Core Glossary
Core Glossary — Gospel of John (English → Assamese)
This glossary extends the Romans baseline translation_memory.json. Terms marked [baseline reuse] are recorded exactly as in the baseline and MUST NOT be altered. Terms marked [NEW] are introduced by this document for the John curriculum and must be added to translation_memory.json (with version increment) before Phase 2 translation begins, per the AI Translation Requirements’ term-discovery protocol.
| # | Term (EN) | Greek | Transliteration | Assamese | Translit. | Risk | Doctrine | Chapters (John) | Status | Rejected Alternatives | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | God | θεός | theos | ঈশ্বৰ | Iswôr | Critical | Deity of Christ | all | [baseline reuse] | ভগৱান, পৰমেশ্বৰ | See baseline entry. |
| 2 | Jesus | Ἰησοῦς | Iēsous | যীচু | Yisu | Critical | Lordship of Christ | all | [baseline reuse] | ঈছা | See baseline entry. |
| 3 | Lord | κύριος | kyrios | প্ৰভু | prôbhu | Critical | Lordship of Christ | throughout; 20:28 “My Lord and my God” | [baseline reuse] | স্বামী, ঈশ্বৰ | See baseline entry. |
| 4 | Holy Spirit | πνεῦμα ἅγιον | pneuma hagion | পবিত্ৰ আত্মা | pobitrô atma | Critical | Holy Spirit as Counselor | 1:32-33; 3:5-8; 7:39; 14:16-26; 15:26; 16:7-15; 20:22 | [baseline reuse] | ব্ৰহ্ম, পৰমাত্মা | See baseline entry. |
| 5 | Resurrection | ἀνάστασις | anastasis | পুনৰুত্থান | punoruththan | Critical | Christ’s Substitutionary Death and Resurrection | 11:24-25; 20 | [baseline reuse] | পুনৰ্জন্ম | See baseline entry; John 11:25 is a prime anchor verse. |
| 6 | Incarnation | ὁ λόγος σὰρξ ἐγένετο | ho logos sarx egeneto | দেহধাৰণ | dehôdharon | Critical | Deity and Pre-existence of Christ | 1:1,14; and all descent language (3:13; 6:33 etc.) | [baseline reuse] | অৱতাৰ | Mandatory translator note every occurrence, per baseline. John introduces far more occasions for this term than Romans. |
| 7 | Grace | χάρις | charis | অনুগ্ৰহ | anugrôh | High | God’s Love for the World | 1:14,16-17 | [baseline reuse] | কৃপা, দয়া, বৰ | See baseline entry. |
| 8 | Faith / Believe | πίστις / πιστεύω | pistis/pisteuō | বিশ্বাস / বিশ্বাস কৰা | biswax/biswax kôra | High | Eternal Life through Faith in Christ | pervasive (esp. 1:7,12; 3:15-18,36; 20:31) | [baseline reuse root] | শ্ৰদ্ধা, ভক্তি | John’s most frequent theological verb; object must always be recoverable (in him/in his name). |
| 9 | Salvation | σωτηρία / σῴζω | sōtēria/sōzō | পৰিত্ৰাণ | poritran | Critical | Eternal Life through Faith in Christ | 3:17; 4:22,42; 5:34; 10:9; 12:47 | [baseline reuse] | মুক্তি, মোক্ষ | See baseline entry. |
| 10 | Glory / Glorify | δόξα / δοξάζω | doxa/doxazō | মহিমা / মহিমান্বিত কৰা | môhima/môhimanvitô kôra | Critical | Deity and Pre-existence of Christ | 1:14; 2:11; 7:39; 11:4,40; 12:23,28; 13:31-32; 17:1,4-5,22,24 | [baseline reuse] | দেৱজ্যোতি, তেজ | 17:5 explicitly ties glory to pre-existence. |
| 11 | Son of God | υἱὸς τοῦ θεοῦ | huios theou | ঈশ্বৰৰ পুত্ৰ | Iswôror putrô | Critical | Sonship of Christ | 1:34,49; 3:18; 5:25; 10:36; 11:4,27; 19:7; 20:31 | [baseline reuse] | ঈশ্বৰৰ অংশ, দেৱপুৰুষ | See baseline entry. |
| 12 | Peace | εἰρήνη | eirēnē | শান্তি | xanti | Medium | Holy Spirit as Counselor / Christ’s Death and Resurrection | 14:27; 16:33; 20:19,21,26 | [baseline reuse] | সুখ, প্ৰশান্তি | Contrast clause (“not as the world gives,” 14:27) must be preserved. |
| 13 | Sin | ἁμαρτία | hamartia | পাপ | pap | High | Judgment and Belief/Unbelief | 1:29; 8:34,46; 9:2-3,34,41; 16:8-9 | [baseline reuse] | অধৰ্ম, অশুচিতা | See baseline entry. |
| 14 | Kingdom of God | βασιλεία τοῦ θεοῦ | basileia tou theou | ঈশ্বৰৰ ৰাজ্য | Iswôror rajyo | Medium | New Birth and Regeneration | 3:3,5; 18:36 | [baseline reuse] | ঈশ্বৰৰ ৰাষ্ট্ৰ | 18:36 explicit non-political clarification. |
| 15 | Covenant / David | — | — | নিয়ম / দায়ূদ | niyôm/Dayud | High/Medium | Fulfillment of Prophecy | 7:42 (seed of David reference) | [baseline reuse] | চুক্তি | Minor use; David’s line referenced re: messianic expectation. |
| 16 | Messiah / Christ | Χριστός / Μεσσίας | Christos/Mosih | মচীহ | mosih | Critical | Messianic Promise | 1:20,25,41; 4:25,29; 7:26-41; 9:22; 10:24; 11:27; 20:31 | [baseline reuse] | অভিষিক্ত ব্যক্তি, অৱতাৰ পুৰুষ | See baseline entry; central to John’s stated purpose (20:31). |
| 17 | Israel | Ἰσραήλ | Israēl | ইস্ৰায়েল | Israyel | Medium | Messianic Promise | 1:31,47,49; 3:10; 12:13 | [baseline reuse] | — | See baseline entry. |
| 18 | Church (institutional caution term) | — | — | মণ্ডলী | môndoli | Medium | (not directly used in John; reserved for consistency) | n/a in Gospel text | [baseline reuse] | মন্দিৰ, নামঘৰ | John’s Gospel does not use ἐκκλησία; term retained here only to bar মন্দিৰ/নামঘৰ from being substituted for related concepts like ναός (temple) or the believing community. |
| 19 | Word (Logos) | λόγος | logos | বাক্য | bakyô | Critical | Deity and Pre-existence of Christ | [NEW] | 1:1,14 | — | Highest new-term risk in the whole book: risk of collision with Śabda-Brahman/Vāc and with Ekasarana naam theology. Mandatory translator note at 1:1. |
| 20 | Life / Eternal Life | ζωή / ζωὴ αἰώνιος | zōē/zōē aiōnios | জীৱন / অনন্ত জীৱন | jibôn/ônôntô jibôn | Critical | Eternal Life through Faith in Christ | [NEW] | 1:4; 3:15-16,36; 4:14,36; 5:24-29,39-40; 6:27-58; 10:10,28; 11:25; 12:25,50; 14:6; 17:2-3; 20:31 | — | মুক্তি, মোক্ষ |
| 21 | World | κόσμος | kosmos | জগত | jôgôt | High | God’s Love for the World / Judgment | [NEW] | pervasive (esp. 1:9-10,29; 3:16-19; 8:12; 9:5; 12:31,47; 16:33; 17:6-25) | — | পৃথিৱী (acceptable secondary) |
| 22 | Light | φῶς | phōs | পোহৰ | pohor | High | Judgment and Belief/Unbelief | [NEW] | 1:4-9; 3:19-21; 8:12; 9:5; 12:35-36,46 | — | জ্যোতি |
| 23 | Darkness | σκοτία / σκότος | skotia/skotos | আন্ধাৰ | andhar | Medium | Judgment and Belief/Unbelief | [NEW] | 1:5; 3:19; 8:12; 12:35,46 | — | — |
| 24 | Testimony / Testify | μαρτυρία / μαρτυρέω | martyria/martyreō | সাক্ষ্য / সাক্ষী দিয়া | xakkhyô/xakkhi diya | Medium | Fulfillment of Prophecy / Deity of Christ | [NEW] | 1:7-8,19,32,34; 3:11,32-33; 5:31-39; 8:14,18; 15:27; 19:35; 21:24 | — | পৈৰবী |
| 25 | Born again / from above | γεννηθῇ ἄνωθεν | gennēthē anōthen | ওপৰৰ পৰা নতুনকৈ জন্ম | upôror pora notunkoi jônmô | Critical | New Birth and Regeneration by the Spirit | [NEW] | 3:3,5,7 | — | পুনৰ জন্ম / পুনৰ্জন্ম |
| 26 | Flesh | σάρξ | sarx | মাংস | mangxô | High | New Birth / Incarnation | [NEW] | 1:14; 3:6; 6:51-63; 8:15 | — | দেহ (secondary) |
| 27 | Only Son / Only Begotten | μονογενής | monogenēs | একমাত্ৰ পুত্ৰ | ekmatrô putrô | Critical | Sonship of Christ | [NEW] | 1:14,18; 3:16,18 | — | — |
| 28 | Truth | ἀλήθεια | alētheia | সত্য | xôtyô | High | Holy Spirit as Counselor / Judgment | [NEW] | 1:14,17; 3:21; 4:23-24; 8:32,44; 14:6,17; 15:26; 16:13; 17:17; 18:37-38 | — | — |
| 29 | Perish | ἀπόλλυμι | apollymi | নষ্ট হোৱা | nostô hôwa | Medium-High | Eternal Life through Faith in Christ | [NEW] | 3:16; 10:10,28; 17:12 | — | — |
| 30 | Judge / Judgment | κρίνω / κρίσις | krinō/krisis | বিচাৰ কৰা / বিচাৰ | bicar kôra/bicar | High | Judgment and Belief/Unbelief | [NEW] | 3:17-19; 5:22,24,27-30; 7:24,51; 8:15-16,26,50; 9:39; 12:31,47-48; 16:8,11 | — | — |
| 31 | Love (agapē) | ἀγαπάω / ἀγάπη | agapaō/agapē | প্ৰেম কৰা / প্ৰেম | prem kôra/prem | High | God’s Love for the World | [NEW] | 3:16,19; 13:1,34-35; 14:15,21,23-24; 15:9-13,17; 17:23-26; 21:15-16 | — | — |
| 32 | Love (phileō) | φιλέω | phileō | স্নেহ কৰা | snehô kôra | Low-Medium | Christ-Centered Ministry (Peter’s restoration) | [NEW] | 5:20; 11:3,36; 16:27; 21:15-17 | — | — |
| 33 | Lamb of God | ἀμνὸς τοῦ θεοῦ | amnos tou theou | ঈশ্বৰৰ মেষশাৱক | Iswôror mexôxawok | High | Christ’s Substitutionary Death | [NEW] | 1:29,36 | — | — |
| 34 | ”I Am” (predicated statements) | ἐγώ εἰμι + predicate | egō eimi | মই … হয় | moi … hôy | High | The Seven “I Am” Statements | [NEW] | 6:35,48,51 (bread); 8:12 (light); 10:7,9 (door); 10:11,14 (shepherd); 11:25 (resurrection/life); 14:6 (way/truth/life); 15:1,5 (vine) | — | — |
| 35 | ”I Am” (absolute/self-existence) | ἐγώ εἰμι (unpredicated) | egō eimi | মই আছোঁ | moi asu | Critical | Deity and Pre-existence of Christ | [NEW] | 8:58; 18:5-8 (implied) | — | — |
| 36 | Counselor / Paraclete | παράκλητος | paraklētos | সহায়ক | xohayôk | High | The Holy Spirit as Counselor | [NEW] | 14:16,26; 15:26; 16:7 | — | গুৰু (rejected), পৈৰবী |
| 37 | Spirit of truth | πνεῦμα τῆς ἀληθείας | pneuma tēs alētheias | সত্যৰ আত্মা | xôtyôr atma | High | The Holy Spirit as Counselor | [NEW] | 14:17; 15:26; 16:13 | — | — |
| 38 | Convict (of the Spirit) | ἐλέγχω | elenchō | দোষী প্ৰমাণ কৰা | doshi proman kôra | High | The Holy Spirit as Counselor / Judgment | [NEW] | 3:20; 16:8 | — | — |
| 39 | Bread of Life | ἄρτος τῆς ζωῆς | artos tēs zōēs | জীৱনৰ ৰুটি | jibônôr ruti | Medium | The Seven “I Am” Statements | [NEW] | 6:35,48,51 | — | — |
| 40 | Door / Gate | θύρα | thyra | দুৱাৰ | duwar | Medium | The Seven “I Am” Statements | [NEW] | 10:7,9 | — | — |
| 41 | Good Shepherd | ὁ ποιμὴν ὁ καλός | ho poimēn ho kalos | উত্তম ৰখীয়া | uttôm rôkhiya | High | The Seven “I Am” Statements / Substitutionary Death | [NEW] | 10:11,14 | — | — |
| 42 | Sheep / Shepherd (general) | πρόβατα / ποιμήν | probata/poimēn | মেৰ / ৰখীয়া | mer/rôkhiya | Medium | Christ-Centered Ministry | [NEW] | 10:1-16,26-27; 21:15-17 | — | — |
| 43 | True Vine / Abide | ἄμπελος ἀληθινή / μένω | ampelos alēthinē/menō | সঁচা দ্ৰাক্ষালতা / লগত থাকি থকা | xãsa drakkha-lôta/lôgôt thaki thôka | High | The Seven “I Am” Statements | [NEW] | 15:1-10 | — | — |
| 44 | Lay down [his] life | τίθημι τὴν ψυχήν | tithēmi tēn psychēn | প্ৰাণ দান কৰা | pran dan kôra | High | Christ’s Substitutionary Death | [NEW] | 10:11,15,17-18; 15:13 | — | — |
| 45 | It is finished | τετέλεσται | tetelestai | সম্পূৰ্ণ হ’ল | sompurnô hôlo | High | Christ’s Substitutionary Death and Resurrection | [NEW] | 19:30 | — | — |
| 46 | Pierced side / Blood and water | πλευρά / αἷμα καὶ ὕδωρ | pleura/haima kai hydōr | কোঁচ / তেজ আৰু পানী | kõs/tej aru pani | Medium | Christ’s Substitutionary Death | [NEW] | 19:34,37 | — | — |
| 47 | Equal with God | ἴσος τῷ θεῷ | isos tō theō | ঈশ্বৰৰ সমান | Iswôror xôman | Critical | Deity of Christ | [NEW] | 5:18 | — | — |
| 48 | I and the Father are one | ἐγὼ καὶ ὁ πατὴρ ἕν ἐσμεν | egō kai ho patēr hen esmen | মই আৰু পিতা এক | moi aru pita ek | Critical | Unity of the Father and the Son | [NEW] | 10:30 | — | — |
| 49 | That they may be one | ἵνα ἓν ὦσιν | hina hen ōsin | যাতে তেঁলোক এক হ’ব পাৰে | jate tenlok ek hôbô pare | Critical | Unity of the Father and the Son | [NEW] | 17:11,21-23 | — | — |
| 50 | Eternal life defined (know God) | γινώσκωσίν σε | ginōskōsin se | তোমাক জানিব পাৰে | tomak janibô pare | Critical | Eternal Life through Faith in Christ | [NEW] | 17:3 | — | — |
| 51 | Sanctify | ἁγιάζω | hagiazō | পবিত্ৰ কৰা | pobitrô kôra | High | Holy Spirit as Counselor (sanctifying truth) | [baseline reuse root] | 17:17,19 | — | সংস্কাৰ |
| 52 | Children of God | τέκνα θεοῦ | tekna theou | ঈশ্বৰৰ সন্তান | Iswôror xontan | High | New Birth and Regeneration | [NEW] | 1:12-13; 11:52 | — | — |
| 53 | Worship | προσκυνέω | proskyneō | আৰাধনা কৰা | aradhôna kôra | High | God’s Love for the World (relational access to God) | [NEW] | 4:20-24; 9:38; 12:20 | — | — |
| 54 | Sign | σημεῖον | sēmeion | চিন | cin | Medium-High | Deity and Pre-existence of Christ (revelatory purpose) | [NEW] | 2:11,23; 3:2; 4:54; 6:2,14,26; 7:31; 9:16; 11:47; 12:18,37; 20:30 | — | — |
| 55 | Hour | ὥρα | hōra | সময় | xômôy | Medium-High | Christ’s Substitutionary Death (appointed timing) | [NEW] | 2:4; 7:30; 8:20; 12:23,27; 13:1; 17:1 | — | — |
| 56 | Freedom / Free | ἐλευθερία / ἐλεύθερος | eleutheria/eleutheros | স্বাধীনতা / স্বাধীন | swadhinôta/swadhin | Critical | Judgment and Belief/Unbelief (bondage to sin) | [NEW] | 8:31-36 | — | মুক্তি (rejected — reserved exclusively as forbidden moksha-adjacent term per baseline) |
| 57 | Slave (of sin) | δοῦλος (τῆς ἁμαρτίας) | doulos (tēs hamartias) | দাস (পাপৰ) | das (paper) | Medium | Judgment and Belief/Unbelief | [NEW] | 8:34 | — | — |
| 58 | Devil | διάβολος | diabolos | শয়তান | xoytan | Medium | Judgment and Belief/Unbelief | [NEW] | 6:70; 8:44; 13:2 | — | — |
| 59 | Ruler of this world | ὁ ἄρχων τοῦ κόσμου τούτου | ho archōn tou kosmou toutou | এই জগতৰ শাসক | ei jôgôtôr xaxôk | Medium-High | Judgment and Belief/Unbelief | [NEW] | 12:31; 14:30; 16:11 | — | — |
| 60 | Son of Man | υἱὸς τοῦ ἀνθρώπου | huios tou anthrōpou | মানুহৰ পুত্ৰ | manuhor putro | High | Deity and Pre-existence of Christ | [NEW] | 1:51; 3:13-14; 5:27; 6:27,53,62; 8:28; 9:35; 12:23,34; 13:31 | — | — |
| 61 | Wrath of God | ὀργὴ τοῦ θεοῦ | orgē tou theou | ঈশ্বৰৰ ক্ৰোধ | Iswôror krodh | High | Judgment and Belief/Unbelief | [NEW] | 3:36 | — | — |
| 62 | My Lord and my God | ὁ Κύριός μου καὶ ὁ Θεός μου | ho Kyrios mou kai ho Theos mou | মোৰ প্ৰভু আৰু মোৰ ঈশ্বৰ | mor prôbhu aru mor Iswôr | Critical | Deity of Christ | [baseline reuse of প্ৰভু, ঈশ্বৰ] | 20:28 | — | — |
| 63 | Purpose statement (believe and have life) | ἵνα πιστεύητε… ζωὴν ἔχητε ἐν τῷ ὀνόματι | hina pisteuēte… zōēn echēte en tō onomati | যাতে বিশ্বাস কৰি জীৱন লাভ কৰিব পাৰে | jate biswax kôri jibôn labhô kôribô pare | Critical | Eternal Life through Faith in Christ | [NEW] | 20:30-31 | — | — |
Glossary Governance Notes
- Version control: All 63 entries above (7 baseline reuse confirmations + terms explicitly marked [NEW]) must be merged into
translation_memory.jsonas version 2 before any Phase 2 John segment is translated. Increment the version number and record the merge date. - Priority new-term flags for theologian review before Phase 2 begins: #19 (Word/Logos), #25 (born again/from above), #35 (absolute “I Am”), #48/#49 (Father-Son oneness), #56 (freedom, replacing মুক্তি), #63 (purpose statement).
- Consistency requirement: Every occurrence of a numbered term above must use the exact recorded Assamese rendering across all 21 chapters — no chapter-specific variation is permitted, matching the baseline’s “Theological Consistency Rules Across Documents.”
- Chapters producing no [NEW] glossary entries beyond terms already tabled: none — every chapter of John contributes at least one load-bearing term captured above (see
07_semantic_analysis.mdPart B for the explicit per-chapter accounting, including chapters where terms are reused rather than newly introduced).
Critical Risk Terms
God
Approved rendering: ঈশ্বৰ
Transliteration: Iswôr
Doctrine: Deity of Christ / God the Father
Rejected alternatives: ভগৱান, পৰমেশ্বৰ
Original: θεός
Category: God
Inherited from Romans package. John intensifies this term because Jesus’ full deity (1:1; 5:18; 10:30; 20:28) is repeatedly asserted alongside God the Father; consistent non-devotional-object vocabulary is essential at every Christological climax.
Jesus
Approved rendering: যীচু
Transliteration: Yisu
Doctrine: Lordship of Christ
Rejected alternatives: ঈছা
Original: Ἰησοῦς
Category: Christology
Inherited from Romans package. Established Assamese Bible Society Christian form since the 1819 Serampore Assamese New Testament; never ঈছা (the Assamese Muslim-tradition form).
Lord
Approved rendering: প্ৰভু
Transliteration: prôbhu
Doctrine: Lordship of Christ
Rejected alternatives: স্বামী, ঈশ্বৰ
Original: κύριος
Category: Christology
Inherited from Romans package. John 20:28 joins this with ঈশ্বৰ in Thomas’s climactic confession; must convey exclusive, supreme Lordship, not one honored figure among devotional titles.
Father
Approved rendering: পিতা
Transliteration: pita
Doctrine: Unity of the Father and the Son
Rejected alternatives: ব্ৰহ্মা, সৃষ্টিকৰ্তা
Original: πατήρ
Category: God
Inherited from Romans package. John’s Father-Son language (chs. 5, 10, 14-17) is the primary textual basis for the Father-Son unity doctrine; keep পিতা reserved for this personal, relational sense, never a Hindu creator-deity name.
Holy Spirit
Approved rendering: পবিত্ৰ আত্মা
Transliteration: pobitrô atma
Doctrine: The Holy Spirit as Counselor
Rejected alternatives: ব্ৰহ্ম, পৰমাত্মা
Original: πνεῦμα ἅγιον
Category: Pneumatology
Inherited from Romans package. John’s wind/Spirit wordplay at 3:8 (single Greek word πνεῦμα) cannot be reproduced in Assamese, which has separate words for wind (বতাহ) and Spirit (আত্মা); mandatory translator note required at 3:8.
Word Logos
Approved rendering: বাক্য
Transliteration: bakyô
Doctrine: The Deity and Pre-existence of Christ (the Word)
Rejected alternatives: লোগোস (bare transliteration), নাম (naam, the Ekasarana Divine Name)
Original: λόγος
Category: Christology
NEW for John. Established ABS rendering, but collides with Śabda-Brahman/Vāc (impersonal cosmic Word) and Ekasarana naam-theology. Mandatory translator note at every occurrence in John 1:1-18 affirming a personal, self-existent divine Person, not an impersonal principle or invocation formula.
Incarnation
Approved rendering: দেহধাৰণ
Transliteration: dehôdharon
Doctrine: Incarnation
Rejected alternatives: অৱতাৰ
Original: ὁ λόγος σὰρξ ἐγένετο
Category: Christology
Inherited from Romans package. John supplies far more descent/sending occasions than Romans (1:14; 3:13,17; 6:33,38,41,50-51,58; 16:28); mandatory distinguishing note required at every occurrence.
Son Of God
Approved rendering: ঈশ্বৰৰ পুত্ৰ
Transliteration: Iswôror putrô
Doctrine: Sonship of Christ
Rejected alternatives: ঈশ্বৰৰ অংশ, দেৱপুৰুষ
Original: υἱὸς τοῦ θεοῦ
Category: Christology
Inherited from Romans package. John anchors this at the book’s stated purpose (20:31).
Only Begotten
Approved rendering: একমাত্ৰ পুত্ৰ
Transliteration: ekmatrô putrô
Doctrine: Sonship of Christ
Rejected alternatives: এজন প্ৰিয় পুত্ৰ (a beloved son, too weak)
Original: μονογενής
Category: Christology
NEW for John. Must never be softened to imply Jesus is one especially exalted son/avatar among many possible sons, a live risk given the Ekasarana/Vaishnavite multi-avatar framework. Pair with ঈশ্বৰৰ পুত্ৰ where fuller context requires it.
I Am Absolute
Approved rendering: মই আছোঁ
Transliteration: moi asu
Doctrine: Absolute ‘I Am’ Self-Existence Claim
Rejected alternatives: মই আছিলোঁ (simple past tense)
Original: ἐγώ εἰμι (unpredicated)
Category: Christology
NEW for John. Must not be flattened to past tense; asserts timeless self-existence echoing the divine Name (Exodus 3:14 LXX). Mandatory note at 8:58, cross-referenced at 18:5-8.
Equal With God
Approved rendering: ঈশ্বৰৰ সমান
Transliteration: Iswôror xôman
Doctrine: Deity of Christ
Rejected alternatives: ঈশ্বৰৰ নিচিনা (godlike), ঈশ্বৰৰ কৃপাধন্য (God-favored)
Original: ἴσος τῷ θεῷ
Category: Christology
NEW for John. 5:18’s own narrative (hostile leaders correctly perceiving a blasphemy-level claim) is itself the strongest internal evidence for full ontological equality; must not soften.
Father Son Oneness
Approved rendering: মই আৰু পিতা এক
Transliteration: moi aru pita ek
Doctrine: Unity of the Father and the Son
Rejected alternatives: মই আৰু পিতা একেই (identical, Advaita-adjacent)
Original: ἐγὼ καὶ ὁ πατὴρ ἕν ἐσμεν
Category: Christology
NEW for John. Mandatory bifurcated translator note at 10:30: not identity/absorption of Persons (rejects an Advaita reading), not mere alliance of two separate beings (rejects a functional-ditheism reading).
That They May Be One
Approved rendering: যাতে তেঁলোক এক হ’ব পাৰে
Transliteration: jate tenlok ek hôbô pare
Doctrine: Unity of the Father and the Son
Original: ἵνα ἓν ὦσιν
Category: Christology
NEW for John. Believers’ unity (17:11,21-23) must be read as patterned after, not identical in kind to, the Father-Son unity of 10:30.
My Lord And My God
Approved rendering: মোৰ প্ৰভু আৰু মোৰ ঈশ্বৰ
Transliteration: mor prôbhu aru mor Iswôr
Doctrine: Deity of Christ
Original: ὁ Κύριός μου καὶ ὁ Θεός μου
Category: Christology
NEW for John, built on baseline reuse of প্ৰভু and ঈশ্বৰ exactly. The book’s clearest single deity confession (20:28); never soften to a surprised exclamation.
Resurrection
Approved rendering: পুনৰুত্থান
Transliteration: punoruththan
Doctrine: Resurrection of Christ
Rejected alternatives: পুনৰ্জন্ম
Original: ἀνάστασις
Category: Christ’s Death and Resurrection
Inherited from Romans package. John 11:25 (‘I am the resurrection and the life’) is a prime anchor verse reaffirming bodily, historical resurrection, never rebirth within সংসাৰ.
Eternal Life
Approved rendering: অনন্ত জীৱন
Transliteration: ônôntô jibôn
Doctrine: Eternal Life through Faith in Christ
Rejected alternatives: মুক্তি, মোক্ষ
Original: ζωή / ζωὴ αἰώνιος
Category: Salvation
NEW for John, the book’s central soteriological gift. John 17:3 is the definitional anchor verse (relational knowledge of God), used as the controlling gloss at every other occurrence (3:15-16,36; 5:24; 6:47; 11:25-26; 20:31).
Born Again From Above
Approved rendering: ওপৰৰ পৰা নতুনকৈ জন্ম
Transliteration: upôror pora notunkoi jônmô
Doctrine: The New Birth and Regeneration by the Spirit
Rejected alternatives: পুনৰ জন্ম, পুনৰ্জন্ম
Original: γεννηθῇ ἄνωθεν
Category: New Birth
NEW for John — the single highest-priority new-term risk in the whole book. Never abbreviate to পুনৰ জন্ম, the standing Assamese term for reincarnation. Mandatory translator note at every occurrence (3:3,5,7).
Freedom
Approved rendering: স্বাধীনতা
Transliteration: swadhinôta
Doctrine: Freedom from Sin
Rejected alternatives: মুক্তি
Original: ἐλευθερία / ἐλεύθερος
Category: Judgment and Belief/Unbelief
NEW critical decision for John. মুক্তি is forbidden (saṃsāra-liberation risk, already reserved exclusively for salvation vocabulary in the baseline). Always pair স্বাধীনতা with পাপৰ পৰা (from sin) to keep the referent moral/relational (8:31-36).
Salvation
Approved rendering: পৰিত্ৰাণ
Transliteration: poritran
Doctrine: Eternal Life through Faith in Christ
Rejected alternatives: মুক্তি, মোক্ষ, নিস্তাৰ
Original: σωτηρία / σῴζω
Category: Salvation
Inherited from Romans package. John 4:42’s ‘Savior of the world’ (confessed by Samaritan outsiders) reinforces the universal-scope doctrine.
Messiah
Approved rendering: মচীহ
Transliteration: mosih
Doctrine: Messianic Promise
Rejected alternatives: অভিষিক্ত ব্যক্তি, অৱতাৰ পুৰুষ
Original: Χριστός / Μεσσίας
Category: Christology
Inherited from Romans package. Must not be assimilated to Krishna’s avatar cycle or to a Sankardev-comparable reformer figure; central to John’s stated purpose (20:31).
Purpose Statement
Approved rendering: যাতে বিশ্বাস কৰি জীৱন লাভ কৰিব পাৰে
Transliteration: jate biswax kôri jibôn labhô kôribô pare
Doctrine: Eternal Life through Faith in Christ
Original: ἵνα πιστεύ[σ]ητε… καὶ ζωὴν ἔχητε ἐν τῷ ὀνόματι
Category: Salvation
NEW for John. Functions as the interpretive key for the whole Gospel (20:30-31); must echo the vocabulary fixed at 3:15-16 and 17:3 exactly.
High Risk Terms
Glory
Approved rendering: মহিমা
Transliteration: môhima
Doctrine: The Deity and Pre-existence of Christ (the Word)
Rejected alternatives: দেৱজ্যোতি, তেজ
Original: δόξα / δοξάζω
Category: Christology
Inherited from Romans package. John 17:5 explicitly ties glory to pre-incarnate existence ‘before the world existed’, raising the stakes beyond Romans usage.
Son Of Man
Approved rendering: মানুহৰ পুত্ৰ
Transliteration: manuhor putro
Doctrine: The Deity and Pre-existence of Christ (the Word)
Original: υἱὸς τοῦ ἀνθρώπου
Category: Christology
NEW for John. Must not be read merely as ‘a human being’; carries the Danielic overtone of heavenly authority and pre-existence (3:13; 6:62).
I Am Predicated
Approved rendering: মই … হয়
Transliteration: moi … hôy
Doctrine: The Seven ‘I Am’ Statements
Rejected alternatives: variable equative constructions
Original: ἐγώ εἰμι + predicate
Category: I Am Statements
NEW for John. Fixed formula for all seven statements (6:35,48,51; 8:12; 10:7,9,11,14; 11:25; 14:6; 15:1,5); zero permitted variation, required for pedagogical cross-reference.
Children Of God
Approved rendering: ঈশ্বৰৰ সন্তান
Transliteration: Iswôror xontan
Doctrine: Children of God through New Birth
Original: τέκνα θεοῦ
Category: New Birth
NEW for John, a distinct Greek term from the baseline’s forensic-adoption entry (পোহাপুত্ৰ স্বৰূপে গ্ৰহণ). Emphasizes birth-origin (1:12-13; 11:52); 1:13’s denial of blood/flesh/human-will origin must be preserved against caste/lineage readings.
Flesh
Approved rendering: মাংস
Transliteration: mangxô
Doctrine: The New Birth and Regeneration by the Spirit
Original: σάρξ
Category: New Birth
NEW for John. Must be distinguished from its purely biological, morally-neutral use; in 3:6 names creaturely, unregenerate origin contrasted with Spirit-begotten life. দেহ acceptable only in non-doctrinal contexts.
Faith
Approved rendering: বিশ্বাস
Transliteration: biswax
Doctrine: Eternal Life through Faith in Christ
Rejected alternatives: শ্ৰদ্ধা, ভক্তি
Original: πίστις / πιστεύω
Category: Faith
Inherited from Romans package. John’s most frequent theological verb; the object must always be recoverable (‘in him’/‘in his name’), since John often uses the bare verb without a stated object.
Grace
Approved rendering: অনুগ্ৰহ
Transliteration: anugrôh
Doctrine: God’s Love for the World
Rejected alternatives: কৃপা, দয়া, বৰ
Original: χάρις
Category: Salvation
Inherited from Romans package. John 1:16-17 (‘grace upon grace’) places grace in explicit contrast to the Mosaic law; the boon-for-devotion (বৰ) collision remains fully in force.
Truth
Approved rendering: সত্য
Transliteration: xôtyô
Doctrine: The Holy Spirit as Counselor
Original: ἀλήθεια
Category: Revelation
NEW for John. Must be distinguished from impersonal Vedantic Satya; in John truth is a Person (14:6) and a lived practice (3:21), not an abstract absolute realized through meditation or gnosis.
Spirit Of Truth
Approved rendering: সত্যৰ আত্মা
Transliteration: xôtyôr atma
Doctrine: The Holy Spirit as Counselor
Original: τὸ πνεῦμα τῆς ἀληθείας
Category: Pneumatology
NEW for John, built on the flagged term সত্য; must stay tied to the personal পবিত্ৰ আত্মা (14:17; 15:26; 16:13).
Counselor Paraclete
Approved rendering: সহায়ক
Transliteration: xohayôk
Doctrine: The Holy Spirit as Counselor
Rejected alternatives: গুৰু, পৈৰবী
Original: παράκλητος
Category: Pneumatology
NEW for John. Must not collapse into a guardian spirit, ancestor-spirit, or a living guru/Satradhikar mediating role. Mandatory translator note at first occurrence (14:16).
Convict
Approved rendering: দোষী প্ৰমাণ কৰা
Transliteration: doshi proman kôra
Doctrine: The Holy Spirit as Counselor
Original: ἐλέγχω
Category: Judgment
NEW for John. Must not soften to a general moral ‘reminder’; cross-reference 3:20 and 16:8 consistently.
Sanctify
Approved rendering: পবিত্ৰ কৰা
Transliteration: pobitrô kôra
Doctrine: Worship in Spirit and Truth
Rejected alternatives: সংস্কাৰ
Original: ἁγιάζω
Category: Sanctification
Inherited root from Romans package’s sanctification entry. 17:19’s ‘I sanctify myself’ implies Christ’s own self-consecration, distinct from the Spirit’s ongoing sanctifying work in believers.
Love Agape
Approved rendering: প্ৰেম
Transliteration: prem
Doctrine: God’s Love for the World
Original: ἀγαπάω / ἀγάπη
Category: God’s Love for the World
NEW for John. Mandatory translator note at 3:16 distinguishing God’s self-originating, sacrificial, initiating love for an undeserving world from devotee-originated প্ৰেমা-ভক্তি (bhakti-love) of Assamese Vaishnavism/Ekasarana Dharma.
World
Approved rendering: জগত
Transliteration: jôgôt
Doctrine: God’s Love for the World
Original: κόσμος
Category: God’s Love for the World
NEW for John. Must retain both cosmic-scope and morally-fallen senses (3:16-19); avoid a purely neutral ‘planet/nature’ reading. পৃথিৱী acceptable only in non-theological contexts.
Light
Approved rendering: পোহৰ
Transliteration: pohor
Doctrine: Judgment and Belief/Unbelief
Rejected alternatives: জ্যোতি
Original: φῶς
Category: Judgment and Belief/Unbelief
NEW for John. Reserve consistently for Christ as moral/spiritual Light (1:4-9; 3:19-21; 8:12; 9:5); avoid জ্যোতি (risk of conflation with Puranic divine radiance/tej).
Sin
Approved rendering: পাপ
Transliteration: pap
Doctrine: Sin and the Wrath of God
Rejected alternatives: অধৰ্ম, অশুচিতা
Original: ἁμαρτία
Category: Sin
Inherited from Romans package. John 9:2-3 explicitly corrects a sin-causes-suffering (karma-adjacent) assumption within its own narrative.
Wrath Of God
Approved rendering: ঈশ্বৰৰ ক্ৰোধ
Transliteration: Iswôror krodh
Doctrine: Sin and the Wrath of God
Original: ὀργὴ τοῦ θεοῦ
Category: Judgment and Belief/Unbelief
NEW for John. Must differ from a Puranic deity’s capricious, ritually-appeasable ক্ৰোধ; resolved only through faith in the Son’s substitutionary work (3:36).
Judge Judgment
Approved rendering: বিচাৰ
Transliteration: bicar
Doctrine: Judgment and Belief/Unbelief
Rejected alternatives: কৰ্মফল
Original: κρίνω / κρίσις
Category: Judgment and Belief/Unbelief
NEW for John. Must not be read as impersonal karmic reckoning across lifetimes; a decisive present-tense verdict tied to belief/unbelief (3:18).
Perish
Approved rendering: নষ্ট হোৱা
Transliteration: nostô hôwa
Doctrine: Eternal Life through Faith in Christ
Original: ἀπόλλυμι
Category: Salvation
NEW for John. Must convey real personal loss/ruin, not liberation-through-dissolution, which would ironically read as a positive outcome within a mokṣa framework.
Ruler Of This World
Approved rendering: এই জগতৰ শাসক
Transliteration: ei jôgôtôr xaxôk
Doctrine: Judgment and Belief/Unbelief
Original: ὁ ἄρχων τοῦ κόσμου τούτου
Category: Judgment and Belief/Unbelief
NEW for John. Must not be read as a co-equal cosmic power; a defeated usurper judged at the cross (12:31; 14:30; 16:11).
Lamb Of God
Approved rendering: ঈশ্বৰৰ মেষশাৱক
Transliteration: Iswôror mexôxawok
Doctrine: Lamb of God and Atonement Typology
Original: ἀμνὸς τοῦ θεοῦ
Category: Christ’s Death and Resurrection
NEW for John. Must be distinguished from routine, repeatable animal sacrifice (পশুবলি) sought for ritual merit or appeasement; this Lamb’s sacrifice is unique and once-for-all (1:29,36).
Good Shepherd
Approved rendering: উত্তম ৰখীয়া
Transliteration: uttôm rôkhiya
Doctrine: The Good Shepherd and Substitutionary Care
Original: ἐγώ εἰμι ὁ ποιμὴν ὁ καλός
Category: I Am Statements
NEW for John. Ties directly to substitutionary death (10:11,15,17-18); must preserve voluntary self-giving character.
Lay Down Life
Approved rendering: প্ৰাণ দান কৰা
Transliteration: pran dan kôra
Doctrine: The Good Shepherd and Substitutionary Care
Original: τίθησιν τὴν ψυχήν
Category: Christ’s Death and Resurrection
NEW for John. Must convey Christ’s active agency and voluntary choice to give his own life (‘of my own accord,’ 10:17-18).
It Is Finished
Approved rendering: সম্পূৰ্ণ হ’ল
Transliteration: sompurnô hôlo
Doctrine: Christ’s Substitutionary Death
Original: τετέλεσται
Category: Christ’s Death and Resurrection
NEW for John. Must convey triumphant, accomplished completion of the atoning work (19:30), not a neutral cessation.
True Vine Abide
Approved rendering: সঁচা দ্ৰাক্ষালতা
Transliteration: xãsa drakkha-lôta
Doctrine: The Seven ‘I Am’ Statements
Original: ἐγώ εἰμι ἡ ἄμπελος ἡ ἀληθινή / μένω
Category: I Am Statements
NEW for John. ‘Abide’ (menō) must convey continued, dependent relational union (15:1-10), not a one-time decision or mere physical proximity.
Sign
Approved rendering: চিন
Transliteration: cin
Doctrine: The Deity and Pre-existence of Christ (the Word)
Original: σημεῖον
Category: Revelation
NEW for John. Must be distinguished from a siddhi/yogic miraculous power display; a sign’s purpose is revelatory of Christ’s identity (2:11; 20:30-31).
Hour
Approved rendering: সময়
Transliteration: xômôy
Doctrine: Christ’s Substitutionary Death
Original: ὥρα
Category: Christ’s Death and Resurrection
NEW for John. Must be distinguished from astrologically-determined auspicious timing (মুহূৰ্ত); fixed by the Father’s sovereign redemptive plan (2:4; 7:30; 8:20; 12:23,27; 13:1; 17:1).
Worship
Approved rendering: আৰাধনা কৰা
Transliteration: aradhôna kôra
Doctrine: Worship in Spirit and Truth
Original: προσκυνέω
Category: Faith
NEW for John. Mandatory translator note at first occurrence (4:20-24) distinguishing site/image-free worship ‘in spirit and truth’ from shrine/image-directed পুজা/আৰাধনা practice.
Covenant
Approved rendering: নিয়ম
Transliteration: niyôm
Doctrine: Fulfillment of Prophecy and Typology
Rejected alternatives: চুক্তি, বন্দোবস্ত
Original: διαθήκη (implied via Davidic messianic expectation)
Category: Covenant
Inherited from Romans package. Minor but doctrinally load-bearing use in John (7:42, Davidic messianic expectation).
Temple Naos
Approved rendering: মন্দিৰ
Transliteration: mondir
Doctrine: Deity of Christ
Original: ναός
Category: Christology
NEW for John. Acceptable as a plain descriptive term for the literal Jerusalem Temple (2:19-21), but the reinterpretation ‘temple of his body’ must be rendered with the clarifying phrase তেঁৰ শৰীৰ (‘his body’) to avoid suggesting Christ’s body is a shrine housing a deity image.
Living Water
Approved rendering: জীৱনদায়ক পানী
Transliteration: jibônôdayôk pani
Doctrine: The Holy Spirit as Counselor
Original: ὕδωρ ζῶν / ποταμοὶ ὕδατος ζῶντος
Category: Pneumatology
NEW for John. Must be tied explicitly to জীৱন (life) and, at 7:39, to the Spirit, to avoid a merely literal ‘flowing water’ reading (4:10-14; 7:37-39).
Medium Risk Terms
Darkness
Approved rendering: আন্ধাৰ
Transliteration: andhar
Doctrine: Judgment and Belief/Unbelief
Original: σκοτία / σκότος
Category: Judgment and Belief/Unbelief
NEW for John. Paired antonym to light; low competing-devotional-association risk.
Slave Of Sin
Approved rendering: পাপৰ দাস
Transliteration: paper das
Doctrine: Freedom from Sin
Original: δοῦλος τῆς ἁμαρτίας
Category: Sin
NEW for John. Built on baseline reuse of পাপ; moderate risk, no major competing devotional association.
Devil
Approved rendering: শয়তান
Transliteration: xoytan
Doctrine: Judgment and Belief/Unbelief
Original: διάβολος
Category: Judgment and Belief/Unbelief
NEW for John. Distinguish from generic folk-belief evil spirits (bhut-pret); a specific, personal, already-defeated enemy (6:70; 8:44; 13:2).
Pierced Side Blood Water
Approved rendering: তেজ আৰু পানী
Transliteration: tej aru pani
Doctrine: Lamb of God and Atonement Typology
Original: ἔνυξεν τὴν πλευράν / αἷμα καὶ ὕδωρ
Category: Christ’s Death and Resurrection
NEW for John. Fulfills Zechariah 12:10 typology (19:34,37); brief explanatory note recommended for readers with low OT narrative literacy.
Bread Of Life
Approved rendering: জীৱনৰ ৰুটি
Transliteration: jibônôr ruti
Doctrine: The Seven ‘I Am’ Statements
Original: ἐγώ εἰμι ὁ ἄρτος τῆς ζωῆς
Category: I Am Statements
NEW for John. First of the seven ‘I Am’ statements (6:35,48,51); built on the Critical term জীৱন.
Door Gate
Approved rendering: দুৱাৰ
Transliteration: duwar
Doctrine: The Seven ‘I Am’ Statements
Original: ἐγώ εἰμι ἡ θύρα
Category: I Am Statements
NEW for John. Must preserve the exclusivity implicit in a single named door (10:7,9), not a generic entrance among options.
Sheep Shepherd
Approved rendering: মেৰ / ৰখীয়া
Transliteration: mer/rôkhiya
Doctrine: Discipleship and Christ-Centered Ministry
Original: πρόβατα / ποιμήν
Category: Discipleship
NEW for John. Standard pastoral imagery; used of both Christ’s ministry (10:1-16,26-27) and Peter’s commissioning (21:15-17).
Testimony
Approved rendering: সাক্ষ্য
Transliteration: xakkhyô
Doctrine: Testimony and the Inspiration of Scripture
Rejected alternatives: পৈৰবী
Original: μαρτυρία / μαρτυρέω
Category: Revelation
NEW for John. Must retain legal-testimonial weight, not soften to casual reporting (1:7-8; 3:11,32-33; 5:31-39; 19:35; 21:24).
Kingdom Of God
Approved rendering: ঈশ্বৰৰ ৰাজ্য
Transliteration: Iswôror rajyo
Doctrine: Kingdom of God (Non-Political Nature)
Rejected alternatives: ঈশ্বৰৰ ৰাষ্ট্ৰ
Original: βασιλεία τοῦ θεοῦ
Category: Kingdom
Inherited from Romans package. John 18:36 (‘my kingdom is not of this world’) directly reinforces the baseline’s caution about political-kingdom associations in Assam’s Ahom-kingdom history.
Israel
Approved rendering: ইস্ৰায়েল
Transliteration: Israyel
Doctrine: Messianic Promise
Original: Ἰσραήλ
Category: Covenant
Inherited from Romans package. Proper name; established Bible Society form.
Church
Approved rendering: মণ্ডলী
Transliteration: môndoli
Doctrine: Church as God’s People
Rejected alternatives: মন্দিৰ, নামঘৰ
Original: ἐκκλησία (not used directly in John; reserved for consistency)
Category: Church
Inherited from Romans package. John’s Gospel does not use ἐκκλησία directly; term retained to bar মন্দিৰ/নামঘৰ from substitution for related concepts (ναός, the believing community).
Peace
Approved rendering: শান্তি
Transliteration: xanti
Doctrine: The Holy Spirit as Counselor
Rejected alternatives: সুখ, প্ৰশান্তি
Original: εἰρήνη
Category: Salvation
Inherited from Romans package. John 14:27’s contrast clause (‘not as the world gives’) must be preserved, distinguishing relational resurrection-peace from meditative calm sought through naam-kirtan or japa.
Bridegroom
Approved rendering: দৰা
Transliteration: dôra
Doctrine: Messianic Promise
Original: νυμφίος
Category: Christology
NEW for John. Requires brief OT bridegroom-of-Israel background note (3:29); no major competing Assamese religious-devotional collision.
Low Risk Terms
Love Phileo
Approved rendering: স্নেহ কৰা
Transliteration: snehô kôra
Doctrine: Discipleship and Christ-Centered Ministry
Original: φιλέω
Category: Discipleship
NEW for John. Used in Peter’s threefold restoration (21:15-17) alongside ἀγαπάω; note a possible affectionate-love nuance without overstating a firm doctrinal distinction the Greek text does not clearly require.
David
Approved rendering: দায়ূদ
Transliteration: Dayud
Doctrine: Fulfillment of Prophecy and Typology
Original: Δαυίδ
Category: Covenant
Inherited from Romans package. Proper name; established Bible Society form (referenced at 7:42).
Pharisee
Approved rendering: ফৰীচী
Transliteration: phôrici
Doctrine: Fulfillment of Prophecy and Typology
Original: Φαρισαῖος
Category: Cultural Context
NEW for John. Established transliteration; heightens the irony of a religious authority (Nicodemus) needing the new birth.
Rabbi
Approved rendering: ৰব্বি
Transliteration: rôbbi
Doctrine: Discipleship and Christ-Centered Ministry
Original: ῥαββί
Category: Cultural Context
NEW for John. Established transliteration; acknowledges Jesus’ teaching authority while the surrounding narrative shows this title alone is inadequate to his full identity.
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