Core Glossary
Core Glossary — Philemon (English/Greek → Assamese)
How to Read This Table
- Status = REUSED FROM BASELINE: term and rendering are fixed in
translation_memory.json; do not alter. - Status = NEW (proposed): term does not exist in baseline memory; rendering proposed here for Phase 1 sign-off before Phase 2 use.
- Risk follows the same four-tier framework as
doctrine_risk_registry.json(Critical / High / Medium / Low).
A. Terms Reused Exactly from Baseline Romans Translation Memory
| Term (English) | Greek | Assamese (reused) | Transliteration | Risk | Verses in Philemon | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Grace | χάρις | অনুগ্ৰহ | anugrôh | High | 3, 25 (and echoed v.22 via χαρίζομαι) | Reused exactly. Christ-benediction form and χαρίζομαι-echo in v.22 must reinforce, not dilute, this rendering. |
| Peace | εἰρήνη | শান্তি | xanti | Medium | 3 | Reused exactly; standard greeting formula. |
| Faith | πίστις | বিশ্বাস | biswax | High | 5 | Reused exactly; object is “the Lord Jesus,” explicit in text. |
| Saints | ἅγιοι | পবিত্ৰ লোক | pobitrô lok | High | 5, 7 | Reused exactly. |
| Fellowship / Partnership | κοινωνία | সহভাগিতা | xohobhagita | Low | 6 | Reused exactly; root for new term কোinōnos (v.17) below. |
| Church | ἐκκλησία | মণ্ডলী | môndoli | Medium | 2 | Reused exactly; NEVER নামঘৰ, per baseline. Applies to “house church” here. |
| Lord | κύριος | প্ৰভু | prôbhu | Critical | 3, 5, 16, 20, 25 | Reused exactly. |
| God | θεός | ঈশ্বৰ | Iswôr | Critical | 3, 4 | Reused exactly. |
| Father (of God) | πατήρ | পিতা | pita | Critical | 3 | Reused exactly. |
| Jesus | Ἰησοῦς | যীচু | Yisu | Critical | throughout | Reused exactly. |
| Gospel | εὐαγγέλιον | সুসমাচাৰ | xusomacar | High | 13 | Reused exactly (“chains of the gospel”). |
| Thanksgiving | εὐχαριστῶ (cognate) | ধন্যবাদ | dhonyôbad | Low | 4 | Reused exactly. |
| Exhort / Appeal (encouragement sense) | παρακαλῶ (encouragement register only) | উৎসাহিত কৰা | utxahitô kôra | Low | — (contrast case; not used for vv.9-10) | Reused, but explicitly NOT the rendering for vv.9-10’s entreaty sense — see মিনতি কৰা below. |
| Imputed Righteousness (root reused) | ἐλλογάω (root reuse only) | আৰোপিত / আৰোপ কৰা | aropitô / aropo kora | Critical (root) | 18 | Root reused from baseline’s আৰোপিত ধাৰ্মিকতা to preserve the imputation-typology link; full compound not required here since ἐλλογάω has a distinct object (a debt, not righteousness). |
| Obedience (root reused) | ὑπακοή | আজ্ঞাকাৰিতা | agyakarita | High | 21 | Root reused from baseline’s বিশ্বাসৰ আজ্ঞাকাৰিতা; here standing alone (not compounded with বিশ্বাসৰ) since the obedience in view flows from love/appeal, not the proclaimed “obedience of faith” of Romans 1:5/16:26 specifically — flag distinction in commentary. |
| Prayer / Intercession (root reused) | προσευχή, ἔντευξις-family | প্ৰাৰ্থনা / মধ্যস্থতা | prarthona / môddhôsthôta | Medium | 4, 22 | Reused from baseline prayer_and_intercession doctrine vocabulary. |
B. New Terms Proposed for This Curriculum (Require Sign-Off)
| Term (English) | Greek | Transliteration | Literal Meaning | Assamese (proposed) | Transliteration | Risk | Doctrine | Verses | Rationale / Collision Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Love | ἀγάπη | agapē | self-giving covenantal love | প্ৰেম | prem | High | Christian Brotherhood; Grace-Motivated Obedience | 5, 7, 9 | Assamese Vaishnavite (Ekasarana) devotional literature applies prema-bhakti heavily to the romantic Radha-Krishna tradition. Mandatory distinguishing note at first use: this is self-giving, non-erotic covenantal love. Consider পairing with নিঃস্বাৰ্থ প্ৰেম (selfless love) in ambiguous contexts. |
| Slave / Bondservant | δοῦλος | doulos | legally owned person | দাস | das | Critical | Slavery and the Gospel’s Transforming Power | 16 | দাস is a common Assamese Vaishnavite devotional self-title (“servant of God/Krishna,” common surname among Sankardev-tradition bhaktas). MANDATORY translator note at every occurrence distinguishing Philemon’s real historical chattel-slavery referent from this devotional identity-marker. Human theologian review required at every occurrence. |
| Beloved Brother | ἀδελφὸς ἀγαπητός | adelphos agapētos | dearly loved brother (compound) | প্ৰিয় ভাই | priyô bhai | High | Christian Brotherhood across Social Status | 16 | Compound of reused ভাই (brother, new base term below) and প্ৰিয় (dear, root of প্ৰেম). This phrase is the doctrinal replacement for দাস (v.16) and must retain its full relational force — full kin-status, not polite address. |
| Brother/Sister (fictive/spiritual kinship) | ἀδελφός / ἀδελφή | adelphos / adelphē | brother / sister | ভাই / বহিনী | bhai / bohini | Medium | Christian Brotherhood across Social Status | 1, 2, 7, 20 | Assamese kinship address terms are status- and age-marked; must be understood as spiritual/covenantal kinship transcending social status, not a literal or caste-based kinship claim. |
| Fellow Worker | συνεργός | synergos | co-laborer | সহকৰ্মী | xohokormi | Low | Christian Brotherhood | 1, 24 | Standard, low-risk compound. |
| Fellow Soldier | συστρατιώτης | systratiōtēs | co-combatant (metaphor) | সহযোদ্ধা | xohojoddha | Low-Medium | Christian Brotherhood | 2 | Flag as metaphorical ministry partnership only; avoid literal-military or nationalist overtone. |
| Fellow Prisoner | συναιχμάλωτος | synaichmalōtos | co-captive | সহবন্দী | xohobondi | Low-Medium | Intercession/Suffering for the Gospel | 23 | Straightforward compound; low ambiguity. |
| Prisoner (of Christ) | δέσμιος (Χριστοῦ Ἰησοῦ) | desmios (Christou Iēsou) | bound one (of Christ Jesus) | বন্দী (খ্ৰীষ্ট যীচুৰ) | bondi (Khristô Yisur) | Medium | Intercession and Appeal on Behalf of Another | 1, 9, 10 (δεσμοί) | Must always carry the possessive “of Christ Jesus” to preserve the claim that Paul belongs to Christ, not merely to Rome’s penal system. |
| Boldness / Confident Authority | παρρησία | parrēsia | freedom of speech, confidence | নিৰ্ভয়তা / সাহস | nirbhoyota / xahôx | Medium | Intercession and Appeal on Behalf of Another | 8 | Must be anchored “in Christ” (apostolic authority), not read as mere personal assertiveness. |
| Appeal / Beseech (entreaty sense) | παρακαλῶ | parakalō | I appeal, I beseech | মিনতি কৰা | minoti kora | High | Intercession and Appeal on Behalf of Another | 9, 10 | Per baseline’s own exhort note distinguishing entreaty (মিনতি) from encouragement (উৎসাহিত কৰা). This word-choice enacts the letter’s central doctrine — appeal rather than command — and must never be rendered with a command-verb. Theologian review at every occurrence. |
| Command (contrast term) | ἐπιτάσσω | epitassō | to command, order | আজ্ঞা দিয়া | agya diya | Medium | Intercession and Appeal / Grace-Motivated Obedience (contrast) | 8 | The rejected alternative to παρακαλῶ; must remain clearly marked as “the road not taken” in the passage. |
| Fitting Duty (contrast term) | ἀνῆκον | anēkon | what is proper/owed | উপযুক্ত কৰ্তব্য | upojukto kortobyo | Medium | Grace-Motivated Obedience (contrast) | 8 | One of the few doctrinally appropriate uses of কৰ্তব্য (duty) — here it names the obligation-based route Paul deliberately declines. |
| Consent / Will | γνώμη | gnōmē | one’s own considered judgment/consent | সন্মতি | xonmoti | High | Grace-Motivated Obedience | 14 | Central to the doctrine that valid grace-response requires uncoerced consent; must not be flattened to “opinion.” |
| Compulsion / Necessity | ἀνάγκη | anankē | external constraint | বাধ্যতা | badhyota | High | Grace-Motivated Obedience (contrast) | 14 | Risk of collapsing into fate/karma-language in Assamese religious register; must denote coerced obligation specifically, echoing baseline’s caution against ভাগ্য/কৰ্মফল for grace/providence/election. |
| Voluntary / Willing | ἑκούσιον | hekousion | of one’s own free will | স্বেচ্ছাই | sweccai | High | Grace-Motivated Obedience | 14 | The positive doctrinal pole of the letter’s central ethical contrast; must carry full force of freely-willed, grace-motivated action. |
| Useless | ἄχρηστος | achrēstos | unprofitable, useless | অনুপযোগী | onupojogi | Medium | Slavery and the Gospel’s Transforming Power | 11 | Describes social/functional uselessness, not moral worthlessness before God; part of an untranslatable name-pun on Ὀνήσιμος — mandatory translator note. |
| Useful / Profitable | εὔχρηστος | euchrēstos | serviceable, beneficial | উপযোগী | upojogi | High | Slavery and the Gospel’s Transforming Power | 11 | Paired antithesis with অনুপযোগী above; central image for gospel transformation of a socially devalued person. |
| Onesimus (name, with inherent meaning) | Ὀνήσιμος | Onēsimos | ”useful/profitable” (proper name) | অনীষিম | Onixim | High (proper name + pun) | Slavery and the Gospel’s Transforming Power | 10, 11, 20 | Transliterated per Assamese Bible Society proper-name convention; mandatory translator note explaining the Greek meaning of the name and its wordplay function in vv.11 and 20, since Assamese cannot reproduce the pun directly. |
| Heart / Inward Affection | σπλάγχνα | splanchna | bowels, inward parts (idiom for deep affection) | হৃদয় | hridoy | Medium | Christian Brotherhood; Intercession | 7, 12, 20 | Recurring image (3x); render with the same Assamese word at every occurrence; note this is a body-idiom, not a literal reference to internal organs. |
| Refresh / Give Rest | ἀναπαύω | anapauō | to refresh, relieve | জিৰণি দিয়া | jirôni diya | Low-Medium | Christian Brotherhood; Intercession | 7, 20 | Render consistently across both occurrences to preserve Paul’s deliberate rhetorical parallel. |
| Child (spiritual) | τέκνον | teknon | child | সন্তান | xontan | Medium | Slavery and the Gospel’s Transforming Power (identity transformation) | 10 | Figurative spiritual fatherhood; note distinction from guru-shishya lineage-adoption in Ekasarana institutional practice. |
| Beget (spiritually) | γεννάω | gennaō | to father, beget | জন্ম দিয়া | zonmo diya | Medium | Slavery and the Gospel’s Transforming Power | 10 | Metaphorical use for conversion under Paul’s ministry; must not be confused with divine regeneration proper, which is God’s act alone. |
| Wrong / Do Injustice | ἀδικέω | adikeō | to wrong, injure | অন্যায় কৰা | onyay kora | Medium | Forgiveness and Reconciliation | 18 | Interpersonal wrong/injury; keep distinct from baseline’s পাপ (sin against God) though related. |
| Owe / Be Indebted | ὀφείλω | opheilō | to owe | ঋণী হৈ থাকা | rini hoi thaka | Medium | Forgiveness and Reconciliation | 18 | Financial/moral debt image. |
| Charge to Account / Impute | ἐλλογάω | ellogaō | to charge to one’s account | নামত আৰোপ কৰা | namot aropo kora | High | Forgiveness and Reconciliation | 18 | Deliberately reuses baseline আৰোপ root (imputed righteousness) to preserve typological link to substitutionary/imputed reckoning; theologian review required to confirm the typological connection is made explicit in commentary. |
| Repay in Full | ἀποτίνω | apotinō | to repay fully | ঘুৰাই দিয়া | ghurai diya | Medium | Forgiveness and Reconciliation | 19 | Binding personal-guarantee sense, not a vague promise. |
| Owe Besides | προσοφείλω | prosopheilō | to be further indebted | অধিককৈ ঋণী | odhikoi rini | Low-Medium | Forgiveness and Reconciliation | 19 | Rhetorical intensifier; Philemon’s unpayable spiritual debt to Paul. |
| Partner / Sharer | κοινωνός | koinōnos | one who shares | সহভাগী | xohobhagi | Medium | Christian Brotherhood across Social Status | 17 | Noun form built on baseline’s সহভাগিতা root; keep noun pair consistent. |
| Receive / Welcome | προσλαμβάνω | proslambanō | to take to oneself, welcome | গ্ৰহণ কৰা | grôhon kora | Low-Medium | Christian Brotherhood; Reconciliation | 17 | Shares root with baseline’s adoption phrase; echoes full reception into the household. |
| Confident / Trusting | πείθω (πεποιθώς) | pepoithōs | persuaded, confident | বিশ্বাস ৰাখি | biswax rakhi | Medium | Grace-Motivated Obedience | 21 | Interpersonal confidence, distinct from saving faith (বিশ্বাস) doctrinal sense; clarify in commentary to avoid overload. |
| Separated (providentially) | χωρίζω (ἐχωρίσθη) | echōristhē | was separated | পৃথক হৈছিল | prithok hoisil | Medium | Grace-Motivated Obedience; Providence (cf. baseline providence) | 15 | Passive voice implies providence without excusing wrong; avoid a fatalistic (ভাগ্য) reading per baseline’s providence cautions. |
| For a Season (temporary) | πρὸς ὥραν | pros hōran | for an hour | অলপ সময়ৰ বাবে | olop xômoyor babe | Low | (contrast term, see below) | 15 | Sets up contrast with αἰώνιος. |
| Eternal / Forever (relational) | αἰώνιος | aiōnios | permanent, age-long | চিৰকাললৈ | chirokal-loi | Medium | Christian Brotherhood across Social Status | 15 | Signals a permanent, transformed relationship, possibly gesturing toward eternal fellowship in Christ; keep contrast with “for a season” sharp. |
| Joy | χαρά | chara | gladness | আনন্দ | anondo | Low | Christian Brotherhood; Intercession | 7 | Keep distinct from baseline’s rejected সুখ (used for peace) for cross-curriculum consistency. |
| Encouragement/Comfort (received) | παράκλησις | paraklēsis | comfort, consolation | উৎসাহ | utxaho | Low-Medium | Christian Brotherhood | 7 | Shares root with baseline’s উৎসাহিত কৰা (exhort, encouragement sense); noun form here. |
| Effective / Active | ἐνεργής | energēs | operative, productive | কার্যকৰী | karyokori | Low-Medium | Grace-Motivated Obedience | 6 | Reuses root from baseline doctrine name effectual_calling (কাৰ্যকৰী মতনি) for cross-document consistency. |
| Knowledge (experiential) | ἐπίγνωσις | epignōsis | full/personal knowledge | পৰিপূর্ণ জ্ঞান | poripurno gyan | Medium | (general doctrinal knowledge, supporting Grace-Motivated Obedience) | 6 | জ্ঞান is a major soteriological category in Assamese Hindu/Vaishnavite thought (jnana-marga); note distinguishes relational/experiential knowledge of Christ’s work from a philosophical liberation-path. |
| Hospitality / Lodging | ξενία | xenia | guest-provision | অতিথিসেবা | otithi-xeba | Low | Christian Brotherhood; Intercession | 22 | Positive cultural bridge term; Assamese hospitality custom parallels the biblical value closely. |
| Graciously Restored (echo of grace) | χαρίζομαι (χαρισθήσομαι) | charisthēsomai | to be given as a gift of grace | ঈশ্বৰৰ অনুগ্ৰহত ঘুৰাই দিয়া হ’ম | Iswôror anugrôhot ghurai diya hôm | Medium-High | Grace-Motivated Obedience (echo) | 22 | Deliberate wordplay with χάρις/অনুগ্ৰহ; note the connection in commentary to reinforce the letter’s grace-frame from opening to close. |
| Spirit (human, non-Trinitarian sense) | πνεῦμα | pneuma | breath, spirit | আত্মা | atma | Low-Medium | (benediction closing) | 25 | NOT পবিত্ৰ আত্মা (reserved for the Holy Spirit); brief note recommended distinguishing this ordinary human-spirit sense from both the Holy Spirit and any Vedantic universal-soul reading of আত্মা. |
| Sending Back | ἀναπέμπω | anapempō | to send back | ঘুৰাই পঠিয়াই দিয়া | ghurai pothiyai diya | Low | Forgiveness and Reconciliation | 12 | Onesimus’s voluntary return under Paul’s direction; low ambiguity. |
| To Serve / Minister | διακονέω | diakoneō | to serve | সেৱা কৰা | xeba kora | Medium | Slavery and the Gospel’s Transforming Power (contrast term) | 13 | Deliberately distinct from δοῦλος-vocabulary; preserves Paul’s rhetorical shift from slave-language to ministry-language. |
| Flesh (natural/social order sense) | σάρξ | sarx | flesh | মাংসিকভাৱে | mangxikbhabe | Medium | Christian Brotherhood across Social Status | 16 | Denotes the natural/social order of relationship here, NOT the “sinful nature” sense found elsewhere in Paul; mandatory distinguishing note to prevent cross-contamination with that other Pauline usage. |
C. Risk Summary for This Curriculum’s New Terms
| Risk Tier | Count | Review Routing |
|---|---|---|
| Critical | 1 (δοῦλος) | Human theologian, every occurrence |
| High | 8 (ἀγάπη, ἀδελφὸς ἀγαπητός, παρακαλῶ, γνώμη, ἀνάγκη, ἑκούσιον, εὔχρηστος, ἐλλογάω) | Human theologian |
| Medium | 20 | Native speaker review |
| Low | 5 | Automated review |
D. Mandatory Translator Notes Checklist (First Occurrence)
- δοῦλος (v.16) — distinguish chattel-slavery referent from Assamese Vaishnavite devotional “দাস” self-title.
- ἀγάπη (v.5) — distinguish covenantal self-giving love from Vaishnavite romantic prema-bhakti register.
- Ὀνήσιμος (v.10) — explain the Greek name’s meaning (“useful”) underlying the vv.11, 20 wordplay.
- σάρξ (v.16) — distinguish the natural/social-order sense here from the “sinful nature” sense elsewhere in Pauline theology.
- ἐλλογάω (v.18) — make explicit the typological link to baseline’s imputed-righteousness (আৰোপিত) vocabulary.
- ἀνάγκη/ἑκούσιον (v.14) — guard against a fate/karma-language collapse in the compulsion/voluntary contrast.
This glossary extends, and must never contradict, the baseline translation_memory.json and bible_term_registry.json. All “REUSED FROM BASELINE” entries are locked. All “NEW (proposed)” entries require theologian sign-off before being written into translation memory for Phase 2 use.
Critical Risk Terms
Lord
Approved rendering: প্ৰভু
Transliteration: prôbhu
Doctrine: Lordship of Christ
Rejected alternatives: স্বামী, ঈশ্বৰ
Original: κύριος
Category: Christology
Inherited from Romans package (identical entry). Occurs Philemon 1:3, 5, 16, 20, 25. In 1:16 specifically names the register (‘in the Lord’) in which master and slave stand as equal brothers.
God
Approved rendering: ঈশ্বৰ
Transliteration: Iswôr
Doctrine: Deity of Christ
Rejected alternatives: ভগৱান, পৰমেশ্বৰ
Original: θεός
Category: God
Inherited from Romans package (identical entry). Philemon 1:3, 4.
Father
Approved rendering: পিতা
Transliteration: pita
Doctrine: Adoption into God’s Family
Rejected alternatives: ব্ৰহ্মা, সৃষ্টিকৰ্তা
Original: πατήρ
Category: God
Inherited from Romans package (identical entry). Philemon 1:3.
Jesus
Approved rendering: যীচু
Transliteration: Yisu
Doctrine: Lordship of Christ
Rejected alternatives: ঈছা
Original: Ἰησοῦς
Category: Christology
Inherited from Romans package (identical entry). Occurs throughout Philemon.
Imputed Righteousness
Approved rendering: আৰোপিত ধাৰ্মিকতা
Transliteration: aropitô dharmikôta
Doctrine: Justification by Faith
Rejected alternatives: অৰ্জিত ধাৰ্মিকতা
Inherited from Romans package (identical entry). The full compound does not recur in Philemon, but its root (আৰোপ) is deliberately reused in the new term charge_to_account_impute (ἐλλογάω, 1:18) to preserve the typological link between Paul’s personal debt-absorption for Onesimus and Christ’s imputed righteousness. This typological connection must be made explicit in accompanying commentary.
Slave Bondservant
Approved rendering: দাস
Transliteration: das
Doctrine: Slavery and the Gospel’s Transforming Power
Rejected alternatives: চাকৰ (softens real chattel slavery to modern domestic employment)
Original: δοῦλος
Category: Slavery and Transformation
NEW TERM — SINGLE HIGHEST-STAKES TERM IN THIS CURRICULUM. Philemon 1:16 (δοῦλος). দাস is a widely used Assamese Vaishnavite devotional self-designation and common surname among Sankardev-tradition bhaktas (‘servant of God/Krishna’) — a positive devotional identity, NOT a social-legal bondage status. MANDATORY translator note at EVERY occurrence (not just first use) clarifying that Philemon’s δοῦλος names real historical chattel slavery, which the gospel relativizes and begins to dissolve relationally in this text, not the devotional ‘servant-of-God’ self-title. Human theologian review required at every occurrence. Never softened to চাকৰ.
High Risk Terms
Gospel
Approved rendering: সুসমাচাৰ
Transliteration: xusomacar
Doctrine: Gospel
Rejected alternatives: ভাল খবৰ, শুভবাৰ্তা
Original: εὐαγγέλιον
Category: Salvation
Inherited from Romans package (identical entry). In Philemon 1:13 Paul names his imprisonment ‘chains of the gospel’ — his suffering is specifically gospel-suffering, not generic misfortune or an Ekasarana naam-proclamation register.
Grace
Approved rendering: অনুগ্ৰহ
Transliteration: anugrôh
Doctrine: Grace
Rejected alternatives: কৃপা, দয়া, বৰ, সৌভাগ্য, পুণ্য
Original: χάρις
Category: Salvation
Inherited from Romans package (identical entry). Frames Philemon’s opening greeting (1:3) and closing benediction (1:25); deliberately echoed by the new term graciously_restored (χαρίζομαι) in 1:22, spanning the letter from open to close.
Faith
Approved rendering: বিশ্বাস
Transliteration: biswax
Doctrine: Faith
Rejected alternatives: শ্ৰদ্ধা, ভক্তি
Original: πίστις
Category: Faith
Inherited from Romans package (identical entry). Philemon 1:5 — ‘faith toward the Lord Jesus,’ object explicit. Do not conflate with the new term confident_trusting (πεποιθώς, 1:21), which is ordinary interpersonal confidence, not saving faith.
Saints
Approved rendering: পবিত্ৰ লোক
Transliteration: pobitrô lok
Doctrine: Sainthood
Rejected alternatives: সন্ত, ভক্ত
Original: ἅγιοι
Category: Church
Inherited from Romans package (identical entry). Philemon 1:5, 1:7. Corporate designation for all believers; never a devotional-achiever class.
Obedience Of Faith
Approved rendering: বিশ্বাসৰ আজ্ঞাকাৰিতা
Transliteration: biswaxor agyakarita
Doctrine: Obedience of Faith
Rejected alternatives: ধৰ্মীয় নিয়ম পালন, কৰ্তব্য
Inherited from Romans package (identical entry). This full compound (Romans 1:5, 16:26) must NOT be imported into Philemon 1:21, where obedience stands alone (see new term ‘obedience’ below) and flows from love/appeal rather than the proclaimed obedience-of-faith confession. Keep the two documents’ usages distinct.
Providence
Approved rendering: ঈশ্বৰৰ বিধান
Transliteration: Iswôror bidhan
Doctrine: Providence
Rejected alternatives: ভাগ্য, কৰ্মফল
Inherited from Romans package (identical entry). Underlies the doctrinal frame for Philemon 1:15’s passive-voice ‘he was separated’ (see new term separated_providentially); never ভাগ্য or কৰ্মফল, and providence must not excuse Onesimus’s own moral responsibility for his flight (cf. 1:18).
Love Agape
Approved rendering: প্ৰেম
Transliteration: prem
Doctrine: Christian Brotherhood across Social Status
Rejected alternatives: ভক্তি
Original: ἀγάπη
Category: Christian Brotherhood
NEW TERM. Philemon 1:5, 1:7, 1:9. Self-giving, non-erotic covenantal love — the relational foundation of Paul’s entire appeal. Assamese Vaishnavite (Ekasarana/Sankardev) devotional literature applies prema-bhakti extensively to the romantic, often explicitly erotic, love of Radha-Krishna narrative traditions (Bhaona performance, devotional poetry). MANDATORY translator note at first occurrence (1:5) distinguishing this covenantal sense; pair with নিঃস্বাৰ্থ প্ৰেম or খ্ৰীষ্টীয় প্ৰেম where ambiguity is high. Human theologian review required.
Beloved Brother
Approved rendering: প্ৰিয় ভাই
Transliteration: priyô bhai
Doctrine: Christian Brotherhood across Social Status
Original: ἀδελφὸς ἀγαπητός
Category: Christian Brotherhood
NEW TERM. Philemon 1:16. The replacement status for দাস (slave) — full covenant kinship intensified by ‘beloved.’ Fixed as a single unit; never split or paraphrased. Must be understood as Paul’s chosen replacement term for slave-status, standing in direct antithesis to দাস in the same verse, not an additional polite description alongside it.
Appeal Beseech
Approved rendering: মিনতি কৰা
Transliteration: minoti kora
Doctrine: Intercession and Appeal on Behalf of Another
Rejected alternatives: উৎসাহিত কৰা (encouragement sense — reserved, see ‘exhort’), আজ্ঞা দিয়া (command sense — see ‘command_contrast’)
Original: παρακαλῶ
Category: Intercession
NEW TERM. Philemon 1:9, 1:10 (παρακαλῶ, entreaty sense). This is the letter’s central verb and doctrinal hinge: Paul deliberately appeals rather than commands. Rendering this with a command-verb erases the doctrine of grace-motivated intercession the whole book models. Human theologian review required at every occurrence.
Consent Will
Approved rendering: সন্মতি
Transliteration: xonmoti
Doctrine: Grace-Motivated Obedience
Rejected alternatives: মত (opinion, rejected as too weak)
Original: γνώμη
Category: Obedience
NEW TERM. Philemon 1:14 (γνώμη). Doctrinal center of Grace-Motivated Obedience: genuine moral action cannot be manufactured by external pressure. Must not be softened to a generic ‘opinion’; Philemon’s own free personal consent is structurally necessary for a valid grace-response.
Compulsion Necessity
Approved rendering: বাধ্যতা
Transliteration: badhyota
Doctrine: Grace-Motivated Obedience
Rejected alternatives: ভাগ্য, কৰ্মফল, নিয়তি, কপাল
Original: ἀνάγκη
Category: Obedience
NEW TERM. Philemon 1:14 (ἀνάγκη), named as the wrong basis for Philemon’s action. CURRICULUM-SPECIFIC FORBIDDEN SUBSTITUTION: NEVER ভাগ্য, কৰ্মফল, নিয়তি, or কপাল — Assamese religious register readily collapses external-compulsion vocabulary into fate/karma-language, echoing baseline’s cautions against these same words for grace/providence/election. Must denote specifically coerced interpersonal obligation, not impersonal cosmic necessity.
Voluntary Willing
Approved rendering: স্বেচ্ছাই
Transliteration: sweccai
Doctrine: Grace-Motivated Obedience
Original: ἑκούσιον
Category: Obedience
NEW TERM. Philemon 1:14 (ἑκούσιον). The positive doctrinal pole answering ἐπιτάττειν/ἀνῆκον’s command/duty contrast; carries the doctrine of Grace-Motivated Obedience for the whole letter. Must be anchored explicitly to অনুগ্ৰহ (grace) so it reads as the fruit of grace, not autonomous willpower or bhakti-style devotional surrender divorced from Christ’s grace.
Obedience
Approved rendering: আজ্ঞাকাৰিতা
Transliteration: agyakarita
Doctrine: Grace-Motivated Obedience
Original: ὑπακοή
Category: Obedience
NEW TERM (root reused from baseline obedience_of_faith compound, but standing alone here). Philemon 1:21 (ὑπακοή). Philemon’s anticipated compliance flows from love/appeal (1:9, 1:14), NOT the proclaimed ‘obedience of faith’ confession of Romans 1:5/16:26. Must be understood as grace-motivated compliance, never externally compelled conformity (κατὰ ἀνάγκην, 1:14). Do not silently import the full Romans compound বিশ্বাসৰ আজ্ঞাকাৰিতা here.
Useful Profitable
Approved rendering: উপযোগী
Transliteration: upojogi
Doctrine: Slavery and the Gospel’s Transforming Power
Original: εὔχρηστος
Category: Slavery and Transformation
NEW TERM. Philemon 1:11 (εὔχρηστος). Paired antithesis with অনুপযোগী above, preserving the Greek wordplay’s structure. Requires a translator note connecting this pair to the Onesimus name-pun (1:10-11) and to the doctrine that gospel transformation changes social usefulness without that usefulness ever grounding a person’s worth before God.
Onesimus Name
Approved rendering: অনীষিম
Transliteration: Onixim
Doctrine: Name and Identity Transformation (the Onesimus Wordplay)
Rejected alternatives: invented ‘meaningful’ Assamese name (rejected — breaks Bible Society proper-name convention)
Original: Ὀνήσιμος
Category: Slavery and Transformation
NEW TERM (proper name). Philemon 1:10, 1:11, 1:20. Retain transliterated form per Assamese Bible Society convention. MANDATORY translator note at first occurrence explaining the Greek name means ‘useful/profitable,’ the basis of Paul’s wordplay in 1:11 and 1:20 (ὀναίμην), since Assamese cannot reproduce the pun directly.
Charge To Account Impute
Approved rendering: মোৰ নামত আৰোপ কৰা
Transliteration: mor namot aropo kora
Doctrine: Substitutionary Debt and Imputation Typology
Rejected alternatives: তাক মোৰ নামত লিখি থোৱা (functionally adequate but does not visibly connect to baseline’s imputed-righteousness root)
Original: ἐλλογάω
Category: Forgiveness and Reconciliation
NEW TERM. Philemon 1:18 (ἐλλογάω). Paul offers to have Onesimus’s debt legally transferred to his own account — a miniature enactment of substitutionary/imputed reckoning. Deliberately reuses the আৰোপ root from baseline’s imputed_righteousness (আৰোপিত ধাৰ্মিকতা) to preserve this typological link. Human theologian review required to confirm the connection is made explicit in accompanying commentary, not left implicit.
Separated Providentially
Approved rendering: পৃথক হৈছিল
Transliteration: prithok hoisil
Doctrine: Providence in Suffering and Separation
Original: χωρίζω (ἐχωρίσθη)
Category: Providence
NEW TERM. Philemon 1:15 (χωρίζω, passive ἐχωρίσθη). The passive voice gently reframes Onesimus’s flight within God’s providential purpose without excusing the wrong. Must not read as impersonal fate (ভাগ্য) or karmic consequence (কৰ্মফল), and must not remove Onesimus’s own moral responsibility (cf. 1:18’s ἀδικέω).
Graciously Restored
Approved rendering: ঈশ্বৰৰ অনুগ্ৰহত ঘুৰাই দিয়া হ’ম
Transliteration: Iswôror anugrôhot ghurai diya hôm
Doctrine: Grace
Rejected alternatives: মুক্ত হ’ম (generic ‘I will be freed’ — rejected because it silently drops the χάρις wordplay)
Original: χαρίζομαι (χαρισθήσομαι)
Category: Salvation
NEW TERM. Philemon 1:22 (χαρίζομαι/χαρισθήσομαι). Deliberately built on the baseline অনুগ্ৰহ root so the letter’s grace-frame spans opening greeting (1:3) to closing hope (1:22) to closing benediction (1:25). Risk is High rather than Medium because a generic ‘I will be freed’ rendering silently loses the deliberate echo of grace, obscuring the letter’s theological unity. Mandatory translator note connecting this verb to 1:3/1:25’s অনুগ্ৰহ.
Medium Risk Terms
Church
Approved rendering: মণ্ডলী
Transliteration: môndoli
Doctrine: Church as God’s People
Rejected alternatives: মন্দিৰ, নামঘৰ
Original: ἐκκλησία
Category: Church
Inherited from Romans package (identical entry). Philemon 1:2, ‘the church in your house.’ NEVER নামঘৰ — risk is heightened here because a household-based ἐκκλησία structurally resembles, but must not be equated with, the Ekasarana Dharma Namghar household prayer-house institution.
Peace
Approved rendering: শান্তি
Transliteration: xanti
Doctrine: Peace with God
Rejected alternatives: সুখ, প্ৰশান্তি
Inherited from Romans package (identical entry). Philemon 1:3 greeting formula, identical in force to Romans 1:7.
Intercession
Approved rendering: মধ্যস্থতা
Transliteration: môddhôsthôta
Doctrine: Prayer and Intercession
Rejected alternatives: পৈৰবী
Inherited from Romans package (identical entry). Underlies Philemon’s prayer vocabulary (1:4, 1:22). Distinguish this mediatory-prayer-to-God sense from the new term appeal_beseech (interpersonal appeal from Paul to Philemon).
Brother Sister
Approved rendering: ভাই / বহিনী
Transliteration: bhai / bohini
Doctrine: Christian Brotherhood across Social Status
Original: ἀδελφός / ἀδελφή
Category: Christian Brotherhood
NEW TERM. Philemon 1:1, 1:2, 1:7, 1:20 — applied to Timothy, Apphia, and Philemon himself. Assamese kinship address terms are status- and age-marked in ordinary usage; must be understood as spiritual/covenantal kinship transcending social status, never a literal or caste-conscious kinship claim.
Fellow Soldier
Approved rendering: সহযোদ্ধা
Transliteration: xohojoddha
Doctrine: Hospitality and Ministry Partnership
Original: συστρατιώτης
Category: Church
NEW TERM. Philemon 1:2 (Archippus). Must be flagged explicitly as metaphorical ministry partnership; a literal military rendering could import nationalist/martial overtones inappropriate to a letter about reconciliation, and could allude to actual regional militia history in Assam if left unqualified.
Prisoner Of Christ
Approved rendering: খ্ৰীষ্ট যীচুৰ বন্দী
Transliteration: Khristô Yisur bondi
Doctrine: Intercession and Appeal on Behalf of Another
Rejected alternatives: বন্দী (bare, without possessive)
Original: δέσμιος (Χριστοῦ Ἰησοῦ)
Category: Church
NEW TERM. Philemon 1:1, 1:9 (cf. δεσμοί, 1:10). বন্দী alone reads as ordinary civil/criminal prisoner status; the possessive খ্ৰীষ্ট যীচুৰ must always be attached, since this is the ground of Paul’s authority to appeal at all. Phase 2 automated validation must check for the possessive’s presence at every occurrence.
Boldness Confident Authority
Approved rendering: নিৰ্ভয়তা
Transliteration: nirbhoyota
Doctrine: Intercession and Appeal on Behalf of Another
Rejected alternatives: সাহস
Original: παρρησία
Category: Intercession
NEW TERM. Philemon 1:8 (παρρησία). Must be anchored ‘in Christ’ (apostolic authority Paul explicitly declines to use), not flattened to ordinary personal assertiveness.
Command Contrast
Approved rendering: আজ্ঞা দিয়া
Transliteration: agya diya
Doctrine: Intercession and Appeal on Behalf of Another
Original: ἐπιτάσσω
Category: Intercession
NEW TERM. Philemon 1:8 (ἐπιτάσσω). The rejected alternative to appeal_beseech; must remain clearly marked in context as ‘the road not taken’ by Paul. Assamese formal-politeness register naturally softens commands into requests, risking an accidental flattening of this deliberate contrast — commentary must name the contrast explicitly.
Fitting Duty Contrast
Approved rendering: উপযুক্ত কৰ্তব্য
Transliteration: upojukto kortobyo
Doctrine: Grace-Motivated Obedience
Original: ἀνῆκον
Category: Intercession
NEW TERM. Philemon 1:8 (ἀνῆκον). One of the few doctrinally appropriate uses of কৰ্তব্য (duty) in this curriculum family, precisely because the text names this as the obligation-based road Paul deliberately declines, contrasting owed duty with freely-given grace-response.
Useless
Approved rendering: অনুপযোগী
Transliteration: onupojogi
Doctrine: Slavery and the Gospel’s Transforming Power
Rejected alternatives: নিষ্প্ৰয়োজনীয়
Original: ἄχρηστος
Category: Slavery and Transformation
NEW TERM. Philemon 1:11 (ἄχρηστος). Describes Onesimus’s former social/functional state, part of an untranslatable pun on his name; must not be conflated with পাপী (sinner) framing — this names functional uselessness, not moral worthlessness before God.
Serve Minister
Approved rendering: সেৱা কৰা
Transliteration: xeba kora
Doctrine: Slavery and the Gospel’s Transforming Power
Original: διακονέω
Category: Slavery and Transformation
NEW TERM. Philemon 1:13 (διακονέω). Onesimus’s potential service to Paul is framed as ministry-service, not slave-service. Must never be used interchangeably with দাস-vocabulary, to preserve Paul’s rhetorical shift from slavery-language to ministry-language before 1:16’s direct discussion of slave-status.
Child Spiritual
Approved rendering: সন্তান
Transliteration: xontan
Doctrine: Spiritual Kinship and New Identity in Christ
Rejected alternatives: পুত্ৰ
Original: τέκνον
Category: Slavery and Transformation
NEW TERM. Philemon 1:10 (τέκνον). Onesimus as Paul’s spiritual child. Must be clearly figurative/spiritual fatherhood; carries a note distinguishing this from guru-shishya lineage-adoption within Ekasarana Satradhikar-succession institutional practice, paralleling baseline’s caution against গুৰু for ‘apostle.‘
Beget Spiritually
Approved rendering: জন্ম দিয়া
Transliteration: zonmo diya
Doctrine: Spiritual Kinship and New Identity in Christ
Original: γεννάω
Category: Slavery and Transformation
NEW TERM. Philemon 1:10 (γεννάω). Paul’s claim of spiritual paternity over Onesimus’s conversion ‘in my chains.’ Purely metaphorical; must not be read as a doctrine of literal spiritual rebirth accomplished by human agency, which belongs to God alone (divine regeneration).
Wrong Do Injustice
Approved rendering: অন্যায় কৰা
Transliteration: onyay kora
Doctrine: Forgiveness and Reconciliation
Original: ἀδικέω
Category: Forgiveness and Reconciliation
NEW TERM. Philemon 1:18 (ἀδικέω). Interpersonal wrongdoing possibly done by Onesimus, acknowledged rather than denied. Keep distinct from baseline’s পাপ (moral transgression before God specifically), though the same act may also constitute sin — do not collapse the two categories.
Owe Be Indebted
Approved rendering: ঋণী হৈ থাকা
Transliteration: rini hoi thaka
Doctrine: Forgiveness and Reconciliation
Original: ὀφείλω
Category: Forgiveness and Reconciliation
NEW TERM. Philemon 1:18 (ὀφείλω). Straightforward financial/moral debt image; must not be spiritualized prematurely — distinct from, though it foreshadows, the imputation typology of charge_to_account_impute below.
Repay In Full
Approved rendering: ঘুৰাই দিয়া
Transliteration: ghurai diya
Doctrine: Forgiveness and Reconciliation
Original: ἀποτίνω
Category: Forgiveness and Reconciliation
NEW TERM. Philemon 1:19 (ἀποτίνω). Paul’s personal, binding guarantee to repay Onesimus’s debt in full, written in his own hand. Must convey binding legal-pledge force, not a vague or informal promise.
Partner Sharer
Approved rendering: সহভাগী
Transliteration: xohobhagi
Doctrine: Christian Brotherhood across Social Status
Original: κοινωνός
Category: Church
NEW TERM. Philemon 1:17 (κοινωνός). Built on the baseline সহভাগিতা root; keep noun/abstract-noun pair (সহভাগী/সহভাগিতা) consistent so readers connect this request to the partnership-in-faith language of 1:6. Must carry full covenantal-equal standing, not a junior or client relationship.
Receive Welcome
Approved rendering: গ্ৰহণ কৰা
Transliteration: grôhon kora
Doctrine: Christian Brotherhood across Social Status
Original: προσλαμβάνω
Category: Church
NEW TERM. Philemon 1:17 (προσλαμβάνω). The concrete action Paul requests — full relational reception into the household, as he would receive Paul himself, not mere tolerance or a formal courtesy greeting. Shares its verb root with baseline’s adoption phrase (পোহাপুত্ৰ স্বৰূপে গ্ৰহণ).
Confident Trusting
Approved rendering: বিশ্বাস ৰাখি
Transliteration: biswax rakhi
Doctrine: Grace-Motivated Obedience
Original: πείθω (πεποιθώς)
Category: Faith
NEW TERM. Philemon 1:21 (πεποιθώς). Built on the বিশ্বাস root but denoting ordinary interpersonal confidence in Philemon’s character, NOT saving faith directed at Christ. A translator note should distinguish this occurrence from the doctrinal ‘faith’ entry to avoid overloading the term.
Eternal Forever Relational
Approved rendering: চিৰকাললৈ
Transliteration: chirokal-loi
Doctrine: Christian Brotherhood across Social Status
Rejected alternatives: অনন্তকাললৈ
Original: αἰώνιος
Category: Christian Brotherhood
NEW TERM. Philemon 1:15 (αἰώνιος). The permanent, transformed relationship Paul envisions, contrasted with for_a_season. Keep the temporal contrast sharp; the text may gesture toward eternal brotherhood in Christ beyond this life, not merely a long earthly relationship.
Heart Inward Affection
Approved rendering: হৃদয়
Transliteration: hridoy
Doctrine: Christian Brotherhood across Social Status
Rejected alternatives: অন্তৰ
Original: σπλάγχνα
Category: Christian Brotherhood
NEW TERM. Philemon 1:7, 1:12, 1:20 (σπλάγχνα) — a recurring image occurring three times; Onesimus himself is called Paul’s own σπλάγχνα in 1:12. Must be rendered with the SAME Assamese word at all three occurrences. Translator note at first occurrence (1:7) should explain this is a body-idiom for the deepest seat of affection, not a literal reference to internal organs.
Refresh Give Rest
Approved rendering: জিৰণি দিয়া
Transliteration: jirôni diya
Doctrine: Christian Brotherhood across Social Status
Rejected alternatives: আশ্বস্ত কৰা
Original: ἀναπαύω
Category: Christian Brotherhood
NEW TERM. Philemon 1:7, 1:20 (ἀναπαύω). Keep consistent between both occurrences to preserve Paul’s deliberate rhetorical parallel — as Philemon has refreshed others, Paul now asks to be refreshed in turn.
Knowledge Experiential
Approved rendering: পৰিপূর্ণ জ্ঞান
Transliteration: poripurno gyan
Doctrine: Grace-Motivated Obedience
Rejected alternatives: জ্ঞান (bare, rejected as too easily read as jnana-marga)
Original: ἐπίγνωσις
Category: Obedience
NEW TERM. Philemon 1:6 (ἐπίγνωσις). জ্ঞান is a major soteriological category in Assamese Hindu/Vaishnavite thought (jnana-marga, the philosophical ‘path of knowledge’ toward moksha, distinct from bhakti-marga). Translator note required clarifying this is relational/experiential knowledge of Christ’s finished work, not a philosophical liberation-path.
Spirit Human
Approved rendering: আত্মা
Transliteration: atma
Doctrine: Human Spirit in Closing Benediction
Rejected alternatives: পৰমাত্মা (rejected — Vedantic universal-soul sense)
Original: πνεῦμα
Category: God
NEW TERM. Philemon 1:25 (πνεῦμα, human-spirit sense — grammatically plural ‘your,’ the whole house-church). Explicitly NOT পবিত্ৰ আত্মা (baseline’s reserved rendering for the Holy Spirit). আত্মা alone could otherwise be read in a Vedantic universal-soul (paramatma) sense; a brief translator note is advisable, though the plural possessive sufficiently anchors it as personal in context.
Flesh Natural Sense
Approved rendering: মাংসিকভাৱে
Transliteration: mangxikbhabe
Doctrine: Christian Brotherhood across Social Status
Rejected alternatives: শৰীৰিকভাৱে
Original: σάρξ
Category: Christian Brotherhood
NEW TERM. Philemon 1:16 (σάρξ, natural/social-order sense — ‘both in the flesh and in the Lord’), NOT the ‘sinful nature’ sense found elsewhere in Pauline theology. MANDATORY translator note required, since learners cross-trained on a Romans curriculum will otherwise default to the sinful-nature sense and import it into this verse incorrectly.
Low Risk Terms
Fellowship
Approved rendering: সহভাগিতা
Transliteration: xohobhagita
Doctrine: Christian Fellowship
Rejected alternatives: বন্ধুত্ব, সমাজ
Original: κοινωνία
Category: Church
Inherited from Romans package (identical entry). Philemon 1:6. Root also used for the new noun term partner_sharer (κοινωνός, 1:17); keep the abstract-noun/noun pair consistent.
Thanksgiving
Approved rendering: ধন্যবাদ
Transliteration: dhonyôbad
Doctrine: Thanksgiving
Original: εὐχαριστῶ
Category: Faith
Inherited from Romans package (identical entry). Philemon 1:4.
Exhort
Approved rendering: উৎসাহিত কৰা
Transliteration: utxahitô kôra
Doctrine: Mutual Edification
Inherited from Romans package (identical entry). Encouragement register only. Explicitly NOT the rendering used for Philemon 1:9-10’s entreaty sense — see the new term appeal_beseech (মিনতি কৰা) below. The two senses of παρακαλῶ must be kept lexically distinct across the letter.
Fellow Worker
Approved rendering: সহকৰ্মী
Transliteration: xohokormi
Doctrine: Hospitality and Ministry Partnership
Original: συνεργός
Category: Church
NEW TERM. Philemon 1:1, 1:24. Reframes the appeal as between gospel co-laborers, not a master being lectured by an outsider.
Fellow Prisoner
Approved rendering: সহবন্দী
Transliteration: xohobondi
Doctrine: Hospitality and Ministry Partnership
Original: συναιχμάλωτος
Category: Church
NEW TERM. Philemon 1:23 (Epaphras). Low-ambiguity compound; suffering held in common for the gospel’s sake.
Sending Back
Approved rendering: ঘুৰাই পঠিয়াই দিয়া
Transliteration: ghurai pothiyai diya
Doctrine: Forgiveness and Reconciliation
Original: ἀναπέμπω
Category: Forgiveness and Reconciliation
NEW TERM. Philemon 1:12 (ἀναπέμπω). Onesimus’s voluntary return under Paul’s own pastoral direction — depicted as returning, not being extradited; a first step toward reconciliation.
Owe Besides
Approved rendering: অধিককৈ ঋণী
Transliteration: odhikoi rini
Doctrine: Forgiveness and Reconciliation
Original: προσοφείλω
Category: Forgiveness and Reconciliation
NEW TERM. Philemon 1:19 (προσοφείλω). Paul’s gentle rhetorical reminder that Philemon owes Paul an even greater, unpayable debt — his own conversion. Low-risk intensifier built on the same debt-image as owe_be_indebted.
For A Season
Approved rendering: অলপ সময়ৰ বাবে
Transliteration: olop xômoyor babe
Doctrine: Providence in Suffering and Separation
Original: πρὸς ὥραν
Category: Providence
NEW TERM. Philemon 1:15 (πρὸς ὥραν). Temporary duration, set up as the contrast term to eternal_forever_relational below.
Joy
Approved rendering: আনন্দ
Transliteration: anondo
Doctrine: Christian Brotherhood across Social Status
Rejected alternatives: সুখ
Original: χαρά
Category: Christian Brotherhood
NEW TERM. Philemon 1:7 (χαρά). Standard vocabulary; keep distinct from সুখ (already rejected as an alternative for baseline’s ‘peace’) for cross-curriculum consistency.
Encouragement Comfort Received
Approved rendering: উৎসাহ
Transliteration: utxaho
Doctrine: Christian Brotherhood across Social Status
Original: παράκλησις
Category: Church
NEW TERM. Philemon 1:7 (παράκλησις). Comfort/encouragement Paul has received on account of Philemon’s love; shares its root with baseline’s উৎসাহিত কৰা but is a noun form of comfort received rather than given.
Effective Active
Approved rendering: কার্যকৰী
Transliteration: karyokori
Doctrine: Grace-Motivated Obedience
Original: ἐνεργής
Category: Obedience
NEW TERM. Philemon 1:6 (ἐνεργής). The partnership generated by Philemon’s faith must become active, not remain merely notional. Reuses the root already used in baseline doctrine name ‘effectual_calling’ (কাৰ্যকৰী মতনি) for cross-document consistency; keep distinct from merit-earning activity — the activity flows from faith, not toward earning standing.
Hospitality
Approved rendering: অতিথিসেবা
Transliteration: otithi-xeba
Doctrine: Hospitality and Ministry Partnership
Rejected alternatives: বাসস্থান
Original: ξενία
Category: Church
NEW TERM. Philemon 1:22 (ξενία). Positive cultural bridge term — Assamese হospitality custom (atithi-seva) parallels the biblical value closely; a point of contact, not a collision risk.
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