Core Glossary
Core Glossary — 1 Peter
Source language: English (from Koine Greek)
Destination language: Azerbaijani
Curriculum: 1 Peter 1–5
Governing rule: Terms marked “Baseline reuse” MUST use the exact Azerbaijani rendering recorded in the Romans translation_memory.json. New terms proposed here are candidates for addition to translation memory in Phase 2 and inherit the same risk-tier conventions (Critical/High = human theologian review; Medium = native speaker review; Low = automated review).
Section 1 — Baseline Terms Reused Exactly (no new rendering; listed for completeness/consistency)
| Term | Azerbaijani | Risk | 1 Peter Occurrences (representative) |
|---|---|---|---|
| God | Allah | Critical | 1:2-3, 21; 2:4-5, 9-10; 3:18-22; 4:11; 5:2, 6, 10 |
| Father | Ata | Critical | 1:2-3, 17 |
| Jesus Christ | İsa Məsih | Critical | throughout |
| Lord | Rəbb | Critical | 1:3, 25; 2:3, 13; 3:15 |
| Holy Spirit | Müqəddəs Ruh | Critical | 1:2, 11-12; 4:14 |
| Resurrection | Diriliş | Critical | 1:3, 21; 3:21 |
| Faith | İman | High | 1:5, 7-9, 21; 5:9 |
| Grace | Lütf | High | 1:2, 10, 13; 2:19-20; 3:7; 4:10; 5:5, 10, 12 |
| Salvation | Xilas | Critical | 1:5, 9-10; 2:2 |
| Holy | Müqəddəs | High | 1:15-16; 2:5, 9; 3:5 |
| Sanctification | Təqdisetmə | High | 1:2 |
| Righteousness | Salehlik | Critical | 2:24; 3:14, 18; 4:18 |
| Sin | Günah | High | 1:19 (blood); 2:22, 24; 3:18; 4:1, 8 |
| Gospel | Müjdə | High | 1:12, 25; 4:6, 17 |
| Gentiles | Millətlər | Medium | 2:12; 4:3 |
| Glory | Ehtişam | High | 1:7-8, 11, 21, 24; 4:11, 13-14; 5:1, 4, 10 |
| Election / Elect / Chosen | Seçilmə / Seçilmiş | High | 1:1-2; 2:4, 6, 9 |
| Calling / Called | Çağırış / Çağırılmış | High | 1:15; 2:9, 21; 3:9; 5:10 |
| Foreknowledge | (See Section 2: reuses providence/election doctrinal guard) | High | 1:2, 20 |
| Power of God | Allahın qüdrəti | High | 1:5 |
| Fellowship | Ünsiyyət | Low (elevated to Medium when applied to shared suffering, 4:13) | 4:13 |
| Peace | Sülh | Medium | 1:2; 5:14 |
| Prophet / Prophecy | Peyğəmbər / Peyğəmbərlik sözü | High / Medium | 1:10-12 |
| Messiah / Christ | Məsih | Critical | throughout, paired with İsa |
Section 2 — New Terms for 1 Peter (Proposed Additions to Translation Memory)
| # | Term (English) | Greek / Transliteration | Proposed Azerbaijani | Risk | Doctrine Link | Key Rationale / Forbidden Alternatives |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Living hope | ἐλπὶς ζῶσα / elpis zōsa | canlı ümid | High | Living Hope of the Resurrection | Must convey resurrection-secured certainty, not ordinary wishful “ümid.” Never present as a possible-but-uncertain hope. |
| 2 | Mercy | ἔλεος / eleos | Mərhəmət | Medium | Living Hope (grounding) | Distinct from Lütf (grace); do not use interchangeably with baseline’s grace term. |
| 3 | Born again / regeneration | ἀναγεννάω / anagennaō | yenidən doğulmuş / yenidən doğulma | Critical | Living Hope of the Resurrection | Never render as reincarnation/tanasüx; God is sole agent; not human-initiated tövbə (repentance) alone. |
| 4 | Inheritance | κληρονομία / klēronomia | irs | High | Living Hope of the Resurrection | Distinguish from Islamic miras (legal inheritance shares); this is a heavenly, non-legally-partitioned gift. |
| 5 | Imperishable / undefiled / unfading | ἄφθαρτος, ἀμίαντος, ἀμάραντος | puxsulmaz, ləkəsiz, solmaz | High | Living Hope of the Resurrection | Avoid collapsing into cənnət’s material-abundance imagery; this is relational permanence. |
| 6 | Guarded (by God’s power) | φρουρέω / phroureō | qorunan / qorunmuş | High | Assurance / Providence | Must not read as fatalistic “yazılmışdır”; personal, purposive protection (cf. Allahın tədbiri). |
| 7 | Trial / testing | πειρασμός / peirasmos | sınaq | High | Suffering for Righteousness’ Sake | Not punitive/karmic; purposeful and purifying, per 1 Peter’s consistent framing. |
| 8 | Tested genuineness | δοκίμιον / dokimion | sınaqdan çıxmış həqiqilik | Medium | Suffering for Righteousness’ Sake | Refining is God’s work on faith already given, not meritorious human proof. |
| 9 | Revealed / revelation (of Christ) | ἀποκαλύπτω, ἀποκάλυψις / apokalyptō, apokalypsis | zühur etmə / aşkar olma | Medium-High | Living Hope / Second Coming | NEVER use vəhy (reserved for Islamic prophetic revelation); this is an unveiling of an already-secured reality. |
| 10 | Love (agapē) | ἀγάπη / agapē | məhəbbət | Medium | Holiness in Conduct; general | Avoid eşq (mystical/passionate Sufi-devotional register); keep sober, faith-grounded, committed sense. |
| 11 | Soul | ψυχή / psychē | can | Medium | Living Hope; general anthropology | Must stay distinct from “ruh” (reserved for Spirit/Holy Spirit) to avoid conflating soul and Spirit. |
| 12 | Sojourner / exile | πάροικος, παρεπίδημος / paroikos, parepidēmos | qərib / yad | Medium | Christian Identity in Christ | Identity rooted in belonging to God’s people, not Azerbaijani national/cultural-Islamic identity. |
| 13 | Sprinkling of blood | ῥαντισμὸς αἵματος / rhantismos haimatos | qanın çilənməsi | High | Christ’s Substitutionary Suffering | OT covenant-ratification image unfamiliar without background teaching; no Islamic ritual parallel. |
| 14 | Suffering | πάθημα, πάσχω / pathēma, paschō | əzab / iztirab (çəkmək) | High | Suffering for Righteousness’ Sake | Not punishment for personal sin; purposeful, Christ-patterned, honor-bearing per 1 Peter. |
| 15 | Royal priesthood | βασίλειον ἱεράτευμα / basileion hierateuma | padşah kahinliyi | High | Church as Holy and Royal Priesthood | Direct access for ALL believers; explicitly contrast with clergy/Imam-mediated access (cf. Vasitəçilik guard). |
| 16 | Holy nation | ἔθνος ἅγιον / ethnos hagion | müqəddəs xalq | High | Church as Holy and Royal Priesthood | Use xalq, not millət (millət reserved for “Gentiles/nations” per baseline), to avoid term collision. |
| 17 | People for God’s own possession | λαὸς εἰς περιποίησιν / laos eis peripoiēsin | Allahın Öz mülkü olan xalq | High | Church as Holy and Royal Priesthood; Unity of Jews/Gentiles | Belonging/value claim, not ethnic-election claim. |
| 18 | Chosen race / generation | γένος ἐκλεκτόν / genos eklekton | seçilmiş nəsil | Medium-High | Church as Holy and Royal Priesthood | ”Nəsil” not a biological-ethnic claim; a spiritual family from every millət. |
| 19 | Living stone | λίθος ζῶν / lithos zōn | canlı daş | Medium-High | Church as Holy and Royal Priesthood | Distinguish God’s living “temple” from literal shrine/ocaq/pir veneration sites. |
| 20 | Cornerstone | λίθος ἀκρογωνιαῖος / lithos akrogōniaios | guşə daşı | Medium | Fulfillment of Prophecy; Messianic Promise | Direct OT (Ps 118; Isa 28) fulfillment claim; needs OT background teaching. |
| 21 | Spiritual house | οἶκος πνευματικός / oikos pneumatikos | ruhani ev | Medium | Church as Holy and Royal Priesthood | Not a literal building; the corporate body of believers. |
| 22 | Spiritual sacrifices | θυσίαι πνευματικαί / thysiai pneumatikai | ruhani qurbanlar | High | Church as Holy and Royal Priesthood | Distinguish from literal Qurban Bayramı animal sacrifice; these are ongoing, non-animal, praise/life offerings. |
| 23 | Submission / be subject to | ὑποτάσσω / hypotassō | tabe olmaq | Critical | Submission to Authority and Christlike Endurance | MUST be distinguished from comprehensive religious-legal İslam (submission) as the ground of standing before God; this is Christ-patterned, limited-domain submission, not a deeds/law framework. |
| 24 | Bore our sins (in his body) | ἀναφέρω / anapherō | günahlarımızı Öz bədənində daşıdı/qaldırdı | Critical | Christ’s Substitutionary Suffering | Definitive vicarious, sin-bearing statement — never soften to mere moral example. |
| 25 | By his wounds healed | μώλωψ, ἰάομαι / mōlōps, iaomai | onun yarası ilə sağaldınız | High | Christ’s Substitutionary Suffering | Echoes Isaiah 53; requires explicit OT Suffering Servant background teaching. |
| 26 | Lamb without blemish or spot | ἀμνὸς ἄμωμος καὶ ἄσπιλος / amnos amōmos kai aspilos | qüsursuz və ləkəsiz Quzu | Critical | Christ’s Substitutionary Suffering | Partial bridge via Qurban Bayramı imagery, but must clarify vicarious atonement-for-sin claim absent from that practice. |
| 27 | Ransomed / redeemed | λυτρόω / lytroō | fidyə ilə satın alınma | Critical | Christ’s Substitutionary Suffering | ”Fidyə” evokes Islamic ransom concepts (fasting-redemption, Ibrahim/Ismail); clarify this pays for sin’s guilt, not an omitted legal duty. |
| 28 | Precious blood | τίμιον αἷμα / timion haima | qiymətli qan | Critical | Christ’s Substitutionary Suffering | Islamic theology generally denies necessity of blood atonement; requires deliberate, explicit teaching. |
| 29 | Shepherd | ποιμήν / poimēn | çoban | Medium | Elders and Humility; Christ’s Substitutionary Suffering | Applied to Christ (2:25) and, derivatively, to human elders (5:2-4) under Christ’s pattern. |
| 30 | Overseer | ἐπίσκοπος / episkopos | nəzarətçi | Medium | Elders and Humility | Functional description of watchful care, not yet a formal hierarchical office title in this context. |
| 31 | Chief Shepherd | ἀρχιποίμην / archipoimēn | Baş Çoban | Medium | Elders and Humility | Reserved for Christ alone; distinguishes him from human elder-shepherds. |
| 32 | Flock | ποίμνιον / poimnion | sürü | Low | Elders and Humility | Straightforward pastoral metaphor. |
| 33 | Elders | πρεσβύτεροι / presbyteroi | ağsaqqallar | Medium | Elders and Humility | Strong positive cultural resonance (traditional respected elder role); must add Christ-patterned, non-domineering, non-clan-based qualifiers. |
| 34 | Humility | ταπεινοφροσύνη / tapeinophrosynē | təvazökarlıq | Medium | Elders and Humility | Broadly shared virtue with Islamic ethics (genuine convergence); anchor specifically in Christ’s self-humbling pattern. |
| 35 | Conscience | συνείδησις / syneidēsis | vicdan | Low-Medium | Submission; Christ’s Proclamation to the Spirits | Standard term; low ambiguity. |
| 36 | Baptism | βάπτισμα / baptisma | vəftiz | High | Christ’s Proclamation to the Spirits | Distinct from Islamic ritual ablution (dəstəmaz, ğüsl); Peter’s own text clarifies it is not physical cleansing. |
| 37 | Spirits in prison | πνεύματα ἐν φυλακῇ / pneumata en phylakē | zindanda olan ruhlar | Critical | Christ’s Proclamation to the Spirits | Must not be mapped onto Islamic barzakh (intermediate-state) doctrine; requires explicit exegetical-options teaching note on every occurrence. |
| 38 | Proclaimed (to the spirits) | κηρύσσω / kēryssō | elan etdi / vəz etdi | High | Christ’s Proclamation to the Spirits | Do not conflate unqualified with Müjdə (gospel); content of this specific proclamation is exegetically disputed. |
| 39 | Noah / Ark | Νῶε, κιβωτός / Nōe, kibōtos | Nuh / gəmi (Nuhun gəmisi) | Medium | Christ’s Proclamation to the Spirits | Nuh shared with Qur’anic Nuh (resonance); the baptism-typology point (v.21) has no Islamic parallel. |
| 40 | Right hand of God | δεξιὰ Θεοῦ / dexia Theou | Allahın sağ tərəfi | High | Lordship of Christ; Deity of Christ | Idiomatic honor/authority language, not literal anthropomorphism (tanzih sensitivity). |
| 41 | Angels, authorities, powers (subject to Christ) | ἄγγελοι, ἐξουσίαι, δυνάμεις / angeloi, exousiai, dynameis | mələklər, hakimiyyətlər və qüvvələr | High | Deity of Christ; Lordship of Christ | Strong deity claim — cosmic powers themselves submit to Christ. |
| 42 | Devil / adversary | διάβολος, ἀντίδικος / diabolos, antidikos | Şeytan / rəqib | High | Suffering for Righteousness’ Sake (spiritual conflict) | Shared vocabulary with Islamic theology (convergence on personal reality), but eschatology of Satan’s defeat differs; flag for review. |
| 43 | Crown of glory | στέφανος τῆς δόξης / stephanos tēs doxēs | ehtişamın solmaz tacı | Medium | Elders and Humility | Victor’s/honoree’s wreath image, reusing Ehtişam (glory) and solmaz (unfading, from 1:4). |
| 44 | Fiery trial | πύρωσις / pyrōsis | od sınağı | Medium-High | Suffering for Righteousness’ Sake | Consistent rendering with 1:6-7’s refining-fire motif required. |
| 45 | Christian (name) | Χριστιανός / Christianos | Xristian | Medium | Christian Identity in Christ | Socially/legally sensitive self-identification in Azerbaijan’s regulated religious environment; flag alongside Evangelism doctrine. |
| 46 | Household of God | οἶκος τοῦ Θεοῦ / oikos tou Theou | Allahın evi/ailəsi | Medium | Church as God’s People | Relational-family nuance, distinct from institutional Kilsə term. |
| 47 | Babylon (code name) | Βαβυλών / Babylōn | Babil | Medium | (contextual/historical) | Very likely a coded reference to Rome; clarify to prevent literal-geography confusion. |
| 48 | Mighty hand of God | κραταιὰ χεὶρ Θεοῦ / krataia cheir Theou | Allahın qüdrətli əli | High | Providence; Elders and Humility | Same tanzih-sensitivity as “right hand of God”; idiomatic power-language. |
| 49 | Kiss of love | φίλημα ἀγάπης / philēma agapēs | məhəbbət öpüşü | Low-Medium | Christian Fellowship | Cultural resonance with Azerbaijani greeting customs; clarify non-romantic, community sense (reuse məhəbbət caution). |
| 50 | Sincere brotherly love | φιλαδελφία ἀνυπόκριτος / philadelphia anypokritos | qardaşlıq məhəbbəti | Medium | Holiness in Conduct; Christian Fellowship | Distinct root from ἀγάπη; anchor in Christ-community, not civic/national qardaşlıq. |
| 51 | Domineering (not to lord it over) | κατακυριεύω / katakyrieuō | hökmranlıq etmədən | Medium-High | Elders and Humility | Same root as Κύριος/Rəbb — elders must not act as little “lords”; preserve this internal wordplay awareness for translators. |
| 52 | Defense / reasoned account | ἀπολογία / apologia | müdafiə / izahat | Medium | Evangelism (baseline link) | Legal-forensic register; pair with gentleness/respect; flag for pastoral/legal-safety awareness per baseline Evangelism routing. |
| 53 | Once (for all) | ἅπαξ / hapax | bir dəfə (həmişəlik) | High | Christ’s Substitutionary Suffering; Intercession | Unrepeatable sufficiency of Christ’s suffering; underwrites the Vasitəçilik Critical guard against recurring Imam-intercession framing. |
| 54 | Sober-minded / watchful | νήφω, γρηγορέω / nēphō, grēgoreō | ayıq-sayıq | Low-Medium | Suffering for Righteousness’ Sake; spiritual vigilance | Standard vigilance vocabulary; recurs 1:13; 4:7; 5:8. |
| 55 | Faithful Creator | πιστὸς κτίστης / pistos ktistēs | sadiq Yaradan | Low-Medium | (general theology proper) | Legitimate Peter-authored pairing; not to be confused with baseline’s caution against Yaradan as a flattened substitute for Ata/Father. |
Section 3 — Chapter Coverage Confirmation
| Chapter | New Terms Introduced | Coverage Status |
|---|---|---|
| 1 Peter 1 | Living hope, mercy, born again, inheritance, imperishable/undefiled/unfading, guarded, trials, tested genuineness, revealed/revelation, love, soul, sojourner/exile, sprinkling of blood, foreknowledge (doctrinal link), sincere brotherly love | Reviewed — extensive new vocabulary (core passage chapter) |
| 1 Peter 2 | Living stone, cornerstone, royal priesthood, holy nation, people for possession, chosen race, spiritual house, spiritual sacrifices, submission, bore our sins, wounds/healed, lamb (typology continued from ch.1), shepherd, overseer | Reviewed — extensive new vocabulary |
| 1 Peter 3 | Suffering for righteousness (reuses Salehlik with lived-ethical nuance), defense/apologia, conscience, once-for-all, spirits in prison, baptism, right hand of God, angels/authorities/powers, domineering (katakyrieuō preview via hypotassō family) | Reviewed — extensive new vocabulary, including the Critical-risk Christ’s Proclamation to the Spirits passage (3:18-22) |
| 1 Peter 4 | Fiery trial (pyrōsis), gospel preached to the dead, Christian (name), household of God, faithful Creator, hospitality, stewards/varied grace | Reviewed — new vocabulary present |
| 1 Peter 5 | Elders, chief shepherd, flock, crown of glory, humility (gird), domineering (katakyrieuō), devil/adversary, roaring lion, mighty hand of God, Babylon, kiss of love | Reviewed — new vocabulary present |
No chapter of 1 Peter was found to introduce zero new theological vocabulary; all five chapters contribute load-bearing terms to this glossary, consistent with the full-book coverage mandate.
Critical Risk Terms
Righteousness
Approved rendering: Salehlik
Transliteration: sah-lehk-LEEK
Doctrine: Salvation
Rejected alternatives: saleh əməllər (righteous deeds, as the ground itself)
Original: δικαιοσύνη
Category: Salvation
Inherited from Romans package. 1 Peter also uses this term for lived ethical conduct that provokes suffering (2:24; 3:14, 18; 4:18). This lived-ethical sense must be taught as related but distinct from forensic justification, never collapsed so that suffering-for-righteousness appears to earn standing before God.
Salvation
Approved rendering: Xilas
Transliteration: khee-LAHS
Doctrine: Salvation
Rejected alternatives: nicat (Persian-influenced, common in eschatological/Judgment-Day framing tied to Imamate intercession), cənnətə girmək (entering paradise)
Original: σωτηρία
Category: Salvation
Inherited from Romans package. 1 Peter 1:5, 9-10 speaks of a salvation already secured yet ‘ready to be revealed’ at the last time — teach as the future consummation of a present reality, not a deferred, uncertain nicat-style outcome.
Messiah
Approved rendering: Məsih
Transliteration: mah-SEEKH
Doctrine: Messianic Promise
Rejected alternatives: sadəcə bir peyğəmbər (merely a prophet)
Inherited from Romans package. In 1 Peter, must carry the full suffering-then-glory pattern central to this letter (1:11; 2:21; 4:13), not stand as a bare familiar honorific.
Resurrection
Approved rendering: Diriliş
Transliteration: dee-ree-LEESH
Doctrine: Resurrection of Christ
Rejected alternatives: göyə qaldırılma (being raised to heaven, without dying)
Original: ἀνάστασις
Category: Eschatology
Inherited from Romans package. In 1 Peter, the resurrection is the stated causal mechanism (‘through the resurrection,’ 1:3) of the living hope and the explicit ground of baptism’s appeal (3:21); 3:18’s ‘put to death in the flesh’ clause makes the prior real death doctrinally explicit again, directly countering Qur’an 4:157.
Lord
Approved rendering: Rəbb
Transliteration: RAHBB
Doctrine: Lordship of Christ
Rejected alternatives: ağa (master, non-divine)
Original: κύριος
Category: Christology
Inherited from Romans package. 1 Peter 3:15 calls believers to honor Christ as Lord in their hearts; 3:22 subjects all cosmic powers to him as Lord. Note the shared root with katakyrieuō (‘domineering,’ 5:3) — elders must never act as little ‘rəbb-lər’.
Father
Approved rendering: Ata
Transliteration: ah-TAH
Doctrine: Adoption into God’s Family
Rejected alternatives: Yaradan (Creator, as a substitute to avoid relational language)
Original: πατήρ
Category: God
Inherited from Romans package. 1 Peter 1:3 grounds fatherhood explicitly in the resurrection-wrought new birth; 1:17 names the Father as the impartial Judge — teach the relational, adoptive sense directly.
God
Approved rendering: Allah
Transliteration: ahl-LAHKH
Doctrine: Deity of Christ
Rejected alternatives: Tanrı (understood, but a Turkish convention rather than the settled Azerbaijani IBT usage)
Original: θεός
Category: God
Inherited from Romans package. 1 Peter pairs this term with judgment (1:17) and with ‘all grace’ (5:10); no new risk beyond the baseline’s guard against Tanrı or an impersonal-ultimate-reality substitute.
Holy Spirit
Approved rendering: Müqəddəs Ruh
Transliteration: myoo-kad-DASS ROOKH
Doctrine: Sanctification
Rejected alternatives: Cəbrail (the archangel Gabriel)
Original: πνεῦμα ἅγιον
Category: God
Inherited from Romans package. 1 Peter 1:11 names ‘the Spirit of Christ’ as the one who inspired OT prophecy — a strong Christological data point reinforcing, not weakening, the baseline’s Critical guard against a Cəbrail-style angelic-assistant reading.
Jesus
Approved rendering: İsa
Transliteration: ee-SAH
Doctrine: Lordship of Christ
Rejected alternatives: bare ‘İsa Peyğəmbər’ (Prophet Jesus, without Məsih)
Inherited from Romans package. In 1 Peter always paired with Məsih; never left bare, per the baseline’s rule against signaling only the Qur’anic prophet-figure.
Jesus Christ
Approved rendering: İsa Məsih
Transliteration: ee-SAH mah-SEEKH
Doctrine: Lordship of Christ
Rejected alternatives: İsa alone in doctrinally significant contexts, İsa Peyğəmbər
Original: Ἰησοῦς Χριστός
Category: Christology
New consolidated entry formalizing the baseline’s İsa+Məsih pairing rule as a single fixed unit, since 1 Peter uses the combined form with exceptional frequency as the ground of the living hope, the substitutionary sufferer, and the risen Lord (1:1, 3; 2:5; 3:21; 4:11; 5:10, 14). Always render as the fixed phrase İsa Məsih, never split or abbreviated.
Born Again Regeneration
Approved rendering: yenidən doğulmuş / yenidən doğulma
Transliteration: yeh-nee-DAHN doh-ool-MOOSH
Doctrine: New Birth and Regeneration
Rejected alternatives: tanasüx (transmigration/reincarnation into a new body — a fringe folk notion describing a recycled soul, not one person’s spiritual renewal), tövbə (repentance/moral reform — human-initiated in Islamic usage, whereas God alone is the acting subject here)
Original: ἀναγεννάω
Category: Salvation
Located inside the core passage (1:3) and again at 1:23 (of imperishable seed/the living word). God is the sole grammatical agent; must never be flattened into human-initiated moral improvement nor confused with a recycled-soul reincarnation concept. Human theologian review required on every occurrence.
Submission
Approved rendering: tabe olmaq
Transliteration: tah-BEH ol-MAHK
Doctrine: Submission to Authority and Christlike Endurance
Rejected alternatives: a comprehensive religious-legal ‘submission’ framing equivalent to İslam’s own root meaning (taslīm)
Original: ὑποτάσσω
Category: Ethics
One of the most sensitive terms in the entire curriculum: ‘İslam’ derives from the Arabic root for submission to Allah’s comprehensive will/law. Must be explicitly bounded to Peter’s specific, limited-domain submissions (civil authority 2:13; masters 2:18; spouses 3:1, 5; cosmic powers under Christ 3:22; younger believers under elders 5:5), grounded in Christ’s own pattern of grace under suffering (2:21-23), never a totalizing basis of standing before God. Human theologian review required on every occurrence.
Bore Our Sins
Approved rendering: günahlarımızı Öz bədənində daşıdı/qaldırdı
Transliteration: goo-nahkh-lah-ruh-muh-ZUH erz bah-dah-neen-DAH dah-shuh-DUH
Doctrine: Christ’s Substitutionary Suffering
Rejected alternatives: a general example-of-enduring-hardship rendering
Original: ἀναφέρω
Category: Christ’s Substitutionary Suffering
The single most doctrinally decisive verse (2:24) for the Substitutionary Suffering doctrine. Peter’s grammar makes Christ’s suffering vicarious and sin-bearing, not merely exemplary (though it is also exemplary, per 2:21). Human theologian review required.
Lamb Without Blemish
Approved rendering: qüsursuz və ləkəsiz Quzu
Transliteration: kew-soor-SOOZ vah lah-kah-SEEZ koo-ZOO
Doctrine: Christ’s Substitutionary Suffering
Original: ἀμνὸς ἄμωμος καὶ ἄσπιλος
Category: Christ’s Substitutionary Suffering
Occurs at 1:19. Partial cultural bridge via Qurban Bayramı (Eid al-Adha, commemorating Ibrahim’s substitute-ram sacrifice) must be carefully distinguished from Peter’s vicarious atonement-for-sin claim, which Islamic sacrificial practice does not carry (Eid sacrifice commemorates deliverance, not forgiveness of sin). Human theologian review required.
Ransomed Redeemed
Approved rendering: fidyə ilə satın alınma
Transliteration: feed-YAH ee-LAH sah-TUHN ah-luhn-MAH
Doctrine: Christ’s Substitutionary Suffering
Rejected alternatives: a rendering framing this as a legal remedy for an omitted religious duty
Original: λυτρόω
Category: Christ’s Substitutionary Suffering
Occurs at 1:18-19. Fidyə carries an Islamic legal-devotional association (fasting-redemption payments; the Qur’anic Ibrahim/Ismail ransom-substitute narrative, Sura 37); must be taught that the ‘price’ here is Christ’s own blood offered for sin’s guilt itself, not a remedy for an omitted duty. Human theologian review required.
Precious Blood
Approved rendering: qiymətli qan
Transliteration: geey-mat-LEE gahn
Doctrine: Christ’s Substitutionary Suffering
Original: τίμιον αἷμα
Category: Christ’s Substitutionary Suffering
Occurs at 1:19. Islamic theology generally denies the necessity of a blood atonement for sin (forgiveness proceeds directly from Allah’s will); this sacrificial-blood framework is theologically foreign and requires deliberate, explicit teaching, never assumed shared background. Flag alongside 1:2 and 2:24.
Spirits In Prison
Approved rendering: zindanda olan ruhlar
Transliteration: zeen-dahn-DAH oh-LAHN rookh-LAHR
Doctrine: Christ’s Proclamation to the Spirits
Rejected alternatives: a rendering that implicitly maps this onto barzakh (the Islamic intermediate-state doctrine) as though they were the same category
Original: πνεύματα ἐν φυλακῇ
Category: Eschatology
The single most exegetically disputed and doctrinally sensitive term in the letter (3:19-20). Shia/Islamic eschatology’s barzakh intermediate state uses structurally similar surface vocabulary; teaching material must explicitly prevent readers from mapping this verse onto barzakh wholesale. Must never be taught without an accompanying explanatory note on the range of exegetical options. Human theologian review required on every occurrence.
High Risk Terms
Gospel
Approved rendering: Müjdə
Transliteration: myuzh-DAH
Doctrine: Gospel
Rejected alternatives: İncil (bare, unqualified), yaxşı xəbər (generic good news)
Original: εὐαγγέλιον
Category: Salvation
Inherited from Romans package. In 1 Peter, must be kept distinct from İncil-as-contested-book; flag the exegetically disputed 4:6 (‘the gospel was preached also to those who are dead’) for theologian review — this must not imply an ongoing post-mortem salvation opportunity, which would conflict with the baseline’s Critical Assurance of Salvation guard.
Grace
Approved rendering: Lütf
Transliteration: LYUTF
Doctrine: Grace
Rejected alternatives: mərhəmət (mercy), kərəm (Persian-influenced ‘divine generosity’, often devotional/mystical)
Original: χάρις
Category: Salvation
Inherited from Romans package. 1 Peter 2:19-20 uses charis in a shifted register (a commendable, grace-shaped response to unjust suffering) but must still avoid mərhəmət/kərəm’s deeds-still-matter framework; keep distinct from the new term ‘mercy’ (eleos) introduced at 1:3.
Faith
Approved rendering: İman
Transliteration: ee-MAHN
Doctrine: Faith
Rejected alternatives: etiqad (doctrinal conviction/creed)
Original: πίστις
Category: Faith
Inherited from Romans package. The object of faith (the unseen Christ, loved and trusted, 1:8) must remain explicit so İman does not read as generic Islamic creedal assent detached from personal trust under trial.
Holy
Approved rendering: Müqəddəs
Transliteration: myoo-kad-DASS
Doctrine: Sanctification
Rejected alternatives: təmiz (ritually clean)
Original: ἅγιος
Category: Sanctification
Inherited from Romans package. Anchors 1 Peter’s explicit Leviticus quotation (‘Be holy, for I am holy,’ 1:15-16); moral-relational set-apartness lived out in ordinary life, never ritual cleanliness or shrine-centered ascetic devotion (ziyarat, ocaq).
Sanctification
Approved rendering: Təqdisetmə
Transliteration: tag-dees-et-MAY
Doctrine: Sanctification
Rejected alternatives: paklanma (ritual purification)
Original: ἁγιασμός
Category: Sanctification
Inherited from Romans package. Appears in the Trinitarian greeting formula of 1 Peter 1:2, paired with foreknowledge and obedience.
Sin
Approved rendering: Günah
Transliteration: goo-NAHKH
Doctrine: Universal Human Accountability
Rejected alternatives: xəta (mistake/error)
Original: ἁμαρτία
Category: Sin
Inherited from Romans package. Concentrated in 1 Peter’s atonement passages (1:19; 2:22, 24; 3:18; 4:1, 8), making the baseline’s inherited-universal-sinfulness guard the necessary premise for the letter’s substitutionary-suffering doctrine.
Glory
Approved rendering: Ehtişam
Transliteration: eh-htee-SHAHM
Doctrine: Deity of Christ
Rejected alternatives: nur (divine light, heavily associated in Shia devotional tradition with the pre-existent ‘Light of the Imams’/Nur-i Məhəmmədi)
Original: δόξα
Category: God
Inherited from Romans package. Recurs throughout 1 Peter’s suffering-then-glory pattern (1:7-8, 11, 21, 24; 4:11, 13-14; 5:1, 4, 10), applied to both Christ and believers; continue avoiding nur.
Election
Approved rendering: Seçilmə
Transliteration: say-cheel-MAY
Doctrine: Effectual Calling
Rejected alternatives: qismət (fate/fortune), yazı (what is ‘written’, fatalistic decree)
Inherited from Romans package. 1 Peter applies the same root to Christ himself as the elect cornerstone (2:4, 6) and to believers corporately as a chosen race (1:1; 2:9); teach both applications distinctly, without collapsing them into one generic sense.
Called
Approved rendering: Çağırılmış
Transliteration: chah-guh-ruhl-MUSH
Doctrine: Divine Calling
Rejected alternatives: dəvət olunmuş (invited)
Inherited from Romans package. 1 Peter’s dense concentration of calling-language around suffering (2:21; 3:9) extends the guard: God’s call is not a fatalistic dəvət-style option but a purposeful summons that includes the call to suffer well.
Calling
Approved rendering: Çağırış
Transliteration: chah-guh-RUHSH
Doctrine: Divine Calling
Rejected alternatives: dəvət
Inherited from Romans package. Used of the believer’s call to God’s eternal glory (5:10).
Power Of God
Approved rendering: Allahın qüdrəti
Transliteration: ahl-lah-HUHN kewd-rah-TEE
Doctrine: Power of God for Salvation
Rejected alternatives: Allahın qəzəbi (God’s wrath, a different concept sometimes conflated in folk usage)
Original: δύναμις θεοῦ
Category: God
Inherited from Romans package. In 1 Peter 1:5 it actively and continuously guards believers’ salvation; same guard against qəzəb or fatalistic power-adjacent language.
Prophet
Approved rendering: Peyğəmbər
Transliteration: pay-gam-BAIR
Doctrine: Inspiration of Scripture
Rejected alternatives: falçı (fortune-teller)
Original: προφήτης
Category: Covenant
Inherited from Romans package. 1 Peter 1:10-12’s claim that ‘the Spirit of Christ’ inspired the OT prophets requires the standard guard: prophets pointing forward to Christ must be distinguished from Christ’s own greater, more-than-prophetic identity.
Living Hope
Approved rendering: canlı ümid
Transliteration: jahn-LUH ew-MEED
Doctrine: Living Hope of the Resurrection
Rejected alternatives: ümid (bare, ordinary provisional hope with no built-in guarantee), arzu (wish/desire)
Original: ἐλπὶς ζῶσα
Category: Salvation
Anchor term of the book’s core passage (1:3). Ordinary Azerbaijani ümid functions like everyday hope-language (hope for weather, healing) and by itself carries no guarantee. ‘Canlı’ must be taught as signaling resurrection-secured certainty, not intensified wishing. Flag for theologian review on every occurrence.
Inheritance
Approved rendering: irs
Transliteration: EERS
Doctrine: Inheritance and Assurance of Salvation
Rejected alternatives: miras-style legal-share framing (rejected as an unqualified default association, not a rejected word — ‘irs’ itself is retained but must be explicitly fenced)
Original: κληρονομία
Category: Salvation
Core passage term (1:4). Azerbaijani irs is the ordinary legal-family inheritance word, strongly associated with Islamic fixed-share inheritance law (miras, Sura An-Nisa 4:11-12). Teaching material must clarify this is a gift secured by Christ and held in heaven, not a legal share distributed by human formula upon death.
Imperishable Undefiled Unfading
Approved rendering: puxsulmaz, ləkəsiz, solmaz
Transliteration: pookh-sool-MAHZ, lah-kah-SEEZ, sol-MAHZ
Doctrine: Inheritance and Assurance of Salvation
Rejected alternatives: cənnət-style material-abundance imagery as the primary frame
Original: ἄφθαρτος, ἀμίαντος, ἀμάραντος
Category: Salvation
Core-passage triad (1:4) describing the inheritance’s permanence, purity, and freshness. Readers may map this onto competing eschatological imagery of cənnət as a garden of unfading physical delights; teaching notes must clarify the inheritance is relational and personal (being with God), not primarily material abundance.
Guarded
Approved rendering: qorunan / qorunmuş
Transliteration: goh-roo-NAHN
Doctrine: Inheritance and Assurance of Salvation
Rejected alternatives: yazılmışdır-style fatalistic decree framing
Original: φρουρέω
Category: Salvation
Core-passage term (1:5), the military-guard image of God’s active, ongoing protective custody of believers’ salvation. Must not be read through a fatalistic ‘yazılmışdır’ (it is written) lens but as the personal, purposive care already established for Allahın tədbiri (providence) in the baseline. Cross-flag with Assurance of Salvation.
Trial Testing
Approved rendering: sınaq
Transliteration: suh-NAHK
Doctrine: Suffering for Righteousness’ Sake
Rejected alternatives: karmic ‘what you sow you reap’ framing, suffering read as divine punishment for personal sin
Original: πειρασμός
Category: Suffering
Core-passage term (1:6), recurring at 4:12. Must be distinguished from a karma-adjacent or punitive folk-religious inference; 1 Peter consistently frames trials as purposeful, purifying, and honor-bearing, not random or retributive.
Revealed Revelation
Approved rendering: zühur etmə / aşkar olma
Transliteration: zoo-HOOR et-MAH
Doctrine: Living Hope of the Resurrection
Rejected alternatives: vəhy (the standard Azerbaijani Islamic term for specific prophetic revelation given to a messenger, e.g., the Qur’an to Muhammad)
Original: ἀποκαλύπτω / ἀποκάλυψις
Category: Eschatology
Core-passage term (1:5, 7, 12-13). NEVER use vəhy, which would import a prophetic-transmission frame rather than the unveiling-of-an-already-secured-reality frame Peter intends.
Sprinkling Of Blood
Approved rendering: qanın çilənməsi
Transliteration: gah-NUHN chee-lan-mah-SEE
Doctrine: Christ’s Substitutionary Suffering
Rejected alternatives: a rendering that omits the OT covenant-ratification background entirely
Original: ῥαντισμὸς αἵματος
Category: Christ’s Substitutionary Suffering
Occurs at 1:2. OT covenant-ratification/purification image (Exodus 24:8; Leviticus) with no ritual equivalent in Islamic practice; requires explicit background teaching on first use. Connects to 1:19 and 2:24.
Suffering
Approved rendering: əzab / iztirab (çəkmək)
Transliteration: az-AHB
Doctrine: Suffering for Righteousness’ Sake
Rejected alternatives: framing suffering as punishment for personal sin
Original: πάθημα / πάσχω
Category: Suffering
Recurs throughout (1:11; 2:19-23; 3:14, 17-18; 4:1, 13, 19; 5:1, 9-10). Must not be taught as retribution for hidden sin; 1 Peter consistently frames it as purposeful, Christ-patterned, and honor-bearing, following the book’s suffering-then-glory sequence.
Royal Priesthood
Approved rendering: padşah kahinliyi
Transliteration: pahd-SHAH kah-heen-lee-YEE
Doctrine: Church as a Holy and Royal Priesthood
Rejected alternatives: kahinlik alone (would default to a specialized-clergy reading rather than a universal-believer one)
Original: βασίλειον ἱεράτευμα
Category: Church
Occurs at 2:9. Shia Islam invests significant mediating religious authority in clergy (mullahs, ayatollahs) and in the Imams’ intercessory role; must be taught as direct access to God for ALL believers, explicitly contrasted with any clergy- or Imam-mediated access model, cross-referenced with the baseline’s Vasitəçilik Critical guard. Human theologian review required.
Holy Nation
Approved rendering: müqəddəs xalq
Transliteration: myoo-kad-DASS khahlk
Doctrine: Church as a Holy and Royal Priesthood
Rejected alternatives: müqəddəs millət (would collide with millət, reserved for the baseline’s Gentiles/nations sense)
Original: ἔθνος ἅγιον
Category: Church
One of four identity titles in 2:9, drawn from Exodus 19:5-6. Uses xalq (people), not millət, to avoid terminological collision with the baseline’s Gentiles term.
Peoples For Gods Possession
Approved rendering: Allahın Öz mülkü olan xalq
Transliteration: ahl-lah-HUHN erz mool-KOO oh-LAHN khahlk
Doctrine: Church as a Holy and Royal Priesthood
Rejected alternatives: a rendering suggesting ethnic-election privilege
Original: λαὸς εἰς περιποίησιν
Category: Church
Fourth identity title in 2:9, drawn from Isaiah 43:20-21. Emphasizes belonging and value, not ethnic election; connects to the baseline’s Unity of Jews and Gentiles doctrine.
Living Stone
Approved rendering: canlı daş
Transliteration: jahn-LUH DAHSH
Doctrine: Church as a Holy and Royal Priesthood
Rejected alternatives: a bare decorative-metaphor rendering without explanation
Original: λίθος ζῶν
Category: Church
Applied first to Christ (2:4), then to believers (2:5). Must be distinguished from any literal shrine, mosque, or physical sacred-building framework, and from Azerbaijani folk-religious ocaq/pir shrine veneration practices already flagged for ‘saints’ in the baseline.
Spiritual Sacrifices
Approved rendering: ruhani qurbanlar
Transliteration: roo-hah-NEE koor-bahn-LAHR
Doctrine: Church as a Holy and Royal Priesthood
Rejected alternatives: a rendering that conflates this with literal Qurban Bayramı animal sacrifice
Original: θυσίαι πνευματικαί
Category: Church
Occurs at 2:5. Must be distinguished from literal Qurban Bayramı (Eid al-Adha) animal sacrifice; these are ongoing, non-animal, praise/life offerings acceptable through Christ, not commemorative or substitute-sacrifice rituals.
By His Wounds Healed
Approved rendering: onun yarası ilə sağaldınız
Transliteration: oh-NOON yah-rah-SUH ee-LAH sah-ahl-duh-NUHZ
Doctrine: Christ’s Substitutionary Suffering
Original: μώλωψ / ἰάομαι
Category: Christ’s Substitutionary Suffering
Occurs at 2:24, quoting Isaiah 53:5. Echoes Isaiah’s Suffering Servant, a passage with disputed interpretation in Islamic-Jewish-Christian comparative discussion; requires careful, explicit OT background teaching.
Baptism
Approved rendering: vəftiz
Transliteration: vaf-TEEZ
Doctrine: Baptism as Appeal to a Good Conscience
Rejected alternatives: dəstəmaz (Islamic ritual ablution for prayer), ğüsl (major Islamic ritual purification), a literal ‘suya batırılma’ (immersion in water) paraphrase that loses the rite’s established Christian identity
Original: βάπτισμα
Category: Sacraments
Occurs at 3:21, Peter’s own explicit clarification that baptism is ‘not the removal of dirt from the body but an appeal to God for a good conscience.’ This clarifying clause must be preserved emphatically in translation to forestall confusion with dəstəmaz/ğüsl ritual purity. Human theologian review recommended given the passage’s doctrinal density.
Proclaimed To Spirits
Approved rendering: elan etdi / vəz etdi
Transliteration: eh-LAHN et-DEE
Doctrine: Christ’s Proclamation to the Spirits
Rejected alternatives: an unqualified equation with Müjdə (gospel proclamation)
Original: κηρύσσω
Category: Eschatology
Occurs at 3:19, using the same verb family (κηρύσσω) as gospel-proclamation elsewhere. Must not be conflated with Müjdə without qualification, since the content of this specific proclamation is exegetically disputed and may not be a saving gospel-offer in the ordinary sense. Flag alongside spirits_in_prison.
Right Hand Of God
Approved rendering: Allahın sağ tərəfi
Transliteration: ahl-lah-HUHN sahgh tah-rah-FEE
Doctrine: Christ’s Cosmic Lordship over Powers
Rejected alternatives: a rendering that reads as literal spatial/bodily posture attributed to Allah
Original: δεξιὰ Θεοῦ
Category: God
Occurs at 3:22. Islamic tanzih theology strongly guards against attributing spatial or bodily posture to Allah; must be taught as idiomatic honor/enthronement language (echoing Psalm 110:1), not a claim about God’s literal physical body or Christ’s literal spatial location. Connects to Lordship of Christ and Deity of Christ.
Angels Authorities Powers
Approved rendering: mələklər, hakimiyyətlər və qüvvələr
Transliteration: mah-lak-LAIR hah-kee-mee-yat-LAIR vah kewv-vah-LAIR
Doctrine: Christ’s Cosmic Lordship over Powers
Rejected alternatives: a softened, merely honorary/symbolic subjection
Original: ἄγγελοι, ἐξουσίαι, δυνάμεις
Category: Christology
Occurs at 3:22. A strong deity/lordship claim — cosmic beings and powers are themselves subjected to Christ, not merely human authorities; must not be softened. Cross-reference the baseline’s Deity of Christ and Lordship of Christ Critical guards.
Devil Adversary
Approved rendering: Şeytan / rəqib
Transliteration: shay-TAHN
Doctrine: Spiritual Warfare and the Defeat of the Devil
Original: διάβολος / ἀντίδικος
Category: Spiritual Warfare
Occurs at 5:8-9. Şeytan is shared vocabulary with Islamic theology (a genuine point of convergence on the adversary’s personal reality), but Christian and Islamic eschatology differ meaningfully on the timing and finality of Satan’s defeat; surrounding teaching material must not assume identical doctrine merely because the vocabulary overlaps.
Fiery Trial
Approved rendering: od sınağı
Transliteration: OHD suh-nah-UH
Doctrine: Suffering for Righteousness’ Sake
Original: πύρωσις
Category: Suffering
Occurs at 4:12, echoing 1:6-7’s refining-fire motif. Must be rendered identically at both 1:6-7 and 4:12 for reader recognition of the recurring image; not arbitrary or punitive suffering.
Mighty Hand Of God
Approved rendering: Allahın qüdrətli əli
Transliteration: ahl-lah-HUHN kewd-rat-LEE ah-LEE
Doctrine: Providence
Rejected alternatives: a rendering that reads as literal anatomy attributed to Allah
Original: κραταιὰ χεὶρ Θεοῦ
Category: God
Occurs at 5:6. Same tanzih-sensitivity as right_hand_of_god; must be taught as idiomatic power-language for God’s authority and care, not a claim about God’s literal anatomy.
Once For All
Approved rendering: bir dəfə (həmişəlik)
Transliteration: beer dah-FAH hah-mee-shah-LEEK
Doctrine: Christ’s Substitutionary Suffering
Rejected alternatives: a rendering implying a repeatable or renewable sacrifice/intercession
Original: ἅπαξ
Category: Christ’s Substitutionary Suffering
Occurs at 3:18. Underwrites the baseline’s Prayer and Intercession Critical guard (Vasitəçilik): Christ’s once-for-all suffering grounds his unique, sufficient, non-repeated intercessory role, in direct contrast to the recurring, generationally renewed intercession sought through Imams at Karbala-linked observances.
Foreknowledge
Approved rendering: qabaqcadan bilmə
Transliteration: gah-bahk-jah-DAHN beel-MAH
Doctrine: Divine Election and Foreknowledge
Rejected alternatives: qismət (fate/fortune), alın yazısı (fate written on the forehead)
Occurs at 1:2 and 1:20 (of Christ). Not bare cognitive foreknowledge but purposive, relational foreknowing, consistent with the baseline’s providence/election framework; must avoid qismət/alın yazısı fatalistic-decree language per the baseline’s forbidden-substitution rule.
Medium Risk Terms
Gentiles
Approved rendering: Millətlər
Transliteration: mil-lat-LAIR
Doctrine: Unity of Jews and Gentiles
Rejected alternatives: kafirlər (unbelievers/infidels, an Islamic religious-legal category), bütpərəstlər (idolaters, archaic)
Original: ἔθνη
Category: Church
Inherited from Romans package. 1 Peter’s usage (2:12; 4:3) reads closer to ‘outsiders/pagans’ than to Romans’ technical Jew/Gentile theological distinction; do not import that technical sense here.
Peace
Approved rendering: Sülh
Transliteration: SYULKH
Doctrine: Peace with God
Rejected alternatives: rahatlıq (inner calm/comfort)
Original: εἰρήνη
Category: Salvation
Inherited from Romans package. Named in both the opening (1:2) and closing (5:14) greetings of 1 Peter.
Prophecy
Approved rendering: Peyğəmbərlik sözü
Transliteration: pay-gam-bair-LEEK suh-ZEW
Doctrine: Fulfillment of Prophecy
Rejected alternatives: falçılıq (divination/fortune-telling)
Original: προφητεία
Category: Covenant
Inherited from Romans package. Connects to 1 Peter 1:10-12’s cumulative prophetic-fulfillment argument, requiring the same OT-background teaching flagged in the baseline as unfamiliar to readers without OT exposure.
Mercy
Approved rendering: Mərhəmət
Transliteration: mar-hah-MAHT
Doctrine: Living Hope of the Resurrection
Rejected alternatives: Lütf (grace — a distinct Greek word, charis, and must not be used as a synonym)
Original: ἔλεος
Category: Salvation
Distinct from χάρις/Lütf (grace). Grounds the new birth (1:3). Teaching material must clarify mərhəmət (compassion toward the needy) and lütf (unearned favor) are related but distinct, both non-merit-based, so readers do not reopen the deeds-still-matter framework the baseline walls off from lütf.
Tested Genuineness
Approved rendering: sınaqdan çıxmış həqiqilik
Transliteration: suh-nahk-DAHN chuhkh-MUSH hah-gee-gee-LEEK
Doctrine: Suffering for Righteousness’ Sake
Rejected alternatives: a rendering implying faith’s validity is uncertain until human effort proves it
Original: δοκίμιον
Category: Suffering
Core-passage term (1:7), the refining-fire/gold metaphor. The refining is God’s purifying work on a faith already given, not a meritorious human achievement.
Love Agape
Approved rendering: məhəbbət
Transliteration: mah-hab-BAHT
Doctrine: Holiness in Conduct
Rejected alternatives: eşq (passionate/mystical divine love, common in Sufi-influenced devotional poetry, e.g. ilahi eşq)
Original: ἀγάπη
Category: Christian Life
Core-passage term (1:8), recurring at 1:22 and 4:8. Eşq must be avoided, as it imports mystical-union connotations foreign to Peter’s sober, faith-grounded agapē. Məhəbbət is the safer, relationally sober choice.
Soul
Approved rendering: can
Transliteration: JAHN
Doctrine: Living Hope of the Resurrection
Rejected alternatives: ruh (reserved exclusively for ‘spirit’/Müqəddəs Ruh contexts in this Language Package)
Original: ψυχή
Category: Anthropology
Core-passage term (1:9), recurring at 1:22; 2:11, 25; 3:20; 4:19. Must stay lexically distinct from ruh throughout the letter to prevent readers from conflating ‘soul’ with ‘Spirit.‘
Sojourner Exile
Approved rendering: qərib / yad
Transliteration: gah-REEB
Doctrine: Christian Identity as Sojourners and Exiles
Rejected alternatives: musafir (guest/traveler, weaker than the intended legal/social resident-alien sense)
Original: πάροικος / παρεπίδημος
Category: Christian Identity
Occurs at 1:1, 1:17, 2:11. Identity is rooted in belonging to God’s scattered people, not Azerbaijani national or cultural-Islamic identity, nor merely the literal Roman-provincial diaspora originally addressed.
Chosen Race
Approved rendering: seçilmiş nəsil
Transliteration: say-cheel-MEESH nah-SEEL
Doctrine: Church as a Holy and Royal Priesthood
Rejected alternatives: a rendering implying ethnic-biological lineage
Original: γένος ἐκλεκτόν
Category: Church
First of four identity titles in 2:9. Nəsil (generation/lineage) should not be read as an ethnic-biological claim; clarify this is a spiritual family drawn from every millət.
Cornerstone
Approved rendering: guşə daşı
Transliteration: goo-SHAH dah-SHUH
Doctrine: Fulfillment of Prophecy
Original: λίθος ἀκρογωνιαῖος
Category: Covenant
Occurs at 2:6-7, quoting Psalm 118:22 and Isaiah 28:16. Direct OT-to-Christ fulfillment claim requiring the cumulative-prophecy background teaching already flagged in the baseline as unfamiliar without OT exposure.
Spiritual House
Approved rendering: ruhani ev
Transliteration: roo-hah-NEE EV
Doctrine: Church as a Holy and Royal Priesthood
Rejected alternatives: a literal-building reading
Original: οἶκος πνευματικός
Category: Church
Occurs at 2:5. Must be taught as the corporate body of believers, not a literal building; pairs with living_stone.
Shepherd
Approved rendering: çoban
Transliteration: choh-BAHN
Doctrine: Elders and Humility
Original: ποιμήν
Category: Ministry
Applied to Christ (2:25) and, derivatively, to human elders (5:2) under Christ’s pattern. Christ is the ultimate Shepherd who receives straying sheep; human elders are shepherds only in a subordinate, derivative sense.
Overseer
Approved rendering: nəzarətçi
Transliteration: nah-zah-rat-CHEE
Doctrine: Elders and Humility
Original: ἐπίσκοπος
Category: Ministry
Applied to Christ (2:25) and, by implication, to elders exercising oversight (5:2). A functional description of watchful care here, not yet a formal hierarchical office title; must not be inflated into a clergy-mediated authority structure competing with the direct-access royal priesthood doctrine.
Chief Shepherd
Approved rendering: Baş Çoban
Transliteration: BAHSH choh-BAHN
Doctrine: Elders and Humility
Original: ἀρχιποίμην
Category: Ministry
Occurs at 5:4, reserved exclusively for Christ, distinguishing him from human elder-shepherds (5:1-3). Connects to Davidic messianic shepherd-king imagery (Ezekiel 34) though David is not named in 1 Peter.
Elders
Approved rendering: ağsaqqallar
Transliteration: ahgh-sahk-kahl-LAHR
Doctrine: Elders and Humility
Rejected alternatives: a purely institutional/hierarchical clergy-office term lacking the Azerbaijani respected-elder resonance
Original: πρεσβύτεροι
Category: Ministry
Occurs at 5:1-5. Strong positive cultural resonance: ağsaqqal (‘white-beard’) is a deeply respected traditional Azerbaijani social-leadership category (village/clan elder), predating and independent of Islamic religious structures. Readers may import the full weight of secular-customary ağsaqqal authority (often unaccountable, honor-based, sometimes clan-political); every occurrence must be qualified with Christ-patterned, servant, non-domineering, non-clan-based language. Native speaker review recommended.
Humility
Approved rendering: təvazökarlıq
Transliteration: tah-vah-zoh-kahr-LUHK
Doctrine: Elders and Humility
Original: ταπεινοφροσύνη
Category: Ethics
Occurs at 5:5 (pictured as tying on a slave’s work-apron). Broadly esteemed as a shared virtue in both Islamic and Azerbaijani cultural ethics — a genuine convergence point — but must still be anchored specifically in Christ’s own self-humbling pattern (cf. 2:21-23), not left as generic detached moral virtue.
Crown Of Glory
Approved rendering: ehtişamın solmaz tacı
Transliteration: eh-htee-shah-MUHN sol-MAHZ tah-JUH
Doctrine: Elders and Humility
Rejected alternatives: a literal monarch’s diadem reading (διάδημα is a distinct Greek term)
Original: στέφανος τῆς δόξης
Category: Eschatology
Occurs at 5:4, reusing Ehtişam (glory) and solmaz (unfading, from 1:4). An honoree’s/victor’s wreath image promised to faithful elders at Christ’s appearing.
Christian Name
Approved rendering: Xristian
Transliteration: khrees-tee-AHN
Doctrine: Christian Identity as Sojourners and Exiles
Original: Χριστιανός
Category: Christian Identity
Occurs at 4:16. Publicly identifying oneself under this distinct religious-community label carries real social and, in some contexts, legal-registration sensitivity given Azerbaijan’s regulated religious-activity environment. Flag for native speaker review alongside the baseline’s Mission/Evangelism sensitivity notes.
Household Of God
Approved rendering: Allahın evi/ailəsi
Transliteration: ahl-lah-HUHN eh-VEE / ai-lah-SEE
Doctrine: Church as God’s People
Original: οἶκος τοῦ Θεοῦ
Category: Church
Occurs at 4:17. Relational-family image, distinct from the institutional Kilsə term already established in the baseline; use where a family-household image, not an institutional one, is intended.
Babylon Code Name
Approved rendering: Babil
Transliteration: bah-BEEL
Doctrine: Christian Identity as Sojourners and Exiles
Original: Βαβυλών
Category: Historical/Symbolic
Occurs at 5:13. Almost certainly a coded reference to Rome; teaching notes must clarify this, to prevent confusion with modern geography in a book whose central identity-metaphor (sojourners/exiles) is already geographically loaded.
Sincere Brotherly Love
Approved rendering: qardaşlıq məhəbbəti
Transliteration: gahr-dahsh-LUHK mah-hab-bah-TEE
Doctrine: Holiness in Conduct
Rejected alternatives: qardaşlıq alone (rejected in the baseline as the primary rendering of ‘fellowship’ due to secular/pan-Turkic nationalist associations)
Original: φιλαδελφία ἀνυπόκριτος
Category: Christian Life
Occurs at 1:22. Functions adjectivally within a phrase already anchored by məhəbbət, which mitigates the baseline’s qardaşlıq caution, but teaching material should still clarify this is Christ-community-centered love, not civic or ethnic brotherhood.
Domineering
Approved rendering: hökmranlıq etmədən
Transliteration: herk-mrahn-LUHK et-mah-DAHN
Doctrine: Elders and Humility
Original: κατακυριεύω
Category: Ministry
Occurs at 5:3. Same verb root as Κύριος/Rəbb; Peter’s point is that human elders must not exercise the kind of absolute mastery that belongs to Christ alone as Rəbb. Preserve translator awareness of this internal wordplay even though it cannot surface lexically in Azerbaijani.
Defense Apologia
Approved rendering: müdafiə / izahat
Transliteration: mew-dah-fee-AH
Doctrine: Evangelism
Original: ἀπολογία
Category: Evangelism
Occurs at 3:15, paired with gentleness and respect. Connects to the baseline’s Evangelism doctrine (High): bearing witness is especially sensitive given Azerbaijan’s regulated religious-proselytizing legal environment. Flag for human theologian review for pastoral and legal-safety awareness.
Low Risk Terms
Fellowship
Approved rendering: Ünsiyyət
Transliteration: ewn-see-YAHT
Doctrine: Christian Fellowship
Rejected alternatives: qardaşlıq (brotherhood, generic/civic)
Original: κοινωνία
Category: Church
Inherited from Romans package. Risk elevated to Medium at 1 Peter 4:13, where the term describes active participation in Christ’s sufferings, not merely warm social togetherness; do not flatten to ordinary fellowship in that verse.
Flock
Approved rendering: sürü
Transliteration: sew-REW
Doctrine: Elders and Humility
Original: ποίμνιον
Category: Ministry
Occurs at 5:2, the local congregation entrusted to elders’ care. Straightforward pastoral metaphor; low ambiguity.
Conscience
Approved rendering: vicdan
Transliteration: veej-DAHN
Doctrine: Submission to Authority and Christlike Endurance
Original: συνείδησις
Category: Ethics
Occurs at 2:19; 3:16, 21. Standard term; low ambiguity risk beyond consistency across occurrences.
Faithful Creator
Approved rendering: sadiq Yaradan
Transliteration: sah-DEEK yah-rah-DAHN
Doctrine: Providence
Original: πιστὸς κτίστης
Category: God
Occurs at 4:19. A legitimate, biblically warranted pairing distinct from the baseline’s caution against Yaradan as a flattened substitute for Ata/Father; here ‘faithful’ modifies Creator in Peter’s own text and must not be read as license to substitute Yaradan for Ata elsewhere.
Kiss Of Love
Approved rendering: məhəbbət öpüşü
Transliteration: mah-hab-BAHT er-pew-SHEW
Doctrine: Mutual Love and Church Community
Original: φίλημα ἀγάπης
Category: Christian Fellowship
Occurs at 5:14. Cheek-kissing greetings are culturally familiar in Azerbaijani custom, a natural resonance point; clarify the specifically Christian-community, non-romantic sense, reusing the məhəbbət caution against the eşq register.
Sober Minded Watchful
Approved rendering: ayıq-sayıq
Transliteration: ah-YUHK sah-YUHK
Doctrine: Suffering for Righteousness’ Sake
Original: νήφω / γρηγορέω
Category: Ethics
Occurs at 1:13; 4:7; 5:8. Standard vigilance vocabulary; ensure consistent rendering across all three occurrences.
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