Core Glossary
Core Glossary — Galatians — English → Assamese
Risk tiers follow the baseline doctrine_risk_registry.json definitions: Critical (human theologian review, every occurrence), High (human theologian review), Medium (native speaker review recommended), Low (automated review sufficient).
Section 1 — Terms Reused Exactly from the Romans Baseline
These terms occur in Galatians and MUST use the Assamese rendering already fixed in translation_memory.json. No deviation permitted.
| Term | Assamese | Transliteration | Risk | Doctrine(s) in Galatians | Chapters |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| gospel | সুসমাচাৰ | xusomacar | High | True Gospel vs False Gospels | 1, 2 |
| grace | অনুগ্ৰহ | anugrôh | High | Law and Grace | 1, 2, 5, 6 |
| faith | বিশ্বাস | biswax | High | Justification by Faith; Faith Working through Love | 2, 3, 5 |
| righteousness | ধাৰ্মিকতা | dharmikôta | Critical | Justification by Faith | 2, 3, 5 |
| justification | ধাৰ্মিক বুলি গণ্য কৰা | dharmik buli gonyô kôra | Critical | Justification by Faith | 2, 3 |
| imputed_righteousness | আৰোপিত ধাৰ্মিকতা | aropitô dharmikôta | Critical | Abrahamic Covenant and Promise | 3 |
| apostle | প্ৰেৰিত | prerito | Medium | Paul’s Apostleship | 1 |
| called | মতা | matā | High | Paul’s Apostleship; Adoption and Sonship | 1 |
| calling | মতনি | motoni | High | Paul’s Apostleship | 1 |
| holy_spirit | পবিত্ৰ আত্মা | pobitrô atma | Critical | Flesh versus Spirit | 3, 4, 5, 6 |
| father | পিতা | pita | Critical | Adoption and Sonship | 1, 4 |
| abba | আব্বা | Abba | High | Adoption and Sonship | 4 |
| son_of_god | ঈশ্বৰৰ পুত্ৰ | Iswôror putrô | Critical | Adoption and Sonship (Christ as unique Son, contrasted with believers’ adoptive sonship) | 2, 4 |
| incarnation | দেহধাৰণ | dehôdharon | Critical | Abrahamic Covenant and Promise (Gal 4:4 “sent forth his Son”) | 4 |
| law | বিধান | bidhan | High | Law and Grace; The Law’s Purpose | 2, 3, 4, 6 |
| sin | পাপ | pap | High | Justification by Faith | 1, 2, 3 |
| gentiles | অনযাতি | onyojati | Medium | True Gospel; Circumcision and the New Creation | 1, 2, 3 |
| covenant | নিয়ম | niyôm | High | Abrahamic Covenant and Promise | 3 |
| jesus | যীচু | Yisu | Critical | (all doctrines) | 1–6 |
| god | ঈশ্বৰ | Iswôr | Critical | (all doctrines) | 1–6 |
| lord | প্ৰভু | prôbhu | Critical | (all doctrines) | 1, 6 |
| adoption | পোহাপুত্ৰ স্বৰূপে গ্ৰহণ | puhaputrô sôrupe grôhon | High | Adoption and Sonship | 4 |
| election / election-adjacent (ἐκλογή not in Galatians but “called” senses reuse the framework) | ঈশ্বৰৰ মনোনয়ন | Iswôror monônoyon | High | Paul’s Apostleship (calling before birth) | 1 |
| peace | শান্তি | xanti | Medium | Fruit of the Spirit | 5 |
| seed_of_david (pattern reused for σπέρμα) | দায়ূদৰ বংশৰ [pattern] | Dayudor bôngxôr [pattern] | High | Abrahamic Covenant and Promise (source pattern for “seed” below) | 3 |
| church | মণ্ডলী | môndoli | Medium | Household of Faith / Bearing Burdens | 6 |
| glory | মহিমা | môhima | High | (implicit, ch.1 doxology) | 1 |
Section 2 — New Terms Proposed for Galatians (Pending Theologian Review)
| Term (English) | Original Greek | Assamese | Transliteration | Risk | Doctrine | Chapter(s) | Alternatives Rejected | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| works (of the law) | ἔργα (νόμου) | বিধানৰ কৰ্ম | bidhanôr kormo | Critical | Justification by Faith; Law and Grace | 2, 3 | ”কৰ্মফল” (karma-fruit, too strongly cyclical-merit), “সৎকৰ্ম” (good deeds, too broad) | কৰ্ম alone is the central Hindu karma-doctrine term; MUST always be anchored to বিধানৰ (of the law) so it never floats free as a general merit-theology term. |
| crucified with Christ | συνεσταυρώθην (Χριστῷ) | খ্ৰীষ্টৰ সৈতে ক্ৰুচাৰোপিত হ’লোঁ | Khristor xoite krucharopitô hôlon | Critical | Crucified with Christ | 2, 5 | ”মৃত হ’লোঁ” (generic “died,” loses union-with-Christ specificity) | Builds on established Assamese Christian loanword ক্ৰুচ (cross). Never soften to a bare “died with Christ.” |
| cross | σταυρός | ক্ৰুচ | krus | High | Crucified with Christ | 2, 5, 6 | ”কাঠ” (wood, too generic), Sanskrit-derived alternatives avoided | Established Assamese Christian loanword; must remain consistent across all crucifixion language. |
| redeem / redemption | ἐξαγοράζω | মূল্য দি উদ্ধাৰ কৰা | mulyô di uddhar kôra | Critical | The Law’s Purpose; Abrahamic Covenant and Promise | 3, 4 | ”মুক্তি দিয়া” (FORBIDDEN — moksha/rebirth-cycle liberation association), “উদ্ধাৰ কৰা” alone (loses price-paid substitutionary sense) | Parallel construction to the baseline’s compound-phrase treatment of “justification.” Must never use মুক্তি as a root morpheme in this phrase. |
| idolatry | εἰδωλολατρία | মূৰ্তিপূজা | murtipuja | Critical | Flesh versus Spirit (vice list) | 5 | Euphemistic alternatives (e.g. “ভুল উপাসনা,” “wrong worship”) rejected as doctrinally softening | Names mainstream Assamese Hindu image-worship directly; retain full doctrinal force per PRD non-softening mandate; accompany with pastoral framing in teaching notes, not in the translation itself. |
| love (agapē) | ἀγάπη / ἀγαπάω | প্ৰেম | prem | High | Faith Working through Love; Fruit of the Spirit; Crucified with Christ (2:20) | 2, 5 | ”মৰম” (too colloquial/affectionate, under-weights covenantal self-giving), “ভক্তি” (already rejected in baseline for faith; carries devotional-surrender framework) | Collides with Vaishnavite/Ekasarana prem-bhakti (Radha-Krishna devotional love) tradition; mandatory translator note at first occurrence distinguishing Christ’s self-giving covenantal love from devotional-romantic bhakti-prem. |
| freedom / liberty | ἐλευθερία | স্বাধীনতা | sadhinôta | High | Freedom in Christ | 5 | No viable single-word alternative in standard Assamese; risk managed via mandatory note, not substitution | Collides with (a) political/national-independence usage; (b) moksha-liberation associations. Note required at first occurrence. |
| flesh (ethical/sin-nature sense) | σάρξ | মাংস | mangso | High | Flesh versus Spirit | 5 | ”শৰীৰ” (reserved for the neutral physical-body sense, e.g. Gal 2:20 “in the flesh”) | Two senses of σάρξ in Galatians must be kept visibly distinct in Assamese: মাংস (ethical/sin-nature, ch.5) vs. শৰীৰ (physical/bodily existence, 2:16, 2:20). |
| flesh (physical/bodily sense) | σάρξ | শৰীৰ | xôrir | High | (undergirds Crucified with Christ, 2:20) | 2 | মাংস (reserved for ethical sense) | See paired entry above; disambiguation is mandatory. |
| seed / offspring | σπέρμα | বংশ | bôngxô | High | Abrahamic Covenant and Promise | 3 | ”সন্তান” (children, loses the singular-collective grammatical ambiguity Paul exploits) | Requires a translator note explaining that Paul’s argument depends on the term’s grammatical singularity, fulfilled in Christ alone. |
| elemental spirits / elemental powers | στοιχεῖα τοῦ κόσμου | জগতৰ মৌলিক আত্মিক শক্তি | jagôtôr moulik atmik xôkti | High | Freedom in Christ; The Law’s Purpose | 4 | ”পঞ্চভূত” (directly names Hindu five-element cosmology — forbidden), “গ্ৰহ-শক্তি” (astrological planetary powers, too narrow and affirms astrology’s validity) | Must carry a note distinguishing this pre-Christian bondage-state (now abolished in Christ) from any Hindu cosmological element-veneration framework. |
| curse (of the law) / accursed | κατάρα / ἀνάθεμα | অভিশাপ / অভিশপ্ত | obhishap / obhishoptô | High | The True Gospel vs False Gospels; The Law’s Purpose | 1, 3 | No viable substitution; risk managed via mandatory note | Collides with Puranic sage/deity mystical shaap-curse tradition; note required distinguishing God’s judicial verdict from occult curse-transfer. |
| revelation | ἀποκάλυψις | প্ৰত্যাদেশ | prôtyadex | High | Paul’s Apostleship | 1 | ”প্ৰকাশ” (REJECTED — already flagged in baseline incarnation entry for avatar-manifestation overtones) | Deliberately avoids প্ৰকাশ to prevent cross-contamination with the incarnation/avatar collision risk already documented in the baseline. |
| circumcision | περιτομή | চুন্নৎ | sunnôt | Critical | Circumcision and the New Creation | 2, 5, 6 | ”ত্বকছেদ” (overly clinical, loses recognizability), no Sanskritic alternative in common Assamese Christian usage | Central controversy of the letter. Note required: this Perso-Arabic loanword is also associated with Islamic khatna practice in Assam; teaching materials must clarify the OT/Abrahamic covenant-sign referent (Genesis 17) to avoid confusion with the Islamic rite. |
| new creation | καινὴ κτίσις | নতুন সৃষ্টি | nôtun srishti | High | Circumcision and the New Creation | 6 | No viable substitution; risk managed via mandatory note | Collides with Hindu cyclical creation-dissolution (yuga/kalpa) cosmology; note required distinguishing linear, once-for-all inaugurated new creation from cyclical cosmic renewal. |
| sorcery | φαρμακεία | মায়াবিদ্যা / জাদুবিদ্যা | mayabidya / jadubidya | High | Flesh versus Spirit (vice list) | 5 | No viable substitution | Collides with active witch-accusation social sensitivity in Assam (bez/daini accusations); teaching notes must avoid language usable to target socially-accused persons. |
| promise | ἐπαγγελία | প্ৰতিজ্ঞা | prôtigya | High | Abrahamic Covenant and Promise | 3, 4 | ”চুক্তি” (contract, too transactional — already rejected for covenant in baseline) | Distinct from নিয়ম (covenant-bond itself); promise names the specific pledged content (offspring, blessing, inheritance). |
| mediator | μεσίτης | মধ্যস্থ | môddhôxthô | Medium | The Law’s Purpose | 3 | ”গুৰু” (rejected — collapses into Satradhikar/guru intermediary role, cf. baseline apostle entry) | Refers to Moses in this context; note recommended re: Satradhikar spiritual-intermediary resonance. |
| guardian / tutor | παιδαγωγός | অভিভাৱক | ôbhibhabôk | Medium | The Law’s Purpose | 3 | ”গুৰু” (rejected — implies a permanent teacher-disciple relationship, whereas the law’s role is temporary and custodial) | Temporary custodial role ending at Christ’s coming; distinguish from guru-shishya permanence. |
| heir | κληρονόμος | উত্তৰাধিকাৰী | uttôradhikari | Medium | Adoption and Sonship | 3, 4 | — | Standard term; low ambiguity beyond consistency with adoption doctrine. |
| slave (contrasted with son) | δοῦλος | দাস | das | Medium | Adoption and Sonship | 4 | — | Note required distinguishing Paul’s abolished slave-status from the devotional self-designation “das” in Vaishnavite/Ekasarana bhakti usage. |
| yoke of slavery | ζυγὸς δουλείας | দাসত্বৰ যুঁৱলি | dasôtwôr zunwôli | Medium | Freedom in Christ | 5 | — | Compound phrase; keep both elements (yoke + slavery) rather than collapsing to a single word. |
| different/false gospel | ἕτερον εὐαγγέλιον | অন্য সুসমাচাৰ | ônyô xusomacar | High | True Gospel vs False Gospels | 1 | Bare “অন্য মতবাদ” (different teaching, too weak — loses the false-gospel polemic) | Requires clarifying gloss that this is NOT a valid alternative gospel. |
| bewitched (figurative) | ἐβασκάνατε | মোহিত কৰা (verb: কোনে তোমালোকক মোহিত কৰিলে) | mohitô kôra | Medium | The True Gospel vs False Gospels | 3 | Literal sorcery-vocabulary avoided | Must remain clearly figurative; avoid resonance with Assamese evil-eye/witchcraft folk-belief framework. |
| law of Christ | ὁ νόμος τοῦ Χριστοῦ | খ্ৰীষ্টৰ বিধান | Khristor bidhan | High | Bearing One Another’s Burdens | 6 | — | Reuses বিধান in a transformed, non-Mosaic sense; note required to prevent confusion with “works of the law” (ἔργα νόμου), which the letter rejects. |
| fruit of the Spirit | ὁ καρπὸς τοῦ πνεύματος | আত্মাৰ ফল | atmar phôl | High | Fruit of the Spirit | 5 | ”আত্মাৰ ফলসমূহ” (plural — REJECTED, obscures the deliberate Greek singular emphasizing unified organic character) | Keep grammatically singular in Assamese to preserve Paul’s “one fruit, many facets” emphasis. |
| joy | χαρά | আনন্দ | anônd | Low | Fruit of the Spirit | 5 | — | Standard term. |
| patience | μακροθυμία | সহনশীলতা | xôhônxilôta | Low | Fruit of the Spirit | 5 | — | Standard term. |
| kindness | χρηστότης | দয়া / মধুৰতা | dôya / môdhuruôta | Low | Fruit of the Spirit | 5 | — | দয়া may also render generic compassion elsewhere in Scripture; low risk here given clear listing context. |
| goodness | ἀγαθωσύνη | মংগলতা | môngôlôta | Low | Fruit of the Spirit | 5 | — | Standard term. |
| faithfulness (character quality) | πίστις (fruit-list sense) | বিশ্বাসযোগ্যতা | biswaxôjogyôta | Medium | Fruit of the Spirit | 5 | বিশ্বাস alone (REJECTED here — would conflate saving faith with the character-quality “reliability” sense) | Distinct nuance from বিশ্বাস (saving faith); note recommended. |
| gentleness | πραΰτης | নম্ৰতা | nômrôta | Low | Fruit of the Spirit | 5 | — | Standard term. |
| self-control | ἐγκράτεια | আত্মসংযম | atmôxônyôm | Low | Fruit of the Spirit | 5 | — | Standard term; no significant collision, though note it is not to be confused with ascetic self-mortification practices of Satra bhakats — this is Spirit-enabled, not self-achieved, restraint. |
| faith working through love | πίστις διʼ ἀγάπης ἐνεργουμένη | প্ৰেমৰে কাৰ্যকৰী বিশ্বাস | premôre karyôkôri biswax | High | Faith Working through Love | 5 | — | Compound phrase combining two established/new terms (বিশ্বাস + প্ৰেম); must preserve both elements together. |
| bear one another’s burdens | βαστάζετε ἀλλήλων τὰ βάρη | এজনে আনজনৰ ভাৰ বহন কৰা | ejône anjônôr bhar bôhon kôra | Medium | Bearing One Another’s Burdens | 6 | — | Standard compound phrase; consistent rendering required across teaching materials. |
| restore gently | καταρτίζετε ἐν πνεύματι πραΰτητος | সৌম্যভাৱে শুধৰাই দিয়া | soumyô bhabe xudhôrai diya | Medium | Bearing One Another’s Burdens | 6 | — | Emphasizes non-shaming correction, relevant given honor/shame dynamics active elsewhere in the letter. |
| household of faith | οἱ οἰκεῖοι τῆς πίστεως | বিশ্বাসৰ পৰিয়াল | biswaxôr pôriyal | Low | Bearing One Another’s Burdens | 6 | — | Reinforces Church as God’s People doctrine with family-metaphor language. |
| false brothers | ψευδάδελφοι | ভুৱা ভাই | bhuwa bhai | Medium | True Gospel vs False Gospels | 2 | — | Names an internal (not external) threat. |
| truth of the gospel | ἀλήθεια τοῦ εὐαγγελίου | সুসমাচাৰৰ সত্যতা | xusomacaror xôtyôta | High | True Gospel vs False Gospels | 2 | — | The standard against which Peter’s compromise is judged. |
| sent forth (his Son) | ἐξαπέστειλεν | পাঠাই দিলে | pathai dile | Critical | Abrahamic Covenant and Promise (Incarnation) | 4 | — | Co-occurs with দেহধাৰণ (incarnation); mandatory translator note applies at this occurrence per baseline incarnation rule. |
| gave himself (up) | παραδίδωμι / παραδόντος | নিজকে সমৰ্পণ কৰিলে | nijôke xômorpon kôrile | Critical | Crucified with Christ | 2 | — | Substitutionary self-giving language; ties directly to atonement doctrine already flagged Critical in the baseline. |
| stigmata / marks of Jesus | τὰ στίγματα τοῦ Ἰησοῦ | যীচুৰ চিহ্ন | Yisur cihn | Medium | Crucified with Christ / Paul’s Apostleship | 6 | — | Distinguish from Vaishnavite tilaka/sect body-marking. |
| revelation-related: set apart (from birth) | ἀφορίσας | পৃথক কৰা | prithôk kôra | Medium | Paul’s Apostleship | 1 | — | Echoes prophetic call-narratives; connects to established মতা (called). |
| fullness of time | τὸ πλήρωμα τοῦ χρόνου | কালৰ পূৰ্ণতা | kalôr purnôta | Medium | Abrahamic Covenant and Promise | 4 | — | Connects to Providence doctrine established in Romans baseline. |
| children of promise | τέκνα ἐπαγγελίας | প্ৰতিজ্ঞাৰ সন্তান | prôtigyar sôntan | Medium | Abrahamic Covenant and Promise | 4 | — | Parallels Romans 9’s Isaac/Ishmael argument. |
| Jerusalem above | ἡ ἄνω Ἰερουσαλήμ | ওপৰৰ যিৰূশালেম | opôrôr Jirusalem | Medium | Freedom in Christ | 4 | — | Eschatological, not geopolitical, referent; sensitivity note re: regional-sovereignty associations. |
| sinner | ἁμαρτωλός | পাপী | papi | Medium | Justification by Faith | 2 | — | Moral guilt before a personal God, not ritual-taboo violation. |
| transgressor | παραβάτης | বিধান লঙ্ঘনকাৰী | bidhan lônghônkari | Medium | The Law’s Purpose | 2 | — | — |
| servant/minister | διάκονος | সেৱক | xebôk | Medium | Justification by Faith (2:17 rhetorical question) | 2 | — | Distinguish from later ecclesiastical “deacon” office. |
| baptized (into Christ) | βαπτίζω | বাপ্তাইজিত হ’ল | baptaizitô hôlô | Medium | Circumcision and the New Creation (unity in Christ) | 3 | — | Distinguish from ritual purificatory bathing (snan). |
| distort/pervert (the gospel) | μεταστρέψαι | বিকৃত কৰা | bikrito kôra | Medium | True Gospel vs False Gospels | 1 | — | — |
| Judaism | Ἰουδαϊσμός | যিহুদী ধৰ্ম | Jihudi dhôrmô | Low | Paul’s Apostleship | 1 | — | Descriptive proper term, not derogatory. |
| zeal / zealous | ζῆλος / ζηλωτής | আসক্তি / উদ্যোগী | axôkti / udyogi | Low | Law and Grace (contrast with grace received apart from zeal) | 1 | — | — |
| persecute / persecution | διώκω / διωγμός | তাড়না কৰা / তাড়না | tarna kôra / tarna | Low | Paul’s Apostleship | 1, 4, 5, 6 | — | — |
| hypocrisy | ὑπόκρισις | কপটতা | kôpôtôta | Medium | True Gospel vs False Gospels | 2 | — | Peter’s withdrawal from Gentile fellowship. |
| walk by/in the Spirit | περιπατέω / στοιχέω | আত্মাৰে অনুসাৰে চলা | atmare ônuxare côla | Medium | Flesh versus Spirit | 5 | — | — |
| sow / reap | σπείρῃ / θερίσει | সিঁচা / দাটি লোৱা | sinsa / dati lowa | Medium | Bearing One Another’s Burdens (context) | 6 | — | Guard against karma-retribution misreading; this is single-life moral consequence under grace, not cross-life karmic law. |
| boast in the cross | καυχᾶσθαι ἐν τῷ σταυρῷ | ক্ৰুচত গৌৰৱ কৰা | krucôt gourôb kôra | High | Crucified with Christ | 6 | — | Answers honor/shame dynamics; sole ground of boasting. |
| allegory (interpretive mode) | ἀλληγορούμενα | ৰূপক অৰ্থত কৌৱা | rupôk ôrthôt kôwa | Low | Abrahamic Covenant and Promise (Hagar/Sarah) | 4 | — | — |
| blessing of Abraham | εὐλογία τοῦ Ἀβραάμ | অব্ৰাহামৰ আশীৰ্বাদ | Abrahamôr axirbad | Medium | Abrahamic Covenant and Promise | 3 | — | — |
| observe days/months/seasons/years | ἡμέρας, μῆνας, καιρούς, ἐνιαυτούς | দিন, মাস, কাল, বছৰ পালন কৰা | din, mas, kal, bôsôr palôn kôra | Medium | Freedom in Christ | 4 | — | Collides with Hindu ritual-calendar observance (tithi, festival cycles); render plainly, no local festival names. |
| self-mutilation warning | ἀποκόψονται | নিজকে বিকৃত কৰক | nijôke bikrito kôrôk | Medium | Circumcision and the New Creation (polemic) | 5 | — | Sensitive phrasing; avoid graphic detail. |
Section 3 — Proper Names (Established Forms, per Baseline Instructions Document)
| Name | Assamese | Transliteration | Chapter(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Paul | পৌল | Poul | 1–6 |
| Abraham | অব্ৰাহাম | Abraham | 3, 4 |
| Peter / Cephas | পিতৰ / কৈফা | Pitôr / Koifa | 1, 2 |
| James | যাকোব | Jakob | 1, 2 |
| John | যোহন | Jôhôn | 2 |
| Barnabas | বাৰ্ণব্বা | Barnôbba | 2 |
| Titus | তীত | Tit | 2 |
| Hagar | হাগাৰ | Hagar | 4 |
| Sarah | চাৰা | Cara | 4 |
| Isaac | ইজাহাক | Ijahak | 4 |
| Jerusalem | যিৰূশালেম | Jirusalem | 1, 2, 4 |
| Arabia | আৰাবিয়া | Arabiya | 1 |
| Antioch | আন্তিয়খিয়া | Antiyokhiya | 2 |
| Galatia / Galatians | গালাতীয়া / গালাতীয়াবাসী | Galatiya / Galatiyabaxi | 1, 3 |
Section 4 — Doctrine-to-Term Cross-Reference (14 Curriculum Doctrines)
| Doctrine | Primary Terms | Primary Chapters |
|---|---|---|
| Justification by Faith | righteousness, justification, faith, works of the law, sinner | 2, 3 |
| The True Gospel versus False Gospels | gospel, different/false gospel, accursed, distort, truth of the gospel, false brothers, hypocrisy, bewitched | 1, 2, 3 |
| Paul’s Apostleship | apostle, called, calling, revelation, set apart, zeal, persecution, marks of Jesus | 1, 6 |
| Law and Grace | law, grace, works of the law, zeal | 1, 2, 3 |
| Crucified with Christ | cross, crucified with Christ, flesh (physical sense), gave himself, love (agapē), boast in the cross | 2, 5, 6 |
| The Abrahamic Covenant and Promise | Abraham, imputed righteousness, promise, covenant, seed/offspring, blessing of Abraham, sent forth (his Son), children of promise, fullness of time | 3, 4 |
| The Law’s Purpose | law, curse of the law, redeem, mediator, guardian/tutor, transgressor, law of Christ | 3, 6 |
| Adoption and Sonship | adoption, son of God, Abba/Father, slave, heir | 3, 4 |
| Freedom in Christ | freedom, yoke of slavery, elemental spirits, Jerusalem above, observe days/months/seasons/years | 4, 5 |
| Circumcision and the New Creation | circumcision, new creation, baptized, self-mutilation warning | 2, 5, 6 |
| Flesh versus Spirit | flesh (ethical sense), Holy Spirit, works of the flesh, idolatry, sorcery, walk by the Spirit, crucified the flesh | 5 |
| Fruit of the Spirit | fruit of the Spirit, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, self-control | 5 |
| Faith Working through Love | faith, love, faith working through love | 5 |
| Bearing One Another’s Burdens | bear one another’s burdens, restore gently, household of faith, sow/reap, law of Christ | 6 |
This glossary extends, and must never contradict, the baseline Romans translation_memory.json and bible_term_registry.json. All new terms above are proposed for theologian review and, upon approval, are to be written into a shared Galatians-extended translation memory file in a subsequent Phase 1 step.
Critical Risk Terms
Righteousness
Approved rendering: ধাৰ্মিকতা
Transliteration: dharmikôta
Doctrine: Justification by Faith
Rejected alternatives: ধৰ্ম, পুণ্য, ন্যায়
Original: δικαιοσύνη
Category: Salvation
Inherited from Romans package. CRITICAL: NEVER ধৰ্ম. Galatians 2:21, 3:6 make this the letter’s thesis term alongside justification.
Justification
Approved rendering: ধাৰ্মিক বুলি গণ্য কৰা
Transliteration: dharmik buli gonyô kôra
Doctrine: Justification by Faith
Rejected alternatives: ক্ষমা পোৱা, পুণ্য লাভ কৰা
Original: δικαιοῦται / δικαιωθῶμεν / δικαιωθήσεται
Category: Salvation
Inherited from Romans package. Galatians 2:16 uses this verb three times in a single verse — the doctrinal center of the entire letter. Never shortened to ক্ষমা পোৱা.
Imputed Righteousness
Approved rendering: আৰোপিত ধাৰ্মিকতা
Transliteration: aropitô dharmikôta
Doctrine: The Abrahamic Covenant and Promise
Rejected alternatives: অৰ্জিত ধাৰ্মিকতা
Original: ἐλογίσθη αὐτῷ εἰς δικαιοσύνην
Category: Salvation
Inherited from Romans package. Galatians 3:6 quotes the identical Genesis 15:6 text as Romans 4:3; rendering must be verbatim consistent across both curricula.
Holy Spirit
Approved rendering: পবিত্ৰ আত্মা
Transliteration: pobitrô atma
Doctrine: Flesh versus Spirit
Rejected alternatives: ব্ৰহ্ম, পৰমাত্মা
Original: πνεῦμα ἅγιον / τὸ πνεῦμα
Category: God
Inherited from Romans package. Central to the Flesh-versus-Spirit contrast (3:2-5; 5:16-25). NEVER ব্ৰহ্ম or পৰমাত্মা.
Father
Approved rendering: পিতা
Transliteration: pita
Doctrine: Adoption and Sonship
Rejected alternatives: ব্ৰহ্মা, সৃষ্টিকৰ্তা
Original: πατήρ
Category: God
Inherited from Romans package. Galatians 1:1, 1:3, 4:6. Avoid Hindu creator-deity names.
Son Of God
Approved rendering: ঈশ্বৰৰ পুত্ৰ
Transliteration: Iswôror putrô
Doctrine: Adoption and Sonship
Rejected alternatives: ঈশ্বৰৰ অংশ, দেৱপুৰুষ
Original: ὁ υἱὸς [τοῦ θεοῦ] / τοῦ υἱοῦ τοῦ θεοῦ
Category: Christology
Inherited from Romans package. Galatians 2:20 and 4:4 both invoke this; full phrase required, contrasted with believers’ adoptive sonship.
Incarnation
Approved rendering: দেহধাৰণ
Transliteration: dehôdharon
Doctrine: The Abrahamic Covenant and Promise
Rejected alternatives: অৱতাৰ, প্ৰকাশ, অৱতীর্ণ
Original: ἐξαπέστειλεν ὁ θεὸς τὸν υἱὸν αὐτοῦ, γενόμενον ἐκ γυναικός
Category: Christology
Inherited from Romans package. Galatians 4:4-5 is a primary NT incarnation text outside the Gospels; the single highest-risk collision point in the whole letter. NEVER অৱতাৰ or the softened cognate অৱতীর্ণ. Mandatory translator note at every occurrence.
Christ
Approved rendering: খ্ৰীষ্ট
Transliteration: Khristo
Doctrine: Justification by Faith
Rejected alternatives: ঈছা মছীহ (Islamic-context form)
Established transliteration per the baseline Romans AI instructions document’s Transliteration Standards; used constantly throughout Galatians alongside যীচু. Consistent with মচীহ (messiah, baseline) but used as the ordinary running title ‘Christ’ rather than the OT-messianic proper term.
Messiah
Approved rendering: মচীহ
Transliteration: mosih
Doctrine: The Abrahamic Covenant and Promise
Rejected alternatives: অভিষিক্ত ব্যক্তি, অৱতাৰ পুৰুষ
Inherited from Romans package. Relevant to Galatians’ messianic-fulfillment background (3:16 seed argument), though Galatians predominantly uses ‘Christ’ (খ্ৰীষ্ট) rather than মচীহ directly.
Jesus
Approved rendering: যীচু
Transliteration: Yisu
Doctrine: Justification by Faith
Rejected alternatives: ঈছা
Original: Ἰησοῦς
Category: Christology
Inherited from Romans package. Established ABS form used throughout Galatians 1-6.
God
Approved rendering: ঈশ্বৰ
Transliteration: Iswôr
Doctrine: Justification by Faith
Rejected alternatives: ভগৱান, পৰমেশ্বৰ
Original: θεός
Category: God
Inherited from Romans package. Never ভগৱান or পৰমেশ্বৰ.
Lord
Approved rendering: প্ৰভু
Transliteration: prôbhu
Doctrine: Justification by Faith
Rejected alternatives: স্বামী, ঈশ্বৰ
Original: κύριος
Category: Christology
Inherited from Romans package. Appears in Galatians’ opening greeting (1:3) and closing benediction (6:18). Never a divine personal-name substitute for κύριος (NWT-style renderings must be avoided).
Works Of The Law
Approved rendering: বিধানৰ কৰ্ম
Transliteration: bidhanôr kormo
Doctrine: Justification by Faith
Rejected alternatives: কৰ্মফল, সৎকৰ্ম, কৰ্ম (bare/unanchored)
Original: ἔργα νόμου
Category: Salvation
NEW TERM. Galatians 2:16, 3:2, 3:5, 3:10. কৰ্ম alone is the central word of Hindu karma-merit doctrine; MUST always stay anchored to বিধানৰ (of the law). Any bare কৰ্ম occurrence in back-translation is an automatic Critical-tier failure.
Crucified With Christ
Approved rendering: খ্ৰীষ্টৰ সৈতে ক্ৰুচাৰোপিত হ’লোঁ
Transliteration: Khristor xoite krucharopitô hôlon
Doctrine: Crucified with Christ
Rejected alternatives: মৃত হ’লোঁ
Original: Χριστῷ συνεσταύρωμαι
Category: Salvation
NEW TERM. Galatians 2:19-20; recalled at 5:24 (crucified the flesh) and 6:14 (boast in the cross). Must never soften to a generic ‘died with,’ which loses union-with-Christ specificity. Treat as a fixed liturgical-style phrase, never abbreviated.
Redemption
Approved rendering: মূল্য দি উদ্ধাৰ কৰা
Transliteration: mulyô di uddhar kôra
Doctrine: The Law’s Purpose
Rejected alternatives: মুক্তি দিয়া, উদ্ধাৰ কৰা (alone)
Original: ἐξαγοράζω
Category: Salvation
NEW TERM. Galatians 3:13, 4:5. মুক্তি MUST NOT be used as a root morpheme (forbidden, moksha/rebirth-cycle association). Compound phrase required, parallel to the baseline’s treatment of justification.
Idolatry
Approved rendering: মূৰ্তিপূজা
Transliteration: murtipuja
Doctrine: Flesh versus Spirit
Rejected alternatives: ভুল উপাসনা, ভ্ৰান্ত উপাসনা
Original: εἰδωλολατρία
Category: Sin
NEW TERM. Galatians 5:20 (works of the flesh vice-list). Names mainstream Assamese Hindu/Vaishnavite image-worship directly; per PRD non-softening mandate the condemnation must not be euphemized in translation; pastoral framing belongs only in teaching notes.
Circumcision
Approved rendering: চুন্নৎ
Transliteration: sunnôt
Doctrine: Circumcision and the New Creation
Rejected alternatives: ত্বকছেদ
Original: περιτομή
Category: Covenant
NEW TERM. Galatians 2:3-5, 5:2-6, 5:11-12, 6:12-15 — the letter’s central controversy. চুন্নৎ is also the term for Islamic khatna practice in Assam; every occurrence requires a clarifying note anchoring the referent to the Genesis 17 Abrahamic covenant sign.
Sent Forth
Approved rendering: পাঠাই দিলে
Transliteration: pathai dile
Doctrine: The Abrahamic Covenant and Promise
Original: ἐξαπέστειλεν
Category: Christology
NEW TERM. Galatians 4:4, co-occurring with দেহধাৰণ (incarnation); the mandatory avatar-distinguishing translator note applies at this occurrence.
Gave Himself
Approved rendering: নিজকে সমৰ্পণ কৰিলে
Transliteration: nijôke xômorpon kôrile
Doctrine: Crucified with Christ
Original: παραδόντος ἑαυτὸν
Category: Salvation
NEW TERM. Galatians 2:20, 1:4. Substitutionary self-giving language; ties directly to atonement doctrine already flagged Critical in the baseline Romans package.
High Risk Terms
Gospel
Approved rendering: সুসমাচাৰ
Transliteration: xusomacar
Doctrine: The True Gospel versus False Gospels
Rejected alternatives: ভাল খবৰ, শুভবাৰ্তা
Original: εὐαγγέλιον
Category: Salvation
Inherited from Romans package. In Galatians the gospel is defended against distortion (1:6-9) rather than merely proclaimed; render identically to Romans usage.
Grace
Approved rendering: অনুগ্ৰহ
Transliteration: anugrôh
Doctrine: Law and Grace
Rejected alternatives: কৃপা, দয়া, বৰ, সৌভাগ্য, পুণ্য
Original: χάρις
Category: Salvation
Inherited from Romans package. Central to Galatians 2:21 and 5:4’s grace-versus-works-of-the-law polemic; contrast must be preserved with full force, including against a boon-for-devotion (বৰ) reading.
Faith
Approved rendering: বিশ্বাস
Transliteration: biswax
Doctrine: Justification by Faith
Rejected alternatives: শ্ৰদ্ধা, ভক্তি
Original: πίστις
Category: Faith
Inherited from Romans package. Galatians 2:16 uses πίστις Χριστοῦ; render consistently as ‘খ্ৰীষ্টত বিশ্বাস’ (trust placed IN Christ, objective genitive) across all core-passage occurrences (2:16 x2, 2:20, 3:22).
Called
Approved rendering: মতা
Transliteration: matā
Doctrine: Paul’s Apostleship
Rejected alternatives: আমন্ত্ৰিত, নিমন্ত্ৰণ কৰা
Original: καλέσαντος / ἐκλήθητε
Category: Salvation
Inherited from Romans package. Galatians 1:6 (called by grace), 1:15 (set apart/called from the womb), 5:13 (called to freedom).
Calling
Approved rendering: মতনি
Transliteration: motoni
Doctrine: Paul’s Apostleship
Rejected alternatives: আমন্ত্ৰণ
Inherited from Romans package. Noun form for the act/state of being called by God; underlies Galatians’ apostleship-calling narrative in ch.1.
Abba
Approved rendering: আব্বা
Transliteration: Abba
Doctrine: Adoption and Sonship
Original: Ἀββά
Category: God
Inherited from Romans package. Galatians 4:6 is verbally identical to Romans 8:15; must render identically across both curricula.
Law
Approved rendering: বিধান
Transliteration: bidhan
Doctrine: Law and Grace
Rejected alternatives: ধৰ্ম, নিয়ম
Original: νόμος
Category: Covenant
Inherited from Romans package. Central to Law and Grace and The Law’s Purpose throughout Galatians 2-4, 6. NEVER ধৰ্ম.
Sin
Approved rendering: পাপ
Transliteration: pap
Doctrine: Justification by Faith
Rejected alternatives: অধৰ্ম, অশুচিতা
Original: ἁμαρτία
Category: Sin
Inherited from Romans package. Galatians 1:4, 2:17, 3:22.
Covenant
Approved rendering: নিয়ম
Transliteration: niyôm
Doctrine: The Abrahamic Covenant and Promise
Rejected alternatives: চুক্তি, বন্দোবস্ত
Original: διαθήκη
Category: Covenant
Inherited from Romans package. Galatians 3:15-17 (the Abrahamic covenant cannot be annulled by the later-given law) and 4:24 (two covenants, allegorically). Must stay distinct from প্ৰতিজ্ঞা (promise).
Adoption
Approved rendering: পোহাপুত্ৰ স্বৰূপে গ্ৰহণ
Transliteration: puhaputrô sôrupe grôhon
Doctrine: Adoption and Sonship
Rejected alternatives: পোহনিয়া কৰা
Original: υἱοθεσία
Category: Salvation
Inherited from Romans package. Galatians 4:5 states adoption as the very purpose of the Son’s sending — even more central here than in Romans.
Election
Approved rendering: ঈশ্বৰৰ মনোনয়ন
Transliteration: Iswôror monônoyon
Doctrine: Paul’s Apostleship
Rejected alternatives: ভাগ্য, নিয়তি, কপাল
Inherited from Romans package. Applies to Galatians 1:15’s ‘set apart before birth’ calling framework, echoing prophetic call-narrative language.
Glory
Approved rendering: মহিমা
Transliteration: môhima
Doctrine: Paul’s Apostleship
Rejected alternatives: দেৱজ্যোতি, তেজ
Original: δόξα
Category: God
Inherited from Romans package. Galatians 1:5 doxology.
Seed Of David
Approved rendering: দায়ূদৰ বংশৰ
Transliteration: Dayudor bôngxôr
Doctrine: The Abrahamic Covenant and Promise
Inherited from Romans package as the structural lineage-phrase pattern behind Galatians’ seed_offspring (σπέρμα, বংশ) term; not independently used in Galatians but establishes the বংশ vocabulary reused there.
Cross
Approved rendering: ক্ৰুচ
Transliteration: krus
Doctrine: Crucified with Christ
Rejected alternatives: কাঠ, শূলী
Original: σταυρός
Category: Christology
NEW TERM. Established Assamese Christian loanword; must remain consistent across Galatians 2:19-20, 5:11, 5:24, 6:12, 6:14. Never replaced by a bare execution-implement circumlocution (e.g. ‘stake/post’) as in NWT-style renderings that deny the traditional cross form.
Love Agape
Approved rendering: প্ৰেম
Transliteration: prem
Doctrine: Faith Working through Love
Rejected alternatives: মৰম, ভক্তি
Original: ἀγάπη / ἀγαπάω
Category: Sanctification
NEW TERM. Galatians 2:20, 5:6, 5:13-14, 5:22. Major collision risk with Vaishnavite/Ekasarana prem-bhakti (Radha-Krishna devotional-romantic love). Mandatory translator note at first occurrence in every document distinguishing self-giving covenantal love from viraha-bhakti longing.
Freedom
Approved rendering: স্বাধীনতা
Transliteration: sadhinôta
Doctrine: Freedom in Christ
Original: ἐλευθερία
Category: Salvation
NEW TERM. Galatians 5:1, 5:13. Risks (a) political/national-independence reading, (b) moksha-liberation conflation. No viable substitute exists; managed entirely through mandatory translator note at first occurrence, never euphemistic substitution.
Flesh Ethical
Approved rendering: মাংস
Transliteration: mangso
Doctrine: Flesh versus Spirit
Rejected alternatives: শৰীৰ (reserved for physical sense)
Original: σάρξ
Category: Sin
NEW TERM. Galatians 5:13, 5:16-24. Ethical/sin-nature sense; must remain visibly distinguished from flesh_physical (শৰীৰ) at every occurrence to prevent conflating ordinary embodiment with sinfulness.
Flesh Physical
Approved rendering: শৰীৰ
Transliteration: xôrir
Doctrine: Crucified with Christ
Rejected alternatives: মাংস (reserved for ethical sense)
Original: σάρξ / ἐν σαρκί
Category: Christology
NEW TERM. Galatians 2:20 (‘the life I now live in the flesh’), 4:13-14. Neutral physical/bodily sense; must be kept visibly distinct from flesh_ethical (মাংস).
Seed Offspring
Approved rendering: বংশ
Transliteration: bôngxô
Doctrine: The Abrahamic Covenant and Promise
Rejected alternatives: সন্তান
Original: σπέρμα
Category: Covenant
NEW TERM. Galatians 3:16, 3:29. Paul’s argument depends on the term’s grammatical singularity, fulfilled in Christ alone. বংশ reads naturally as collective lineage in Assamese; a mandatory explanatory note is required at first occurrence.
Elemental Spirits
Approved rendering: জগতৰ মৌলিক আত্মিক শক্তি
Transliteration: jagôtôr moulik atmik xôkti
Doctrine: Freedom in Christ
Rejected alternatives: পঞ্চভূত, গ্ৰহ-শক্তি
Original: στοιχεῖα τοῦ κόσμου
Category: Covenant
NEW TERM. Galatians 4:3, 4:9. Significant collision risk with Hindu পঞ্চভূত (five-element) cosmology and astrological graha-veneration. Mandatory translator note distinguishing this abolished pre-Christian bondage-state from ongoing element/planetary veneration.
Curse Of The Law
Approved rendering: বিধানৰ অভিশাপ
Transliteration: bidhanôr obhishap
Doctrine: The Law’s Purpose
Original: κατάρα τοῦ νόμου / ἀνάθεμα
Category: Covenant
NEW TERM. Galatians 3:10, 3:13 (quoting Deut 27:26). Must be distinguished from the Puranic sage’s/deity’s mystical shaap-curse tradition — this is God’s own recorded judicial verdict, not an occult curse-transfer.
Anathema
Approved rendering: অভিশপ্ত হয়
Transliteration: obhishoptô hôy
Doctrine: The True Gospel versus False Gospels
NEW TERM. Galatians 1:8-9’s double pronouncement of God’s judicial condemnation on anyone preaching a false gospel. Must render as forensic judicial verdict, never a Puranic mystical shaap-curse.
Revelation
Approved rendering: প্ৰত্যাদেশ
Transliteration: prôtyadex
Doctrine: Paul’s Apostleship
Rejected alternatives: প্ৰকাশ
Original: ἀποκάλυψις
Category: Church
NEW TERM. Galatians 1:12 (Paul received the gospel through revelation, grounding his apostolic authority). Deliberately avoids প্ৰকাশ, already rejected in the baseline incarnation entry for its avatar-manifestation overtones.
New Creation
Approved rendering: নতুন সৃষ্টি
Transliteration: nôtun srishti
Doctrine: Circumcision and the New Creation
Original: καινὴ κτίσις
Category: Eschatology
NEW TERM. Galatians 6:15, the letter’s climactic answer to the circumcision controversy. Collision risk with Hindu cyclical creation-preservation-dissolution (সৃষ্টি-স্থিতি-প্ৰলয়) cosmology; mandatory note distinguishing linear once-for-all newness from cyclical cosmic renewal.
Sorcery
Approved rendering: মায়াবিদ্যা / জাদুবিদ্যা
Transliteration: mayabidya / jadubidya
Doctrine: Flesh versus Spirit
Original: φαρμακεία
Category: Sin
NEW TERM. Galatians 5:20 (works of the flesh vice-list). Given Assam’s documented history of witch-hunting violence tied to sorcery-accusation (bez/daini), teaching materials must condemn the practice itself, never supply language usable against socially-accused persons.
Promise
Approved rendering: প্ৰতিজ্ঞা
Transliteration: prôtigya
Doctrine: The Abrahamic Covenant and Promise
Rejected alternatives: চুক্তি
Original: ἐπαγγελία
Category: Covenant
NEW TERM. Galatians 3:14-22, 4:23, 4:28. Must stay distinct from নিয়ম (covenant-bond itself); promise names the specific pledged content (offspring, blessing, inheritance).
False Gospel
Approved rendering: অন্য সুসমাচাৰ
Transliteration: ônyô xusomacar
Doctrine: The True Gospel versus False Gospels
Rejected alternatives: অন্য মতবাদ
Original: ἕτερον εὐαγγέλιον
Category: Salvation
NEW TERM. Galatians 1:6-9. Requires a mandatory clarifying gloss (‘যিটো সঁচা সুসমাচাৰ নহয়’) at every occurrence, guarding against a pluralistic-paths reading.
Fruit Of The Spirit
Approved rendering: আত্মাৰ ফল
Transliteration: atmar phôl
Doctrine: Fruit of the Spirit
Rejected alternatives: আত্মাৰ ফলসমূহ
Original: ὁ καρπὸς τοῦ πνεύματος
Category: Sanctification
NEW TERM. Galatians 5:22-23. Must remain grammatically singular in Assamese to preserve Paul’s deliberate Greek singular, avoiding a merit-checklist reading close to Hindu virtue-accumulation (punya) thinking.
Faith Working Through Love
Approved rendering: প্ৰেমৰে কাৰ্যকৰী বিশ্বাস
Transliteration: premôre karyôkôri biswax
Doctrine: Faith Working through Love
Original: πίστις διʼ ἀγάπης ἐνεργουμένη
Category: Faith
NEW TERM. Galatians 5:6. Compound phrase combining established বিশ্বাস with the new, high-risk প্ৰেম; both elements must be preserved together, never shortened to a single component word.
Truth Of The Gospel
Approved rendering: সুসমাচাৰৰ সত্যতা
Transliteration: xusomacaror xôtyôta
Doctrine: The True Gospel versus False Gospels
Original: ἀλήθεια τοῦ εὐαγγελίου
Category: Salvation
NEW TERM. Galatians 2:5, 2:14 — the standard by which Peter’s compromise at Antioch is judged.
Boast In The Cross
Approved rendering: ক্ৰুচত গৌৰৱ কৰা
Transliteration: krucôt gourôb kôra
Doctrine: Crucified with Christ
Original: καυχᾶσθαι ἐν τῷ σταυρῷ
Category: Salvation
NEW TERM. Galatians 6:14 — Paul’s summary posture, recalling 2:19-20. Answers honor/shame dynamics active throughout the letter regarding boasting in circumcision/flesh.
Law Of Christ
Approved rendering: খ্ৰীষ্টৰ বিধান
Transliteration: Khristor bidhan
Doctrine: Bearing One Another’s Burdens
Original: ὁ νόμος τοῦ Χριστοῦ
Category: Sanctification
NEW TERM. Galatians 6:2. Deliberately reuses বিধান in a transformed, non-Mosaic sense; a note is required preventing confusion with বিধানৰ কৰ্ম (works of the Mosaic law), which the letter otherwise rejects as a ground of justification.
Medium Risk Terms
Apostle
Approved rendering: প্ৰেৰিত
Transliteration: prerito
Doctrine: Paul’s Apostleship
Rejected alternatives: দূত, গুৰু
Original: ἀπόστολος
Category: Church
Inherited from Romans package. Galatians 1:1 stresses this apostleship is ‘not from man’; must not read as a generic guru or Satradhikar-successor role.
Gentiles
Approved rendering: অনযাতি
Transliteration: onyojati
Doctrine: Unity in Christ
Rejected alternatives: বিদেশী
Original: ἔθνη
Category: Church
Inherited from Romans package. Central to Galatians 2:11-14 (Peter’s withdrawal from Gentile table-fellowship) and 3:8, 3:14.
Peace
Approved rendering: শান্তি
Transliteration: xanti
Doctrine: Fruit of the Spirit
Rejected alternatives: সুখ, প্ৰশান্তি
Original: εἰρήνη
Category: Salvation
Inherited from Romans package. Galatians 1:3 (greeting) and 5:22 (Fruit of the Spirit); the fruit-list sense is character-quality peace, distinguished from meditative naam-kirtan calm.
Church
Approved rendering: মণ্ডলী
Transliteration: môndoli
Doctrine: Bearing One Another’s Burdens
Rejected alternatives: মন্দিৰ, নামঘৰ
Original: ἐκκλησία
Category: Church
Inherited from Romans package. Galatians 1:2, 1:13, 1:22. NEVER নামঘৰ or মন্দিৰ.
Mediator
Approved rendering: মধ্যস্থ
Transliteration: môddhôxthô
Doctrine: The Law’s Purpose
Rejected alternatives: গুৰু
Original: μεσίτης
Category: Covenant
NEW TERM. Galatians 3:19-20, referring to Moses. Never গুৰু, which would collapse this into the Satradhikar/guru spiritual-intermediary role.
Guardian Tutor
Approved rendering: অভিভাৱক
Transliteration: ôbhibhabôk
Doctrine: The Law’s Purpose
Rejected alternatives: গুৰু
Original: παιδαγωγός
Category: Covenant
NEW TERM. Galatians 3:24-25 — the law functioned as a temporary custodial guardian until Christ came. Never গুৰু, which would imply a permanent guru-shishya teaching relationship. Pair with a temporal marker (‘যেতিয়ালৈকে,’ until) to keep the time-limited sense visible.
Heir
Approved rendering: উত্তৰাধিকাৰী
Transliteration: uttôradhikari
Doctrine: Adoption and Sonship
Original: κληρονόμος
Category: Salvation
NEW TERM. Galatians 3:29, 4:1, 4:7. Ties directly to Adoption and Sonship.
Slave
Approved rendering: দাস
Transliteration: das
Doctrine: Adoption and Sonship
Original: δοῦλος
Category: Salvation
NEW TERM. Galatians 4:1, 4:7. Must be distinguished from the devotional self-designation ‘das’ (e.g. Ramdas) used by Vaishnavite/Ekasarana bhaktas as a mark of devotional humility — Paul’s point is the abolition of slave-status, not its embrace as spiritual virtue.
Yoke Of Slavery
Approved rendering: দাসত্বৰ যুঁৱলি
Transliteration: dasôtwôr zunwôli
Doctrine: Freedom in Christ
Rejected alternatives: বন্ধন (alone)
Original: ζυγὸς δουλείας
Category: Salvation
NEW TERM. Galatians 5:1. Compound phrase; keep both elements (yoke + slavery) rather than collapsing to a single abstract noun, which drifts toward a moksha-from-samsaric-bondage register.
Faithfulness Character
Approved rendering: বিশ্বাসযোগ্যতা
Transliteration: biswaxôjogyôta
Doctrine: Fruit of the Spirit
Rejected alternatives: বিশ্বাস (alone)
Original: πίστις (fruit-list sense)
Category: Sanctification
NEW TERM. Galatians 5:22. বিশ্বাস alone is REJECTED here, since it would conflate saving faith (Justification by Faith) with this character-quality reliability sense.
Bear Burdens
Approved rendering: এজনে আনজনৰ ভাৰ বহন কৰা
Transliteration: ejône anjônôr bhar bôhon kôra
Doctrine: Bearing One Another’s Burdens
Original: βαστάζετε ἀλλήλων τὰ βάρη
Category: Church
NEW TERM. Galatians 6:2. Communal responsibility flowing from Spirit-led restoration, fulfilling ‘the law of Christ.‘
Restore Gently
Approved rendering: সৌম্যভাৱে শুধৰাই দিয়া
Transliteration: soumyô bhabe xudhôrai diya
Doctrine: Bearing One Another’s Burdens
Original: καταρτίζετε ἐν πνεύματι πραΰτητος
Category: Church
NEW TERM. Galatians 6:1. Distinguishes gospel correction from shame-based social discipline.
False Brothers
Approved rendering: ভুৱা ভাই
Transliteration: bhuwa bhai
Doctrine: The True Gospel versus False Gospels
Original: ψευδάδελφοι
Category: Church
NEW TERM. Galatians 2:4. Names an internal, not external, threat to the church.
Stigmata
Approved rendering: যীচুৰ চিহ্ন
Transliteration: Yisur cihn
Doctrine: Paul’s Apostleship
Original: τὰ στίγματα τοῦ Ἰησοῦ
Category: Church
NEW TERM. Galatians 6:17. Must be distinguished from ritual body-marking such as Vaishnavite tilaka/sect-marks, which signal religious affiliation rather than suffered persecution.
Set Apart
Approved rendering: পৃথক কৰা
Transliteration: prithôk kôra
Doctrine: Paul’s Apostleship
Original: ἀφορίσας
Category: Church
NEW TERM. Galatians 1:15 (‘set apart from my mother’s womb’), echoing prophetic call-language (Jer 1:5, Isa 49:1); connects to the established মতা (called) framework.
Fullness Of Time
Approved rendering: কালৰ পূৰ্ণতা
Transliteration: kalôr purnôta
Doctrine: The Abrahamic Covenant and Promise
Original: τὸ πλήρωμα τοῦ χρόνου
Category: God
NEW TERM. Galatians 4:4. Connects to the Providence doctrine established in the Romans baseline package.
Children Of Promise
Approved rendering: প্ৰতিজ্ঞাৰ সন্তান
Transliteration: prôtigyar sôntan
Doctrine: The Abrahamic Covenant and Promise
Original: τέκνα ἐπαγγελίας
Category: Covenant
NEW TERM. Galatians 4:28. Parallels Romans 9’s Isaac/Ishmael argument.
Jerusalem Above
Approved rendering: ওপৰৰ যিৰূশালেম
Transliteration: opôrôr Jirusalem
Doctrine: Freedom in Christ
Original: ἡ ἄνω Ἰερουσαλήμ
Category: Eschatology
NEW TERM. Galatians 4:26. Eschatological, not geographic-political, referent; sensitivity note similar to the baseline’s kingdom_of_god entry regarding contested regional-sovereignty associations.
Sinner
Approved rendering: পাপী
Transliteration: papi
Doctrine: Justification by Faith
Original: ἁμαρτωλός
Category: Sin
NEW TERM. Galatians 2:15, 2:17. Must retain moral guilt before a personal God, not soften to ritual-taboo violation.
Transgressor
Approved rendering: বিধান লঙ্ঘনকাৰী
Transliteration: bidhan lônghônkari
Doctrine: The Law’s Purpose
Original: παραβάτης
Category: Covenant
NEW TERM. Galatians 2:18. Ironic self-application: returning to law after abandoning it as ground of righteousness makes one a law-breaker, not a law-keeper.
Servant Minister
Approved rendering: সেৱক
Transliteration: xebôk
Doctrine: Justification by Faith
Original: διάκονος
Category: Church
NEW TERM. Galatians 2:17 (rhetorical question: is Christ a servant/agent of sin?). Distinguish from the later ecclesiastical ‘deacon’ office, not in view here.
Baptized
Approved rendering: বাপ্তাইজিত হ’ল
Transliteration: baptaizitô hôlô
Doctrine: Unity in Christ
Original: ἐβαπτίσθητε
Category: Church
NEW TERM. Galatians 3:27, grounding the ‘neither Jew nor Greek’ unity statement. Distinguish from ritual purificatory bathing (snan) in Hindu practice.
Distort Gospel
Approved rendering: বিকৃত কৰা
Transliteration: bikrito kôra
Doctrine: The True Gospel versus False Gospels
Original: μεταστρέψαι
Category: Salvation
NEW TERM. Galatians 1:7. Must convey active corruption, not a benign variant teaching.
Hypocrisy
Approved rendering: কপটতা
Transliteration: kôpôtôta
Doctrine: The True Gospel versus False Gospels
Original: ὑπόκρισις
Category: Church
NEW TERM. Galatians 2:13, Peter’s withdrawal from Gentile table-fellowship under pressure — directly triggers Paul’s core-passage rebuke.
Walk By Spirit
Approved rendering: আত্মাৰে অনুসাৰে চলা
Transliteration: atmare ônuxare côla
Doctrine: Flesh versus Spirit
Original: περιπατέω / στοιχέω
Category: Sanctification
NEW TERM. Galatians 5:16, 5:25. The behavioral outworking of Flesh versus Spirit doctrine, not a one-time event.
Sow Reap
Approved rendering: সিঁচা / দাটি লোৱা
Transliteration: sinsa / dati lowa
Doctrine: Bearing One Another’s Burdens
Original: σπείρῃ / θερίσει
Category: Sanctification
NEW TERM. Galatians 6:7-8. Guard against a karma-retribution misreading; single-life moral consequence lived under grace, not cross-life karmic retribution.
Blessing Of Abraham
Approved rendering: অব্ৰাহামৰ আশীৰ্বাদ
Transliteration: Abrahamôr axirbad
Doctrine: The Abrahamic Covenant and Promise
Original: εὐλογία τοῦ Ἀβραάμ
Category: Covenant
NEW TERM. Galatians 3:14, the purpose-clause of Christ’s redemptive work.
Observe Days
Approved rendering: দিন, মাস, কাল, বছৰ পালন কৰা
Transliteration: din, mas, kal, bôsôr palôn kôra
Doctrine: Freedom in Christ
Original: ἡμέρας… μῆνας… καιρούς… ἐνιαυτούς
Category: Covenant
NEW TERM. Galatians 4:10. Cultural collision risk with the Hindu ritual calendar (tithi, ekadashi fasting days, festival cycles); render plainly without importing local festival names.
Self Mutilation Warning
Approved rendering: নিজকে বিকৃত কৰক
Transliteration: nijôke bikrito kôrôk
Doctrine: Circumcision and the New Creation
Original: ἀποκόψονται
Category: Church
NEW TERM. Galatians 5:12. A low-frequency, sensitive term requiring careful, non-graphic pastoral phrasing.
Bewitched
Approved rendering: কোনে তোমালোকক মোহিত কৰিলে
Transliteration: kone tomalokôk mohitô kôrile
Doctrine: The True Gospel versus False Gospels
Original: ἐβασκάνατε
Category: Faith
NEW TERM. Galatians 3:1. Rhetorical/figurative accusation; real risk of resonance with Assamese folk beliefs about the evil eye (কু-দৃষ্টি) and witchcraft accusation. Must render as clearly figurative deception-language, not endorse a literal sorcery framework.
Peter Cephas
Approved rendering: পিতৰ / কৈফা
Transliteration: Pitôr / Koifa
Doctrine: The True Gospel versus False Gospels
Proper name; Galatians uses both Πέτρος and Κηφᾶς for the same person (1:18, 2:7-14). Both established Assamese forms must be recognizable as referring to the same apostle; a clarifying note is recommended at first dual-name occurrence.
Low Risk Terms
Joy
Approved rendering: আনন্দ
Transliteration: anônd
Doctrine: Fruit of the Spirit
Original: χαρά
Category: Sanctification
NEW TERM. Galatians 5:22. Standard term.
Patience
Approved rendering: সহনশীলতা
Transliteration: xôhônxilôta
Doctrine: Fruit of the Spirit
Original: μακροθυμία
Category: Sanctification
NEW TERM. Galatians 5:22. Standard term.
Kindness
Approved rendering: দয়া / মধুৰতা
Transliteration: dôya / môdhuruôta
Doctrine: Fruit of the Spirit
Original: χρηστότης
Category: Sanctification
NEW TERM. Galatians 5:22. দয়া may also render generic compassion elsewhere; low risk given the clear listing context.
Goodness
Approved rendering: মংগলতা
Transliteration: môngôlôta
Doctrine: Fruit of the Spirit
Original: ἀγαθωσύνη
Category: Sanctification
NEW TERM. Galatians 5:22. Standard term.
Gentleness
Approved rendering: নম্ৰতা
Transliteration: nômrôta
Doctrine: Fruit of the Spirit
Original: πραΰτης
Category: Sanctification
NEW TERM. Galatians 5:23; also 6:1 (‘spirit of gentleness’). Standard term.
Self Control
Approved rendering: আত্মসংযম
Transliteration: atmôxônyôm
Doctrine: Fruit of the Spirit
Original: ἐγκράτεια
Category: Sanctification
NEW TERM. Galatians 5:23. Not to be confused with the ascetic self-mortification practiced by celibate Satra bhakats — Spirit-enabled, not self-achieved, restraint.
Household Of Faith
Approved rendering: বিশ্বাসৰ পৰিয়াল
Transliteration: biswaxôr pôriyal
Doctrine: Bearing One Another’s Burdens
Original: οἱ οἰκεῖοι τῆς πίστεως
Category: Church
NEW TERM. Galatians 6:10. Reinforces Church as God’s People doctrine with family-metaphor language.
Judaism
Approved rendering: যিহুদী ধৰ্ম
Transliteration: Jihudi dhôrmô
Doctrine: Paul’s Apostleship
Original: Ἰουδαϊσμός
Category: Covenant
NEW TERM. Galatians 1:13-14. A proper descriptive term, not derogatory.
Zeal
Approved rendering: আসক্তি / উদ্যোগী
Transliteration: axôkti / udyogi
Doctrine: Law and Grace
Original: ζῆλος / ζηλωτής
Category: Sin
NEW TERM. Galatians 1:14. Paul’s pre-conversion zeal for ancestral traditions, contrasted with grace received apart from zeal/merit.
Persecution
Approved rendering: তাড়না
Transliteration: tarna
Doctrine: Paul’s Apostleship
Original: διωγμός / διώκω
Category: Church
NEW TERM. Galatians 1:13, 1:23, 4:29, 5:11, 6:12. Paul’s former persecution of the church, and later his own suffering for the gospel.
Allegory
Approved rendering: ৰূপক অৰ্থত কৌৱা
Transliteration: rupôk ôrthôt kôwa
Doctrine: The Abrahamic Covenant and Promise
Original: ἀλληγορούμενα
Category: Covenant
NEW TERM. Galatians 4:24, introducing the Hagar/Sarah typology.
Paul
Approved rendering: পৌল
Transliteration: Poul
Doctrine: Paul’s Apostleship
Proper name; established Assamese Bible Society form, per baseline instructions document.
Abraham
Approved rendering: অব্ৰাহাম
Transliteration: Abraham
Doctrine: The Abrahamic Covenant and Promise
Proper name; established Assamese Bible Society form.
James
Approved rendering: যাকোব
Transliteration: Jakob
Doctrine: Paul’s Apostleship
Proper name; the Lord’s brother and Jerusalem church leader (1:19, 2:9,12).
John
Approved rendering: যোহন
Transliteration: Jôhôn
Doctrine: Paul’s Apostleship
Proper name; one of the Jerusalem ‘pillars’ (2:9).
Barnabas
Approved rendering: বাৰ্ণব্বা
Transliteration: Barnôbba
Doctrine: Paul’s Apostleship
Proper name; Paul’s companion (2:1, 2:9, 2:13).
Titus
Approved rendering: তীত
Transliteration: Tit
Doctrine: Circumcision and the New Creation
Proper name; the Gentile companion whose uncircumcised status is the ch.2 test case (2:1, 2:3).
Hagar
Approved rendering: হাগাৰ
Transliteration: Hagar
Doctrine: The Abrahamic Covenant and Promise
Proper name; the allegorical figure of law/bondage in Galatians 4:21-31.
Sarah
Approved rendering: চাৰা
Transliteration: Cara
Doctrine: The Abrahamic Covenant and Promise
Proper name; the allegorical figure of promise/freedom in Galatians 4:21-31.
Isaac
Approved rendering: ইজাহাক
Transliteration: Ijahak
Doctrine: The Abrahamic Covenant and Promise
Proper name; the child of promise in Galatians 4:21-31.
Jerusalem
Approved rendering: যিৰূশালেম
Transliteration: Jirusalem
Doctrine: Paul’s Apostleship
Proper name; 1:17-18, 2:1, and the geographic referent contrasted with ‘Jerusalem above’ (4:26).
Arabia
Approved rendering: আৰাবিয়া
Transliteration: Arabiya
Doctrine: Paul’s Apostleship
Proper name; Galatians 1:17.
Antioch
Approved rendering: আন্তিয়খিয়া
Transliteration: Antiyokhiya
Doctrine: The True Gospel versus False Gospels
Proper name; site of Peter’s hypocrisy confrontation (2:11).
Galatia
Approved rendering: গালাতীয়া / গালাতীয়াবাসী
Transliteration: Galatiya / Galatiyabaxi
Doctrine: The True Gospel versus False Gospels
Proper name; the region and its people addressed by the letter (1:2, 3:1).
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