Core Glossary
Core Glossary — Titus (English ⇄ Koine Greek ⇄ Dogri)
This glossary consolidates every load-bearing term identified in 07_semantic_analysis.md, drawn from every chapter of Titus (1–3), including the verse-by-verse core-passage analysis of 2:11–3:8. Terms marked Reused carry forward the exact rendering already fixed in the baseline Romans translation_memory.json / bible_term_registry.json and MUST NOT be altered. Terms marked New — Titus are proposed additions for this curriculum and require the same review routing (theologian for Critical/High, native speaker for Medium, automated for Low) established in the baseline doctrine_risk_registry.json before Phase 2 deployment.
A. Terms Reused Exactly from the Baseline Romans Translation Memory
| English Term | Greek (Transliteration) | Dogri Rendering | Transliteration | Risk (per baseline) | Occurs in Titus | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Grace | χάρις (charis) | बिना कमाई दित्ती दया | bina kamai ditti daya | Critical | 1:4; 2:11; 3:7,15 | Reused verbatim; never मन्नत दा फल or पुण्य. |
| Faith / Believe | πίστις (pistis) | भरोसा | bharosa | High | 1:1,4,13; 2:2,10; 3:8,15 (κοινὴ πίστις etc.) | Object of faith must remain God/Christ throughout Titus. |
| Righteousness | δικαιοσύνη (dikaiosynē) | धरमीपन | dharmipan | Critical | 3:5 | Never धरम alone. |
| Justification / Justified | δικαιόω (dikaioō) | धर्मी ठहराए जाना | dharmi thehrae jana | Critical | 3:7 | Forensic declaration; never abbreviated to mere forgiveness. |
| Salvation (root) | σωτηρία / σῴζω (sōtēria / sōzō) | उद्धार | uddhar | Critical | 3:5 (ἔσωσεν) | Never मुक्ति or mannat/boon framing. |
| Apostle | ἀπόστολος (apostolos) | भेजेआ होया | bhejea hoya | Medium | 1:1 | Distinct from generic teacher/guru. |
| Holy (Spirit) | ἅγιος / πνεῦμα ἅγιον (hagios / pneuma hagion) | पवित्तर / पवित्तर आत्मा | pavittar / pavittar aatma | High / Critical | 3:5 | Never शक्ति or bare परमात्मा. |
| Peace | εἰρήνη (eirēnē) | शान्ति | shanti | Medium | 1:4 | Standard epistolary greeting. |
| Law | νόμος (nomos, adj. νομικός) | व्यवस्था | vyavastha | Medium | 3:9 (μάχαι νομικαί) | Never धरम. |
| Election / Elect | ἐκλεκτός (eklektos) | परमेश्वर दी चोन | Parmeshwar di chon | High | 1:1 | Never किस्मत. |
| Exhort | παρακαλέω (parakaleō) | हौसला देना | hausla dena | Low | 2:15; 2:6 (νεωτέρους παρακάλει) | Context-sensitive: encouragement here. |
| Messiah / Christ | Χριστός (Christos) | मसीह | masih | Critical | throughout | Standard transliteration. |
| Jesus | Ἰησοῦς (Iēsous) | यीशु | Yishu | Critical | throughout | Standard transliteration. |
| God | θεός (theos) | परमेश्वर | Parmeshwar | Critical | throughout | Never भगवान. |
| Father | πατήρ (patēr) | पिता | pita | Critical/High | 1:4 | Standard. |
| Glory | δόξα (doxa) | महिमा | mahima | High | 2:13 | Avoid ceremonial-splendor conflation. |
B. New Terms Introduced by Titus
| English Term | Greek (Transliteration) | Literal Meaning | Dogri Rendering | Transliteration | Risk | Doctrine | Alternatives Rejected | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Godliness | εὐσέβεια (eusebeia) | good reverence | परमेश्वर दा डर-अदब | Parmeshwar da dar-adab | Critical | Grace That Trains for Godly Living | भक्ति (bhakti — Hindu devotional-path term, e.g. Vaishno Devi bhakti; never use) | Foundational Pastoral-Epistles keyword; recurs 1:1, 2:12, and implicitly throughout. |
| Ungodliness | ἀσέβεια (asebeia) | lack of reverence | बे-अदबी | be-adabi | High | Grace That Trains for Godly Living | — | Structural negation of godliness term above. |
| Trains / Disciplines | παιδεύω (paideuō) | child-rearing/formation | तालीम दिंदी (ऐ) | talim dindi (ai) | Critical | Grace That Trains for Godly Living | तपस्या-style self-effort framing (never); guru-shishya self-attainment framing (never) | THE governing verb of the core passage; grace is the active agent. |
| Train (causative, of persons) | σωφρονίζω (sōphronizō) | make sound-minded | समझ सिखाणा | samajh sikhana | High | Grace That Trains for Godly Living | — | Human-relational parallel to παιδεύω (older women training younger women, 2:4). |
| Self-controlled / Sober-minded | σώφρων / σωφρόνως / σωφρονεῖν (sōphrōn family) | sound of mind | आपे उप्पर काबू (वाला) | aape uppar kabu (wala) | High | Grace That Trains for Godly Living | इज्ज़त-preservation framing (avoid implying honor-management rather than inner mastery) | Recurring thematic term: 1:8; 2:2,4,5,6,12. |
| Appeared / Appearing | ἐπιφαίνω / ἐπιφάνεια (epiphainō / epiphaneia) | shone forth openly | परगट होई / परगट होणा | pargat hoi / pargat hona | High | Grace That Trains for Godly Living; Regeneration | अवतार-style periodic-manifestation framing (never) | Structural inclusio: 2:11, 2:13, 3:4. |
| Savior | σωτήρ (sōtēr) | one who rescues | उद्धार करनहार | uddhar karanhar | Critical | Salvation by Grace not Works; Deity of Christ | boon-granting deity framing (never); mannat-exchange framing (never) | Occurs 6x in Titus (1:3,4; 2:10,13; 3:4,6), applied to both Father and Son. |
| Great God and Savior (of Jesus Christ) | ὁ μέγας θεὸς καὶ σωτήρ (ho megas theos kai sōtēr) | single-referent title | साढा महान परमेश्वर ते उद्धार करनहार | sadha mahan Parmeshwar te uddhar karanhar | Critical | Deity of Christ | splitting into two referents (never); softening to “a great being” (never) | Titus 2:13 — grammatically one person, Jesus Christ, named God and Savior. |
| Redeem / Redemption | λυτρόω (lytroō) | ransom/buy back | मुल्ल देइयै छੁटकारा दिवाना (छੁटकारा) | mull dei-yai chhutkara diwana (chhutkara) | Critical | Salvation by Grace not Works | मुक्ति (moksha, rebirth-cycle liberation — never) | Titus 2:14; costly, substitutionary, one-time deliverance. |
| Lawlessness | ἀνομία (anomia) | without law | व्यवस्था दे खिलाफ जीणा | vyavastha de khilaaf jeena | Medium | Salvation by Grace not Works | — | Built on Reused व्यवस्था. |
| A people for his own possession | λαὸς περιούσιος (laos periousios) | treasured-possession people | परमेश्वर दी अपणी खास प्रजा | Parmeshwar di apni khas praja | High | Church as God’s People | caste/lineage-elite framing (avoid) | Echoes Exodus 19:5 LXX; corporate identity in grace, not birthright. |
| Good works | καλὰ / ἀγαθὰ ἔργα (kala / agatha erga) | good/fine deeds | नेक कम्म | nek kamm | Critical | Sound Doctrine and Good Works; Salvation by Grace not Works | पुण्य (merit-earning — never); mannat vow-offering logic (never) | Central recurring term: 1:16; 2:7,14; 3:1,8,14. Always fruit, never root, of salvation. |
| Sound doctrine | ὑγιαίνουσα διδασκαλία (hygiainousa didaskalia) | healthy teaching | खरी सिखलाई | khari sikhlai | High | Sound Doctrine and Good Works | Sanskrit-textual-tradition-parallel framing (avoid) | Built on baseline’s खरी (from खरी खबर) for cross-document consistency; recurs 1:9,13; 2:1,2,8. |
| Teaching / Doctrine (general) | διδασκαλία / διδαχή (didaskalia / didachē) | teaching | सिखलाई | sikhlai | Medium | Sound Doctrine and Good Works | — | Base form underlying “sound doctrine.” |
| Rebuke / Reprove | ἐλέγχω (elegchō) | expose/convict | सख्ती नाल समझाना | sakhti naal samjhana | Medium | Sound Doctrine and Good Works | — | 1:9,13; 2:15. |
| Elder (church office) | πρεσβύτερος (presbyteros) | older one (office) | कलीसिया दा बड्डा | kalisiya da badda | High | Qualifications for Elders | hereditary/birthright leadership framing (avoid) | Titus 1:5; distinct from πρεσβύτης (2:2, age-category). |
| Overseer | ἐπίσκοπος (episkopos) | one who watches over | निगरान | nigaran | Medium | Qualifications for Elders | पुजारी (ritual priest — never) | Titus 1:7; same office as elder, functional emphasis. |
| Older man (age) | πρεσβύτης (presbytēs) | old man | बड्डी उमर दा मरद | baddi umar da mard | Medium | Qualifications for Elders (contrast) | — | Titus 2:2; must be kept visibly distinct from elder-office term. |
| Older woman (age) | πρεσβύτις (presbytis) | old woman | बड्डी उमर दी तीविं | baddi umar di teevin | Low | — | — | Titus 2:3. |
| Insubordinate | ἀνυπότακτος (anypotaktos) | not brought under order | अधीन नां रौह्ने वाला | adhin nā rehne wala | High | Submission to Authority (negative) | — | 1:6,10; negation of ὑποτάσσω. |
| Submit / Be subject to | ὑποτάσσω (hypotassō) | arrange under | अधीन रौह्ना | adhin rehna | High | Submission to Authority | izzat-preservation-driven compliance framing (avoid) | 2:5,9; 3:1 — must render identically at all three occurrences. |
| Rulers / Authorities | ἀρχή / ἐξουσία (archē / exousia) | rule/power | राज-अधिकारी | raj-adhikari | Medium | Submission to Authority | temple/priestly authority framing (avoid) | Titus 3:1; civil governmental scope only. |
| Gentleness | πραΰτης (prautēs) | controlled strength | नरमी | narmi | Medium | Submission to Authority | — | Titus 3:2; tone for both submission and correction. |
| Kindness | χρηστότης (chrēstotēs) | goodness in action | भलाई | bhalai | Medium | Salvation by Grace not Works | — | Titus 3:4. |
| Loving-kindness (for mankind) | φιλανθρωπία (philanthrōpia) | love of humankind | मनुक्खां आस्तै प्यार | mankhan aastai pyaar | Medium | Salvation by Grace not Works | — | Titus 3:4. |
| Mercy | ἔλεος (eleos) | compassion in action | दया | daya | Critical | Salvation by Grace not Works | करुणा (generic detached compassion — avoid); boon-granting-deity compassion (avoid) | Titus 3:5; distinct from but related to χάρις. |
| Washing | λουτρόν (loutron) | a bath | धोणा | dhona | Critical | Regeneration by the Holy Spirit | ritual purificatory bathing (e.g. Vaishno Devi darshan preparation, Ganga-style immersion — must be explicitly distinguished, not equated) | Titus 3:5; inward spiritual cleansing, once, through Christ. |
| Regeneration | παλιγγενεσία (palingenesia) | again-birth | पवित्तर आत्मा दुआरा नमां जीवन | pavittar aatma dwara nawa jeevan | CRITICAL — highest priority | Regeneration by the Holy Spirit | पुनर्जन्म (reincarnation — NEVER); आवागमन (transmigration cycle — NEVER); any जनम/“birth”-rooted compound (avoid) | Titus 3:5; deliberately uses “जीवन” (life) not “जनम” (birth) to block rebirth-cycle reading. Mandatory human theologian review on every occurrence. |
| Renewal | ἀνακαίνωσις (anakainōsis) | making new again | आत्मा दुआरा नमां बनाई जाणा | aatma dwara nawa banai jaana | Critical | Regeneration by the Holy Spirit | same forbidden list as regeneration above | Titus 3:5; paired with παλιγγενεσία as one Spirit-wrought reality. |
| Poured out | ἐκχέω (ekcheō) | poured abundantly | डोल्हिया गेआ | dolhiya geā | Medium | Regeneration by the Holy Spirit | — | Titus 3:6; echoes OT Spirit-outpouring language. |
| Heir | κληρονόμος (klēronomos) | one who inherits | वारिस | waris | High | Regeneration by the Holy Spirit (inheritance) | reduced/provisional-status framing (avoid) | Titus 3:7; reinforces baseline’s adoption doctrine. |
| Eternal life | ζωὴ αἰώνιος (zōē aiōnios) | life without end | सदा दी जिंदगी | sada di zindagi | Medium | Regeneration by the Holy Spirit | मोक्ष-style cycle-escape framing (avoid) | Titus 1:2; 3:7; relational, not impersonal, unending life. |
| The saying is trustworthy | πιστὸς ὁ λόγος (pistos ho logos) | faithful formula | ऐह् गल्ल भरोसे जोग ऐ | aih gall bharose jog ai | Medium | Sound Doctrine and Good Works | — | Fixed Pastoral-Epistles formula; keep consistent across curricula. |
| Divisive person | αἱρετικὸς ἄνθρωπος (hairetikos anthrōpos) | faction-choosing person | फूट पाने वाला मनुक्ख | phut paane wala mankh | High | Avoiding Divisive Controversies | applying to ordinary disagreement or honest theological question (avoid) | Titus 3:10; a proven, repeated pattern after warning, not a single dispute. |
| Foolish controversies | μωραὶ ζητήσεις (mōrai zētēseis) | senseless questionings | बेकार दे बहस-मुबाहसे | bekar de bahas-mubahse | High | Avoiding Divisive Controversies | — | Titus 3:9. |
| Genealogies (unprofitable) | γενεαλογία (genealogia) | lineage records | बंस-परमपरा दी गल्लां | vansh-parampara di gallan | High | Avoiding Divisive Controversies | — | Titus 3:9; must be explicitly distinguished from the positive Davidic-lineage theology elsewhere in the curriculum (vansh consciousness is culturally salient in Dogra Rajput identity). |
| Knowledge of the truth | ἐπίγνωσις ἀληθείας (epignōsis alētheias) | full knowledge of what is real | सच्चाई दा गिआन | sachai da gyan | Medium | Sound Doctrine and Good Works | Vedantic self-realization framing of ज्ञान (avoid) | Titus 1:1. |
| Truth | ἀλήθεια (alētheia) | what is real/not hidden | सच्चाई | sachai | Medium | Sound Doctrine and Good Works | — | 1:1,14; also underlies 1:13’s “sound in the faith.” |
| Conscience | συνείδησις (syneidēsis) | co-knowledge, inner moral witness | अंतरात्मा | antaratma | Medium | Sound Doctrine and Good Works | conflation with आत्मा (Holy Spirit/soul) in Trinity contexts (avoid) | Titus 1:15. |
| Defiled | μιαίνω / μεμιαμμένος (miainō / memiammenos) | soiled/polluted (moral) | मैला होया | maila hoya | High | Sound Doctrine and Good Works | भिट्ट (ritual pollution — already rejected in baseline; never) | Titus 1:15; this verse itself deconstructs a ritual-purity framework — requires translator note. |
| Pure | ἁγνός (hagnos) | morally pure/chaste | पाक | paak | Medium | Grace That Trains for Godly Living | शुद्ध (ritual/temple purity — already rejected in baseline; avoid) | Titus 2:5. |
| Disqualified / Unfit | ἀδόκιμος (adokimos) | not passing the test | नाकाबल | nakabil | Medium | Sound Doctrine and Good Works | — | Titus 1:16; dark mirror of 3:8’s positive charge. |
| Love (agape) | ἀγάπη (agapē) | selfless, willed love | प्यार | pyaar | Medium | Grace That Trains for Godly Living | प्रेम (Radha-Krishna romantic-devotional love — avoid) | Titus 2:2. |
| Steadfastness / Endurance | ὑπομονή (hypomonē) | patient endurance | धीरज | dheeraj | Low-Medium | Grace That Trains for Godly Living | — | Titus 2:2. |
| Reverent (in behavior) | ἱεροπρεπής (hieroprepēs) | fitting the sacred | सत्कार जोग चाल-चलण | satkar jog chaal-chalan | Medium | Grace That Trains for Godly Living | मंदर/पुजारी-rooted vocabulary (avoid) | Titus 2:3. |
| Adorn (the doctrine) | κοσμέω (kosmeō) | beautify/put in order | सजाना | sajana | Medium | Sound Doctrine and Good Works | temple/deity-image decoration association (flag, explain in note) | Titus 2:10. |
| Devout / Holy (personal piety) | ὅσιος (hosios) | personally pious | पवित्तर चाल-चलण वाला | pavittar chaal-chalan wala | Medium | Qualifications for Elders | — | Titus 1:8; near-synonym cluster with δίκαιος, ἅγιος — do not force artificial distinctness if it distorts natural register. |
| Hospitable | φιλόξενος (philoxenos) | friend of strangers | पराह्णयां दी सेवा करने वाला | parahniyan di seva karan wala | Low | Qualifications for Elders | — | Titus 1:8. |
| Blameless | ἀνέγκλητος (anegklētos) | without accusation | दोष रहित | dosh rahit | Medium | Qualifications for Elders | — | Titus 1:6,7. |
| Profitable | ὠφέλιμος (ōphelimos) | beneficial | फायदेमंद | faydemand | Low | Sound Doctrine and Good Works | — | Titus 3:8. |
| Unfruitful | ἄκαρπος (akarpos) | without fruit | बे-फल | be-phal | Low | Sound Doctrine and Good Works | — | Titus 3:14. |
C. Cross-Reference Notes for Phase 2
- Highest-priority Critical term in this curriculum: παλιγγενεσία (regeneration). No comparable term existed in the Romans baseline; its literal “again-birth” sense makes it the single greatest new collision risk against Duggar Hindu cosmology (पुनर्जन्म, आवागमन). Every occurrence requires mandatory human theologian review and a standing [TRANSLATOR NOTE].
- σωτήρ (Savior) is textually far more concentrated in Titus (6 occurrences in 3 chapters) than anywhere in Romans; ensure उद्धार करनहार is applied with total consistency across all six occurrences (1:3,4; 2:10,13; 3:4,6) and cross-checked against the baseline’s उद्धार (salvation) for root consistency.
- εὐσέβεια (godliness) and its negation ἀσέβεια (ungodliness) form a structural pair running through the whole letter (1:1; 2:12); ensure डर-अदब / बे-अदबी are never swapped for भक्ति-rooted vocabulary at any point, including in derived teaching materials.
- ὑποτάσσω (submit) must receive the identical Dogri headword (अधीन रौह्ना) at all three occurrences (2:5, 2:9, 3:1) to preserve the cross-document consistency rule established in the baseline’s
12_ai_translation_requirements.md. - καλὰ ἔργα (good works) must always be taught paired with its fruit-not-root qualifier, especially at 3:5 (explicit negative: “not by works”) and 3:8/3:14 (explicit positive: “devote themselves to”), to prevent collapse into either merit-earning (पुण्य) or the mannat vow-exchange economy already guarded against in the baseline for grace and salvation.
- γενεαλογία (genealogies, 3:9) requires special handling given the baseline’s positive treatment of Davidic lineage (seed_of_david, davidic_covenant) — Phase 2 reviewers must ensure this verse’s caution against unprofitable genealogical dispute is not misread as devaluing lineage theology generally.
Critical Risk Terms
Grace
Approved rendering: बिना कमाई दित्ती दया
Transliteration: bina kamai ditti daya
Doctrine: Grace
Rejected alternatives: मन्नत दा फल (vow-granted boon; never use), पुण्य (merit earned; never use)
Original: χάρις
Category: Salvation
Inherited from Romans package (unchanged). Occurs at Titus 1:4; 2:11; 3:7,15. Titus 2:11 personifies grace as the active, historical, saving reality that ‘appeared’; Titus 3:5-7 stacks grace against an explicit works-denial clause structurally identical to Romans 4:4-5/11:5-6. The Vaishno Devi mannat vow-economy remains the primary local collision risk.
Righteousness
Approved rendering: धरमीपन
Transliteration: dharmipan
Doctrine: Salvation
Rejected alternatives: धरम (avoid Dogra Rajput lineage/duty associations)
Original: δικαιοσύνη
Category: Salvation
Inherited from Romans package (unchanged). Occurs at Titus 3:5 in the explicit negative clause excluding ‘works done by us in righteousness’ as the ground of salvation — the doctrinal center of ‘Salvation by Grace not Works.‘
Justification
Approved rendering: धर्मी ठहराए जाना
Transliteration: dharmi thehrae jana
Doctrine: Salvation
Rejected alternatives: माफी मिलना (forgiveness received; too narrow)
Original: δικαίωσις / δικαιόω
Category: Salvation
Inherited from Romans package (unchanged). Titus 3:7 explicitly grounds this forensic declaration ‘by his grace,’ directly reinforcing Romans 4-5. Never abbreviate to mere forgiveness.
Salvation
Approved rendering: उद्धार
Transliteration: uddhar
Doctrine: Salvation
Rejected alternatives: मुक्ति (moksha/rebirth-cycle liberation; never use), मनोकामना पूरी होना (wish/boon granted via vow; never use)
Original: σωτηρία / σῴζω
Category: Salvation
Inherited from Romans package (unchanged). Titus 3:5 (‘he saved us’) is the letter’s central salvation statement, explicitly excluding works as the ground. Root also underlies the new Titus term ‘Savior’ (उद्धार करनहार).
Holy Spirit
Approved rendering: पवित्तर आत्मा
Transliteration: pavittar aatma
Doctrine: Sanctification
Rejected alternatives: शक्ति (goddess-power; never use), परमात्मा alone (Hindu universal Self; never use)
Original: πνεῦμα ἅγιον
Category: God
Inherited from Romans package (unchanged). Titus 3:5-6 names the Spirit as the agent of regeneration and renewal, and as the one ‘poured out’ through Christ. Never शक्ति or bare परमात्मा.
Messiah
Approved rendering: मसीह
Transliteration: masih
Doctrine: Messianic Promise
Original: Χριστός
Category: Christology
Inherited from Romans package (unchanged). Occurs throughout Titus as part of the fixed title ‘Christ Jesus’/‘Jesus Christ,’ including within the Critical-tier ‘great God and Savior’ construction of 2:13.
Jesus
Approved rendering: यीशु
Transliteration: Yishu
Doctrine: Lordship of Christ
Rejected alternatives: ईसा (Muslim/Urdu-influenced form; reserve for interfaith-dialogue framing only)
Original: Ἰησοῦς
Category: Christology
Inherited from Romans package (unchanged). Confirm against the BSI Dogri Bible for the exact settled form.
God
Approved rendering: परमेश्वर
Transliteration: Parmeshwar
Doctrine: Deity of Christ
Rejected alternatives: भगवान (broad Hindu deity usage; avoid)
Original: θεός
Category: God
Inherited from Romans package (unchanged). Occurs applied to both the Father and, decisively, to Jesus Christ at Titus 2:13’s single-referent ‘great God and Savior’ construction.
Father
Approved rendering: पिता
Transliteration: pita
Doctrine: Adoption into God’s Family
Original: πατήρ
Category: God
Inherited from Romans package (unchanged). Occurs in the Titus 1:4 greeting; underlies the doctrinal background for the new Titus term ‘heir’ (वारिस, 3:7).
Resurrection
Approved rendering: मुर्दघरा चा जिंदा होना
Transliteration: murdaghara cha jinda hona
Doctrine: Resurrection of Christ
Rejected alternatives: पुनर्जन्म (reincarnation; never use)
Inherited from Romans package (unchanged). Not directly quoted in Titus, but its forbidden alternative पुनर्जन्म is the exact term that must ALSO never be used for the new Critical Titus term ‘regeneration’ (παλιγγενεσία, Titus 3:5), which carries an even sharper collision risk given its literal ‘again-birth’ sense.
Incarnation
Approved rendering: मानखे दा रूप लैना
Transliteration: mankhe da roop laina
Doctrine: Incarnation
Rejected alternatives: अवतार (never use)
Inherited from Romans package (unchanged). Its forbidden alternative अवतार must ALSO never be used for the new Titus term ‘appeared/appearing’ (ἐπιφαίνω/ἐπιφάνεια, Titus 2:11,13; 3:4), which risks being heard as periodic avatar-style manifestation given Raghunath Mandir’s Rama-avatar devotional prominence.
Godliness
Approved rendering: परमेश्वर दा डर-अदब
Transliteration: Parmeshwar da dar-adab
Doctrine: Grace That Trains for Godly Living
Rejected alternatives: भक्ति (bhakti — Hindu devotional-path term central to Vaishno Devi and Krishna-bhakti devotionalism; never use)
Original: εὐσέβεια
Category: Godliness
New — Titus. Foundational Pastoral-Epistles keyword (εὐσέβεια), occurring at 1:1 and underlying 2:12. भक्ति is forbidden because it imports an entire devotee-deity exchange theology (bhakti marga as a path to release) foreign to this doctrine. डर-अदब is an everyday, non-primarily-religious Dogri/Punjabi compound chosen precisely to avoid that import. Flag for theologian review on first deployment; confirm against BSI Dogri Bible if available.
Trains Disciplines
Approved rendering: तालीम दिंदी (ऐ)
Transliteration: talim dindi (ai)
Doctrine: Grace That Trains for Godly Living
Rejected alternatives: तपस्या-style karmic self-effort/penance framing (never), guru-shishya disciple-training toward self-attained enlightenment framing (never)
Original: παιδεύω
Category: Godliness
New — Titus. THE governing verb of the core passage (παιδεύω, Titus 2:12). Grace itself, not the believer’s own willpower, must remain the explicit grammatical agent in every occurrence, given the high local salience of both merit-earning devotional frameworks and guru-based spiritual formation in Duggar religious culture.
Savior
Approved rendering: उद्धार करनहार
Transliteration: uddhar karanhar
Doctrine: Salvation by Grace not Works
Rejected alternatives: boon-granting/wish-granting deity framing (never), mannat-exchange framing (never)
Original: σωτήρ
Category: Christology
New — Titus, built on the baseline’s उद्धार root. σωτήρ occurs six times in Titus (1:3,4; 2:10,13; 3:4,6), applied to both the Father and the Son — far more concentrated than in Romans. Must never be framed as a wish-granting or boon-granting figure, the exact transactional logic the Romans baseline already guards against for grace/salvation via the Vaishno Devi mannat economy. Must be applied identically to Father and Son across all six occurrences.
Great God And Savior
Approved rendering: साढा महान परमेश्वर ते उद्धार करनहार यीशु मसीह
Transliteration: sadha mahan Parmeshwar te uddhar karanhar Yishu Masih
Doctrine: Deity of Christ (Titus 2:13)
Rejected alternatives: splitting into two referents, e.g. ‘the great God, and [a separate] Savior Jesus Christ’ (never — this is the specific Watchtower/Jehovah’s Witness sectarian rendering pattern documented in circulating Hindi/Punjabi literature), softening to ‘a great being honored alongside’ Raghunath Mandir’s Rama-Vishnu or Bahu Fort’s Kali (never)
Original: ὁ μέγας θεὸς καὶ σωτήρ ἡμῶν Ἰησοῦς Χριστός
Category: Christology
New — Titus. Titus 2:13’s single Greek noun phrase under one article grammatically requires ‘great God and Savior’ to name ONE person, Jesus Christ — one of the NT’s clearest direct affirmations of Christ’s full deity (Sharp’s rule). Mandatory human theologian review, every occurrence, no exceptions. Translator note required preserving single-referent grammar.
Redeem Redemption
Approved rendering: मुल्ल देइयै छੁटकारा दिवाना (छੁटकारा)
Transliteration: mull dei-yai chhutkara diwana (chhutkara)
Doctrine: Redemption through Christ’s Sacrifice
Rejected alternatives: मुक्ति (moksha-style liberation from the rebirth cycle; never use)
Original: λυτρόω
Category: Salvation
New — Titus. λυτρόω, Titus 2:14: Christ ‘gave himself for us to redeem us from all lawlessness.’ Must not be confused with मुक्ति, already forbidden in the Romans baseline for ‘salvation.’ This is a one-time, costly, personal deliverance secured by Christ’s substitutionary self-sacrifice from moral lawlessness, not an escape from a cosmic cycle. Translator note required on every occurrence.
Good Works
Approved rendering: नेक कम्म
Transliteration: nek kamm
Doctrine: Sound Doctrine and Good Works
Rejected alternatives: पुण्य (merit-earning; never use), Vaishno Devi mannat vow-offering logic, where an act secures a granted boon (never)
Original: καλὰ / ἀγαθὰ ἔργα
Category: Ethics
New — Titus. καλὰ/ἀγαθὰ ἔργα is the single most recurring phrase in Titus (1:16; 2:7,14; 3:1,8,14). MUST always be taught with explicit fruit-not-root framing (grace/regeneration first at 3:5, good works as their necessary fruit at 3:8/3:14) to prevent collapse into merit-earning or the mannat vow-offering economy. Requires a standing translator note wherever it appears near grace/salvation vocabulary.
Mercy
Approved rendering: दया
Transliteration: daya
Doctrine: Salvation by Grace not Works
Rejected alternatives: करुणा (generic detached compassion; avoid), boon-granting-deity compassion, e.g. Vaishno Devi responding favorably to a plea (avoid)
Original: ἔλεος
Category: Salvation
New — Titus. ἔλεος, Titus 3:5: God saved us ‘according to his own mercy.’ Distinct from but closely related to χάρις: mercy emphasizes relief from a wretched condition, grace emphasizes the unearned nature of the gift. Never softened into करुणा.
Washing
Approved rendering: धोणा
Transliteration: dhona
Doctrine: Regeneration by the Holy Spirit
Rejected alternatives: ritual purificatory bathing, e.g. Vaishno Devi darshan preparation or Ganga-style immersion (must be explicitly distinguished, not equated)
Original: λουτρόν
Category: Regeneration
New — Titus. λουτρόν (Titus 3:5), figurative for the Holy Spirit’s spiritual cleansing, likely evoking baptism without being reducible to ritual washing. Must be explicitly taught as inward, spiritual cleansing accomplished ONCE, through Christ, not a repeatable external ritual bath.
Regeneration
Approved rendering: पवित्तर आत्मा दुआरा नमां जीवन
Transliteration: pavittar aatma dwara nawa jeevan
Doctrine: Regeneration by the Holy Spirit
Rejected alternatives: पुनर्जन्म (reincarnation — NEVER, under any circumstance), आवागमन (transmigration through the rebirth cycle — NEVER), any जनम/‘birth’-rooted compound (avoid)
Original: παλιγγενεσία
Category: Regeneration
New — Titus. CRITICAL — the single highest-priority translation risk in this entire curriculum. παλιγγενεσία literally means ‘again-birth,’ the most acute collision point in all of Titus with पुनर्जन्म and आवागमन, both fully live and central in popular Duggar Hindu cosmology. The approved rendering deliberately substitutes ‘जीवन’ (life) for ‘जनम’ (birth) to structurally block a rebirth-cycle reading. MANDATORY human theologian review AND a standing [TRANSLATOR NOTE] on every single occurrence, no exceptions.
Renewal
Approved rendering: आत्मा दुआरा नमां बनाई जाणा
Transliteration: aatma dwara nawa banai jaana
Doctrine: Regeneration by the Holy Spirit
Rejected alternatives: same forbidden list as regeneration above
Original: ἀνακαίνωσις
Category: Regeneration
New — Titus. ἀνακαίνωσις (Titus 3:5), paired with παλιγγενεσία as a near-synonym describing one Spirit-wrought reality from two angles. Must be taught together with regeneration as a single reality, not two separate doctrines.
High Risk Terms
Gospel
Approved rendering: खरी खबर
Transliteration: khari khabar
Doctrine: Gospel
Rejected alternatives: सुसमाचार (Hindi Christian loanword; avoid)
Inherited from Romans package (unchanged). Does not recur as a standalone lexical item in Titus, but its morpheme खरी (‘true/genuine’) is deliberately reused to build the new Titus term ‘sound doctrine’ (खरी सिखलाई) for cross-document consistency. Confirm against the BSI Dogri Bible before wide deployment.
Faith
Approved rendering: भरोसा
Transliteration: bharosa
Doctrine: Faith
Rejected alternatives: श्रद्धा (generalized devotional reverence; too broad)
Original: πίστις
Category: Faith
Inherited from Romans package (unchanged). Occurs repeatedly in Titus as a mark of sound character (1:1,4,13; 2:2,10; 3:8,15) and underlies the fixed formula ‘the saying is trustworthy’ (ऐह् गल्ल भरोसे जोग ऐ). Object of faith must remain God/Christ throughout.
Holy
Approved rendering: पवित्तर
Transliteration: pavittar
Doctrine: Sanctification
Rejected alternatives: शुद्ध (ritual purity; avoid)
Original: ἅγιος
Category: Sanctification
Inherited from Romans package (unchanged). Underlies several new Titus compounds (e.g. पवित्तर चाल-चलण वाला for ὅσιος, पवित्तर आत्मा दुआरा नमां जीवन for regeneration).
Election
Approved rendering: परमेश्वर दी चोन
Transliteration: Parmeshwar di chon
Doctrine: Effectual Calling
Rejected alternatives: किस्मत (fate; never use), मन्नत दा नतीजा (boon-outcome; never use)
Original: ἐκλεκτός
Category: Salvation
Inherited from Romans package (unchanged). Titus 1:1 grounds Paul’s apostleship in service of ‘the faith of God’s elect.‘
Glory
Approved rendering: महिमा
Transliteration: mahima
Doctrine: Deity of Christ
Original: δόξα
Category: God
Inherited from Romans package (unchanged). Occurs at Titus 2:13, describing ‘the glory of our great God and Savior, Jesus Christ.’ Avoid conflation with ceremonial temple splendor (aarti, darshan lighting rites) at Raghunath Mandir/Bahu Fort.
Adoption
Approved rendering: गोद लैने आह् पुत्तर बनाना
Transliteration: god laine aah puttar banana
Doctrine: Adoption into God’s Family
Inherited from Romans package (unchanged). Directly reinforced by the new Titus term ‘heir’ (वारिस, Titus 3:7), which supplies the positive full-inheritance-rights half of this same doctrine; both must guard against a reduced-status reading given Dogra Rajput lineage-honor (izzat) and legitimate-birthright expectations.
Ungodliness
Approved rendering: बे-अदबी
Transliteration: be-adabi
Doctrine: Grace That Trains for Godly Living
Original: ἀσέβεια
Category: Godliness
New — Titus. Structural negation of डर-अदब (godliness) for teaching parity; occurs at Titus 2:12 as the first of two things grace trains believers to renounce.
Sophronizo Train
Approved rendering: समझ सिखाणा
Transliteration: samajh sikhana
Doctrine: Grace That Trains for Godly Living
Original: σωφρονίζω
Category: Godliness
New — Titus. Human-relational parallel to grace’s own training work (παιδεύω, 2:12): older women training younger women (σωφρονίζω, Titus 2:4). Must be explicitly cross-referenced with तालीम दिंदी in teaching materials so this human instruction is not mistaken for the ultimate source of transformation.
Self Controlled
Approved rendering: आपे उप्पर काबू (वाला)
Transliteration: aape uppar kabu (wala)
Doctrine: Grace That Trains for Godly Living
Rejected alternatives: इज्जत-preservation/honor-management framing (avoid)
Original: σώφρων / σωφρόνως / σωφρονεῖν
Category: Godliness
New — Titus. Recurring thematic term (σώφρων family: 1:8; 2:2,4,5,6,12) describing the visible fruit of grace-trained character. Must not be reduced to social decorum or honor-management given Dogra Rajput honor culture’s strong emphasis on visible conduct as a marker of family standing; this is Spirit-formed inner mastery.
Appeared Appearing
Approved rendering: परगट होई / परगट होणा
Transliteration: pargat hoi / pargat hona
Doctrine: Grace That Trains for Godly Living
Rejected alternatives: अवतार-style periodic-manifestation framing (never)
Original: ἐπιφαίνω / ἐπιφάνεια
Category: Christology
New — Titus. ἐπιφαίνω/ἐπιφάνεια forms a structural inclusio around the core passage (2:11, 2:13, 3:4). Must be kept distinct from अवतार-theology’s language of a deity ‘manifesting’ periodically, as in Rama-avatar traditions venerated at the Dogra-royal-patronized Raghunath Mandir; here the appearing is a single, unrepeatable historical event tied to the incarnation of the eternal Son.
People For His Own Possession
Approved rendering: परमेश्वर दी अपणी खास प्रजा
Transliteration: Parmeshwar di apni khas praja
Doctrine: Church as God’s Treasured People
Rejected alternatives: caste/lineage-elite framing implying inherited-birthright status (avoid)
Original: λαὸς περιούσιος
Category: Church
New — Titus. λαὸς περιούσιος (Titus 2:14) echoes Exodus 19:5 LXX, applied to the church. Must not be read through a caste/lineage-honor lens as an inherited-birthright elite consistent with Dogra Rajput izzat culture; this corporate identity is constituted by grace and Christ’s purifying work across every lineage, not by birthright.
Sound Doctrine
Approved rendering: खरी सिखलाई
Transliteration: khari sikhlai
Doctrine: Sound Doctrine and Good Works
Rejected alternatives: Sanskrit-textual-tradition-parallel framing implying mere doctrinally-precise recitation (avoid)
Original: ὑγιαίνουσα διδασκαλία
Category: Doctrine
New — Titus, deliberately built on the baseline’s खरी (‘true/genuine,’ from खरी खबर, gospel) for cross-document consistency. ὑγιαίνουσα διδασκαλία recurs at 1:9,13; 2:1,2,8. Must not be reduced to correct religious ritual/tradition-recitation, given the historic Sanskrit textual tradition commissioned under Dogra royal patronage; sound doctrine here means teaching that produces healthy godly living.
Elder
Approved rendering: कलीसिया दा बड्डा
Transliteration: kalisiya da badda
Doctrine: Qualifications for Elders
Rejected alternatives: hereditary/birthright leadership framing consistent with Dogra Rajput vansh succession (avoid)
Original: πρεσβύτερος
Category: Church Leadership
New — Titus, built on the baseline’s कलीसिया. πρεσβύτερος (Titus 1:5-9) is a recognized, appointed office of spiritual oversight, distinct from πρεσβύτης, an age-category (2:2). Must not be confused with hereditary or honor-rank leadership; this is a character-qualified spiritual office, not seniority or birthright alone.
Insubordinate
Approved rendering: अधीन नां रौह्ने वाला
Transliteration: adhin nā rehne wala
Doctrine: Submission to Authority
Original: ἀνυπότακτος
Category: Authority
New — Titus. ἀνυπότακτος, negation of ὑποτάσσω; refusal of legitimate authority, used of unruly children (1:6) and false teachers (1:10). Direct structural counterpart to ‘submit’; must remain the clear negation of अधीन रौह्ना for teaching consistency.
Submit Be Subject To
Approved rendering: अधीन रौह्ना
Transliteration: adhin rehna
Doctrine: Submission to Authority
Rejected alternatives: izzat-preservation-driven compliance framing (avoid)
Original: ὑποτάσσω
Category: Authority
New — Titus. ὑποτάσσω occurs at 2:5 (wives), 2:9 (slaves), and 3:1 (citizens) — MUST render identically at all three occurrences. Must be carefully distinguished from Dogra Rajput izzat-based hierarchical deference, where submission functions to preserve family/lineage honor rather than flow from gospel-shaped voluntary gentleness.
Heir
Approved rendering: वारिस
Transliteration: waris
Doctrine: Inheritance and Adoption as Heirs
Rejected alternatives: reduced/provisional-status framing (avoid)
Original: κληρονόμος
Category: Salvation
New — Titus. κληρονόμος (Titus 3:7) — a full legal heir with secure right to inherit. Directly reinforces the Romans baseline’s adoption doctrine (गोद लैने आह् पुत्तर बनाना); must be taught as full, secure inheritance-rights, not a lesser or contingent claim relative to a biological/lineage heir, given Dogra Rajput izzat and birthright expectations.
Divisive Person
Approved rendering: फूट पाने वाला मनुक्ख
Transliteration: phut paane wala mankh
Doctrine: Avoiding Divisive Controversies
Rejected alternatives: applying to ordinary disagreement or an honest theological question (avoid)
Original: αἱρετικὸς ἄνθρωπος
Category: Church
New — Titus. αἱρετικὸς ἄνθρωπος (Titus 3:10) — one who chooses a party/faction, causing persistent division after repeated warning. Must apply only to a proven, repeated pattern, never a single dispute.
Foolish Controversies
Approved rendering: बेकार दे बहस-मुबाहसे
Transliteration: bekar de bahas-mubahse
Doctrine: Avoiding Divisive Controversies
Original: μωραὶ ζητήσεις
Category: Doctrine
New — Titus. μωραὶ ζητήσεις (Titus 3:9) — speculative debates producing no godly fruit; central to this doctrine.
Genealogies
Approved rendering: बंस-परमपरा दी गल्लां
Transliteration: vansh-parampara di gallan
Doctrine: Avoiding Divisive Controversies
Original: γενεαλογία
Category: Covenant
New — Titus. γενεαλογία (Titus 3:9) carries distinct cultural sensitivity given Dogra Rajput culture’s strong lineage-consciousness (vansh) and honor (izzat), already significant for the baseline’s davidic_covenant and seed_of_david entries. Requires a mandatory translator note distinguishing this unprofitable genealogical disputation from the positive, theologically load-bearing Davidic lineage used elsewhere in the curriculum.
Defiled
Approved rendering: मैला होया
Transliteration: maila hoya
Doctrine: Opposing False Teachers and Guarding Sound Teaching
Rejected alternatives: भिट्ट (ritual pollution, already rejected in the Romans baseline for ‘sin’; never use)
Original: μεμιαμμένος (μιαίνω)
Category: Sin
New — Titus. μεμιαμμένος (Titus 1:15) is moral, not ritual, defilement. Titus 1:15 itself deconstructs a ritual-purity framework (‘to the pure all things are pure…’); rendering with ritual-purity-coded vocabulary would invert the passage’s own argument into an affirmation of the very purity-code system it rejects. Requires a translator note.
Medium Risk Terms
Apostle
Approved rendering: भेजेआ होया
Transliteration: bhejea hoya
Doctrine: Apostleship
Rejected alternatives: दूत (generic messenger; too weak)
Original: ἀπόστολος
Category: Church
Inherited from Romans package (unchanged). Titus 1:1 opens the letter with Paul’s apostolic identity as the ground of his authority to prescribe elder qualifications and sound doctrine throughout.
Peace
Approved rendering: शान्ति
Transliteration: shanti
Doctrine: Peace with God
Original: εἰρήνη
Category: Salvation
Inherited from Romans package (unchanged). Occurs in the Titus 1:4 epistolary greeting (‘Grace and peace’).
Law
Approved rendering: व्यवस्था
Transliteration: vyavastha
Doctrine: Fulfillment of Prophecy
Rejected alternatives: धरम (avoid Dogra Rajput lineage-duty associations)
Original: νόμος / νομικός
Category: Covenant
Inherited from Romans package (unchanged). Occurs at Titus 3:9 (‘quarrels about the law,’ μάχαι νομικαί) and underlies the new Titus term ‘lawlessness’ (व्यवस्था दे खिलाफ जीणा, Titus 2:14).
Church
Approved rendering: कलीसिया
Transliteration: kalisiya
Doctrine: Church as God’s People
Rejected alternatives: मंदर (temple; never use)
Inherited from Romans package (unchanged). Root underlies the new Titus term ‘elder’ (कलीसिया दा बड्डा, Titus 1:5-9).
Lawlessness
Approved rendering: व्यवस्था दे खिलाफ जीणा
Transliteration: vyavastha de khilaaf jeena
Doctrine: Salvation by Grace not Works
Original: ἀνομία
Category: Sin
New — Titus, built on baseline’s व्यवस्था (Law) root. A settled pattern of living in rebellion against God’s moral order, from which Christ’s self-gift redeems (Titus 2:14); broader than a single transgression.
Teaching Doctrine
Approved rendering: सिखलाई
Transliteration: sikhlai
Doctrine: Sound Doctrine and Good Works
Original: διδασκαλία / διδαχή
Category: Doctrine
New — Titus. Base form (διδασκαλία/διδαχή) underlying ‘sound doctrine’; the act or content of apostolic teaching, as opposed to speculative myth or human tradition (cf. Titus 1:14; 3:9).
Rebuke Reprove
Approved rendering: सख्ती नाल समझाना
Transliteration: sakhti naal samjhana
Doctrine: Sound Doctrine and Good Works
Original: ἐλέγχω
Category: Doctrine
New — Titus. ἐλέγχω, paired repeatedly with sound doctrine (1:9,13; 2:15) — firm correction aimed at repentance, not harsh condemnation for its own sake.
Overseer
Approved rendering: निगरान
Transliteration: nigaran
Doctrine: Qualifications for Elders
Rejected alternatives: पुजारी (ritual priest; never use)
Original: ἐπίσκοπος
Category: Church Leadership
New — Titus. ἐπίσκοπος, used interchangeably with πρεσβύτερος in Titus 1:7 for the same office, emphasizing the function of oversight and care. Must not evoke the ritual role of a temple priest; this is pastoral oversight, not ritual mediation.
Older Man
Approved rendering: बड्डी उमर दा मरद
Transliteration: baddi umar da mard
Doctrine: Church Leadership
Original: πρεσβύτης
Category: Church Leadership
New — Titus. πρεσβύτης (Titus 2:2), an age-category distinct from the church office πρεσβύτερος (1:5) despite the shared English root ‘elder.’ Must be kept visibly distinct from कलीसिया दा बड्डा.
Rulers Authorities
Approved rendering: राज-अधिकारी
Transliteration: raj-adhikari
Doctrine: Submission to Authority
Rejected alternatives: temple/priestly authority framing (avoid)
Original: ἀρχή / ἐξουσία
Category: Authority
New — Titus. ἀρχή/ἐξουσία (Titus 3:1) — civil governmental office-holders and the legitimate power they wield. Must remain civil-governmental in scope only.
Gentleness
Approved rendering: नरमी
Transliteration: narmi
Doctrine: Submission to Authority
Original: πραΰτης
Category: Ethics
New — Titus. πραΰτης (Titus 3:2) — strength held under control; the tone in which both submission and correction must be carried out.
Kindness
Approved rendering: भलाई
Transliteration: bhalai
Doctrine: Salvation by Grace not Works
Original: χρηστότης
Category: Salvation
New — Titus. χρηστότης (Titus 3:4) — God’s practical, benevolent kindness in action. Taught together with φιλανθρωπία and ἔλεος as the triad introducing the salvation-by-grace-not-works statement of 3:5.
Loving Kindness
Approved rendering: मनुक्खां आस्तै प्यार
Transliteration: mankhan aastai pyaar
Doctrine: Salvation by Grace not Works
Original: φιλανθρωπία
Category: Salvation
New — Titus. φιλανθρωπία (Titus 3:4), ‘love of humankind’ — God’s benevolent love directed at humanity as such.
Poured Out
Approved rendering: डोल्हिया गेआ
Transliteration: dolhiya geā
Doctrine: Regeneration by the Holy Spirit
Original: ἐκχέω
Category: Regeneration
New — Titus. ἐκχέω (Titus 3:6), echoing Old Testament Spirit-outpouring language (e.g., Joel 2).
Eternal Life
Approved rendering: सदा दी जिंदगी
Transliteration: sada di zindagi
Doctrine: Inheritance and Adoption as Heirs
Rejected alternatives: मोक्ष-style cycle-escape framing (avoid)
Original: ζωὴ αἰώνιος
Category: Eschatology
New — Titus. ζωὴ αἰώνιος (Titus 1:2; 3:7) — not mere endless duration but full, unending, relational life in fellowship with God; must be distinguished from moksha-style release from an impersonal cycle.
Saying Is Trustworthy
Approved rendering: ऐह् गल्ल भरोसे जोग ऐ
Transliteration: aih gall bharose jog ai
Doctrine: Sound Doctrine and Good Works
Original: πιστὸς ὁ λόγος
Category: Doctrine
New — Titus (fixed formula), built on the baseline’s भरोसा root. πιστὸς ὁ λόγος (Titus 3:8), a fixed Pastoral-Epistles formula; must remain consistent wherever it recurs across Pastoral-Epistles curricula.
Knowledge Of The Truth
Approved rendering: सच्चाई दा गिआन
Transliteration: sachai da gyan
Doctrine: Knowledge of the Truth
Rejected alternatives: Vedantic self-realization framing of ज्ञान/jnana (avoid)
Original: ἐπίγνωσις ἀληθείας
Category: Doctrine
New — Titus. ἐπίγνωσις ἀληθείας (Titus 1:1) — full, precise, personal apprehension of gospel truth, not abstract philosophical knowledge; this is relational knowledge of the God who cannot lie (1:2), not self-realization.
Truth
Approved rendering: सच्चाई
Transliteration: sachai
Doctrine: Knowledge of the Truth
Original: ἀλήθεια
Category: Doctrine
New — Titus. ἀλήθεια (Titus 1:1,14), also underlies 1:13’s ‘sound in the faith.’ Base term underlying ‘knowledge of the truth’ and ‘sound doctrine’ vocabulary clusters.
Conscience
Approved rendering: अंतरात्मा
Transliteration: antaratma
Doctrine: Opposing False Teachers and Guarding Sound Teaching
Original: συνείδησις
Category: Sanctification
New — Titus. συνείδησις (Titus 1:15) — ‘co-knowledge,’ the inner moral witness. Must be kept distinct from आत्मा when used for पवित्तर आत्मा (Holy Spirit) or for the human soul generally, to avoid confusing human conscience with the divine indwelling Spirit.
Pure
Approved rendering: पाक
Transliteration: paak
Doctrine: Grace That Trains for Godly Living
Rejected alternatives: शुद्ध (ritual/temple purity, already rejected in the Romans baseline; avoid)
Original: ἁγνός
Category: Sanctification
New — Titus. ἁγνός (Titus 2:5) — morally pure, chaste, especially of thought and sexual conduct; distinct from ἅγιος (set-apart holiness). पाक carries a moral-purity sense in everyday South Asian usage without temple-preparation connotation.
Disqualified Unfit
Approved rendering: नाकाबल
Transliteration: nakabil
Doctrine: Sound Doctrine and Good Works
Original: ἀδόκιμος
Category: Ethics
New — Titus. ἀδόκιμος (Titus 1:16) — ‘not passing the test,’ disqualified for every good work; the dark mirror of the letter’s closing positive charge (3:8,14).
Love Agape
Approved rendering: प्यार
Transliteration: pyaar
Doctrine: Grace That Trains for Godly Living
Rejected alternatives: प्रेम (Radha-Krishna romantic-devotional love; avoid)
Original: ἀγάπη
Category: Ethics
New — Titus. ἀγάπη (Titus 2:2). Deliberately not प्रेम, which carries strong North Indian devotional romantic-divine-love associations that would import Krishna-bhakti theology into the Christian doctrine of agape love.
Reverent Behavior
Approved rendering: सत्कार जोग चाल-चलण
Transliteration: satkar jog chaal-chalan
Doctrine: Grace That Trains for Godly Living
Rejected alternatives: मंदर/पुजारी-rooted vocabulary (avoid)
Original: ἱεροπρεπής
Category: Godliness
New — Titus. ἱεροπρεπής (Titus 2:3) literally evokes temple/priestly propriety; the Dogri rendering deliberately avoids any temple/priest-rooted word to prevent a ritual-office parallel — this is ordinary, godly dignity, not a sacral office.
Adorn Doctrine
Approved rendering: सजाना
Transliteration: sajana
Doctrine: Sound Doctrine and Good Works
Original: κοσμέω
Category: Doctrine
New — Titus. κοσμέω (Titus 2:10) can evoke ceremonial decoration of a deity’s image or shrine (aarti/temple decoration at Raghunath Mandir or Bahu Fort), paralleling the baseline’s caution on ‘glory’ (महिमा). A brief translator note clarifying credibility-of-testimony (not literal ornamentation) is recommended.
Devout Personal Piety
Approved rendering: पवित्तर चाल-चलण वाला
Transliteration: pavittar chaal-chalan wala
Doctrine: Qualifications for Elders
Original: ὅσιος
Category: Church Leadership
New — Titus. ὅσιος (Titus 1:8) — personal, relational piety toward God, distinct from ἅγιος (set-apart holiness). Near-synonym cluster with δίκαιος, ἅγιος; do not force artificial distinctness if it distorts natural register.
Blameless
Approved rendering: दोष रहित
Transliteration: dosh rahit
Doctrine: Qualifications for Elders
Original: ἀνέγκλητος
Category: Church Leadership
New — Titus. ἀνέγκλητος (Titus 1:6,7) — above reproach; should be understood as character above legitimate accusation, not honor-rank untouchability in the Dogra Rajput izzat sense.
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Exhort
Approved rendering: हौसला देना
Transliteration: hausla dena
Doctrine: Mutual Edification
Original: παρακαλέω
Category: Faith
Inherited from Romans package (unchanged). Occurs at Titus 2:6,15, here in the positive-encouragement sense.
Older Woman
Approved rendering: बड्डी उमर दी तीविं
Transliteration: baddi umar di teevin
Doctrine: Church Leadership
Original: πρεσβύτις
Category: Church Leadership
New — Titus. πρεσβύτις (Titus 2:3-4), charged with mentoring younger women. Low doctrinal ambiguity.
Steadfastness Endurance
Approved rendering: धीरज
Transliteration: dheeraj
Doctrine: Grace That Trains for Godly Living
Original: ὑπομονή
Category: Ethics
New — Titus. ὑπομονή (Titus 2:2) — patient endurance, low doctrinal ambiguity.
Hospitable
Approved rendering: पराह्णयां दी सेवा करने वाला
Transliteration: parahniyan di seva karan wala
Doctrine: Qualifications for Elders
Original: φιλόξενος
Category: Church Leadership
New — Titus. φιλόξενος (Titus 1:8) — ‘friend/lover of strangers/guests.‘
Profitable
Approved rendering: फायदेमंद
Transliteration: faydemand
Doctrine: Sound Doctrine and Good Works
Original: ὠφέλιμος
Category: Ethics
New — Titus. ὠφέλιμος (Titus 3:8) — beneficial; describes good works and sound teaching.
Unfruitful
Approved rendering: बे-फल
Transliteration: be-phal
Doctrine: Practical Provision for God’s People
Original: ἄκαρπος
Category: Ethics
New — Titus. ἄκαρπος (Titus 3:14) — ‘without fruit,’ the state good works are meant to prevent.
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