Core Glossary
Core Glossary — 2 Peter (English → Azerbaijani)
This glossary consolidates every load-bearing term identified in 07_semantic_analysis.md, citing terms from every chapter of 2 Peter. Terms marked “Baseline reuse” MUST use the Romans Language Package rendering exactly as recorded in translation_memory.json; new terms are proposed here for addition to translation memory in Phase 2. Risk tiers follow the baseline’s four-tier framework (Critical / High / Medium / Low).
| English Term | Greek (Transliteration) | Azerbaijani Rendering | Risk | Baseline Reuse? | Chapter(s) | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Myth | μῦθος (mythos) | Əfsanə | Medium | No | 1 | Contrast term for eyewitness testimony; pair with “uydurulmuş” (invented). |
| Power (of Christ) | δύναμις (dynamis) | Qüdrət | High | Yes (power_of_god) | 1 | Applied to Christ; do not soften to “influence.” |
| Coming / Parousia | παρουσία (parousia) | Gəliş | Critical | No | 1, 3 | Must be distinguished from Islamic subordinate-return-of-Isa doctrine and Shia raj’a (Twelfth Imam). |
| Eyewitness | ἐπόπτης (epoptēs) | Şahidlər | Medium | No | 1 | Distinguish orthographically from şəhid (martyr). |
| Majesty | μεγαλειότης (megaleiotēs) | Əzəmət | Medium | No | 1 | Resonance with divine attribute al-‘Azim; clarify majesty belongs to Christ himself. |
| Honor | τιμή (timē) | Şərəf | Low | No | 1 | — |
| Glory | δόξα (doxa) | Ehtişam | High | Yes (glory) | 1, 2, 3 | Avoid nur (Light of the Imams association). |
| Majestic Glory | μεγαλοπρεπὴς δόξα | Əzəmətli Ehtişam | Medium | Partial | 1 | Periphrasis for the Father’s glorious voice-bearing presence. |
| Son (of God) | Υἱός (huios) | Oğul / Allahın Oğlu | Critical | Yes (son_of_god) | 1 | Never soften to “sevimli qulum” (beloved servant). |
| Beloved | ἀγαπητός (agapētos) | Sevimli | Low | No | 1 | — |
| Well pleased | εὐδοκέω (eudokeō) | Razı olmaq | Low-Medium | No | 1 | — |
| Voice | φωνή (phōnē) | Səs | Low | No | 1 | — |
| Heaven | οὐρανός (ouranos) | Göy / Səma | Low | No | 1 | — |
| Holy | ἅγιος (hagios) | Müqəddəs | High | Yes (holy) | 1, 2 | — |
| More sure / confirmed | βεβαιότερος (bebaioteros) | Daha etibarlı | Medium | No | 1 | Supports Scripture-reliability doctrine; both testimony sources mutually confirm. |
| Prophetic word / Prophecy | προφητικὸς λόγος / προφητεία | Peyğəmbərlik sözü | High | Yes (prophecy) | 1 | Directly engages tahrif-adjacent objections. |
| Lamp | λύχνος (lychnos) | Çıraq | Low | No | 1 | — |
| Dark place | αὐχμηρὸς τόπος | Qaranlıq yer | Low | No | 1 | — |
| Morning star | φωσφόρος (phōsphoros) | Sübh ulduzu | Low-Medium | No | 1 | Christological resonance; flag connection to Christ’s self-title. |
| Scripture / writing | γραφή (graphē) | Yazı (Müqəddəs Yazı) | High | No (new; aligns with baseline doctrine name) | 1 | Central to tahrif-collision; always affirm divine origin explicitly. |
| One’s own interpretation | ἰδία ἐπίλυσις | Şəxsi şərh | Medium | No | 1 | Concerns origin of prophecy, not a ban on personal Bible study. |
| Will of man | θέλημα ἀνθρώπου | İnsan iradəsi | Low-Medium | No | 1 | — |
| Carried along (by the Spirit) | φέρω (pherō), passive | (Müqəddəs Ruh tərəfindən) idarə olunaraq | High | No | 1 | Preserve active, personal Spirit-guidance image, not mechanical dictation. |
| Holy Spirit | Πνεῦμα Ἅγιον | Müqəddəs Ruh | Critical | Yes (holy_spirit) | 1 | Never equate with Cəbrail (Gabriel). |
| Spoke from God | λαλέω ἀπὸ Θεοῦ | Allahdan danışdılar | High | No | 1 | Pair with φέρω phrase to avoid mechanical-dictation reading. |
| Servant (of Christ) | δοῦλος (doulos) | Qul | Medium | No | 1 | Positive resonance with “Allahın qulu”; ground in redemption/adoption, not bare submission. |
| Apostle | ἀπόστολος (apostolos) | Həvari | Medium | Yes (apostle) | 1 | — |
| Faith | πίστις (pistis) | İman | High | Yes (faith) | 1 | — |
| Righteousness | δικαιοσύνη (dikaiosynē) | Salehlik | Critical | Yes (righteousness) | 1, 2 | — |
| Grace | χάρις (charis) | Lütf | High | Yes (grace) | 1, 3 | — |
| Peace | εἰρήνη (eirēnē) | Sülh | Medium | Yes (peace) | 1 | — |
| Divine power | θεία δύναμις | İlahi qüdrət | High | Partial (extends power_of_god) | 1 | Sets up θεία φύσις (divine nature) in next verse. |
| Full/true knowledge | ἐπίγνωσις (epignōsis) | Kamil bilik | High | No | 1 | Relational knowing of God, distinguish from academic/religious-scholarly prestige. |
| Virtue / excellence | ἀρετή (aretē) | Fəzilət | Medium | No | 1 | Teach as fruit of grace, not merit-ladder parallel to Sufi virtue-stations. |
| Promise | ἐπάγγελμα / ἐπαγγελία | Vəd | Low-Medium | No | 1, 3 | Distinct from Əhd (covenant, the relational bond). |
| Divine nature | θεία φύσις (theia physis) | İlahi təbiət | Critical | No | 1 | Direct collision with tawhid/shirk; never imply believers become divine or God has partners. |
| Partaker / sharer | κοινωνός (koinōnos) | İştirakçı | Critical | No | 1 | FORBIDDEN: şərik/şərikçi (shirk association). Always use İştirakçı. |
| Corruption / decay | φθορά (phthora) | Fəsad (moral) / Çürümə (physical) | Medium | No | 1, 2 | Genuine resonance with Qur’anic fasad vocabulary. |
| Desire / lust | ἐπιθυμία (epithymia) | Ehtiras | Medium | No | 1, 2, 3 | Consistently negative sense throughout 2 Peter. |
| Diligence / effort | σπουδή (spoudē) | Səy | Low-Medium | No | 1, 3 | Pair with grace language to avoid merit-earning reading. |
| Knowledge | γνῶσις (gnōsis) | Bilik | High | No | 1, 3 | Distinguish from ἐπίγνωσις; guard against conflation with prestige of religious/academic elm. |
| Self-control | ἐγκράτεια (egkrateia) | Nəfsə hakimlik | Medium | No | 1 | Teach as Spirit-enabled fruit, not ascetic self-mortification. |
| Steadfastness / endurance | ὑπομονή (hypomonē) | Dözümlülük | Medium | No | 1 | Kept distinct from Səbir (reserved for μακροθυμία). |
| Godliness | εὐσέβεια (eusebeia) | Allahpərəstlik | High | No | 1, 2 | Deliberately avoids təqva (legal-merit framework); still requires explicit teaching contrast. |
| Brotherly affection | φιλαδελφία (philadelphia) | Qardaşlıq sevgisi | Medium | No | 1 | Confirm context keeps sense Christ-centered, not civic/nationalist. |
| Love | ἀγάπη (agapē) | Məhəbbət | Medium | No | 1 | Anchor in Christ’s self-giving example, not undefined mystical devotion. |
| Election | ἐκλογή (eklogē) | Seçilmə | High | Yes (election) | 1 | — |
| Calling | κλῆσις (klēsis) | Çağırış | High | Yes (calling) | 1 | — |
| Eternal kingdom | αἰώνιος βασιλεία | Əbədi Padşahlıq | Medium | Partial (extends kingdom_of_god) | 1 | Avoid dövlət (political state) framing. |
| Savior | σωτήρ (sōtēr) | Xilaskar | Low | Partial (derived from salvation) | 1 (and throughout) | — |
| Tent / body | σκήνωμα (skēnōma) | Çadır | Low-Medium | No | 1 | Needs brief explanatory gloss on the body-as-tent metaphor. |
| Departure | ἔξοδος (exodos) | Ayrılış | Low | No | 1 | Distinct from “Misirdən Çıxış” (book title). |
| Remind | ὑπομιμνήσκω (hypomimnēskō) | Xatırlatmaq | Low | No | 1 | — |
| False prophet | ψευδοπροφήτης (pseudoprophētēs) | Yalançı peyğəmbər | High | No | 2 | Doctrinally loaded given reverence for peyğəmbər category. |
| False teacher | ψευδοδιδάσκαλος (pseudodidaskalos) | Yalançı müəllim | High | No | 2 | Lower collision risk than “peyğəmbər” variant. |
| Destructive heresies | αἵρεσις ἀπωλείας | Zərərli təlimlər | Medium | No | 2 | Avoid təriqət (Sufi order) and bidət (Islamic legal-innovation category). |
| Master (of Christ) | δεσπότης (despotēs) | Sahib | High | No | 2 | Distinct from Rəbb (κύριος) and from Ağa (baseline-rejected generic human master). |
| Buy / redeem | ἀγοράζω (agorazō) | Satın almaq | Medium | No | 2 | Connect explicitly to the cross. |
| Sensuality | ἀσέλγεια (aselgeia) | Əxlaqsızlıq | Medium | No | 2 | — |
| Blaspheme / slander | βλασφημέω (blasphēmeō) | Təhqir etmək | High | No | 2 | AVOID küfr etmək (Islamic apostasy/disbelief category). |
| Greed / covetousness | πλεονεξία (pleonexia) | Tamahkarlıq | Low-Medium | No | 2 | — |
| Judgment | κρίσις (krisis) | Hökm | High | No | 2, 3 | Builds toward Hökm günü (day of judgment). |
| Tartarus / cast into hell | ταρταρόω (tartaroō) | Cəhənnəmə salmaq | Medium | No | 2 | Keep reference narrow to fallen angels’ pre-final-judgment confinement. |
| Ungodly | ἀσεβής (asebēs) | Allahsız | Medium | No | 2, 3 | Direct antonym of εὐσέβεια. |
| Righteous (of Noah/Lot) | δίκαιος (dikaios) | Saleh | Medium | Yes (root of righteousness) | 2 | Keep vocabulary uniform with Salehlik. |
| Authority / dominion | κυριότης (kyriotēs) | Hakimiyyət | Medium | No | 2 | Kept distinct from Rəbb to preserve that term’s exclusivity. |
| Glorious ones (angelic) | δόξαι (doxai) | Əzəmətli varlıqlar | Medium | No | 2 | Periphrasis; no exact Azerbaijani plural-abstraction parallel. |
| Balaam | Βαλαάμ | Bilam | Low | No | 2 | No direct Qur’anic parallel; supply brief background. |
| Slave of corruption | δοῦλος φθορᾶς | Fəsadın köləsi | Medium | No | 2 | Contrast with Qul (1:1) should be preserved consistently. |
| Holy commandment | ἐντολὴ ἁγία | Müqəddəs əmr/tapşırıq | Medium | No | 2 | Distinguish from baseline law (Qanun, Mosaic Law). |
| Scoffer / mocker | ἐμπαῖκτης (empaiktēs) | Rişxənd edənlər | Low-Medium | No | 3 | — |
| Creation | κτίσις (ktisis) | Yaradılış | Low | No | 3 | Consistent with book-title convention (Genesis = Yaradılış). |
| Flood / deluge | κατακλυσμός (kataklysmos) | Tufan | Low | No | 3 | Positive resonance with Qur’anic Nuh narrative; draw out judgment-certainty purpose explicitly. |
| Fire | πῦρ (pyr) | Od | Low-Medium | No | 3 | Simple term; eschatological pairing carries doctrinal weight. |
| Day of judgment | ἡμέρα κρίσεως | Hökm günü | Critical | No | 3 | Deliberately avoids Qiyamət günü’s full Islamic apparatus; still requires explicit teaching on overlap/difference. |
| Day of the Lord | ἡμέρα Κυρίου | Rəbbin günü | Critical | Partial (built on lord) | 3 | Distinguish from Qiyamət framework and Shia raj’a (Twelfth Imam/Mahdi return). |
| Thief | κλέπτης (kleptēs) | Oğru | Low | No | 3 | — |
| Elements | στοιχεῖα (stoicheia) | Ünsürlər | Low | No | 3 | — |
| New heavens and new earth | καινοὺς οὐρανοὺς καὶ γῆν καινήν | Yeni göylər və yeni yer | Medium | No | 3 | Real re-created cosmos, not merely a “spiritual paradise” in the Qiyamət sense. |
| Without spot, blameless | ἄσπιλος καὶ ἀμώμητος | Ləkəsiz və qüsursuz | Medium | No | 3 | Moral/relational purity, not ritual cleanliness. |
| Patience / longsuffering (of God) | μακροθυμία (makrothymia) | Səbir | Critical | No | 3 | Shared with Islamic al-Halim/patient-submission theology; God’s stated salvation-purpose for delay must be explicitly taught. |
| Repentance | μετάνοια (metanoia) | Tövbə | High | No | 3 | Retained shared term (like İman/Günah pattern); distinguish from Islamic formulaic/legal tawbah. |
| Lawless | ἄθεσμος (athesmos) | Qanunsuz | Low-Medium | No | 3 | Moral/social lawlessness, not the Mosaic Law (baseline law = Qanun) specifically. |
| Twist / distort (Scripture) | στρεβλόω (streblō) | Yanlış şərh etmək / əyri-üyrü izah etmək | Critical | No | 3 | FORBIDDEN: təhrif etmək (Islamic scriptural-corruption doctrine term). Concerns willful misreading, not text corruption. |
| Ignorant and unstable | ἀμαθής καὶ ἀστήρικτος | Cahil və səbatsız | Low-Medium | No | 3 | — |
| Amen | Ἀμήν (Amēn) | Amin | Low | Yes (established transliteration) | 3 | — |
Reused Baseline Terms Cited Without Modification
The following baseline (Romans) terms recur in 2 Peter without any new doctrinal nuance requiring adjustment; their baseline rendering, risk tier, and translation-memory entry apply directly and unchanged: God (Allah), Jesus (İsa, always paired with Məsih), Christ (Məsih), Lord (Rəbb), Holy Spirit (Müqəddəs Ruh), Holy (Müqəddəs), Faith (İman), Grace (Lütf), Peace (Sülh), Righteousness (Salehlik), Glory (Ehtişam), Apostle (Həvari), Election (Seçilmə), Calling (Çağırış), Kingdom of God (Allahın Padşahlığı), Law (Qanun), Prophet/Prophecy (Peyğəmbər / Peyğəmbərlik sözü), Salvation (Xilas).
Chapter Coverage Statement
All three chapters of 2 Peter have been analyzed in full for load-bearing theological vocabulary:
- Chapter 1 (including core passage 1:16-21): extensive new vocabulary — divine nature/partaker terms, virtue chain, Parousia, Scripture/inspiration terms.
- Chapter 2: extensive new vocabulary — false teacher/false prophet terminology, judgment vocabulary, δεσπότης/ἀγοράζω redemption imagery.
- Chapter 3: extensive new vocabulary — Day of the Lord, divine patience, repentance, and the Critical στρεβλόω/τahrif-adjacent caution.
No chapter of 2 Peter is without new theological vocabulary requiring documentation.
Critical Risk Terms
God
Approved rendering: Allah
Transliteration: ahl-LAHKH
Doctrine: Deity of Christ
Rejected alternatives: Tanrı (Turkish convention, not settled Azerbaijani IBT usage)
Original: θεός
Category: God
Inherited from Romans package, unchanged. In 2 Peter 1:1 Allah is directly identified with İsa Məsih under a single article (‘our God and Savior Jesus Christ’) — never split this Sharp’s-rule construction into two referents. Recurs throughout the letter’s opening/closing formulas.
Jesus
Approved rendering: İsa
Transliteration: ee-SAH
Doctrine: Lordship of Christ
Rejected alternatives: bare ‘İsa Peyğəmbər’ (Prophet Jesus, without Məsih)
Original: Ἰησοῦς
Category: Christology
Inherited from Romans package, unchanged. Always paired with Məsih (İsa Məsih) throughout 2 Peter (1:1-2, 1:8, 1:11, 1:14, 1:16, 2:20, 3:2, 3:18) to prevent collapse into the bare Qur’anic-prophet referent.
Messiah
Approved rendering: Məsih
Transliteration: mah-SEEKH
Doctrine: Messianic Promise
Rejected alternatives: sadəcə bir peyğəmbər (merely a prophet)
Inherited from Romans package, unchanged. Used constantly throughout 2 Peter as part of the İsa Məsih pairing; must always carry the full Davidic-covenant, atoning-savior content, never a bare familiar honorific.
Lord
Approved rendering: Rəbb
Transliteration: RAHBB
Doctrine: Lordship of Christ
Rejected alternatives: ağa (master, non-divine)
Original: κύριος
Category: Christology
Inherited from Romans package, unchanged. Recurs in 2 Peter’s signature formula ‘Rəbb və Xilaskar’ (Lord and Savior, 1:11; 2:20; 3:2, 3:18) — this exact formula must be rendered identically at every occurrence. Kept distinct from the new term Sahib (δεσπότης, 2:1), which highlights ownership-through-redemption rather than exclusive supreme authority.
Son Of God
Approved rendering: Allahın Oğlu
Transliteration: ahl-lah-HUHN oh-loo
Doctrine: Sonship of Christ
Rejected alternatives: Allahın sevimli qulu (God’s beloved servant)
Original: υἱὸς θεοῦ
Category: Christology
Inherited from Romans package, unchanged. Directly load-bearing in the core passage: the Father’s voice at the Transfiguration (2 Peter 1:17) — ‘Mənim sevimli Oğlum’ — must never be softened to a servant euphemism.
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, unchanged. Load-bearing for 2 Peter 1:21 (‘men spoke from God as they were carried along by the Holy Spirit’) — must be taught as God himself, the third Person of the Trinity, personally and actively carrying willing human authors, never an angelic messenger.
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, unchanged. 2 Peter 1:1 calls Christ ‘our God and Savior’ whose ‘righteousness’ secures believers’ faith; also underlies Saleh (righteous_dikaios), applied to Noah and Lot (2:5, 2:7-8).
Salvation
Approved rendering: Xilas
Transliteration: khee-LAHS
Doctrine: Salvation
Rejected alternatives: nicat (Imamate-intercession framing), cənnətə girmək (entering paradise)
Original: σωτηρία
Category: Salvation
Inherited from Romans package, unchanged. Root behind the new derived term Xilaskar (Savior), the letter’s recurring title for Christ (1:1, 1:11; 2:20; 3:2, 3:18).
Coming Parousia
Approved rendering: Gəliş
Transliteration: gah-LEESH
Doctrine: The Certainty of Christ’s Return
Rejected alternatives: nüzul (Sunni/Shia subordinate descent of Isa, who defeats the Dajjal and dies), raj’a (Shia doctrine of the Twelfth Imam/Mahdi’s return from concealment), parusiya (opaque transliteration vulnerable to uncontrolled assimilation)
CRITICAL, new term. Both Sunni and Shia Islam affirm a subordinate eschatological return of Isa, and Shia tradition additionally expects raj’a, the Twelfth Imam’s re-emergence. Christ’s Parousia (1:16; 3:1-13) must be taught as his own sovereign, exclusive return as Rəbb, not a preparatory or subordinate event. At first occurrence per lesson, append a possessive qualifier: ‘Rəbb İsa Məsihin Öz gəlişi’ (the Lord Jesus Christ’s own coming), keeping Christ himself as the unambiguous subject.
Twist Distort
Approved rendering: Yanlış şərh etmək / əyri-üyrü izah etmək
Transliteration: yahn-LUHSH shairkh et-MAKH
Doctrine: The Danger of Twisting Scripture
Rejected alternatives: təhrif etmək (EXPLICITLY FORBIDDEN — the exact Islamic technical term for Bible textual corruption)
Original: στρεβλόω
Category: Scripture
CRITICAL. 2 Peter 3:16. Describes willful misreading of an already-reliable text by the ignorant and unstable, NOT textual corruption. Rendering with təhrif etmək would have readers hear Peter himself confirming the scriptural-corruption doctrine at the exact moment he refutes it. Mandatory theologian review at every occurrence.
Divine Nature
Approved rendering: İlahi təbiət
Transliteration: ee-lah-HEE tah-bee-AHT
Doctrine: Divine Nature and Participation in Christ
Rejected alternatives: any framing suggesting believers become divine, are absorbed into God (Sufi fana), or that God has partners
Original: θεία φύσις
Category: Divine Nature
CRITICAL. 2 Peter 1:4. Sits at the exact fault line of tawhid/shirk doctrine. Always rendered as the fixed compound İlahi təbiətin iştirakçısı with partaker_sharer; must always carry a mandatory teaching footnote describing Spirit-given, Christ-mediated participation in God’s holiness and incorruption, never ontological merger.
Partaker Sharer
Approved rendering: İştirakçı
Transliteration: eesh-tee-rahk-CHUH
Doctrine: Divine Nature and Participation in Christ
Rejected alternatives: şərik / şərikçi (EXPLICITLY FORBIDDEN — the precise Arabic-origin term for the Islamic doctrine of shirk, forbidden partnership with Allah)
Original: κοινωνός
Category: Divine Nature
CRITICAL. 2 Peter 1:4. Under no circumstances may any şərik-root word be used. İştirakçı is the only permitted rendering, always accompanied by teaching notes clarifying Spirit-given union with Christ, not co-divinity or plural godhood.
Day Of Judgment
Approved rendering: Hökm günü
Transliteration: HUHKM gew-NEW
Doctrine: The Day of the Lord and Final Judgment
Rejected alternatives: Qiyamət günü (FORBIDDEN as primary rendering — carries the full Islamic apparatus of signs, mizan, sirat, and intercession expectations)
Original: ἡμέρα κρίσεως
Category: Judgment
CRITICAL. 2 Peter 3:7. Qiyamət günü is reserved exclusively for explicit contrastive teaching-note use, never as the primary translation. Teaching notes must address both genuine overlap and genuine difference.
Day Of The Lord
Approved rendering: Rəbbin günü
Transliteration: RAHB-been gew-NEW
Doctrine: The Day of the Lord and Final Judgment
Rejected alternatives: Qiyamət günü (FORBIDDEN), any framing assimilating to Shia raj’a (Twelfth Imam/Mahdi return)
Original: ἡμέρα Κυρίου
Category: Eschatology
CRITICAL. 2 Peter 3:10. Built directly on the inherited Rəbb; must be sharply distinguished from both the Qiyamət framework and raj’a — Peter’s Day of the Lord centers exclusively on Christ himself, not a subordinate deliverer.
Patience Of God
Approved rendering: Səbir
Transliteration: sah-BEER
Doctrine: Patience of God’s Timing
Rejected alternatives: qismət/alın yazısı-style fatalistic submission theology
Original: μακροθυμία / μακροθυμέω
Category: Patience
CRITICAL. 2 Peter 3:9, 3:15. Tied in Azerbaijani devotional speech to al-Halim, one of Allah’s names, and to patient submission to an inscrutable decree. 3:9 states an explicit, specific, salvation-oriented reason for God’s delay (allowing time for repentance) that must always be taught alongside this necessarily shared vocabulary at first use per lesson.
High Risk Terms
Holy
Approved rendering: Müqəddəs
Transliteration: myoo-kad-DASS
Doctrine: Sanctification
Rejected alternatives: təmiz (ritually clean)
Original: ἅγιος
Category: Sanctification
Inherited from Romans package, unchanged. Modifies ‘mountain’ (the Mount of Transfiguration, 1:18) and ‘commandment’ (apostolic teaching, 2:21) in 2 Peter; retains the baseline’s caution against ritual-purity readings.
Faith
Approved rendering: İman
Transliteration: ee-MAHN
Doctrine: Faith
Rejected alternatives: etiqad (doctrinal conviction/creed)
Original: πίστις
Category: Faith
Inherited from Romans package, unchanged. 2 Peter 1:1 speaks of ‘those who have obtained a faith of equal standing with ours’ — extending saving faith beyond the apostolic generation.
Grace
Approved rendering: Lütf
Transliteration: LYUTF
Doctrine: Grace
Rejected alternatives: mərhəmət (mercy), kərəm (Persian-influenced ‘divine generosity’)
Original: χάρις
Category: Salvation
Inherited from Romans package, unchanged. Paired with knowledge (Bilik) in the letter’s opening (1:2) and closing (3:18) exhortations to grow — must always precede and ground the virtue chain, never follow it as a reward.
Glory
Approved rendering: Ehtişam
Transliteration: eh-htee-SHAHM
Doctrine: Deity of Christ
Rejected alternatives: nur (divine light, Shia ‘Light of the Imams’ association)
Original: δόξα
Category: God
Inherited from Romans package, unchanged. Recurs describing Christ’s Transfiguration glory (1:3, 1:17), angelic ‘glorious ones’ (2:10), and the closing doxology (3:18). Never use nur, including in the new compound Əzəmətli Ehtişam.
Election
Approved rendering: Seçilmə
Transliteration: say-cheel-MAY
Doctrine: Effectual Calling
Rejected alternatives: qismət (fate/fortune), yazı (fatalistic decree)
Original: ἐκλογή
Category: Salvation
Inherited from Romans package, unchanged. 2 Peter 1:10 exhorts believers to ‘make your calling and election sure’ — ties directly to the baseline’s caution against qismət/yazı-style fatalism.
Calling
Approved rendering: Çağırış
Transliteration: chah-guh-RUHSH
Doctrine: Divine Calling
Rejected alternatives: dəvət (invitation)
Original: κλῆσις
Category: Salvation
Inherited from Romans package, unchanged. Paired with election in 2 Peter 1:10 as something believers confirm through diligent, grace-enabled virtue.
Law
Approved rendering: Qanun
Transliteration: kah-NOON
Doctrine: Fulfillment of Prophecy
Rejected alternatives: şəriət (Islamic religious law)
Original: νόμος
Category: Covenant
Inherited from Romans package, unchanged. Reserved sense (Mosaic Law) kept conceptually distinct from ἄθεσμος (‘lawless,’ Qanunsuz, 3:17), which describes general moral disorder, not the Mosaic Law itself.
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, unchanged. The category counterfeited by false prophets (2:1, see new term false_prophet) and the genuine category behind the ‘prophetic word’ of 1:19-21.
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, unchanged. The letter’s central defense of Scripture’s divine origin turns on this term (1:19-21) — directly engages tahrif-adjacent objections to Scripture’s reliability.
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)
Original: δύναμις θεοῦ
Category: God
Inherited from Romans package, unchanged. In 2 Peter 1:16 applied specifically to Christ (‘the power and coming of our Lord Jesus Christ’), reinforcing his deity; extended by the new term divine_power (İlahi qüdrət, 1:3).
Scripture Writing
Approved rendering: Yazı (Müqəddəs Yazı)
Transliteration: yah-ZUH (myoo-kad-DASS yah-ZUH)
Doctrine: The Reliability and Inspiration of Scripture
Rejected alternatives: vəhy (Islamic revelation term implying single-recipient dictation)
Original: γραφή
Category: Scripture
2 Peter 1:20, and throughout ch. 3. Central to the tahrif collision; every occurrence must affirm divine origin explicitly, aligning with the inherited doctrine name ‘Müqəddəs Yazıların ilhamı.‘
Carried Along
Approved rendering: (Müqəddəs Ruh tərəfindən) idarə olunaraq
Transliteration: myoo-kad-DASS rookh tah-rah-feen-DAHN ee-dah-RAH oh-loo-nah-RAHKH
Doctrine: Verbal, Plenary Inspiration of Prophecy
Rejected alternatives: a passive ‘blown/swept’ image suggesting mechanical dictation
Original: φέρω (passive)
Category: Scripture
2 Peter 1:21. Must preserve the active, personal Spirit-guidance image (a ship driven by wind, cf. Acts 27:15), not mechanical dictation nor a passive ‘channel’ model.
Spoke From God
Approved rendering: Allahdan danışdılar
Transliteration: ahl-lahkh-DAHN dah-nuhsh-duh-LAHR
Doctrine: Verbal, Plenary Inspiration of Prophecy
Original: λαλέω ἀπὸ Θεοῦ
Category: Scripture
2 Peter 1:21. Human prophets were genuine speakers/authors, yet God is the ultimate source; always pair with the carried_along phrase to avoid an over-mechanical reading.
Divine Power
Approved rendering: İlahi qüdrət
Transliteration: ee-lah-HEE kewd-RAHT
Doctrine: Divine Nature and Escaping Corruption
Original: θεία δύναμις
Category: Divine Nature
2 Peter 1:3. Builds on the inherited power_of_god term with the adjective ilahi (‘divine’); sets up the more Critical divine_nature phrase in the very next verse.
Full Knowledge Epignosis
Approved rendering: Kamil bilik
Transliteration: kah-MEEL bee-LEEK
Doctrine: Growing in Christian Virtue
Original: ἐπίγνωσις
Category: Virtue
2 Peter 1:2-3, 1:8. Relational, transformative knowledge of God/Christ, distinguished from generic Bilik (γνῶσις); guard against conflation with the prestige of religious/academic elm in Islamic and Soviet-secular educational culture.
Knowledge Gnosis
Approved rendering: Bilik
Transliteration: bee-LEEK
Doctrine: Growing in Christian Virtue
Original: γνῶσις
Category: Virtue
2 Peter 1:5-6; 3:18. Distinguish from Kamil bilik (ἐπίγνωσις); flag risk of assimilation to the prestige of religious/academic elm, obscuring its relational, virtue-chain sense.
Godliness
Approved rendering: Allahpərəstlik
Transliteration: ahl-lahkh-pah-rahst-LEEK
Doctrine: Growing in Christian Virtue
Rejected alternatives: təqva (FORBIDDEN — the central Qur’anic law-observance/merit-accumulating term)
Original: εὐσέβεια
Category: Virtue
2 Peter 1:6-7; 2:9; 3:11. Chosen instead of təqva to avoid importing a legal-merit framework; still requires explicit teaching that this godliness flows from the divine nature already given (1:3-4), not independent legal observance.
False Prophet
Approved rendering: Yalançı peyğəmbər
Transliteration: yah-lahn-CHUH pay-gam-BAIR
Doctrine: False Teachers and Their Judgment
Original: ψευδοπροφήτης
Category: False Teaching
2 Peter 2:1. Doctrinally loaded given peyğəmbər’s intense reverence in Islamic theology; restrict narrowly to the OT/early-church historical referent, with explicit teaching-note contextualization that this is not a claim about any specific Islamic prophetic figure.
False Teacher
Approved rendering: Yalançı müəllim
Transliteration: yah-lahn-CHUH mew-al-LEEM
Doctrine: False Teachers and Their Judgment
Original: ψευδοδιδάσκαλος
Category: False Teaching
2 Peter 2:1. Müəllim (‘teacher’) is doctrinally lighter than peyğəmbər; preferred as the default frame for 2 Peter’s antagonists throughout ch. 2.
Master Despotes
Approved rendering: Sahib
Transliteration: sah-HEEB
Doctrine: Christ’s Redemptive Ownership of Believers
Rejected alternatives: Ağa (baseline-rejected generic human master), Rəbb (would dilute κύριος’s exclusive-lordship force)
Original: δεσπότης
Category: Christology
2 Peter 2:1. Kept distinct from the inherited Rəbb (κύριος); captures ownership-through-purchase. Teaching notes must clarify Sahib still refers to the same divine Lord, highlighting a different facet (redemptive ownership) of his lordship.
Blaspheme Slander
Approved rendering: Təhqir etmək
Transliteration: tah-HKEER et-MAKH
Doctrine: The Moral Corruption of False Teachers
Rejected alternatives: küfr etmək (FORBIDDEN — the precise, legally weighted Islamic apostasy/disbelief category)
Original: βλασφημέω
Category: Sin
2 Peter 2:2, 2:10-12. Using küfr would import Islamic apostasy-law implications far beyond Peter’s general ‘defaming/insulting speech’ sense.
Judgment Krisis
Approved rendering: Hökm
Transliteration: HUHKM
Doctrine: False Teachers and Their Judgment
Original: κρίσις
Category: Judgment
2 Peter 2:3-4, 2:9; 3:7. Builds toward Hökm günü (day of judgment, ch. 3); keep register distinct from generic everyday usage so its forensic-eschatological weight is retained.
Repentance
Approved rendering: Tövbə
Transliteration: TUHV-bah
Doctrine: Repentance Leading to Salvation
Original: μετάνοια
Category: Salvation
2 Peter 3:9. Retained as the only natural Azerbaijani term, paralleling the baseline’s retention of İman/Günah; must be explicitly distinguished from formulaic Islamic tawbah, which is directed toward Allah apart from a mediating Savior.
Medium Risk Terms
Peace
Approved rendering: Sülh
Transliteration: SYULKH
Doctrine: Peace with God
Rejected alternatives: rahatlıq (inner calm/comfort)
Original: εἰρήνη
Category: Salvation
Inherited from Romans package, unchanged. Part of the letter’s opening greeting (2 Peter 1:2).
Apostle
Approved rendering: Həvari
Transliteration: heh-vah-REE
Doctrine: Apostleship
Rejected alternatives: peyğəmbər (prophet-messenger), imam (Shia infallible successor)
Original: ἀπόστολος
Category: Church
Inherited from Romans package, unchanged. Peter’s self-designation (1:1) and the collective apostolic authority behind the letter’s teaching (3:2); guard against imam-shaped associations.
Kingdom Of God
Approved rendering: Allahın Padşahlığı
Transliteration: ahl-lah-HUHN pahd-shah-luh-UH
Doctrine: Kingdom Mission
Rejected alternatives: Allahın dövləti (God’s state/nation)
Original: βασιλεία τοῦ θεοῦ
Category: Kingdom
Inherited from Romans package, unchanged. In 2 Peter 1:11 qualified as the ‘eternal kingdom of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ’ — see new term eternal_kingdom for the extended compound.
Myth
Approved rendering: Əfsanə
Transliteration: af-sah-NAH
Doctrine: The Reliability and Inspiration of Scripture
Rejected alternatives: uydurma (bare fabrication, loses genre-contrast nuance)
Original: μῦθος
Category: Scripture
2 Peter 1:16. Standard, doctrinally neutral Azerbaijani word for legend/myth; must be paired with ‘uydurulmuş’ (invented) so readers do not read it as a folk-tale genre compliment rather than Peter’s sharp contrast with eyewitness testimony.
Eyewitness
Approved rendering: Şahidlər
Transliteration: shah-hid-LAIR
Doctrine: Apostolic Eyewitness Authority
Rejected alternatives: any spelling variant approaching şəhid (martyr)
Original: ἐπόπτης
Category: Scripture
2 Peter 1:16. Must be kept orthographically and contextually distinct from şəhid (martyr), an unrelated word with heavy Shia Karbala-martyrdom associations, to avoid confusion in read-aloud contexts.
Majesty
Approved rendering: Əzəmət
Transliteration: az-zah-MAHT
Doctrine: Apostolic Eyewitness Authority
Original: μεγαλειότης
Category: Christology
2 Peter 1:16. Parallels the Islamic divine attribute al-‘Azim (The Majestic) — largely a point of positive resonance; teaching notes must clarify this majesty belongs to Christ himself, witnessed at the Transfiguration.
Majestic Glory
Approved rendering: Əzəmətli Ehtişam
Transliteration: az-zah-mat-LEE eh-htee-SHAHM
Doctrine: Apostolic Eyewitness Authority
Rejected alternatives: nur (Shia Light-of-the-Imams association)
Original: μεγαλοπρεπὴς δόξα
Category: Christology
2 Peter 1:17. A periphrasis for the Father’s glorious, voice-bearing presence at the Transfiguration, built from two already-established roots rather than coined vocabulary.
More Sure Confirmed
Approved rendering: Daha etibarlı
Transliteration: dah-HAH eh-tee-bahr-LUH
Doctrine: The Reliability and Inspiration of Scripture
Original: βεβαιότερος
Category: Scripture
2 Peter 1:19. Describes the mutually confirming relationship between apostolic eyewitness testimony and prophetic Scripture; must not imply Scripture was previously unreliable and only became reliable through apostolic experience.
Private Interpretation
Approved rendering: Şəxsi şərh
Transliteration: shakh-SEE shairkh
Doctrine: The Reliability and Inspiration of Scripture
Original: ἰδία ἐπίλυσις
Category: Scripture
2 Peter 1:20. Concerns the origin of prophecy (not from human invention), not primarily a ban on personal Bible study; avoid overcorrecting toward clergy-only interpretation.
Morning Star
Approved rendering: Sübh ulduzu
Transliteration: sewbkh ool-doo-ZOO
Doctrine: The Certainty of Christ’s Return
Original: φωσφόρος
Category: Christology
2 Peter 1:19. Christological weight; flag the connection to Christ’s self-designation elsewhere as ‘morning star’ so it is not read as a merely poetic-astronomical aside.
Will Of Man
Approved rendering: İnsan iradəsi
Transliteration: een-SAHN ee-rah-dah-SEE
Doctrine: Verbal, Plenary Inspiration of Prophecy
Original: θέλημα ἀνθρώπου
Category: Scripture
2 Peter 1:21. Negates human origination of prophecy, setting up the contrast with divine initiative in the same verse.
Servant Doulos
Approved rendering: Qul
Transliteration: KOOL
Doctrine: Apostolic Ministry and Servanthood
Original: δοῦλος
Category: Church
2 Peter 1:1. Peter’s self-designation preceding his apostolic title. ‘Allahın qulu’ has strong positive Azerbaijani/Islamic resonance; ground this servanthood in Christ’s redemptive ownership (see master_despotes) and adoption, not bare submission. Kept in deliberate lexical contrast with the negative Kölə (see slave_of_corruption, 2:19).
Virtue Excellence
Approved rendering: Fəzilət
Transliteration: fah-zee-LAHT
Doctrine: Growing in Christian Virtue
Original: ἀρετή
Category: Virtue
2 Peter 1:3, 1:5. Shared with Islamic ethical vocabulary — genuine resonance point; must be taught as fruit of grace and divine power, not a self-achieved ladder of merit paralleling Sufi virtue-stations.
Promise
Approved rendering: Vəd
Transliteration: VAHD
Doctrine: Divine Nature and Escaping Corruption
Original: ἐπάγγελμα / ἐπαγγελία
Category: Covenant
2 Peter 1:4; 3:4, 3:9, 3:13. God’s ‘precious and very great promises,’ including participation in the divine nature and the promised new heavens and new earth. Distinct from Əhd (covenant, the relational bond).
Corruption Decay
Approved rendering: Fəsad / Çürümə
Transliteration: fah-SAHD / chew-rew-MAH
Doctrine: Escaping the Corruption of the World
Original: φθορά
Category: Divine Nature
2 Peter 1:4; 2:12, 2:19. Fəsad (moral corruption) has genuine resonance with Qur’anic fasad vocabulary; Çürümə available for the more physical/ultimate-destruction sense.
Desire Lust
Approved rendering: Ehtiras
Transliteration: eh-htee-RAHS
Doctrine: Escaping the Corruption of the World
Original: ἐπιθυμία
Category: Sin
2 Peter 1:4; 2:10, 2:18; 3:3. Consistently negative, disordered desire throughout the letter.
Diligence Effort
Approved rendering: Səy
Transliteration: SAI
Doctrine: Growing in Christian Virtue
Original: σπουδή / σπουδάζω
Category: Virtue
2 Peter 1:5, 1:10, 1:15; 3:14. Pair carefully with Lütf (grace) language so diligence is not read as earning standing before God.
Self Control
Approved rendering: Nəfsə hakimlik
Transliteration: nahf-SAH hah-keem-LEEK
Doctrine: Growing in Christian Virtue
Original: ἐγκράτεια
Category: Virtue
2 Peter 1:6. Genuine resonance with Sufi-influenced nafs-discipline tradition; teach as Spirit-enabled fruit, not ascetic self-mortification.
Steadfastness Endurance
Approved rendering: Dözümlülük
Transliteration: duh-zewm-lew-LEWK
Doctrine: Growing in Christian Virtue
Original: ὑπομονή
Category: Virtue
2 Peter 1:6. Deliberately distinguished from Səbir (reserved for God’s own patience, μακροθυμία, ch. 3) to keep human-virtue and divine-attribute senses distinct.
Brotherly Affection
Approved rendering: Qardaşlıq sevgisi
Transliteration: kahr-dahsh-LUHKH sev-gee-SEE
Doctrine: Growing in Christian Virtue
Rejected alternatives: bare qardaşlıq (civic/pan-Turkic nationalist resonance)
Original: φιλαδελφία
Category: Church
2 Peter 1:7. Pairing qardaşlıq with sevgisi narrows the sense to familial-affection-within-the-church; confirm context keeps it Christ-centered.
Love Agape
Approved rendering: Məhəbbət
Transliteration: mah-hab-BAHT
Doctrine: Growing in Christian Virtue
Original: ἀγάπη
Category: Virtue
2 Peter 1:7. Also used in Sufi devotional poetry for mystical love of the Divine; anchor concretely in Christ’s self-giving example, not an undefined devotional feeling.
Eternal Kingdom
Approved rendering: Əbədi Padşahlıq
Transliteration: ah-bah-DEE pahd-shah-LUHKH
Doctrine: Kingdom Mission
Rejected alternatives: dövlət (political state)
Original: αἰώνιος βασιλεία
Category: Kingdom
2 Peter 1:11. Extends the inherited kingdom_of_god term with the temporal qualifier ‘eternal’; retains the caution against dövlət framing given Azerbaijan’s secular constitutional tradition.
Destructive Heresies
Approved rendering: Zərərli təlimlər
Transliteration: zah-rar-LEE tah-leem-LAIR
Doctrine: False Teachers and Their Judgment
Rejected alternatives: təriqət (Sufi religious order — FORBIDDEN), bidət (Islamic forbidden-innovation legal category — FORBIDDEN)
Original: αἵρεσις ἀπωλείας
Category: False Teaching
2 Peter 2:1. Deliberately descriptive rather than categorical, to avoid importing a foreign Islamic institutional/legal apparatus.
Buy Redeem
Approved rendering: Satın almaq
Transliteration: sah-TUHN ahl-MAHKH
Doctrine: Christ’s Redemptive Ownership of Believers
Original: ἀγοράζω
Category: Salvation
2 Peter 2:1. Must be explicitly anchored to the cross in surrounding teaching material, not left as a metaphor for value/worth alone; this depends on Christ’s real, historical death, which Islamic tradition denies (Qur’an 4:157).
Sensuality
Approved rendering: Əxlaqsızlıq
Transliteration: akh-lahkh-suhz-LUHKH
Doctrine: The Moral Corruption of False Teachers
Original: ἀσέλγεια
Category: Sin
2 Peter 2:2, 2:7, 2:18. The moral fruit of the false teachers’ rejection of Christ’s lordship — grace twisted into license.
Greed Covetousness
Approved rendering: Tamahkarlıq
Transliteration: tah-mahkh-kahr-LUHKH
Doctrine: The Moral Corruption of False Teachers
Original: πλεονεξία
Category: Sin
2 Peter 2:3, 2:14. The financial motive behind the false teachers’ exploitative ministry.
Tartarus Cast Into Hell
Approved rendering: Cəhənnəmə salmaq
Transliteration: jah-han-nah-MAH sahl-MAHKH
Doctrine: Angelic and Historical Precedents of Judgment
Original: ταρταρόω
Category: Judgment
2 Peter 2:4. Cəhənnəm carries the full Islamic afterlife apparatus of levels and post-Judgment procedure; keep this reference narrowly scoped to fallen angels’ pre-final-judgment confinement, not the general human afterlife destination.
Ungodly
Approved rendering: Allahsız
Transliteration: ahl-lahkh-SUHZ
Doctrine: Angelic and Historical Precedents of Judgment
Original: ἀσεβής
Category: Sin
2 Peter 2:5, 2:6; 3:7. Direct antonym of godliness (Allahpərəstlik); describes those judged in the Flood, at Sodom, and awaiting the final Day of Judgment.
Righteous Dikaios
Approved rendering: Saleh
Transliteration: sah-LEHKH
Doctrine: Angelic and Historical Precedents of Judgment
Original: δίκαιος
Category: Salvation
2 Peter 2:5, 2:7-8. Applied to Noah and Lot’s moral/covenantal status; keep vocabulary uniform with the inherited Salehlik root.
Authority Dominion
Approved rendering: Hakimiyyət
Transliteration: hah-kee-mee-YAHT
Doctrine: The Moral Corruption of False Teachers
Original: κυριότης
Category: Judgment
2 Peter 2:10. Kept distinct from Rəbb (reserved for κύριος as a title of Christ) to avoid diluting that exclusive term.
Glorious Ones
Approved rendering: Əzəmətli varlıqlar
Transliteration: az-zah-mat-LEE vahr-luhkh-LAHR
Doctrine: The Moral Corruption of False Teachers
Original: δόξαι
Category: Judgment
2 Peter 2:10. Angelic beings the false teachers arrogantly slander; a periphrasis is necessary since Azerbaijani has no exact plural-abstraction parallel.
Slave Of Corruption
Approved rendering: Fəsadın köləsi
Transliteration: fah-sah-DUHN kuh-lah-SEE
Doctrine: Escaping the Corruption of the World
Original: δοῦλος φθορᾶς
Category: False Teaching
2 Peter 2:19. Preserves the deliberate lexical contrast between Qul (positive, Christ’s willing servant, 1:1) and Kölə (negative, sin’s bondage); an ironic reversal — false teachers promise freedom but are themselves enslaved.
Holy Commandment
Approved rendering: Müqəddəs əmr/tapşırıq
Transliteration: myoo-kad-DASS AHMR / tahp-shuh-RUHKH
Doctrine: The Reliability and Inspiration of Scripture
Original: ἐντολὴ ἁγία
Category: Scripture
2 Peter 2:21. The full deposit of NT apostolic Christian teaching; avoid confusion with the inherited law term (Qanun, the Mosaic Law) — a distinct referent.
New Heavens New Earth
Approved rendering: Yeni göylər və yeni yer
Transliteration: yeh-NEE guh-oy-LAIR vah yeh-NEE yehr
Doctrine: Cosmic Judgment by Fire and the Promised Renewal
Original: καινοὺς οὐρανοὺς καὶ γῆν καινήν
Category: Eschatology
2 Peter 3:13. Must be taught as a real, physical re-created cosmos (echoing Isaiah 65:17, 66:22), not merely a ‘spiritual paradise’ in the Jannah/Qiyamət-framework sense.
Without Spot Blameless
Approved rendering: Ləkəsiz və qüsursuz
Transliteration: lah-kah-SEEZ vah kew-soor-SOOZ
Doctrine: Cosmic Judgment by Fire and the Promised Renewal
Original: ἄσπιλος καὶ ἀμώμητος
Category: Sanctification
2 Peter 3:14. Moral/relational purity to be pursued while awaiting the Day of the Lord, not ritual/ceremonial cleanliness.
Lawless
Approved rendering: Qanunsuz
Transliteration: kah-noon-SOOZ
Doctrine: The Danger of Twisting Scripture
Original: ἄθεσμος
Category: Sin
2 Peter 3:17. Built on the inherited Qanun root but refers to general moral/social lawlessness, not the Mosaic Law specifically; clarify in context to avoid confusion.
Low Risk Terms
Honor
Approved rendering: Şərəf
Transliteration: shah-RAHF
Doctrine: Apostolic Eyewitness Authority
Original: τιμή
Category: God
2 Peter 1:17. The Father’s public honoring of the Son at the Transfiguration; no significant collision risk.
Beloved
Approved rendering: Sevimli
Transliteration: seh-veem-LEE
Doctrine: Sonship of Christ
Original: ἀγαπητός
Category: Christology
2 Peter 1:17. Marks the Son’s unique, unrivaled relationship to the Father in the Transfiguration voice.
Well Pleased
Approved rendering: Razı olmaq
Transliteration: rah-ZUH ohl-MAHKH
Doctrine: Sonship of Christ
Original: εὐδοκέω
Category: God
2 Peter 1:17. Rendered as the phrase ‘Ondan tamamilə razıyam’ (I am fully pleased with him), echoing Isaiah 42:1.
Voice
Approved rendering: Səs
Transliteration: SAHSS
Doctrine: Apostolic Eyewitness Authority
Original: φωνή
Category: God
2 Peter 1:17-18. The audible voice from heaven confirming the Son’s identity.
Heaven
Approved rendering: Göy / Səma
Transliteration: guh-OY / seh-MAH
Doctrine: Apostolic Eyewitness Authority
Original: οὐρανός
Category: Eschatology
2 Peter 1:18. Standard shared vocabulary; no significant collision.
Lamp
Approved rendering: Çıraq
Transliteration: chuh-RAHKH
Doctrine: The Reliability and Inspiration of Scripture
Original: λύχνος
Category: Scripture
2 Peter 1:19. Figure for the illuminating function of the prophetic word.
Dark Place
Approved rendering: Qaranlıq yer
Transliteration: kah-rahn-LUHKH yehr
Doctrine: The Reliability and Inspiration of Scripture
Original: αὐχμηρὸς τόπος
Category: Scripture
2 Peter 1:19. The present age’s moral and spiritual darkness, illumined by Scripture until Christ’s return.
Savior
Approved rendering: Xilaskar
Transliteration: khee-lahs-KAHR
Doctrine: Salvation
Original: σωτήρ
Category: Christology
2 Peter 1:1, 1:11; 2:20; 3:2, 3:18. Naturally derived from the inherited Xilas root; part of the recurring ‘Rəbb və Xilaskar’ formula, which must be rendered identically at all five occurrences.
Tent Body
Approved rendering: Çadır
Transliteration: chah-DUHR
Doctrine: Apostolic Ministry and Servanthood
Original: σκήνωμα
Category: Eschatology
2 Peter 1:13-14. Figurative for the mortal body as a temporary dwelling; needs a brief explanatory gloss for readers unfamiliar with this OT-rooted image.
Departure
Approved rendering: Ayrılış
Transliteration: ai-ruh-LUHSH
Doctrine: Apostolic Ministry and Servanthood
Original: ἔξοδος
Category: Eschatology
2 Peter 1:15. Euphemism for Peter’s approaching death; deliberately distinct from ‘Misirdən Çıxış’ (the book of Exodus’s title).
Remind
Approved rendering: Xatırlatmaq
Transliteration: khah-tuhr-laht-MAHKH
Doctrine: Apostolic Ministry and Servanthood
Original: ὑπομιμνήσκω
Category: Faith
2 Peter 1:12-13, 1:15. Peter’s pastoral purpose — urgent reminder of settled truth, not new revelation.
Balaam
Approved rendering: Bilam
Transliteration: bee-LAHM
Doctrine: False Teachers and Their Judgment
Original: Βαλαάμ
Category: Covenant
2 Peter 2:15-16. Established OT proper-name transliteration convention; no direct Qur’anic parallel, so brief background context should be supplied in teaching notes.
Scoffer Mocker
Approved rendering: Rişxənd edənlər
Transliteration: reesh-KHAND eh-dahn-LAIR
Doctrine: The Certainty of Christ’s Return
Original: ἐμπαῖκτης
Category: Eschatology
2 Peter 3:3. Last-days scoffers who deny the Parousia because of its apparent delay.
Creation
Approved rendering: Yaradılış
Transliteration: yah-rah-duh-LUHSH
Doctrine: The Certainty of Christ’s Return
Original: κτίσις
Category: Eschatology
2 Peter 3:4. Consistent with the established book-title convention (Genesis = Yaradılış).
Flood Deluge
Approved rendering: Tufan
Transliteration: too-FAHN
Doctrine: Angelic and Historical Precedents of Judgment
Original: κατακλυσμός
Category: Eschatology
2 Peter 3:6. Positive resonance with the Qur’anic Nuh account — a genuine bridge point; draw out the judgment-certainty purpose explicitly, since it is not the Qur’anic retelling’s emphasis.
Fire
Approved rendering: Od
Transliteration: OHD
Doctrine: The Day of the Lord and Final Judgment
Original: πῦρ
Category: Eschatology
2 Peter 3:7, 3:10, 3:12. A simple term; its eschatological pairing with judgment carries doctrinal weight to be unpacked in teaching notes.
Thief
Approved rendering: Oğru
Transliteration: oh-ROO
Doctrine: The Day of the Lord and Final Judgment
Original: κλέπτης
Category: Eschatology
2 Peter 3:10. The ‘like a thief’ simile for the Parousia’s suddenness reads naturally without adjustment.
Elements
Approved rendering: Ünsürlər
Transliteration: ewn-sewr-LAIR
Doctrine: The Day of the Lord and Final Judgment
Original: στοιχεῖα
Category: Eschatology
2 Peter 3:10, 3:12. The physical constituents of the cosmos, to be dissolved in the final judgment by fire.
Ignorant Unstable
Approved rendering: Cahil və səbatsız
Transliteration: jah-HEEL vah sah-baht-SUHZ
Doctrine: The Danger of Twisting Scripture
Original: ἀμαθής καὶ ἀστήρικτος
Category: Scripture
2 Peter 3:16. Describes those vulnerable to misreading Scripture and being led into error; a pastoral, not primarily theological-technical, term.
Amen
Approved rendering: Amin
Transliteration: ah-MEEN
Doctrine: Liturgical Closing
Original: Ἀμήν
Category: Liturgical
2 Peter 3:18. Established transliteration convention, matching the baseline’s liturgical transliteration notes; closes the letter’s final doxology.
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