reward

English Term	Greek	Assamese Rendering	Transliteration	Risk	Status	Chapters	Notes / Rejected Alternatives
fought the good fight / finished the race / kept the faith	ἀγὼν καλός… δρόμος… πίστιν τετήρηκα	উত্তম যুদ্ধ কৰিলোঁ / দৌড় সম্পূর্ণ কৰিলোঁ / বিশ্বাস ৰক্ষা কৰিলোঁ	(descriptive)	High	[NEW]	4	Faithful completion secured by grace already given (2:1), not self-achieved merit.
crown of righteousness	στέφανος τῆς δικαιοσύνης	ধাৰ্মিকতাৰ মুকুট	dharmikôtar mukut	High	[NEW]	4	Reward flows from grace-enabled faithfulness, not accumulated merit/karma-fruit (explicitly rejected per baseline grace doctrine).
righteous judge	δίκαιος κριτής	ধাৰ্মিক বিচাৰক	dharmik bicarôk	Medium	[NEW]	4	ধাৰ্মিক root reused from baseline.
rescue/deliver (situational)	ῥύομαι	নিস্তাৰ কৰা	nixtar kôra	Medium	[NEW]	4	Per baseline: নিস্তাৰ licensed for physical/situational deliverance, distinct from পৰিত্ৰাণ (eternal salvation).
appearing	ἐπιφάνεια	প্ৰকাশ	prôkax	Critical	[NEW]	1, 4	Names Christ’s two fixed appearings (incarnation, return) — never a repeatable avatar-descent cycle. Mandatory note every occurrence.

8. Christological, Divine, and Other Reused/General Terms (Full-Book)

English Term	Greek	Assamese Rendering	Transliteration	Risk	Status	Chapters	Notes
God	θεός	ঈশ্বৰ	Iswôr	Critical	[BASELINE]	1, 2, 4	Reused exactly.
Lord	κύριος	প্ৰভু	prôbhu	Critical	[BASELINE]	1, 2	Reused exactly.
Jesus	Ἰησοῦς	যীচু	Yisu	Critical	[BASELINE]	throughout	Reused exactly.
Christ	Χριστός	খ্ৰীষ্ট	Khristô	Critical	[BASELINE — system prompt]	throughout	Established form.
Father	πατήρ	পিতা	pita	Critical	[BASELINE]	1	Reused exactly.
Holy Spirit	πνεῦμα ἅγιον	পবিত্ৰ আত্মা	pobitrô atma	Critical	[BASELINE]	1	Reused exactly.
faith	πίστις	বিশ্বাস	biswax	High	[BASELINE]	1, 2, 3, 4	Reused exactly.
grace	χάρις	অনুগ্ৰহ	anugrôh	High	[BASELINE]	1, 2	Reused exactly.
mercy	ἔλεος	কৃপা	kripa	Medium	[NEW, per baseline guidance]	1	Licensed non-salvific use per baseline note on কৃপা.
peace	εἰρήνη	শান্তি	xanti	Medium	[BASELINE]	1, 2	Reused exactly.
righteousness	δικαιοσύνη	ধাৰ্মিকতা	dharmikôta	Critical	[BASELINE]	2, 3, 4	Reused exactly; never ধৰ্ম.
salvation	σωτηρία	পৰিত্ৰাণ	poritran	Critical	[BASELINE]	core passage	Reused exactly; never মুক্তি/মোক্ষ.
Savior	σωτήρ	পৰিত্ৰাণকৰ্তা	poritranôkôrta	Critical	[NEW, built on baseline root]	1	Consistent with পৰিত্ৰাণ.
resurrection	ἀνάστασις (ἐγηγερμένον)	পুনৰুত্থান	punoruththan	Critical	[BASELINE]	2	Reused exactly; never পুনৰ্জন্ম.
seed of David	σπέρμα Δαυίδ	দায়ূদৰ বংশৰ	Dayudor bôngxôr	High	[BASELINE]	2	Reused exactly.
apostle	ἀπόστολος	প্ৰেৰিত	prerito	Medium	[BASELINE]	1	Reused exactly.
called/calling	κλητός/κλῆσις (κλῆσις ἁγία)	মতা/মতনি (holy calling: পবিত্ৰ মতনি)	matā/motoni	High	[BASELINE]	1	Reused exactly.
election/elect	ἐκλογή/ἐκλεκτός	ঈশ্বৰৰ মনোনয়ন / মনোনীত	Iswôror monônoyon / monônitô	High	[BASELINE root]	2	মনোনীত is the adjectival form of the baseline noun.
kingdom (of God/heavenly)	βασιλεία	ৰাজ্য / ঈশ্বৰৰ ৰাজ্য / স্বৰ্গীয় ৰাজ্য	rajyo	Medium	[BASELINE]	4	Reused exactly.
glory	δόξα	মহিমা	môhima	High	[BASELINE]	4	Reused exactly.
power (of God)	δύναμις (θεοῦ)	(ঈশ্বৰৰ) শক্তি	(Iswôror) xôkti	High	[BASELINE]	1, 3	Reused exactly.
spiritual gift	χάρισμα	আত্মিক বৰ	atmik bôr	Medium	[BASELINE]	1	Reused exactly.
exhort	παρακαλέω	উৎসাহিত কৰা	utxahitô kôra	Low	[BASELINE]	4	Reused exactly.
Gentiles	ἔθνη (πάντα τὰ ἔθνη)	অনযাতি	onyojati	Medium	[BASELINE]	4	Reused exactly.
life	ζωή	জীৱন	jibôn	High	[NEW]	1	Life granted in Christ, not an innately eternal ātman cycling through rebirth.
promise	ἐπαγγελία	প্ৰতিজ্ঞা	prôtigya	Low-Medium	[NEW]	1
purpose	πρόθεσις	সংকল্প	xôngkôlpô	Low	[NEW]	1	Cf. baseline `providence`/`election`, God’s own purpose.
love	ἀγάπη	প্ৰেম	prem	Medium	[NEW]	1, 2	Standard term, low collision risk.
sound mind/self-control	σωφρονισμός	সংযত মন	xôngyôtô mon	Medium	[NEW]	1
unrighteousness/iniquity	ἀδικία	অধাৰ্মিকতা	ôdharmikôta	Medium-High	[NEW]	2	Built on baseline ধাৰ্মিকতা with negation; never ধৰ্ম-based coinage.
vessel	σκεῦος	পাত্র	patrô	Low	[NEW]	2
world/present age	κόσμος / ὁ νῦν αἰών	জগত / এই যুগ	jôgôt / ei yugô	Medium	[NEW]	4	Distinguish from māyā (metaphysical illusion).
judge (righteous)	κριτής	বিচাৰক	bicarôk	Medium	[NEW]	4
criminal	κακοῦργος	অপৰাধী	ôparadhi	Low	[NEW]	2
testimony	μαρτύριον	সাক্ষ্য	xakkhyô	Low-Medium	[NEW]	1
laying on of hands	ἐπίθεσις τῶν χειρῶν	হাত থোয়া	hat thoa	Medium	[NEW]	1	Distinguish from unrelated ritual blessings.

Full-Book Chapter Coverage Statement

Chapter 1 — Fully analyzed; new terms introduced (see Sections 1, 3, 5, 6, 8 above).
Chapter 2 — Fully analyzed; new terms introduced (see Sections 2, 3, 5, 6 above).
Chapter 3 — Fully analyzed, including core-passage verses 3:14-17 (Section 1) and non-core verses 3:1-13 (Section 5).
Chapter 4 — Fully analyzed, including core-passage verses 4:1-5 (Sections 1, 4) and non-core verses 4:6-22 (Sections 6, 7, 8).

No chapter is silently omitted. This glossary, together with 07_semantic_analysis.md, provides full-book term coverage for 2 Timothy as mandated by PRD Phase 1 Step 1.

Critical Risk Terms

Righteousness

Approved rendering: ধাৰ্মিকতা
Transliteration: dharmikôta
Doctrine: Salvation
Rejected alternatives: ধৰ্ম, পুণ্য, ন্যায়
Original: δικαιοσύνη
Category: Salvation

CRITICAL: Never ধৰ্ম. Root of Scripture’s training goal (3:16) and of the eschatological ‘crown of righteousness’ (4:8); must consistently name right standing/conduct before God, not caste-duty or sectarian identity. Inherited from Romans package.

Salvation

Approved rendering: পৰিত্ৰাণ
Transliteration: poritran
Doctrine: Salvation
Rejected alternatives: মুক্তি, মোক্ষ, নিস্তাৰ
Original: σωτηρία
Category: Salvation

CRITICAL: NEVER মুক্তি or মোক্ষ. 2 Timothy 3:15 ties salvation to Scripture and ‘faith in Christ Jesus’ since childhood; 1:9-10 ties it to God’s own purpose and grace. নিস্তাৰ remains licensed only for situational/physical deliverance (cf. 4:17-18). Inherited from Romans package.

Resurrection

Approved rendering: পুনৰুত্থান
Transliteration: punoruththan
Doctrine: Resurrection of Christ
Rejected alternatives: পুনৰ্জন্ম, পুনৰ্জীৱন
Original: ἀνάστασις / ἐγηγερμένον
Category: Christology

CRITICAL: NEVER পুনৰ্জন্ম. Used at 2:8 (Christ raised) and 2:18, where false teachers claim the resurrection ‘has already happened’ — this false claim must be marked unmistakably as reported speech, never allowed to read as endorsed doctrine. Inherited from Romans package.

Lord

Approved rendering: প্ৰভু
Transliteration: prôbhu
Doctrine: Lordship of Christ
Rejected alternatives: স্বামী, ঈশ্বৰ
Original: κύριος
Category: Christology

Recurs throughout 2 Timothy’s greetings (1:2), exhortations (1:8; 2:19, 22), and closing doxology (4:8, 18, 22); must consistently convey exclusive, supreme Lordship, not one venerated title among Assamese devotional honorifics. Inherited from Romans package.

Jesus

Approved rendering: যীচু
Transliteration: Yisu
Doctrine: Lordship of Christ
Rejected alternatives: ঈছা
Original: Ἰησοῦς
Category: Christology

Assamese Bible Society standard Christian form, used throughout 2 Timothy alongside Christ/Lord. Inherited from Romans package.

God

Approved rendering: ঈশ্বৰ
Transliteration: Iswôr
Doctrine: Deity of Christ
Rejected alternatives: ভগৱান, পৰমেশ্বৰ

Standard Assamese Bible Society term for the one true God; invoked as co-witness with Christ Jesus in the solemn charge of 4:1. Inherited from Romans package.

Holy Spirit

Approved rendering: পবিত্ৰ আত্মা
Transliteration: pobitrô atma
Doctrine: Sanctification
Rejected alternatives: ব্ৰহ্ম, পৰমাত্মা
Original: πνεῦμα ἅγιον
Category: God

CRITICAL: Never ব্ৰহ্ম or পৰমাত্মা alone. Indwells and empowers believers (1:7, 14) with courage and guards the entrusted deposit. Inherited from Romans package.

Father

Approved rendering: পিতা
Transliteration: pita
Doctrine: Adoption into God’s Family
Rejected alternatives: ব্ৰহ্মা, সৃষ্টিকৰ্তা
Original: πατήρ
Category: God

God as personal Father, opening the letter’s relational frame (1:2). Inherited from Romans package.

God Breathed

Approved rendering: ঈশ্বৰৰ প্ৰেৰণাৰে লিখিত
Transliteration: Iswôror prerônare likhitô
Doctrine: Inspiration and Sufficiency of Scripture
Rejected alternatives: ঈশ্বৰীয় (bare adjective, ‘divine/godly’)
Original: θεόπνευστος
Category: Scripture

CRITICAL. No single Assamese adjective isolates direct divine authorship from generic devout composition; the bare adjective ঈশ্বৰীয় could equally describe the Sankardev Bhagavata. Compound required; mandatory translator note at every occurrence in 3:16.

Myths

Approved rendering: কল্পকাহিনী
Transliteration: kôlpôkahini
Doctrine: Apostasy and False Teachers in the Last Days
Rejected alternatives: পুৰাণ, পুৰাণিক
Original: μῦθος
Category: False Teaching

CRITICAL: NEVER a পুৰাণ-root word. Would read as Scripture condemning the Hindu Puranas by name — an inflammatory, doctrinally inaccurate conflation. Mandatory translator note at every occurrence (4:4) clarifying this names invented, ahistorical fables opposed to apostolic testimony, not any existing religious text or genre.

Godliness

Approved rendering: ভক্তি
Transliteration: bhôkti
Doctrine: Godliness and Its Counterfeit
Rejected alternatives: ধৰ্ম-compounds
Original: εὐσέβεια
Category: False Teaching

CRITICAL: No better single-word alternative exists. ভক্তি names Ekasarana Dharma’s entire naam-bhakti devotional system (guru-mediated, merit/tapasya-adjacent). Mandatory translator note every occurrence (3:5) distinguishing Spirit-produced, grace-enabled biblical godliness from that devotional-practice framework. Flag for theologian review every occurrence, never batch-approved.

Form Of Godliness

Approved rendering: ভক্তিৰ বাহ্যিক ৰূপ
Transliteration: bhôktir bahyik rup
Doctrine: Godliness and Its Counterfeit
Rejected alternatives: ধৰ্মীয় লোকৰ দৰে আচৰণ কৰা (drifts toward forbidden ধৰ্ম root)
Original: μόρφωσις εὐσεβείας
Category: False Teaching

CRITICAL: 3:5’s critique of external form disconnected from inward power must read as a warning applicable within the church itself, not as a polemic against Vaishnavite devotional practice specifically. Same fencing as godliness applies.

Appearing

Approved rendering: প্ৰকাশ
Transliteration: prôkax
Doctrine: Christ’s Appearing (Epiphaneia)
Rejected alternatives: অৱতাৰ-adjacent vocabulary of periodic divine descent
Original: ἐπιφάνεια
Category: Eschatology

CRITICAL: Names exactly two fixed, non-repeating historical/eschatological events (1:10 first coming; 4:1, 4:8 future return) — never a repeatable avatar-descent cycle. Mandatory note at every occurrence, cross-referencing baseline’s দেহধাৰণ/অৱতাৰ caution.

Savior

Approved rendering: পৰিত্ৰাণকৰ্তা
Transliteration: poritranôkôrta
Doctrine: Salvation
Rejected alternatives: any মুক্তি/মোক্ষ-related agent-noun
Original: σωτήρ
Category: Salvation

Title given to God/Christ as the one who accomplishes salvation (1:10); built directly on baseline root পৰিত্ৰাণ for consistency.

Christ Title

Approved rendering: খ্ৰীষ্ট
Transliteration: Khristô
Doctrine: Lordship of Christ
Original: Χριστός
Category: Christology

Established Assamese transliterated title, used throughout combined with the proper name (‘Christ Jesus,’ ‘Jesus Christ’); must not be assimilated to Sankardev’s status within Ekasarana Dharma or to Krishna as one of Vishnu’s avatars. Distinct entry from baseline’s মচীহ (Messiah, transliterated OT-fulfillment term); both refer to the same reality but খ্ৰীষ্ট is the title form used throughout this letter.

High Risk Terms

Gospel

Approved rendering: সুসমাচাৰ
Transliteration: xusomacar
Doctrine: Gospel
Rejected alternatives: ভাল খবৰ, শুভবাৰ্তা
Original: εὐαγγέλιον
Category: Salvation

Established Assamese Bible Society (ABS) term, shared with the Bengali-Assamese Christian tradition. ভাল খবৰ (literal ‘good news’) is colloquial and lacks the technical weight of a proclaimed, unique message. Used in 2 Timothy 1:8-11; 2:8; 4:5. Inherited from Romans package.

Grace

Approved rendering: অনুগ্ৰহ
Transliteration: anugrôh
Doctrine: Grace
Rejected alternatives: কৃপা, দয়া, বৰ, সৌভাগ্য, পুণ্য
Original: χάρις
Category: Salvation

Unmerited favor apart from human merit. বৰ (boon) carries a Puranic register of a deity granting a wish in exchange for austerity or devotion — exactly the merit-transaction 2 Timothy 1:9 (‘not according to our works but according to his own purpose and grace’) and 2:1 reject. Inherited from Romans package.

Faith

Approved rendering: বিশ্বাস
Transliteration: biswax
Doctrine: Faith
Rejected alternatives: শ্ৰদ্ধা, ভক্তি
Original: πίστις
Category: Faith

Personal trust placed in Christ Jesus specifically; must always be tied to its object in context, including the multi-generational transmission through Lois and Eunice (1:5) and Paul’s closing claim to have ‘kept the faith’ (4:7). Inherited from Romans package.

Called

Approved rendering: মতা
Transliteration: matā
Doctrine: Divine Calling
Rejected alternatives: আমন্ত্ৰিত, নিমন্ত্ৰণ কৰা

Underlies 2 Timothy 1:9’s ‘holy calling’ (see called_calling below for the compound phrase). Inherited from Romans package.

Calling

Approved rendering: মতনি
Transliteration: motoni
Doctrine: Divine Calling
Rejected alternatives: আমন্ত্ৰণ

Noun form for the act/state of being called by God; combines with পবিত্ৰ (holy) at 1:9. Inherited from Romans package.

Glory

Approved rendering: মহিমা
Transliteration: môhima
Doctrine: Deity of Christ
Rejected alternatives: দেৱজ্যোতি, তেজ
Original: δόξα
Category: God

Closing doxology, ‘to whom be glory forever and ever’ (4:18); avoid light-imagery terms conflating with Puranic divine-luster description. Inherited from Romans package.

Power Of God

Approved rendering: ঈশ্বৰৰ শক্তি
Transliteration: Iswôror xôkti
Doctrine: Power of God for Salvation
Rejected alternatives: বল
Original: δύναμις (θεοῦ)
Category: God

The power of the Spirit given for ministry courage (1:7) and the power of godliness denied only in name by hollow professors (3:5); always anchored to ঈশ্বৰৰ. Inherited from Romans package.

Election

Approved rendering: ঈশ্বৰৰ মনোনয়ন
Transliteration: Iswôror monônoyon
Doctrine: Effectual Calling
Rejected alternatives: ভাগ্য, নিয়তি, কপাল

God’s sovereign personal choice, underlying Paul’s endurance ‘for the sake of the elect’ (2:10; see election_elect below for the adjectival form used there). Inherited from Romans package.

Seed Of David

Approved rendering: দায়ূদৰ বংশৰ
Transliteration: Dayudor bôngxôr
Doctrine: Davidic Covenant
Original: σπέρμα Δαυίδ
Category: Christology

Part of the core gospel summary Paul urges Timothy to ‘remember’ at 2:8, alongside Christ’s resurrection. Inherited from Romans package.

Scripture

Approved rendering: পবিত্ৰ শাস্ত্ৰ
Transliteration: pobitrô xastrô
Doctrine: Inspiration and Sufficiency of Scripture
Rejected alternatives: শাস্ত্ৰ (bare, unqualified)
Original: γραφή / ἱερὰ γράμματα
Category: Scripture

শাস্ত্ৰ alone is the ordinary Assamese word for any sacred text, including the Assamese Bhagavata venerated in Namghar worship. Always pair with পবিত্ৰ; mandatory translator note at first occurrence in every document (3:14-17; 3:16) distinguishing God-breathed canonical authority from devotional-textual authority.

Complete Proficient

Approved rendering: সম্পূৰ্ণ / উপযুক্ত
Transliteration: sômpurnô / upôyuktô
Doctrine: Inspiration and Sufficiency of Scripture
Original: ἄρτιος
Category: Scripture

Carries Scripture’s SUFFICIENCY claim (3:17): must not be diluted to imply a Satradhikar’s living guidance or the Assamese Bhagavata is equally necessary to complete ‘the man of God.‘

Pattern Of Sound Words

Approved rendering: সুস্থ বচনৰ আদর্শ
Transliteration: susthô bôsonor adorxô
Doctrine: Guarding Sound Doctrine
Original: ὑποτύπωσις ὑγιαινόντων λόγων
Category: Scripture

Shares the সুস্থ root with সুস্থ শিক্ষা (4:3); keep consistent throughout the book (1:13) so learners recognize the doctrinal-stability theme.

Sound Doctrine

Approved rendering: সুস্থ শিক্ষা
Transliteration: susthô xikkha
Doctrine: Guarding Sound Doctrine
Original: ὑγιαίνουσα διδασκαλία
Category: Doctrine

Must convey doctrinal health/accuracy, not stylistic pleasantness; contrasted with gangrene-like corruption (2:17) and itching-ear teaching (4:3).

Entrusted Deposit

Approved rendering: অৰ্পিত বিষয়
Transliteration: ôrpitô bixôy
Doctrine: Guarding Sound Doctrine
Rejected alternatives: জমা (banking ‘deposit’), গৰাকী-based custodial phrasing
Original: παραθήκη
Category: Doctrine

No single Assamese noun carries both ‘valuable entrusted’ and ‘requiring vigilant guarding’ (1:12, 14; 2:2); compound required, following the baseline’s method for ‘justification.‘

Entrust

Approved rendering: অৰ্পণ কৰা
Transliteration: ôrpôn kôra
Doctrine: Faithful Transmission of the Gospel
Original: παρατίθεμαι
Category: Doctrine

Same root as entrusted_deposit; models the Paul-to-Timothy-to-faithful-men chain of transmission (2:2) structurally, not merely lexically.

Guard

Approved rendering: ৰক্ষা কৰা
Transliteration: rôkkha kôra
Doctrine: Guarding Sound Doctrine
Original: φυλάσσω
Category: Doctrine

Always paired with অৰ্পিত বিষয়; must read as active vigilance against doctrinal corruption, not passive keeping (1:14).

Rightly Handling Word

Approved rendering: সত্যৰ বাক্য সঠিকভাৱে ব্যাখ্যা কৰা
Transliteration: xôtyôr bakyô sôthikbhabe byakhya kôra
Doctrine: Guarding Sound Doctrine
Rejected alternatives: নিজৰ বুঝ অনুসৰি ব্যাখ্যা কৰা (interpretive-license framing)
Original: ὀρθοτομέω τὸν λόγον τῆς ἀληθείας
Category: Doctrine

Standard is accurate transmission of fixed content (2:15), not creative reinterpretation. No idiomatic Assamese equivalent for the ‘cutting straight’ trade-metaphor exists; meaning-based rendering accepted.

Word Of God

Approved rendering: বাক্য / ঈশ্বৰৰ বাক্য
Transliteration: bakyô / Iswôror bakyô
Doctrine: Faithful Transmission of the Gospel
Original: λόγος (τοῦ θεοῦ)
Category: Doctrine

Fixed, transmitted content to be proclaimed (2:9; 4:2), never an evolving personal message subject to reinterpretation.

Word Of God Not Bound

Approved rendering: ঈশ্বৰৰ বাক্য বন্দী নহয়
Transliteration: Iswôror bakyô bôndi nôhôy
Doctrine: Faithful Transmission of the Gospel
Original: ὁ λόγος τοῦ θεοῦ οὐ δέδεται
Category: Doctrine

God’s message cannot be chained even when its messenger is imprisoned (2:9); the message outlives suppression attempts.

Lovers Of Pleasure

Approved rendering: ঈশ্বৰতকৈ সুখ-ভোগত অধিক প্ৰেম কৰা
Transliteration: Iswôrôtôkoi xukh-bhogôtô ôdhik prem kôra
Doctrine: Apostasy and False Teachers in the Last Days
Rejected alternatives: ভোগবাদ (abstract ‘hedonism’, loses the displacement structure)
Original: φιλήδονος μᾶλλον ἢ φιλόθεος
Category: False Teaching

Climactic diagnostic phrase of the last-days vice list (3:4); retain the direct displacement-contrast structure (pleasure-love replacing God-love), never compress to an abstract noun.

Passions Desires

Approved rendering: অভিলাষ
Transliteration: ôbhilax
Doctrine: Apostasy and False Teachers in the Last Days
Original: ἐπιθυμία
Category: False Teaching

Self-indulgent craving resisting Scripture’s corrective function (3:16); appears at 2:22, 3:6, and 4:3. Distinguish from legitimate desire/appetite.

Devil

Approved rendering: শয়তান
Transliteration: xoytan
Doctrine: Spiritual Warfare and the Devil
Rejected alternatives: দেউতা/ভূত-প্ৰেত (generic spirit vocabulary)
Original: διάβολος
Category: False Teaching

Names one personal, already-defeated adversary (2:26), not one deity/spirit among the many localized spirits, asuras, and rakshasas of Assamese folk-Hindu cosmology.

Snare Of The Devil

Approved rendering: শয়তানৰ ফান্দ
Transliteration: xoytanôr phandô
Doctrine: Spiritual Warfare and the Devil
Original: παγὶς τοῦ διαβόλου
Category: False Teaching

A trap set by the personal devil to capture the spiritually unstable through false teaching (2:26); same fencing as ‘devil’ applies.

Last Days

Approved rendering: শেষৰ দিন / কঠিন সময়
Transliteration: xexôr din / kôthin xômôy
Doctrine: Apostasy and False Teachers in the Last Days
Original: ἔσχαται ἡμέραι / καιροὶ χαλεποί
Category: False Teaching

Anchors a linear, historically-fixed eschatology (3:1); brief note recommended at first occurrence distinguishing from the cyclical yuga-decline cosmology of Puranic thought.

Solemnly Charge

Approved rendering: গম্ভীৰভাৱে আজ্ঞা দিওঁ
Transliteration: gômbhirbhabe agya dioṅ
Doctrine: The Charge to Preach the Word
Rejected alternatives: কওঁ (bare ‘I say/tell’, too soft)
Original: διαμαρτύρομαι
Category: Ministry

Legal/oath-like gravity issued before God and Christ Jesus as witnesses (4:1); never softened into ordinary advice.

Preach

Approved rendering: প্ৰচাৰ কৰা
Transliteration: prôcar kôra
Doctrine: The Charge to Preach the Word
Original: κηρύσσω
Category: Ministry

Authoritative herald’s proclamation (4:2), resonant with baseline’s সুসমাচাৰ প্ৰচাৰ; never a soft ‘share/discuss’ register.

Judge Verb

Approved rendering: বিচাৰ কৰা
Transliteration: bicar kôra
Doctrine: Final Judgment of Christ
Original: κρίνω
Category: Eschatology

Christ’s future personal, judicial verdict over the living and the dead (4:1); must never read as impersonal, self-executing karmic cause-and-effect.

Suffer Hardship

Approved rendering: কষ্ট ভোগ কৰা / কষ্ট সহ্য কৰা
Transliteration: kôxtô bhog kôra / kôxtô xôhyô kôra
Doctrine: Perseverance under Suffering
Original: πάσχω / κακοπαθέω / συγκακοπαθέω
Category: Perseverance

Must not be read through a karma-consequence lens (past-life demerit); this is suffering embraced as a privileged calling for the gospel’s sake, grounded in grace already given (1:9; 2:1). Recurs at 1:8, 12; 2:3, 9-12; 3:11-12; 4:5.

Poured Out As Libation

Approved rendering: মই পানীয় নৈবেদ্যৰ দৰে ঢালি দিয়া হৈছে
Transliteration: moi paniyô noibedyôr dôre dhali diya hoise
Doctrine: Perseverance under Suffering
Rejected alternatives: তৰ্পণ-rooted terminology (Hindu ritual libation for ancestors/deities)
Original: σπένδομαι
Category: Perseverance

Paul’s approaching martyrdom as total self-giving already accepted by God through Christ (4:6); deliberately non-technical descriptive phrasing to avoid the merit-securing ritual libation (তৰ্পণ) association.

Fought The Good Fight

Approved rendering: উত্তম যুদ্ধ কৰিলোঁ / দৌড় সম্পূর্ণ কৰিলোঁ / বিশ্বাস ৰক্ষা কৰিলোঁ
Transliteration: uttôm juddhô kôriloṅ / dour sômpurnô kôriloṅ / biswax rôkkha kôriloṅ
Doctrine: Assurance of Reward
Rejected alternatives: single-image abbreviation (loses cumulative rhetorical build)
Original: τὸν καλὸν ἀγῶνα ἠγώνισμαι, τὸν δρόμον τετέλεκα, τὴν πίστιν τετήρηκα
Category: Reward

Capstone confession (4:7) grounding assurance of reward; must read as faithful completion secured by grace already given (2:1), not self-achieved merit. Retain all three parallel clauses in full.

Crown Of Righteousness

Approved rendering: ধাৰ্মিকতাৰ মুকুট
Transliteration: dharmikôtar mukut
Doctrine: Assurance of Reward
Rejected alternatives: পুণ্য-based or কৰ্মফল-based merit-ledger phrasing
Original: στέφανος τῆς δικαιοσύνης
Category: Reward

Eschatological reward (4:8) built on baseline root ধাৰ্মিকতা; mandatory note anchoring it to grace-enabled faithfulness already secured in Christ (1:9), never accumulated merit or karma-fruit.

Life

Approved rendering: জীৱন
Transliteration: jibôn
Doctrine: Salvation
Original: ζωή
Category: Salvation

The eternal life granted by God in Christ (1:1, 10); mandatory distinguishing note where used soteriologically — life graciously granted in Christ, not the innately eternal self (ātman) of Vedantic anthropology, nor a stage in an ongoing rebirth cycle.

Repentance

Approved rendering: মন-পালটন
Transliteration: mon-palôtôn
Doctrine: Repentance and Knowledge of the Truth
Rejected alternatives: প্ৰায়শ্চিত্ত (self-performed ritual expiation offsetting karma)
Original: μετάνοια
Category: Faith

A Spirit-granted change of mind/direction leading to knowledge of the truth (2:25); must be distinguished from a self-performed compensatory rite. Repentance is itself something God ‘grants,’ not a human achievement.

Called Calling

Approved rendering: পবিত্ৰ মতনি
Transliteration: pobitrô motoni
Doctrine: Divine Calling and Election
Original: κλῆσις ἁγία
Category: Church

‘Holy calling’ (κλῆσις ἁγία, 1:9) — God’s sovereign summons to salvation and ministry, ‘not according to our works.’ Must be distinguished from a devotee’s own initiative in taking naam within Ekasarana practice and from karma-determined destiny. Combines baseline পবিত্ৰ with baseline মতনি.

Election Elect

Approved rendering: মনোনীত
Transliteration: monônitô
Doctrine: Divine Calling and Election
Original: ἐκλεκτοί
Category: Church

Adjectival form of baseline noun ঈশ্বৰৰ মনোনয়ন; Paul endures ‘for the sake of the elect’ (2:10) — God’s sovereign choice, not fate or karma-determined destiny.

Medium Risk Terms

Apostle

Approved rendering: প্ৰেৰিত
Transliteration: prerito
Doctrine: Apostleship
Rejected alternatives: দূত, গুৰু
Original: ἀπόστολος
Category: Church

Established term for an authorized, sent messenger; grounds Paul’s authority in 1:1 and 1:11. গুৰু avoided for the same institutional-succession reason as baseline. Inherited from Romans package.

Peace

Approved rendering: শান্তি
Transliteration: xanti
Doctrine: Peace with God
Rejected alternatives: সুখ, প্ৰশান্তি
Original: εἰρήνη
Category: Salvation

Part of the epistolary greeting triad ‘grace, mercy, peace’ (1:2); relational peace with God, not meditative calm. Inherited from Romans package.

Spiritual Gifts

Approved rendering: আত্মিক বৰ
Transliteration: atmik bôr
Doctrine: Spiritual Gifts
Rejected alternatives: বৰ, দৈৱী শক্তি
Original: χάρισμα
Category: Church

The gift given to Timothy through the laying on of Paul’s hands (1:6), to be fanned into flame; Spirit-given, not a merit-earned boon. Inherited from Romans package.

Gentiles

Approved rendering: অনযাতি
Transliteration: onyojati
Doctrine: Unity of Jews and Gentiles
Rejected alternatives: বিদেশী
Original: ἔθνη
Category: Church

Paul’s appointment as preacher and apostle to the Gentiles (1:11). Inherited from Romans package.

Kingdom Of God

Approved rendering: ঈশ্বৰৰ ৰাজ্য
Transliteration: Iswôror rajyo
Doctrine: Kingdom Mission
Rejected alternatives: ঈশ্বৰৰ ৰাষ্ট্ৰ
Original: βασιλεία
Category: Kingdom

Christ’s eschatological reign, paired with his appearing at 4:1 and named as the believer’s heavenly destination at 4:18 (স্বৰ্গীয় ৰাজ্য). Inherited from Romans package.

David

Approved rendering: দায়ূদ
Transliteration: Dayud
Doctrine: Davidic Covenant

Established proper-name form, underlying seed_of_david at 2:8. Inherited from Romans package.

Teaching

Approved rendering: শিক্ষা
Transliteration: xikkha
Doctrine: Guarding Sound Doctrine
Original: διδασκαλία / διδαχή
Category: Scripture

Keep root consistent across সুস্থ শিক্ষা (sound doctrine), শিক্ষক (teacher), and related compounds (3:16; 4:2-3) for learner consistency.

Reproof

Approved rendering: দোষ প্ৰমাণ কৰা
Transliteration: dox prôman kôra
Doctrine: Inspiration and Sufficiency of Scripture
Original: ἐλεγμός
Category: Scripture

Scripture’s function of exposing and refuting error (3:16); keep semantically aligned with the verb form ἐλέγχω at 4:2.

Correction

Approved rendering: সংশোধন
Transliteration: xôngxodhôn
Doctrine: Inspiration and Sufficiency of Scripture
Original: ἐπανόρθωσις
Category: Scripture

Scripture’s function of setting crooked conduct or belief straight again (3:16).

Training

Approved rendering: প্ৰশিক্ষণ
Transliteration: prôxikkhôn
Doctrine: Inspiration and Sufficiency of Scripture
Original: παιδεία
Category: Scripture

Must convey positive, formative discipline (3:16), not punitive ritual or ascetic ordeal as practiced by Satra bhakats.

Equipped

Approved rendering: সাজু কৰা
Transliteration: saju kôra
Doctrine: Inspiration and Sufficiency of Scripture
Original: ἐξαρτίζω
Category: Scripture

Companion term to complete_proficient (3:17); low collision risk.

Man Of God

Approved rendering: ঈশ্বৰৰ লোক
Transliteration: Iswôror lok
Doctrine: Inspiration and Sufficiency of Scripture
Rejected alternatives: গুৰু, Satradhikar-style titled office
Original: ὁ τοῦ θεοῦ ἄνθρωπος
Category: Scripture

Distinct from an inherited Satradhikar/guru office defined by lineage-succession; names devoted service to God, not a titled office (3:17).

Profane Empty Talk

Approved rendering: অপবিত্ৰ আৰু অসাৰ কথা
Transliteration: ôpobitrô aru ôxar kôtha
Doctrine: Guarding Sound Doctrine
Original: βέβηλος κενοφωνία
Category: Doctrine

What Timothy must avoid (2:16), contrasted directly with rightly-handled truth.

Faithful Men

Approved rendering: বিশ্বাসী লোক
Transliteration: biswaxi lok
Doctrine: Faithful Transmission of the Gospel
Original: πιστοὶ ἄνθρωποι
Category: Doctrine

Trustworthiness-based criterion for the transmission chain (2:2), in deliberate contrast to a Satradhikar lineage/succession model.

Teacher

Approved rendering: শিক্ষক
Transliteration: xikkhôk
Doctrine: Guarding Sound Doctrine
Rejected alternatives: গুৰু
Original: διδάσκαλος
Category: False Teaching

NEVER গুৰু, for the same institutional-succession reason apostleship avoids it; used both positively (1:11) and negatively of itching-ear teachers (4:3).

Itching Ears

Approved rendering: নতুন আৰু মনতুষ্টিদায়ক কথা শুনিবৰ আকাংক্ষা
Transliteration: notun aru monotuxtidayôk kôtha xunibôr akankha
Doctrine: Apostasy and False Teachers in the Last Days
Rejected alternatives: forced literal calque of ‘itching ears’ with no gloss
Original: κνηθόμενοι τὴν ἀκοήν
Category: False Teaching

Idiom for an insatiable appetite for novel, flattering messages (4:3); render by meaning per idiom-handling rule; a literal gloss may accompany but not replace it.

Disqualified Concerning Faith

Approved rendering: বিশ্বাসৰ বিষয়ে অযোগ্য
Transliteration: biswaxôr bixôye ôyogyô
Doctrine: Apostasy and False Teachers in the Last Days
Original: ἀδόκιμος περὶ τὴν πίστιν
Category: False Teaching

Describes false teachers’ objective spiritual status (3:8), not merely a differing theological opinion.

Turn Away To Myths

Approved rendering: সত্যৰ পৰা মুখ ফিৰাব / বিপথে যোৱা
Transliteration: xôtyôr pora mukh phiraba / bipôthe zoa
Doctrine: Apostasy and False Teachers in the Last Days
Original: ἀποστρέφω / ἐκτρέπω
Category: False Teaching

Deliberate, active apostasy (4:4), not innocent ignorance; the ‘diversion’ image echoes path/way imagery common across Assamese religious traditions.

Reprove

Approved rendering: দোষ দেখুওৱা
Transliteration: dox dekhuōa
Doctrine: The Charge to Preach the Word
Original: ἐλέγχω
Category: Ministry

Part of the fourfold ministry charge (4:2); keep aligned with reproof (ἐλεγμός, 3:16) for root consistency.

Rebuke Sternly

Approved rendering: তীব্ৰভাৱে শুধৰণী দিয়া
Transliteration: tibrôbhabe xudhôroni dia
Doctrine: The Charge to Preach the Word
Original: ἐπιτιμάω
Category: Ministry

Escalated correction for persistent or serious error (4:2); must be balanced by accompanying patience.

Patience

Approved rendering: সহনশীলতা
Transliteration: xohonoxilôta
Doctrine: The Charge to Preach the Word
Original: μακροθυμία
Category: Ministry

The manner in which the fourfold charge must be carried out (4:2); balances rebuke with pastoral patience.

Evangelist

Approved rendering: সুসমাচাৰ প্ৰচাৰক
Transliteration: xusomacar prôcarôk
Doctrine: The Charge to Preach the Word
Original: εὐαγγελιστής
Category: Ministry

Ministry function of gospel proclamation (4:5); built on baseline সুসমাচাৰ.

Ministry Service

Approved rendering: সেৱকাই
Transliteration: xewôkai
Doctrine: The Charge to Preach the Word
Original: διακονία
Category: Ministry

Timothy’s total ministry assignment (4:5), consistent with baseline’s Christ-Centered Ministry term.

Fulfill Completely

Approved rendering: সম্পূৰ্ণৰূপে সম্পন্ন কৰা
Transliteration: sômpurnôrupe sômpônnô kôra
Doctrine: The Charge to Preach the Word
Original: πληροφορέω
Category: Ministry

Total, not partial, completion of ministry (4:5), resonant with Faithful Transmission of the Gospel.

World Present Age

Approved rendering: জগত / এই যুগ
Transliteration: jôgôt / ei yugô
Doctrine: Perseverance under Suffering
Original: κόσμος / ὁ νῦν αἰών
Category: Eschatology

Demas’s desertion ‘having loved this present world’ (4:10); distinguish from māyā, a metaphysical illusion to be transcended in Vedantic thought.

Be Ashamed

Approved rendering: লজ্জিত হ’ব
Transliteration: lôjjitô hôbô
Doctrine: Perseverance under Suffering
Original: αἰσχύνομαι / ἐπαισχύνομαι
Category: Perseverance

Repeated refrain (1:8, 12, 16) — refusing shame over the gospel, suffering, or Paul’s chains.

Endure

Approved rendering: সহি থাকা
Transliteration: xohi thaka
Doctrine: Perseverance under Suffering
Original: ὑπομένω
Category: Perseverance

Remaining steadfast under pressure or affliction (2:10, 12); close synonym of suffer_hardship.

Conscience

Approved rendering: বিবেক
Transliteration: bibek
Doctrine: Conscience and Sincere Faith
Original: συνείδησις
Category: Perseverance

Paul’s clear conscience in serving God (1:3); distinct from ritual/ceremonial purity concerns.

Sober Minded

Approved rendering: সজাগ থাকিব
Transliteration: xôjag thakibô
Doctrine: Perseverance under Suffering
Original: νήφω
Category: Perseverance

Clear-headed alertness in the face of coming apostasy (4:5); opposite of being swept along by popular teaching.

Righteous Judge

Approved rendering: ধাৰ্মিক বিচাৰক
Transliteration: dharmik bicarôk
Doctrine: Assurance of Reward
Original: δίκαιος κριτής
Category: Reward

The one who bestows the crown (4:8); his judgment, not human evaluation, validates the reward.

Rescue Deliver

Approved rendering: নিস্তাৰ কৰা
Transliteration: nixtar kôra
Doctrine: Assurance of Reward
Original: ῥύομαι
Category: Reward

Situational/physical rescue (4:17-18), distinct from eternal salvation (পৰিত্ৰাণ); per baseline convention, নিস্তাৰ is licensed only for this narrative sense. Flag 4:18 for careful split rendering since the verse moves from situational rescue to eternal destiny within one sentence.

Knowledge Of Truth

Approved rendering: সত্যৰ জ্ঞান
Transliteration: xôtyôr gyan
Doctrine: Repentance and Knowledge of the Truth
Original: ἐπίγνωσις ἀληθείας
Category: Faith

The goal of granted repentance (2:25); distinguish revealed, relational knowledge from esoteric/mystical gnosis-attainment.

Truth

Approved rendering: সত্য
Transliteration: xôtyô
Doctrine: Repentance and Knowledge of the Truth
Original: ἀλήθεια
Category: Faith

God’s revealed, historically anchored truth (4:4), from which some will turn in the last days; at first theological occurrence distinguish from an impersonal metaphysical Absolute (Vedantic sat).

Mercy

Approved rendering: কৃপা
Transliteration: kripa
Doctrine: Grace
Original: ἔλεος
Category: God

Part of the greeting triad ‘grace, mercy, peace’ (1:2); per baseline note, কৃপা is licensed for ordinary compassion/mercy in this non-salvific greeting context and must not substitute for অনুগ্ৰহ in salvific contexts.

Love

Approved rendering: প্ৰেম
Transliteration: prem
Doctrine: Holy Spirit’s Indwelling and Guarding of Truth
Original: ἀγάπη
Category: God

Part of the Spirit’s produce (1:7) and a positive virtue to be pursued (2:22); standard vocabulary, low collision risk.

Sound Mind

Approved rendering: সংযত মন
Transliteration: xôngyôtô mon
Doctrine: Holy Spirit’s Indwelling and Guarding of Truth
Original: σωφρονισμός
Category: God

Disciplined self-control, part of the Spirit’s produce contrasted with a spirit of fear (1:7).

Unrighteousness

Approved rendering: অধাৰ্মিকতা
Transliteration: ôdharmikôta
Doctrine: Guarding Sound Doctrine
Rejected alternatives: any ধৰ্ম-based coinage
Original: ἀδικία
Category: Sin

Built on baseline ধাৰ্মিকতা with negation; that from which the one who names the Lord’s name must depart (2:19). Never a ধৰ্ম-based coinage, for the same reason as righteousness itself.

Laying On Of Hands

Approved rendering: হাত থোয়া
Transliteration: hat thoa
Doctrine: Spiritual Gifts and Ministry Empowerment
Original: ἐπίθεσις τῶν χειρῶν
Category: Church

The commissioning gesture through which Timothy received his spiritual gift (1:6); brief note recommended distinguishing this apostolic-commissioning gesture (source of the gift is the Spirit, not the hands) from unrelated ritual blessing gestures.

Low Risk Terms

Exhort

Approved rendering: উৎসাহিত কৰা
Transliteration: utxahitô kôra
Doctrine: Mutual Edification

One of the fourfold ministry charge verbs in 4:2, balancing reproof/rebuke with encouragement. Inherited from Romans package.

Thanksgiving

Approved rendering: ধন্যবাদ
Transliteration: dhonyôbad
Doctrine: Thanksgiving

Standard term used in Paul’s opening thanksgiving (1:3). Inherited from Romans package.

Fellowship

Approved rendering: সহভাগিতা
Transliteration: xohobhagita
Doctrine: Christian Fellowship
Rejected alternatives: বন্ধুত্ব, সমাজ

Shared participation in gospel ministry with co-workers named in the closing chapter (4:9-21), not mere civic association or Satra-community membership. Inherited from Romans package.

Profitable

Approved rendering: উপকাৰী
Transliteration: upôkari
Doctrine: Inspiration and Sufficiency of Scripture
Original: ὠφέλιμος
Category: Scripture

Scripture’s practical usefulness (3:16); standard vocabulary, minimal doctrinal risk.

Gangrene

Approved rendering: পুতিধরা ঘা
Transliteration: putidhôra gha
Doctrine: Guarding Sound Doctrine
Original: γάγγραινα
Category: Doctrine

Metaphor for how false doctrine spreads destructively through a community (2:17).

Foolish Controversies

Approved rendering: মূৰ্খ বিতর্ক
Transliteration: murkhô bitôrkô
Doctrine: Guarding Sound Doctrine
Original: μωραὶ ζητήσεις
Category: Doctrine

Pointless doctrinal disputes to be avoided (2:23), contrasted with fruitful, rightly-handled teaching.

Foundation And Seal

Approved rendering: ভিত্তি / মোহৰ
Transliteration: bhitti / mohôr
Doctrine: Guarding Sound Doctrine
Original: θεμέλιος / σφραγίς
Category: Doctrine

God’s unshakeable foundation and the seal marking those who are his, standing firm despite individual apostasies (2:19).

Deceivers

Approved rendering: প্ৰৱঞ্চক
Transliteration: prôbônchôk
Doctrine: Apostasy and False Teachers in the Last Days
Original: πλάνος
Category: False Teaching

Impostors multiplying as the last days advance (3:13).

In Season Out Of Season

Approved rendering: সময়ত আৰু অসময়ত
Transliteration: xômôyôtô aru ôxômôyôtô
Doctrine: The Charge to Preach the Word
Original: εὐκαίρως ἀκαίρως
Category: Ministry

Idiom of constant readiness (4:2); natural Assamese descriptive equivalent, no proverb needed.

Living And Dead

Approved rendering: জীৱিত আৰু মৃত লোক
Transliteration: jibitô aru mritô lok
Doctrine: Final Judgment of Christ
Original: ζῶντες καὶ νεκροί
Category: Eschatology

Universal scope of final accountability before Christ (4:1).

Purpose

Approved rendering: সংকল্প
Transliteration: xôngkôlpô
Doctrine: Divine Calling and Election
Original: πρόθεσις
Category: God

God’s own settled intention behind his calling and grace (1:9); connects to baseline’s providence/election doctrine.

Vessel

Approved rendering: পাত্ৰ
Transliteration: patrô
Doctrine: Guarding Sound Doctrine
Original: σκεῦος
Category: Sin

Metaphor for moral usefulness in God’s household — vessels of honor or dishonor depending on personal cleansing (2:20-21).

Testimony

Approved rendering: সাক্ষ্য
Transliteration: xakkhyô
Doctrine: Perseverance under Suffering
Original: μαρτύριον
Category: Faith

Witness borne about the Lord, which Timothy is not to be ashamed of (1:8).

Criminal

Approved rendering: অপৰাধী
Transliteration: ôparadhi
Doctrine: Perseverance under Suffering
Original: κακοῦργος
Category: Perseverance

The status Paul suffers as though he were, though the gospel itself is not bound (2:9).

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