Core Glossary
Core Glossary — Titus | English/Greek → Assamese
Purpose
This glossary consolidates every load-bearing theological term identified in 07_semantic_analysis.md across the full book of Titus (chapters 1–3). Terms already recorded in the Romans baseline translation_memory.json are marked [BASELINE — reuse exactly] and carry their baseline rendering unchanged. Terms new to this curriculum are marked [NEW] and are proposed here for addition to translation memory before Phase 2 begins.
Risk tiers follow the baseline’s doctrine_risk_registry.json definitions exactly:
- Critical — mistranslation destroys essential doctrine; mandatory theologian review every occurrence.
- High — significant syncretism/confusion risk; mandatory theologian review.
- Medium — reduces clarity but preserves core meaning; native speaker review recommended.
- Low — minor imprecision risk; automated review sufficient.
Table 1 — Baseline Terms Reused Exactly (occur in Titus)
| English term | Greek | Assamese (baseline) | Transliteration | Risk | Titus occurrences | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| God | θεός | ঈশ্বৰ | Iswôr | Critical | 1:1,1:2,1:3,1:4,1:7,1:16,2:5,2:10,2:11,2:13,3:4,3:8 | Reuse exactly. |
| Jesus | Ἰησοῦς | যীচু | Yisu | Critical | 1:1,1:4,2:13,3:6 | Reuse exactly. |
| Grace | χάρις | অনুগ্ৰহ | anugrôh | High | 1:4,2:11,3:7,3:15 | Reuse exactly; must remain visually distinct from NEW “mercy” (কৃপা) and NEW “kindness” (সদাশয়তা) below. |
| Faith / believe | πίστις / πιστεύω | বিশ্বাস | biswax | High | 1:1,1:4,1:13,2:2,2:10 (nuance: fidelity),3:8,3:15 | Reuse exactly; note contextual “fidelity” nuance at 2:10. |
| Righteousness | δικαιοσύνη | ধাৰ্মিকতা | dharmikôta | Critical | 1:8 (adj. form separately glossed), 3:5 | Reuse exactly; add contextual note at 3:5 distinguishing “deeds done in righteousness” (rejected as salvation’s basis) from imputed righteousness received by faith. |
| Justification / justify | δικαιόω | ধাৰ্মিক বুলি গণ্য কৰা | dharmik buli gonyô kôra | Critical | 3:7 (participial form) | Reuse compound exactly; render as passive participle “ধাৰ্মিক বুলি গণিত হৈ.” |
| Salvation / save | σωτηρία / σῴζω | পৰিত্ৰাণ | poritran | Critical | 1:3(implicit),2:11,3:5 | Reuse exactly; verb form পৰিত্ৰাণ কৰা. |
| Apostle | ἀπόστολος | প্ৰেৰিত | prerito | Medium | 1:1 | Reuse exactly. |
| Holy Spirit | πνεῦμα ἅγιον | পবিত্ৰ আত্মা | pobitrô atma | Critical | 3:5 | Reuse exactly. |
| Father | πατήρ | পিতা | pita | Critical | 1:4 | Reuse exactly. |
| Peace | εἰρήνη | শান্তি | xanti | Medium | 1:4 | Reuse exactly. |
| Glory | δόξα | মহিমা | môhima | High | 2:13 | Reuse exactly. |
| Election / elect | ἐκλεκτός | ঈশ্বৰৰ মনোনয়ন (root: মনোনীত) | Iswôror monônoyon | High | 1:1 | Reuse root exactly; render adjective as ঈশ্বৰৰ মনোনীত লোক. |
| Exhort | παρακαλέω | উৎসাহিত কৰা | utxahitô kôra | Low | 2:15 | Reuse exactly. |
| Mission / gospel proclamation | κήρυγμα (related) | সুসমাচাৰ প্ৰচাৰ | xusomacar prôcar | Medium | 1:3 (κήρυγμα itself glossed as NEW below; connects to this baseline term) | Reuse the established phrase for the missional sense. |
| Adoption (doctrine link) | (κληρονόμος extends this doctrine) | পোহাপুত্ৰ স্বৰূপে গ্ৰহণ | puhaputrô sôrupe grôhon | High | 3:7 (conceptual link) | Reuse exactly as the doctrinal frame for the NEW term “heir” below. |
Table 2 — New Terms Introduced by Titus (proposed for translation memory)
| English term | Greek / translit. | Literal meaning | Assamese rendering | Transliteration | Risk | Doctrine | Grounded risk reason | Titus occurrences |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Regeneration | παλιγγενεσία / palingenesia | ”again-birth” | আত্মিক নতুন জন্ম | atmik notun jônmo | Critical (highest in book) | Regeneration by the Holy Spirit | Literal meaning is identical in shape to পুনৰ্জন্ম (punarjanma, rebirth/reincarnation), a term the baseline permanently forbids for “resurrection” because of its samsara/rebirth-cycle meaning. Mandatory translator note every occurrence distinguishing a single, permanent, Spirit-wrought spiritual birth from a repeatable rebirth into a new body. | 3:5 |
| Works (in salvation-negation contexts) | ἔργα / erga | ”deeds, actions” | কাম (never কৰ্ম alone) | kam | Critical | Salvation by Grace not Works | কৰ্ম (karma) is the ordinary Assamese word for “deed/work” but activates the full karma-doctrine framework of merit accumulated toward rebirth/moksha — precisely what Titus 3:5/3:8 and Romans exclude as a basis for salvation. Every “not by works” construction must avoid কৰ্ম and use a phrase built on কাম, with a mandatory contrastive note. | 1:16,3:5,3:8,3:14 |
| Good works | καλὰ/ἀγαθὰ ἔργα / kala/agatha erga | ”fine/beneficial deeds” | ভাল কাম (formal: সৎকৰ্ম used cautiously) | bhal kam / sôtkôrmô | Critical | Sound Doctrine and Good Works | Same কৰ্ম-root caution as above applies to the positive construction; even “good works” as the fruit of grace must not read as merit that produces or maintains salvation. | 1:16,2:7,2:14,3:1,3:8,3:14 |
| Savior | σωτήρ / sōtēr | ”one who saves/rescues” | পৰিত্ৰাণকৰ্তা | poritrankôrta | Critical | Salvation; Deity of Christ | Built on established পৰিত্ৰাণ root, but note the grounded collision: Sanskrit paritrāṇa (same word-family) appears in Bhagavad Gītā 4.8 describing Krishna’s periodic avatar-rescue of the righteous. Mandatory note distinguishing Christ’s single, historical, once-for-all saving act from a repeatable avatar-rescue pattern. | 1:3,1:4,2:10,2:13,3:4,3:6 |
| Eternal life | ζωὴ αἰώνιος / zōē aiōnios | ”age-long/unending life” | অনন্ত জীৱন | ônôntô jibôn | Critical | Salvation; Regeneration | Must be distinguished from মোক্ষ (release from the rebirth-cycle into impersonal absorption/cessation) and from an endless chain of favorable rebirths; biblical eternal life is unending personal, relational life with God through Christ. | 1:2,3:7 |
| Appearing / Epiphany | ἐπιφάνεια, ἐπιφαίνω / epiphaneia, epiphainō | ”shining forth, visible appearing” | প্ৰকাশিত হ’ল / প্ৰকাশ | prôkaxitô hôlô / prôkax | Critical | Incarnation-adjacent; Second Coming | Directly implicated in the book’s central grace-appeared / glory-appearing structure (2:11,2:13,3:4); shares the Romans baseline’s Critical incarnation-avatar collision risk (অৱতাৰ pattern) and must carry the same mandatory distinguishing note: a single, historical appearing, not a repeatable divine descent. | 2:11,2:13,3:4 |
| Redemption / redeem | λυτρόω / lytroō | ”to free by paying a ransom-price” | মুক্ত কৰা (verb only) | mukto kôra | Critical | Salvation by Grace not Works | Verb only, never the noun মুক্তি (permanently forbidden per baseline for “salvation” — denotes escape from the samsara cycle). Mandatory note: a one-time act of Christ’s self-giving, freeing believers from lawlessness, not liberation achieved through merit or gnosis. | 2:14 |
| Mercy | ἔλεος / eleos | ”compassion toward the helpless/needy” | কৃপা | kripa | High | Salvation by Grace not Works | Baseline restricts কৃপা to non-salvific contexts, but ἔλεος here is Paul’s deliberate soteriological term, distinct from χάρις. This is an intentional, narrow exception: কৃপা renders ἔλεος specifically, and must never be substituted for or interchanged with অনুগ্ৰহ (grace). | 3:5 |
| Kindness | χρηστότης / chrēstotēs | ”benevolent disposition” | সদাশয়তা | sôdaxôyôta | Medium | Grace That Trains for Godly Living | Third member (with grace and mercy) of Paul’s deliberate three-fold vocabulary for divine disposition in this letter; must stay visually distinct from both অনুগ্ৰহ and কৃপা. | 3:4 |
| Love | ἀγάπη / agapē | ”selfless, other-directed love” | প্ৰেম | prem | High | Grace That Trains for Godly Living | Collision with Assamese Vaishnavite/Ekasarana prema-bhakti devotional love for a chosen deity; must be understood as covenantal, self-giving love flowing from union with Christ, not devotional ecstatic union achieved through ritual practice. | 2:2 |
| Godliness | εὐσέβεια / eusebeia | ”reverence toward God expressed in conduct” | ঈশ্বৰভক্তি | Iswôrbhôkti | High | Grace That Trains for Godly Living | The ভক্তি root is flagged elsewhere as unsuitable for “faith” due to naam-tradition associations; qualifying it with ঈশ্বৰ (God) is judged necessary and sufficient, but every occurrence should note this names grace-produced Christian godliness, not Ekasarana devotional practice. | 1:1,2:12 (adv.) |
| Ungodliness | ἀσέβεια / asebeia | ”irreverence toward God” | ভক্তিহীনতা | bhôktihinôta | Medium | Grace That Trains for Godly Living | Direct antonym of the above; risk is lower since the negation itself removes ambiguity. | 2:12 |
| Elder | πρεσβύτερος / presbyteros | ”elder, senior leader” | প্ৰাচীন | procin | High | Qualifications for Elders | Collision with the Ekasarana Dharma’s Satradhikar (hereditary/guru-succession-based head of a Satra); elder qualification is character-and-household-based, not lineage-based. | 1:5 |
| Overseer | ἐπίσκοπος / episkopos | ”one who watches over” | অধ্যক্ষ | odhyokkho | High | Qualifications for Elders | Same office as πρεσβύτερος in this passage; same collision note applies. | 1:7 |
| Steward of God | οἰκονόμος θεοῦ / oikonomos theou | ”household manager entrusted by God” | ঈশ্বৰৰ গৃহ-পৰিচালক | Iswôror grihô-poricalôk | Medium | Qualifications for Elders | Leadership framed as entrusted stewardship, not personal ownership or dynastic entitlement. | 1:7 |
| Sound doctrine | διδασκαλία ὑγιαίνουσα / didaskalia hygiainousa | ”healthy teaching” | সুস্থ শিক্ষা | susthô xikkha | High | Sound Doctrine and Good Works | Must be distinguished from the Ekasarana tradition’s own near-canonical devotional literature (Assamese Bhagavata) already flagged in the Romans baseline’s “Inspiration of Scripture” doctrine. | 1:9,1:13,2:1,2:2,2:8 |
| Submission / submit | ὑποτάσσω / hypotassō | ”to place oneself under authority” | বশীভূত হ’ব / অধীন হ’ব | bôxibhut hôbo / odhin hôbo | High | Submission to Authority | Assamese social structure retains residual caste/status hierarchy; must be explicitly distinguished from birth-determined subordination — this is a voluntary gospel ethic, never a statement of lesser worth before God. | 2:5,2:9,3:1 |
| Master (of a slave/servant) | δεσπότης / despotēs | ”absolute household authority” | গৰাকী / মালিক | gôraki / malik | High | Submission to Authority | Must NEVER be rendered প্ৰভু, which is reserved exclusively for the supreme Lordship of Christ/God; conflation would dilute that title’s Christological exclusivity. | 2:9 |
| Authority / ruler | ἀρχή, ἐξουσία / archē, exousia | ”ruling power, delegated authority” | শাসনকৰ্তা, কৰ্তৃত্ব | xaxonkôrta, kôrtritwô | Medium | Submission to Authority | Human governmental authority; must not be confused with, or rendered using, the baseline’s “power of God” (ঈশ্বৰৰ শক্তি). | 3:1 |
| Lawlessness | ἀνομία / anomia | ”being without/against God’s law” | বিধানহীনতা | bidhanhinôta | High | Salvation by Grace not Works | Built transparently on the established বিধান (law) root; must not be rendered অধৰ্ম (already rejected in baseline for “sin”). | 2:14 |
| Washing | λουτρόν / loutron | ”a bath, washing” | স্নান / ধুনি | snan / dhuni | High | Regeneration by the Holy Spirit | Grounded collision with ritual bathing for sin-removal/merit (e.g., holy-river bathing) in Assamese Hindu devotional life; mandatory note that this names the Spirit’s inward regenerating work signified by baptism, not a meritorious ritual act. | 3:5 |
| Renewal | ἀνακαίνωσις / anakainōsis | ”making new” | নবীকৰণ | nôbikôron | Medium | Regeneration by the Holy Spirit | Lower risk than regeneration itself; anchor explicitly to পবিত্ৰ আত্মা to avoid a generic self-improvement reading. | 3:5 |
| Heir | κληρονόμος / klēronomos | ”one who receives an inheritance” | উত্তৰাধিকাৰী | uttôradhikari | Medium | (extends baseline Adoption doctrine) | Should be cross-referenced to the baseline adoption entry: adopted sons receive a full, not partial, inheritance. | 3:7 |
| Promise | ἐπαγγελία / epangelia | ”a formal pledge” | প্ৰতিজ্ঞা | protigya | Medium | (background to Davidic-covenant-style promise doctrines) | Distinct from the baseline “covenant” (নিয়ম) — promise is the pledged content; covenant is the relational frame. | 1:2 |
| Truth | ἀλήθεια / alētheia | ”that which is real/reliable” | সত্য | xôtyô | Medium | Avoiding Divisive Controversies | Set in explicit contrast to μῦθος (myths); core to the “truth vs. myth” contrast running through the letter. | 1:1,1:14 |
| Myth / fable | μῦθος / mythos | ”unhistorical traditional narrative” | কল্পকাহিনী | kôlpôkahini | Medium | Avoiding Divisive Controversies | Apply narrowly to the specific errant Jewish teachings in view; never generalize into a blanket dismissal of the wider Puranic narrative tradition. | 1:14,3:9 |
| Controversy / dispute | ζήτησις, ἔρις, μάχη / zētēsis, eris, machē | ”speculative inquiry, strife, quarrel” | বাদ-বিবাদ | bad-bibad | Medium | Avoiding Divisive Controversies | Core vocabulary of the doctrine’s namesake passage (3:9). | 3:9 |
| Divisive person | αἱρετικὸς ἄνθρωπος / hairetikos anthrōpos | ”a person of factious/self-chosen error” | বিভেদজনক লোক | bibhedjônôk lok | Medium | Avoiding Divisive Controversies | Names the person subject to a specific two-warning church-discipline process (3:10). | 3:10 |
| Hope | ἐλπίς / elpis | ”confident forward-looking expectation” | আশা | axa | Medium | Salvation; Eternal Life | Distinguish from fatalistic resignation about an unknown future rebirth; Christian hope is a certainty grounded in God’s character. | 1:2,2:13,3:7 |
| Conscience | συνείδησις / syneidēsis | ”inner faculty evaluating one’s own conduct” | বিবেক | bibek | Medium | Sound Doctrine and Good Works | Distinguish from an impersonal cosmic law of moral cause-and-effect. | 1:15 |
| Devout (personal piety) | ὅσιος / hosios | ”personally pious toward God” | ভক্তিশীল | bhôktixil | Medium | Qualifications for Elders | Distinct from ἅγιος/পবিত্ৰ (positional set-apartness, baseline term); names personal devoutness of character. | 1:8 |
| Just / upright (character) | δίκαιος / dikaios | ”morally upright in dealing with others” | ন্যায়পৰায়ণ | nyayôpôrayôn | Medium | Qualifications for Elders | Deliberately not ধাৰ্মিক, to keep the character-adjective sense visually distinct from the forensic noun ধাৰ্মিকতা. | 1:8 |
| Pure / defiled | καθαρός / μεμιαμμένος / katharos / memiammenos | ”clean” / “stained, defiled” | শুচি / অশুচি | xuci / ôxuci | Medium | Sound Doctrine and Good Works | Names inward moral condition, not ceremonial food/ritual-purity categories; reuses the baseline’s existing শুচি/পবিত্ৰ distinction note. | 1:15 |
| Servant/slave of God | δοῦλος θεοῦ / doulos theou | ”one wholly owned by God” | ঈশ্বৰৰ দাস | Iswôror das | Medium | (frames Submission to Authority) | Deliberate contrast with δουλεύοντες ἐπιθυμίαις (“enslaved to passions,” 3:3) — every person serves some master; the gospel transfers ownership. | 1:1 |
| Preaching / proclamation | κήρυγμα / kērygma | ”the content of authoritative preaching” | প্ৰচাৰ | prôcar | Medium | (connects to baseline Mission entry) | Connects directly to the baseline’s established সুসমাচাৰ প্ৰচাৰ phrase. | 1:3 |
| Philanthropy / love for mankind | φιλανθρωπία / philanthrōpia | ”love of humankind” | মানৱপ্ৰেম | manôbprem | Medium | Grace That Trains for Godly Living | Grounds God’s saving initiative in universal benevolence toward humanity, echoing 2:11’s “to all people.” | 3:4 |
| Genealogy | γενεαλογία / genealogia | ”tracing of ancestral lineage” | বংশ তালিকা | bôngxô talika | Low | Avoiding Divisive Controversies | Must be distinguished from the baseline’s positive use of lineage in “seed of David” — genealogy itself is not condemned, only divisive speculative use of it. | 3:9 |
| Blasphemy / slander | βλασφημέω / blasphēmeō | ”to speak injuriously” | নিন্দা কৰা | ninda kôra | Medium | (missional credibility) | Same verb used of reviling God’s word (2:5) and slandering people (3:2) — reputational damage to the gospel through conduct. | 2:5,3:2 |
| Gentleness | πραΰτης, ἐπιεικής / prautēs, epieikēs | ”meekness, considerateness” | মৃদুতা | mriduôta | Low | Submission to Authority (ethic) | Strength under control, not weakness. | 3:2 |
| Endurance | ὑπομονή / hypomonē | ”patient steadfastness” | সহনশীলতা | xôhonxilôta | Low | Grace That Trains for Godly Living | — | 2:2 |
| Elect / chosen (adj.) | ἐκλεκτός / eklektos | ”selected by divine choice” | ঈশ্বৰৰ মনোনীত | Iswôror monônitô | High | (extends baseline Election entry) | Ties directly to the existing baseline “election” doctrine entry; not fate or karma-determined destiny. | 1:1 |
| Older man / older woman (age category) | πρεσβύτης / πρεσβύτις | ”senior in age” | বুঢ়া মানুহ / বুঢ়ী মহিলা | budha manuh / budhi môhila | Medium | Sound Doctrine and Good Works | Must be kept visually distinct from the office-term প্ৰাচীন (elder, πρεσβύτερος) despite the shared root in Greek. | 2:2,2:3 |
| Pattern / model | τύπος / typos | ”an example to be copied” | আৰ্হি | arhi | Low | Sound Doctrine and Good Works | — | 2:7 |
| Beneficial / profitable | ὠφέλιμος / ōphelimos | ”of practical benefit” | উপকাৰী | upôkari | Low | Sound Doctrine and Good Works | — | 3:8 |
| Faithful saying (formula) | πιστὸς ὁ λόγος / pistos ho logos | ”trustworthy is the word” | এই বচন বিশ্বাসযোগ্য | ei bôcôn biswaxjogyô | Low | Salvation by Grace not Works | Fixed Pastoral-Epistle authenticating formula. | 3:8 |
| Blameless | ἀνέγκλητος / anenklētos | ”not open to accusation” | নিন্দাৰহিত | nindarôhitô | Low | Qualifications for Elders | — | 1:6,1:7 |
| Insubordinate / rebellious | ἀνυπότακτος / anypotaktos | ”not subject to authority” | অবাধ্য / বিদ্রোহী | obadhyô / bidrohi | Medium | Submission to Authority (antonym) | Direct antonym of ὑποτάσσω; shared root spans both the household-code and false-teacher polemic sections. | 1:6,1:10 |
Table 3 — Proper Names (Established Assamese Bible Society Forms)
| English | Greek | Assamese | Risk |
|---|---|---|---|
| Titus | Τίτος | তীত | Low |
| Paul | Παῦλος | পৌল | Low (baseline-consistent) |
| Crete / Cretans | Κρήτη / Κρῆτες | ক্রীতী / ক্রীতীয়া | Low |
| Artemas | Ἀρτεμᾶς | আৰ্তেমা | Low |
| Tychicus | Τυχικός | তুখিক | Low |
| Zenas | Ζηνᾶς | জীনা | Low |
| Apollos | Ἀπολλῶς | আপল্লো | Low |
| Nicopolis | Νικόπολις | নীকপলি | Low |
Priority Flags for Phase 2
Absolute-priority Critical terms requiring mandatory theologian review at every occurrence:
- Regeneration (παλιγγενεσία) — আত্মিক নতুন জন্ম
- Works, in salvation-negation contexts (ἔργα) — কাম (never কৰ্ম)
- Savior (σωτήρ) — পৰিত্ৰাণকৰ্তা
- Eternal life (ζωὴ αἰώνιος) — অনন্ত জীৱন
- Appearing/Epiphany (ἐπιφάνεια) — প্ৰকাশিত হ’ল
- Redemption (λυτρόω) — মুক্ত কৰা (verb only)
- Titus 2:13’s “great God and Savior” clause — Deity of Christ proof-text
High-priority terms requiring theologian review: 8. Mercy (ἔλεος) — কৃপা (narrow exception to baseline’s non-salvific restriction) 9. Elder / Overseer (πρεσβύτερος / ἐπίσκοπος) — প্ৰাচীন / অধ্যক্ষ 10. Submission (ὑποτάσσω) — বশীভূত হ’ব / অধীন হ’ব 11. Master, human (δεσπότης) — গৰাকী/মালিক (must never become প্ৰভু) 12. Love (ἀγάπη) — প্ৰেম 13. Godliness (εὐσέβεια) — ঈশ্বৰভক্তি 14. Sound doctrine (διδασκαλία ὑγιαίνουσα) — সুস্থ শিক্ষা 15. Washing (λουτρόν) — স্নান/ধুনি 16. Lawlessness (ἀνομία) — বিধানহীনতা
All entries in Tables 1–3 above are proposed for formal addition to translation_memory.json (version increment required) and bible_term_registry.json before any Phase 2 segment translation of Titus begins, per the escalation procedure in 12_ai_translation_requirements.md.
Critical Risk Terms
God
Approved rendering: ঈশ্বৰ
Transliteration: Iswôr
Doctrine: Deity of Christ
Rejected alternatives: ভগৱান, পৰমেশ্বৰ
Original: θεός
Category: God
Inherited from Romans package exactly. ঈশ্বৰ is the standard Assamese Bible Society term for the one true God; never ভগৱান (devotional address for a chosen deity within Vaishnavite/Ekasarana bhakti).
Jesus
Approved rendering: যীচু
Transliteration: Yisu
Doctrine: Lordship of Christ
Rejected alternatives: ঈছা
Original: Ἰησοῦς
Category: Christology
Inherited from Romans package exactly. Assamese Bible Society standard form; use for this Christian curriculum, never ঈছা (the Assamese Muslim-context form).
Christ
Approved rendering: খ্ৰীষ্ট
Transliteration: Khristo
Doctrine: Deity of Christ
Established Assamese Bible Society transliteration, codified in the Romans-package instruction document’s transliteration standards though not a standalone entry in the Romans baseline translation_memory.json itself; added here as a formal entry for Titus completeness given the frequent ‘Jesus Christ’ construction throughout the letter (1:1, 1:4, 2:13, 3:6).
Father
Approved rendering: পিতা
Transliteration: pita
Doctrine: Adoption and Inheritance
Rejected alternatives: ব্ৰহ্মা, সৃষ্টিকৰ্তা
Original: πατήρ
Category: God
Inherited from Romans package exactly. God as personal Father; used in the Titus 1:4 salutation.
Holy Spirit
Approved rendering: পবিত্ৰ আত্মা
Transliteration: pobitrô atma
Doctrine: Regeneration by the Holy Spirit
Rejected alternatives: ব্ৰহ্ম, পৰমাত্মা
Original: πνεῦμα ἅγιον
Category: God
Inherited from Romans package exactly. The third Person of the Trinity, and in Titus 3:5 the personal agent of regeneration and renewal. Never ব্ৰহ্ম or পৰমাত্মা.
Salvation
Approved rendering: পৰিত্ৰাণ
Transliteration: poritran
Doctrine: Salvation by Grace not Works
Rejected alternatives: মুক্তি, মোক্ষ, নিস্তাৰ
Original: σωτηρία / σῴζω
Category: Salvation
Inherited from Romans package exactly. NEVER মুক্তি or মোক্ষ. Occurs at Titus 2:11 (grace bringing salvation) and 3:5 (God saved us) as verb পৰিত্ৰাণ কৰা.
Justification
Approved rendering: ধাৰ্মিক বুলি গণ্য কৰা
Transliteration: dharmik buli gonyô kôra
Doctrine: Justification by Faith
Rejected alternatives: ক্ষমা পোৱা, পুণ্য লাভ কৰা
Original: δικαίωσις / δικαιόω
Category: Salvation
Inherited from Romans package exactly. At Titus 3:7 render the passive participial form as ধাৰ্মিক বুলি গণিত হৈ (‘having been declared righteous’). Never shorten to ক্ষমা পোৱা.
Righteousness
Approved rendering: ধাৰ্মিকতা
Transliteration: dharmikôta
Doctrine: Salvation by Grace not Works
Rejected alternatives: ধৰ্ম, পুণ্য, ন্যায়
Original: δικαιοσύνη
Category: Salvation
Inherited from Romans package exactly. Titus 3:5 uses this word of the rejected human ‘works done in righteousness’; a mandatory contextual note distinguishing this from the imputed righteousness received by faith (Titus 3:7, and Romans 4) must accompany this occurrence, since a single Assamese lexeme spans both senses here in close proximity.
Savior
Approved rendering: পৰিত্ৰাণকৰ্তা
Transliteration: poritrankôrta
Doctrine: Salvation by Grace not Works
Original: σωτήρ
Category: Christology
NEW. Built on the established পৰিত্ৰাণ root. Grounded collision: the Sanskrit-derived cognate paritrāṇa occurs in Bhagavad Gītā 4.8 describing Krishna’s periodic avatar-descent ‘for the deliverance of the righteous.’ Mandatory translator note at first occurrence distinguishing Christ’s single, historical, once-for-all saving act (also applied to God the Father, Titus 1:3/3:4, and to Jesus Christ, 1:4/2:13/3:6) from a repeatable avatar-rescue pattern.
Great God And Savior
Approved rendering: আমাৰ মহান ঈশ্বৰ আৰু পৰিত্ৰাণকৰ্তা যীচু খ্ৰীষ্ট
Transliteration: amar môhan Iswôr aru poritrankôrta Yisu Khristo
Doctrine: Deity of Christ
Rejected alternatives: আমাৰ মহান ঈশ্বৰ, আৰু ত্ৰাণকৰ্তা যীচু খ্ৰীষ্ট (comma/conjunction-split rendering implying two separate referents)
Original: ὁ μέγας θεὸς καὶ σωτὴρ ἡμῶν Ἰησοῦς Χριστός
Category: Christology
NEW. Titus 2:13’s Granville Sharp construction (a single Greek article governing both ‘God’ and ‘Savior,’ both applied to the one referent, Jesus Christ) is a primary NT proof-text for Christ’s full deity. Must preserve single-referent grammar unambiguously as one unbroken descriptive phrase over Jesus Christ; any Assamese phrasing readable as two distinct figures destroys the verse’s doctrinal force. Mandatory theologian review at every occurrence; back-translation must be checked specifically for accidental referent-splitting.
Epiphany
Approved rendering: প্ৰকাশিত হ’ল / প্ৰকাশ
Transliteration: prôkaxitô hôlô / prôkax
Doctrine: Epiphany of Christ (First and Second Coming)
Rejected alternatives: অৱতৰিত হ’ল (avatar-descended, permanently forbidden)
Original: ἐπιφάνεια / ἐπιφαίνω
Category: Christology
NEW. The ἐπιφαίνω/ἐπιφάνεια word family structures the core passage around three deliberate ‘appearings’: grace’s first appearing (2:11), Christ’s future glorious appearing (2:13), and God’s kindness appearing (3:4). Shares the Romans baseline’s Critical incarnation-avatar collision risk documented for দেহধাৰণ; mandatory translator note at every occurrence: ‘a single, historical, unrepeatable appearing, not a periodic divine descent.‘
Redemption
Approved rendering: মুক্ত কৰা
Transliteration: mukto kôra
Doctrine: Redemption from Sin
Rejected alternatives: মুক্তি (noun form, permanently forbidden)
Original: λυτρόω
Category: Salvation
NEW. Verb only, describing Christ’s one-time ransoming self-giving act (Titus 2:14) that frees believers from lawlessness. Never the noun মুক্তি, permanently forbidden per the Romans baseline for salvation-adjacent doctrine because it denotes escape from the সংসাৰ rebirth-cycle. Mandatory note: a one-time act of Christ’s self-giving, not liberation achieved through merit, ritual, or gnosis.
Works
Approved rendering: কাম
Transliteration: kam
Doctrine: Salvation by Grace not Works
Rejected alternatives: কৰ্ম (permanently forbidden in this construction)
Original: ἔργα
Category: Salvation
NEW — the highest-frequency Critical term in the book (Titus 1:16, 3:5, 3:8, 3:14). Titus 3:5 explicitly negates ‘works done by us in righteousness’ as the ground of salvation. কৰ্ম (karma) activates the entire karma-merit-rebirth framework this verse excludes; কাম (neutral ‘deed’) is required system-wide, with a mandatory contrastive translator note at every occurrence, positive or negative.
Good Works
Approved rendering: ভাল কাম
Transliteration: bhal kam
Doctrine: Sound Doctrine and Good Works
Rejected alternatives: কৰ্ম-based constructions, সৎকৰ্ম (usable only with extreme caution in formal register, never as the default rendering)
Original: καλὰ / ἀγαθὰ ἔργα
Category: Salvation
NEW. Morally excellent, beneficial deeds — the visible fruit of grace commended throughout Titus (1:16, 2:7, 2:14, 3:1, 3:8, 3:14). Same কৰ্ম-root caution as ‘works’ applies; even as grace’s fruit, must never read as merit that produces or maintains salvation.
Eternal Life
Approved rendering: অনন্ত জীৱন
Transliteration: ônôntô jibôn
Doctrine: Eternal Life and Christian Hope
Rejected alternatives: মোক্ষ, any ‘endless favorable-rebirth chain’ framing
Original: ζωὴ αἰώνιος
Category: Salvation
NEW. Unending, personal, relational life in communion with God through Christ (Titus 1:2, 3:7). Must be sharply distinguished from মোক্ষ (release from the rebirth-cycle into impersonal absorption/cessation) and from an endless chain of favorable rebirths accumulated through merit. Mandatory translator note at first occurrence.
Regeneration
Approved rendering: আত্মিক নতুন জন্ম
Transliteration: atmik notun jônmo
Doctrine: Regeneration by the Holy Spirit
Rejected alternatives: পুনৰ্জন্ম (permanently forbidden), জন্ম used alone without qualification
Original: παλιγγενεσία
Category: Salvation
NEW — the single highest syncretism risk in the entire curriculum. παλιγγενεσία (‘again-birth,’ Titus 3:5) is literally identical in concept-shape to পুনৰ্জন্ম (rebirth/reincarnation within সংসাৰ), the term the Romans baseline permanently forbids for ‘resurrection.’ আত্মিক নতুন জন্ম deliberately avoids the জন্ম-alone/পুনৰ- construction. Mandatory theologian-reviewed translator note at EVERY occurrence, not just first use: ‘a single, permanent, Spirit-wrought spiritual birth into eternal life, not a rebirth into a new physical body within an ongoing cycle, and not achievable through ritual, religious effort, or merit.‘
High Risk Terms
Glory
Approved rendering: মহিমা
Transliteration: môhima
Doctrine: Epiphany of Christ (First and Second Coming)
Rejected alternatives: দেৱজ্যোতি, তেজ
Original: δόξα
Category: God
Inherited from Romans package exactly. Object of the church’s future hope at Titus 2:13 (‘the appearing of the glory of our great God and Savior’).
Grace
Approved rendering: অনুগ্ৰহ
Transliteration: anugrôh
Doctrine: Grace That Trains for Godly Living
Rejected alternatives: কৃপা, দয়া, বৰ, সৌভাগ্য, পুণ্য
Original: χάρις
Category: Salvation
Inherited from Romans package exactly. In Titus, grace is personified as the acting/training subject (2:11-12) and the instrumental ground of justification (3:7). Must remain visually and lexically distinct from the NEW terms ‘mercy’ (কৃপা) and ‘kindness’ (সদাশয়তা) so that Paul’s deliberate three-fold vocabulary of divine disposition in 3:4-5 is not flattened into a single Assamese word.
Faith
Approved rendering: বিশ্বাস
Transliteration: biswax
Doctrine: Faith
Rejected alternatives: শ্ৰদ্ধা, ভক্তি
Original: πίστις / πιστεύω
Category: Faith
Inherited from Romans package exactly. Titus 2:10 uses πίστις in the contextual sense of ‘faithfulness/fidelity in conduct’ rather than saving trust; flag this contextual nuance without changing the rendering. Never ভক্তি.
Election
Approved rendering: ঈশ্বৰৰ মনোনয়ন
Transliteration: Iswôror monônoyon
Doctrine: Election and Calling
Rejected alternatives: ভাগ্য, নিয়তি, কপাল
Original: ἐκλεκτός / ἐκλογή
Category: Salvation
Inherited from Romans package exactly (root form). See the NEW entry ‘elect_people’ below for the Titus 1:1 adjectival extension (‘God’s elect’).
Adoption
Approved rendering: পোহাপুত্ৰ স্বৰূপে গ্ৰহণ
Transliteration: puhaputrô sôrupe grôhon
Doctrine: Adoption and Inheritance
Rejected alternatives: পোহনিয়া কৰা
Inherited from Romans package exactly. Provides the doctrinal frame for the NEW term ‘heir’ (উত্তৰাধিকাৰী) introduced at Titus 3:7: adopted sons receive a full, not partial, inheritance.
Mercy
Approved rendering: কৃপা
Transliteration: kripa
Doctrine: Salvation by Grace not Works
Original: ἔλεος
Category: Salvation
NEW — a narrow, intentional exception to the Romans baseline’s general restriction of কৃপা to non-salvific contexts. Titus 3:5 uses ἔλεος (distinct from χάρις/grace) as Paul’s deliberate soteriological term. কৃপা renders ἔλεος specifically and must never be substituted for or interchanged with অনুগ্ৰহ (grace).
Washing
Approved rendering: স্নান / ধুনি
Transliteration: snan / dhuni
Doctrine: Regeneration by the Holy Spirit
Original: λουτρόν
Category: Salvation
NEW. The instrumental means (‘by the washing…’) through which God saved believers (Titus 3:5), widely understood as pointing to baptism signifying the inward reality of regeneration. Grounded collision with ritual bathing for sin-removal/merit (e.g., holy-river bathing) prominent in Assamese Hindu devotional life. Mandatory note: names the Spirit’s inward regenerating work signified by baptism, not a ritual act that itself produces or merits spiritual cleansing.
Elect People
Approved rendering: ঈশ্বৰৰ মনোনীত লোক
Transliteration: Iswôror monônitô lok
Doctrine: Election and Calling
Rejected alternatives: ভাগ্য, নিয়তি, কপাল
NEW — extends the baseline ‘election’ root (ঈশ্বৰৰ মনোনয়ন) into the Titus 1:1 adjectival phrase ‘the faith of God’s elect.’ Must never be softened into impersonal fate, destiny, or a devotee’s own achievement of chosen-status through spiritual practice.
Lawlessness
Approved rendering: বিধানহীনতা
Transliteration: bidhanhinôta
Doctrine: Redemption from Sin
Rejected alternatives: অধৰ্ম (permanently rejected in the Romans baseline for ‘sin’)
Original: ἀνομία
Category: Salvation
NEW. Built transparently on the established বিধান (law) root; the condition from which Christ’s redemptive self-giving frees believers (Titus 2:14). Must not be rendered অধৰ্ম.
Elder
Approved rendering: প্ৰাচীন
Transliteration: procin
Doctrine: Qualifications for Elders
Rejected alternatives: গুৰু (permanently forbidden)
Original: πρεσβύτερος
Category: Church
NEW. An appointed leader of a local congregation, qualified by tested character and household management, not lineage (Titus 1:5-9). Grounded collision: the Ekasarana Dharma tradition centers congregational-parallel life on the Satradhikar, a hereditary or guru-succession-based head of a Satra institution. Mandatory distinguishing note at first occurrence: character-and-household-based, not lineage-based.
Overseer
Approved rendering: অধ্যক্ষ
Transliteration: odhyokkho
Doctrine: Qualifications for Elders
Rejected alternatives: গুৰু (permanently forbidden)
Original: ἐπίσκοπος
Category: Church
NEW. Same office as πρεσβύτερος/elder in Titus 1:7, viewed from its supervisory function. Same Satradhikar-collision note as ‘elder’ applies.
People For Possession
Approved rendering: নিজৰ বিশেষ প্ৰজা
Transliteration: nizôr bixex prôja
Doctrine: Redemption from Sin
Original: λαὸς περιούσιος
Category: Church
NEW. God’s own treasured possession-people, purified by Christ’s self-giving (Titus 2:14), echoing Exodus 19:5. Ties directly to the Romans baseline’s Church-as-God’s-People and Election doctrines; must retain the corporate, covenantal sense, not a caste- or lineage-restricted group.
Godliness
Approved rendering: ঈশ্বৰভক্তি
Transliteration: Iswôrbhôkti
Doctrine: Godliness and Piety
Original: εὐσέβεια
Category: Sanctification
NEW. Reverence toward God expressed in conduct, the visible fruit grace produces (Titus 1:1, 2:12). Built on the ভক্তি root the baseline already flags as unsuitable for ‘faith’ due to Ekasarana naam-tradition devotional associations; qualifying it with ঈশ্বৰ (not an ista-devata) is judged necessary and sufficient, but every occurrence should be understood as grace-produced Christian godliness of conduct, not devotional bhakti practice.
Love
Approved rendering: প্ৰেম
Transliteration: prem
Doctrine: Household and Social Ethics
Original: ἀγάπη
Category: Sanctification
NEW. Selfless, other-directed love characterizing right relationships within the household and community (Titus 2:2). Collision with Assamese Vaishnavite/Ekasarana prema-bhakti — passionate devotional love for a chosen deity through naam-kirtan. Must be understood as covenantal, self-giving, others-directed love flowing from union with Christ, not devotional ecstatic practice; no viable single-word alternative exists — this is a fencing problem, not a missing-word problem.
Training
Approved rendering: প্ৰশিক্ষিত কৰা
Transliteration: prôxikkhitô kôra
Doctrine: Grace That Trains for Godly Living
Rejected alternatives: সাধনা (spiritual discipline/practice, explicitly rejected)
Original: παιδεύω
Category: Sanctification
NEW. Grace’s active, formative work shaping believers’ character (Titus 2:12) — the fruit of salvation already given, not a precondition for receiving it. Must not be read through the Ekasarana/guru-shishya frame of a disciple’s disciplined progress toward self-earned spiritual merit; mandatory note that grace trains as a result of, not a precondition for, the gift already given.
Submission
Approved rendering: বশীভূত হ’ব / অধীন হ’ব
Transliteration: bôxibhut hôbo / odhin hôbo
Doctrine: Submission to Authority
Original: ὑποτάσσω
Category: Church
NEW. To place oneself under legitimate authority; used of wives to husbands (2:5), servants to masters (2:9), and citizens to civil rulers (3:1). Assamese Hindu society retains residual caste/status-based hierarchy; must be explicitly distinguished from birth-determined subordination — this is a voluntary gospel ethic, never a statement of a person’s lesser worth or dignity before God.
Master Human
Approved rendering: গৰাকী / মালিক
Transliteration: gôraki / malik
Doctrine: Submission to Authority
Rejected alternatives: প্ৰভু (absolutely forbidden — reserved exclusively for Christ’s/God’s supreme Lordship)
Original: δεσπότης
Category: Church
NEW. A master with absolute household authority over a servant/slave (Titus 2:9). Must NEVER be rendered প্ৰভু; conflation would dilute that title’s Christological exclusivity. A discipline problem more than a vocabulary problem — the correct word already exists and must simply never be swapped for the wrong one.
Sound Doctrine
Approved rendering: সুস্থ শিক্ষা
Transliteration: susthô xikkha
Doctrine: Sound Doctrine and Good Works
Original: διδασκαλία ὑγιαίνουσα
Category: Church
NEW. Spiritually healthy, non-corrupting teaching that conforms to the apostolic gospel (Titus 1:9, 1:13, 2:1, 2:2, 2:8). Must be distinguished from the Ekasarana tradition’s own near-canonical devotional literature (the Assamese Bhagavata, Sankardev’s compositions) treated with devotional authority in Namghar worship; সুস্থ শিক্ষা names teaching that conforms specifically to the apostolic gospel.
Universal Scope
Approved rendering: সকলো মানুহলৈ
Transliteration: xôkôlo manuhloi
Doctrine: Universal Scope of Grace
Original: πᾶσιν ἀνθρώποις
Category: Salvation
NEW. ‘To all people’ — the unqualified universal scope of grace’s saving offer (Titus 2:11). Parallel to the Romans baseline’s Universal Scope of the Gospel doctrine; must not be softened or read as limited to a spiritual elite (e.g., initiated bhaktas) or to a particular caste, tribal, or ethnic group.
Medium Risk Terms
Apostle
Approved rendering: প্ৰেৰিত
Transliteration: prerito
Doctrine: Election and Calling
Rejected alternatives: দূত, গুৰু
Original: ἀπόστολος
Category: Church
Inherited from Romans package exactly. Grounds Paul’s authority at Titus 1:1. গুৰু must never be used, for the identical Satradhikar/guru-succession collision reason as in the Romans baseline.
Peace
Approved rendering: শান্তি
Transliteration: xanti
Doctrine: Peace with God
Rejected alternatives: সুখ, প্ৰশান্তি
Inherited from Romans package exactly. Occurs in the Titus 1:4 salutation.
Mission
Approved rendering: সুসমাচাৰ প্ৰচাৰ
Transliteration: xusomacar prôcar
Doctrine: Mission and Gospel Proclamation
Original: κήρυγμα (related)
Category: Church
Inherited from Romans package exactly. Avoids মিছন’s loaded 19th-century American Baptist Mission institutional associations; used contextually at Titus 1:2-3.
Kindness
Approved rendering: সদাশয়তা
Transliteration: sôdaxôyôta
Doctrine: Grace That Trains for Godly Living
Rejected alternatives: অনুগ্ৰহ (already reserved for ‘grace’), কৃপা (already reserved for ‘mercy’)
Original: χρηστότης
Category: God
NEW. God’s benevolent disposition motivating the saving act (Titus 3:4), distinct from grace (χάρις) and mercy (ἔλεος). Must remain visually distinct from both so Paul’s deliberate three-fold vocabulary of divine disposition is not flattened into one Assamese word.
Philanthropy
Approved rendering: মানৱপ্ৰেম
Transliteration: manôbprem
Doctrine: Grace That Trains for Godly Living
Original: φιλανθρωπία
Category: God
NEW. God’s love for humankind in general, grounding the saving initiative of Titus 3:4; echoes the universal scope of grace already stated in 2:11 (‘to all people’).
Renewal
Approved rendering: নবীকৰণ
Transliteration: nôbikôron
Doctrine: Regeneration by the Holy Spirit
Original: ἀνακαίνωσις
Category: Salvation
NEW. Paired with regeneration (Titus 3:5) as a second, process-oriented description of the same Spirit-wrought change. Lower risk than regeneration itself but must be anchored explicitly to পবিত্ৰ আত্মা (Holy Spirit) every occurrence to avoid a generic self-improvement reading.
Heir
Approved rendering: উত্তৰাধিকাৰী
Transliteration: uttôradhikari
Doctrine: Adoption and Inheritance
Original: κληρονόμος
Category: Salvation
NEW. One who receives an inheritance; believers become heirs of eternal life through justification (Titus 3:7). Extends the baseline adoption doctrine (পোহাপুত্ৰ স্বৰূপে গ্ৰহণ) — cross-reference explicitly so students see adopted sons receive a full, not partial, inheritance, never a merit-proportional reward for good works performed.
Hope
Approved rendering: আশা
Transliteration: axa
Doctrine: Eternal Life and Christian Hope
Original: ἐλπίς
Category: Salvation
NEW. Confident, forward-looking expectation grounded in God’s character (Titus 1:2, 2:13, 3:7), not mere wishing. Must be distinguished from fatalistic resignation about an unknown future rebirth; Christian hope is a certainty, not karmic uncertainty about accumulated merit.
Truth
Approved rendering: সত্য
Transliteration: xôtyô
Doctrine: Truth versus Myth
Original: ἀλήθεια
Category: Faith
NEW. That which is real/reliable, set in explicit contrast to μῦθος/myths (Titus 1:1, 1:14). Core to the truth-vs-myth contrast running through the letter.
Knowledge Of Truth
Approved rendering: সত্যৰ পূর্ণ জ্ঞান
Transliteration: xôtyôr purnô gyan
Doctrine: Truth versus Myth
Original: ἐπίγνωσις ἀληθείας
Category: Faith
NEW. Full, precise, doctrinally accurate knowledge of the gospel (Titus 1:1), not private spiritual insight or intuition.
Myth
Approved rendering: কল্পকাহিনী
Transliteration: kôlpôkahini
Doctrine: Avoiding Divisive Controversies
Original: μῦθος
Category: Faith
NEW. Unhistorical, traditional/fictional narrative naming the specific errant Jewish teaching troubling the Cretan churches (Titus 1:14, 3:9). Must be applied narrowly to this specific errant teaching, never generalized into a blanket dismissal of the destination culture’s own extensive Puranic narrative tradition — the risk direction here is excessive dismissiveness, not syncretism.
Preaching
Approved rendering: প্ৰচাৰ
Transliteration: prôcar
Doctrine: Mission and Gospel Proclamation
Rejected alternatives: মিছন
Original: κήρυγμα
Category: Church
NEW. The content/act of authoritative public proclamation of the gospel message (Titus 1:3). Connects directly to the baseline’s established সুসমাচাৰ প্ৰচাৰ phrase.
Steward Of God
Approved rendering: ঈশ্বৰৰ গৃহ-পৰিচালক
Transliteration: Iswôror grihô-poricalôk
Doctrine: Qualifications for Elders
Rejected alternatives: ব্যবস্থাপক (too commercial/secular), Satra ভাণ্ডাৰী (too institution-specific)
Original: οἰκονόμος θεοῦ
Category: Church
NEW. A household-manager entrusted with another’s resources; applied to the overseer (Titus 1:7). Frames leadership as entrusted stewardship, not personal ownership or dynastic entitlement. Resolved by descriptive compound since no single Assamese noun captures the sense without importing either a secular-corporate or an institution-specific religious register.
Older Man Woman
Approved rendering: বুঢ়া মানুহ / বুঢ়ী মহিলা
Transliteration: budha manuh / budhi môhila
Doctrine: Household and Social Ethics
Original: πρεσβύτης / πρεσβύτις
Category: Church
NEW. Senior members of the congregation by age (Titus 2:2-3), distinct from the church office πρεσβύτερος/elder. Must be kept visually and lexically distinct from প্ৰাচীন despite the shared Greek root, to prevent readers from mistaking every senior congregant for an office-holder.
Divisive Person
Approved rendering: বিভেদজনক লোক
Transliteration: bibhedjônôk lok
Doctrine: Church Discipline for Divisive Persons
Original: αἱρετικὸς ἄνθρωπος
Category: Church
NEW. A person characterized by persistent, self-chosen factious error, subject to a specific two-warning church-discipline process (Titus 3:10). Must not be confused with any Satra-institution disciplinary process under a Satradhikar’s authority.
Servant Of God
Approved rendering: ঈশ্বৰৰ দাস
Transliteration: Iswôror das
Doctrine: Qualifications for Elders
Rejected alternatives: ভক্ত (implies achiever-devotee status)
Original: δοῦλος θεοῦ
Category: Church
NEW. One wholly owned by and obligated to serve God; Paul’s self-designation (Titus 1:1). Sets up a deliberate later contrast with δουλεύοντες ἐπιθυμίαις (‘enslaved to passions,’ 3:3) — every person serves some master; the gospel transfers ownership. Never substitute ভক্ত, which imports an Ekasarana devotional-achiever connotation.
Ungodliness
Approved rendering: ভক্তিহীনতা
Transliteration: bhôktihinôta
Doctrine: Grace That Trains for Godly Living
Original: ἀσέβεια
Category: Sanctification
NEW. Irreverence toward God, the condition grace trains believers to renounce (Titus 2:12). Direct antonym of godliness; lower risk since the negation itself removes ambiguity.
Self Control
Approved rendering: আত্মসংযমী / সংযত
Transliteration: atmôxôngyômi / xôngyôtô
Doctrine: Grace That Trains for Godly Living
Original: σωφρόνως / σώφρων / ἐγκρατής
Category: Sanctification
NEW. Mastery over one’s own desires and impulses, part of the trained, godly life (Titus 1:8, 2:2, 2:12). Describes trained ethical conduct flowing from grace, not ascetic self-discipline practiced for merit as among Satra bhakats.
Devout
Approved rendering: ভক্তিশীল
Transliteration: bhôktixil
Doctrine: Qualifications for Elders
Original: ὅσιος
Category: Sanctification
NEW. Personal piety/devoutness toward God, an elder-qualification adjective (Titus 1:8). Distinct from ἅγιος/পবিত্ৰ (positional set-apartness, baseline term); names personal devoutness of character.
Just Upright
Approved rendering: ন্যায়পৰায়ণ
Transliteration: nyayôpôrayôn
Doctrine: Qualifications for Elders
Rejected alternatives: ধাৰ্মিক (deliberately avoided here)
Original: δίκαιος
Category: Church
NEW. Morally upright in one’s dealings with others, an elder-qualification adjective (Titus 1:8). Deliberately rendered ন্যায়পৰায়ণ, not ধাৰ্মিক, to keep this character-adjective sense visually distinct from the forensic noun ধাৰ্মিকতা (justification/righteousness).
Pure Defiled
Approved rendering: শুচি / অশুচি
Transliteration: xuci / ôxuci
Doctrine: Sound Doctrine and Good Works
Original: καθαρός / μεμιαμμένος
Category: Sanctification
NEW. Moral-spiritual purity or defilement of the inner mind and conscience (Titus 1:15), not ceremonial food-purity classification. Reuses the baseline’s existing শুচি/পবিত্ৰ distinction; names inward moral condition, not ritual food-purity categories akin to Hindu ceremonial-purity practice.
Conscience
Approved rendering: বিবেক
Transliteration: bibek
Doctrine: Sound Doctrine and Good Works
Original: συνείδησις
Category: Sanctification
NEW. The inner moral faculty evaluating one’s own conduct against a moral standard (Titus 1:15). Distinguish from an impersonal cosmic law of moral cause-and-effect.
Authority Ruler
Approved rendering: শাসনকৰ্তা / কৰ্তৃত্ব
Transliteration: xaxonkôrta / kôrtritwô
Doctrine: Submission to Authority
Rejected alternatives: ঈশ্বৰৰ শক্তি (must never be used for human authority)
Original: ἀρχή / ἐξουσία
Category: Church
NEW. Human civil governmental rulers and their delegated power (Titus 3:1). Distinct referent from the baseline’s High-risk term for God’s own saving power; must not be confused with or rendered using that phrase. Must also not be read against the historically contested question of regional political sovereignty in Assam (the Ahom-kingdom legacy already noted in the Romans baseline for ‘kingdom of God’).
Insubordinate
Approved rendering: অবাধ্য / বিদ্রোহী
Transliteration: obadhyô / bidrohi
Doctrine: Submission to Authority
Original: ἀνυπότακτος
Category: Church
NEW. Rebellious, resistant to authority; used of unruly children (1:6) and false teachers (1:10). Direct antonym of ὑποτάσσω/submission, spanning both the household-code and false-teacher polemic sections.
Blasphemy
Approved rendering: নিন্দা কৰা
Transliteration: ninda kôra
Doctrine: Mission and Gospel Proclamation
Original: βλασφημέω
Category: Church
NEW. To speak injuriously; used of both reviling God’s word through poor conduct (2:5) and slandering people (3:2). Reputational damage to the gospel through believers’ visible conduct.
Desire
Approved rendering: অভিলাষ
Transliteration: ôbhilax
Doctrine: Grace That Trains for Godly Living
Original: ἐπιθυμία
Category: Sanctification
NEW. Disordered craving; the desires grace teaches believers to renounce (Titus 2:12), and the passions enslaving the pre-conversion life (3:3). A neutral-to-negative desire word requiring context.
Reprove
Approved rendering: অনুযোগ কৰা
Transliteration: ônuyog kôra
Doctrine: Sound Doctrine and Good Works
Original: ἐλέγχω
Category: Church
NEW. To correct by exposing fault, used of refuting false teachers (1:9, 1:13) and Titus’s own teaching ministry (2:15). Authoritative correction distinct from harsh condemnation.
Cleanse
Approved rendering: শুচি কৰা
Transliteration: xuci kôra
Doctrine: Redemption from Sin
Original: καθαρίζω
Category: Sanctification
NEW. Christ’s own moral-relational purifying work creating a holy people for himself (Titus 2:14). Distinguish from Hindu ritual purification practices (e.g., holy-river bathing, Namghar entry-purity customs); this is Christ’s moral-relational cleansing act, not a ritual.
Controversy
Approved rendering: বাদ-বিবাদ
Transliteration: bad-bibad
Doctrine: Avoiding Divisive Controversies
Original: ζήτησις / ἔρις / μάχη
Category: Church
NEW. Foolish speculative disputes and quarrels over the law and genealogies, to be avoided (Titus 3:9). Core vocabulary of the letter’s namesake doctrine.
Promise
Approved rendering: প্ৰতিজ্ঞা
Transliteration: protigya
Doctrine: Eternal Life and Christian Hope
Original: ἐπαγγελία
Category: Covenant
NEW. God’s formal pledge of eternal life, made before the ages began (Titus 1:2). Distinct from the baseline’s ‘covenant’ (নিয়ম) — promise is the specific pledged content, while covenant is the relational bond/frame.
Low Risk Terms
Exhort
Approved rendering: উৎসাহিত কৰা
Transliteration: utxahitô kôra
Doctrine: Mutual Edification
Original: παρακαλέω
Category: Faith
Inherited from Romans package exactly. Used at Titus 2:15 (‘exhort and reprove with all authority’).
Endurance
Approved rendering: সহনশীলতা
Transliteration: xôhonxilôta
Doctrine: Grace That Trains for Godly Living
Original: ὑπομονή
Category: Sanctification
NEW. Patient steadfastness under trial, part of the older men’s character profile (Titus 2:2). Standard ethical vocabulary; minimal doctrinal risk.
Gentleness
Approved rendering: মৃদুতা
Transliteration: mriduôta
Doctrine: Submission to Authority
Original: πραΰτης / ἐπιεικής
Category: Church
NEW. Meekness and considerateness toward all people (Titus 3:2) — strength under control, not weakness. Standard ethical vocabulary; minimal doctrinal risk.
Genealogy
Approved rendering: বংশ তালিকা
Transliteration: bôngxô talika
Doctrine: Avoiding Divisive Controversies
Original: γενεαλογία
Category: Church
NEW. Speculative tracing of ancestral lineage, condemned here as a source of division (Titus 3:9). Must be distinguished from the baseline’s positive, doctrinally load-bearing use of lineage language in ‘seed of David’; genealogy itself is not condemned, only its speculative and divisive use.
Blameless
Approved rendering: নিন্দাৰহিত
Transliteration: nindarôhitô
Doctrine: Qualifications for Elders
Original: ἀνέγκλητος
Category: Church
NEW. Not open to valid accusation; a foundational elder-qualification term (Titus 1:6-7). Standard character vocabulary; minimal doctrinal risk.
Pattern
Approved rendering: আৰ্হি
Transliteration: arhi
Doctrine: Sound Doctrine and Good Works
Original: τύπος
Category: Church
NEW. An example others can pattern their conduct after; Titus himself is charged to be this pattern of good works (Titus 2:7). Standard vocabulary; minimal doctrinal risk.
Beneficial
Approved rendering: উপকাৰী
Transliteration: upôkari
Doctrine: Sound Doctrine and Good Works
Original: ὠφέλιμος
Category: Church
NEW. Of practical benefit; describes the profitability of good works for people (Titus 3:8). Standard vocabulary; minimal doctrinal risk.
Faithful Saying
Approved rendering: এই বচন বিশ্বাসযোগ্য
Transliteration: ei bôcôn biswaxjogyô
Doctrine: Salvation by Grace not Works
Original: πιστὸς ὁ λόγος
Category: Church
NEW. Fixed Pastoral-Epistle formula (‘the saying is trustworthy’) authenticating the preceding statement (Titus 3:8). Formulaic marker closing the great soteriological statement of 3:4-7; minimal doctrinal risk in itself.
Titus
Approved rendering: তীত
Transliteration: Tit
Doctrine: Proper Name
Proper name of the letter’s recipient. Established Assamese Bible Society transliteration form; no doctrinal content.
Paul
Approved rendering: পৌল
Transliteration: Poul
Doctrine: Proper Name
Established Assamese Bible Society transliteration form; consistent with Romans-package transliteration standards. The letter’s author (Titus 1:1).
Crete
Approved rendering: ক্রীতী / ক্রীতীয়া
Transliteration: Kriti / Kritiya
Doctrine: Proper Name
Proper geographic/ethnic name (ক্রীতী for the island, ক্রীতীয়া for ‘Cretans’); no paraphrase possible or needed. Referenced Titus 1:5, 1:12.
Artemas
Approved rendering: আৰ্তেমা
Transliteration: Artema
Doctrine: Proper Name
Proper name (Titus 3:12); established transliteration.
Tychicus
Approved rendering: তুখিক
Transliteration: Tukhik
Doctrine: Proper Name
Proper name (Titus 3:12); established transliteration.
Zenas
Approved rendering: জীনা
Transliteration: Jina
Doctrine: Proper Name
Proper name, ‘Zenas the lawyer’ (Titus 3:13); established transliteration.
Apollos
Approved rendering: আপল্লো
Transliteration: Apollo
Doctrine: Proper Name
Proper name (Titus 3:13); established transliteration, consistent with wider NT Assamese usage (Acts, 1 Corinthians).
Nicopolis
Approved rendering: নীকপলি
Transliteration: Nikopoli
Doctrine: Proper Name
Proper place name (Titus 3:12); established transliteration.
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