Core Glossary
Core Glossary: Acts (Greek)
This glossary lists every load-bearing theological term identified in 07_semantic_analysis.md, covering the whole book of Acts chapter by chapter. Terms already recorded in the baseline Romans/Galatians translation_memory.json are marked [BASELINE REUSE] and given their exact recorded rendering — these renderings are non-negotiable and must not be altered. Terms newly introduced by Acts are marked [NEW] and proposed here for adoption into the Language Package’s extended translation memory, following the baseline’s own twin-axis risk methodology (secular bleaching vs. patristic/liturgical accretion).
Table 1 — Baseline Terms Reused in Acts
| Term (English) | Greek Rendering | Transliteration | Risk (baseline) | First/key Acts occurrence | Acts-specific note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| gospel | ευαγγέλιο | evangélio | High | 8:25; 14:7; 20:24 | No new risk; reuse exactly. |
| grace | χάρη | chári | Critical | 4:33; 11:23; 14:26; 15:11,40; 18:27; 20:24,32 | Multiple non-soteriological senses appear in Acts (2:47 “favor with the people”; 4:33 “great grace… upon them all”) alongside the full soteriological sense (15:11; 20:24) — flag sense-variation explicitly per occurrence. |
| faith | πίστη | písti | High | 3:16; 6:7; 11:24; 13:8; 14:9,22,27; 16:5,31; 20:21; 26:18 | No new risk; reuse exactly. |
| righteousness | δικαιοσύνη | dikaiosýni | Critical | 10:35; 13:10; 17:31; 24:25 | No new risk; reuse exactly. |
| justification/justified | δικαίωση / δικαιοῦται | dikaíosi / dikaioutai | Critical | 13:39 | Acts’ direct parallel to Romans/Galatians justification argument; must match those documents’ rendering exactly (doctrine “Justification apart from the Law”). |
| salvation/saved | σωτηρία / σωθήσεσθε / σώθητε | sotiría / sōthēsesthe / sōthēte | Critical | 2:21,40,47; 4:12; 11:14; 13:26,47; 15:1,11; 16:17,30-31 | Preserve passive-voice force (“be saved,” not self-generated) per 2:21,40 discussion. |
| apostle | απόστολος | apóstolos | Low | 1:2,25-26; 2:37,42-43; 4:33,35-37; 5:2,12,18,29,34,40; 6:6; 8:1,14,18; 9:27; 11:1; 14:4,14; 15:2,4,6,22-23,33; 16:4 | No new risk; central office-term throughout Acts. |
| called/calling | κλητός / κλήση | klitós / klísi | Critical | conceptually present at 2:39 (προσκαλέσηται) and 9:15 (σκεῦος ἐκλογῆς) though the exact noun κλῆσις is not frequent in Acts itself | Extend baseline caution to the related καλέω-family verbs (προσκαλέομαι, ἐπικαλέομαι) appearing in Acts — do not merge lexically with κλῆσις, but apply the same secular-bleaching caution. |
| holy | άγιος | ágios | Critical | throughout, esp. as part of Ἅγιο Πνεῦμα | No new risk. |
| saints | άγιοι | ágioi | Critical | 9:13,32,41; 26:10 | Reuse baseline caution: corporate designation for believers, not exclusively canonized figures. |
| sanctification | αγιασμός | agiasmós | High | 20:32; 26:18 (ἡγιασμένοις) | No new risk beyond baseline. |
| adoption | υιοθεσία | yiothesía | Medium | (not directly lexicalized in Acts; conceptually present in “children”/“sons” language) | No direct Acts occurrence; retained for cross-curriculum consistency. |
| resurrection | ανάσταση | anástasi | Critical | 1:22; 2:31; 4:2,33; 17:18,32; 23:6,8; 24:15,21; 26:23 | Dramatized doctrinally at 17:32 (Athenian mockery) and 23:6-8 (Pharisee/Sadducee dispute) — see analysis. |
| lord | Κύριος | Kýrios | Critical | 2:21,34,36,39,47; 4:29,33; 9:1,5,10,15,17,27-28; 10:36; 11:8,17,20-21; 15:11,26; 16:31; 20:21,24,35; 22:8,10; 26:15 | Converges with messiah at 2:36’s climactic “Lord and Christ” — see analysis note. |
| son of God | Υιός του Θεού | Yiós tou Theoú | Critical | 9:20; 13:33 | Distinguish from “Son of Man” (7:56) and “servant” (παῖς, 3:13,26) — separate Christological titles, not synonyms. |
| incarnation | ενανθρώπηση | enanthrópisi | High | (not a direct lexical occurrence in Acts; conceptually presupposed) | Retained for cross-curriculum consistency. |
| peace | ειρήνη | eiríni | Medium | 9:31; 10:36; 15:33 | No new risk. |
| spiritual gifts | πνευματικά χαρίσματα | pnevmatiká charísmata | Medium | conceptually present (2:4ff. Spirit-empowerment; 6:3,10 wisdom/Spirit) though the noun χάρισμα itself is not used in Acts | No direct lexical occurrence; retained for cross-curriculum consistency. |
| thanksgiving | ευχαριστία | efcharistía | Medium | conceptually present at 2:46-47 (gladness) though the noun is not used | See “breaking of bread” [NEW] entry below for the closest Acts-specific overlap. |
| fellowship | κοινωνία | koinonía | Medium | 2:42 | Disambiguate from κοινός (see [NEW] entry below) despite the shared root. |
| church | εκκλησία | ekklisía | Medium | 5:11; 8:1,3; 9:31; 11:22,26; 12:1,5; 13:1; 14:23,27; 15:3-4,22,41; 16:5; 18:22; 19:32,39-40; 20:17,28 | No new risk; central institutional term throughout the second half of Acts. |
| kingdom of God | βασιλεία του Θεού | vasileía tou Theoú | Medium | 1:3,6; 8:12; 14:22; 19:8; 20:25; 28:23,31 | Frames both the book’s opening question (1:6) and its closing proclamation (28:31). |
| law | νόμος | nómos | High | 6:13; 7:53; 13:15,39; 15:5; 18:13,15; 21:20,24,28; 22:3,12; 23:3,29; 24:14; 25:8; 28:23 | Central to doctrine “Justification apart from the Law”; keep Mosaic referent precise per baseline guidance. |
| sin | αμαρτία | amartía | Medium | 2:38; 3:19; 7:60; 22:16; 26:18 | No new risk. |
| gentiles | έθνη | éthni | Medium | 9:15; 10:45; 11:1,18; 13:46-48; 14:27; 15:3,7,12,14,19,23; 18:6; 21:19,21,25; 22:21; 26:17,20,23; 28:28 | Central to doctrine “The Gospel to Jews and Gentiles” throughout chs. 10-28. |
| glory | δόξα | dóxa | Medium | 7:2,55; 12:23; 22:11 | No new risk. |
| obedience of faith | υπακοή πίστεως | ypakoí písteos | High | conceptually present (6:7 “the faith,” obedience implied) | Retained for cross-curriculum consistency; no direct verbatim occurrence. |
| power of God | δύναμη Θεού | dýnami Theoú | Medium | 1:8; 3:12; 4:7,33; 6:8; 8:10,13,19; 10:38 | Central to doctrine “Apostolic Authority and Miracles.” |
| messiah/christ | Μεσσίας / Χριστός | Messías / Christós | Critical | 2:31,36,38; 3:6,18,20; 4:10,26; 5:42; 8:5,12,37; 9:22,34; 10:36,48; 11:17,26; 13:23,33; 15:26; 16:18,31; 17:3; 18:5,28; 19:4; 20:21; 24:24; 26:23; 28:31 | Χριστός strongly preferred per baseline guidance; converges Critically with lord at 2:36. |
| prophet | προφήτης | profítis | Low | 2:16,30; 3:18,21-25; 7:37,42,48,52; 8:28,30,34; 10:43; 11:27; 13:1,6,15,20,27,40; 15:15,32; 21:10; 24:14; 26:22,27; 28:23 | No new risk. |
| prophecy | προφητεία | profiteía | Low | 2:17 (Joel), 21:9 | No new risk. |
| covenant | διαθήκη | diathíki | High | 3:25; 7:8 | No new risk beyond baseline. |
| election | εκλογή | eklogí | High | 9:15 (σκεῦος ἐκλογῆς, “chosen instrument”) | Direct doctrinal tie to “Conversion of Paul” — see analysis. |
| intercession | μεσιτεία | mesiteía | High | conceptually present (12:5 corporate prayer for Peter) though the specific noun is not used | Retained for consistency; see “prayer” as the more directly Acts-relevant term. |
| providence | πρόνοια | prónoia | Medium | conceptually present at 27:23-24,34 (angelic assurance during the storm) | Narrative rather than didactic mode in Acts. |
| mission | αποστολή | apostolí | Medium | conceptually present throughout chs.13-28; direct cognate of apostle | Central organizing concept for the second half of Acts. |
| david | Δαβίδ | Davíd | Low | 1:16; 2:25,29,34; 4:25; 7:45; 13:22,34,36; 15:16 | No new risk. |
| israel | Ισραήλ | Israíl | Low | 1:6; 2:36; 3:12; 4:8,10,27; 5:21,31; 7:23,37,42; 9:15; 10:36; 13:16-17,23-24; 21:28; 28:20 | No new risk. |
| jesus | Ιησούς | Iisoús | Critical | throughout | No new risk. |
| god | Θεός | Theós | Critical | throughout | No new risk. |
| holy spirit | Άγιο Πνεύμα | Ágio Pnévma | Critical | throughout, esp. 2:4,33,38; 4:8,31; 5:3,9,32; 6:5; 7:55; 8:15,17-19,29,39; 9:17,31; 10:38,44-45,47; 11:12,15-16,24,28; 13:2,4,9,52; 15:8,28; 16:6-7; 19:2,6; 20:23,28; 21:11; 28:25 | Central term for doctrine “The Holy Spirit and Pentecost” throughout the book, not only ch. 2. |
| father | Πατέρας | Patéras | Critical | 1:4,7; 2:33; 3:13,25; 5:30; 7:2,4,11-12,14-15,19-20,32,38-39,44-45,51-52; 13:17,32-33,36; 15:10; 22:1,14; 26:6; 28:25 | No new risk. |
| exhort | προτρέπω (παρακαλέω) | protrépo | Low | 2:40; 11:23; 14:22; 15:32; 16:40; 20:1-2,12 | Context-sensitive per baseline note; frequent in Acts’ pastoral/missionary vocabulary. |
| promise | υπόσχεση (επαγγελία) | ypóschesi (epangelía) | High | 1:4; 2:33,39; 7:5,17; 13:23,32; 23:21; 26:6 | No new risk beyond baseline; central to 2:39’s Gentile-inclusion trajectory. |
| sorcery | μαγεία | mageía | High | 8:9,11 (Simon); 13:6,8 (Elymas); 19:19 (magic books) | FORBIDDEN SUBSTITUTION reused exactly from Galatians baseline: never φαρμακεία. |
| circumcision | περιτομή | peritomí | Low | 7:8; 10:45; 11:2-3; 15:1,5,24; 16:3; 21:21 | No new risk; central to ch.15 council debate. |
| certainly not | μη γένοιτο | mē genoito | Low | (not a direct Acts occurrence, retained for cross-curriculum consistency) | — |
Table 2 — New Terms Introduced by Acts
| Term (English) | Greek Rendering | Transliteration | Risk (proposed) | Doctrine | Key Acts occurrence(s) | Alternatives rejected | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pentecost | Πεντηκοστή | Pentēkostē | Low/Medium | The Holy Spirit and Pentecost | 2:1; 20:16 | — | Zero-gap; the NT’s own word and the name of a major Orthodox liturgical feast — a strong asset requiring only the explicit OT-fulfillment note. |
| tongues [miraculous speech] | γλώσσες / ἑτέρες γλώσσες | glósses / héteres glósses | Critical | The Holy Spirit and Pentecost | 2:4,11; 10:46; 19:6 | ”γλωσσολαλιά” (modern coinage for ecstatic unintelligible speech) rejected as the primary gloss | FORBIDDEN CONFUSION: Acts’ tongues are comprehensible foreign languages understood by native hearers (explicit at 2:6,8,11), not unintelligible ecstatic utterance. Must be distinguished from the later, distinct phenomenon discussed in 1 Corinthians 14. |
| filled with the Holy Spirit | πλήσθηκαν με Άγιο Πνεύμα | plísthikan me Ágio Pnévma | Medium | The Holy Spirit and Pentecost | 2:4; 4:8,31; 9:17; 13:9 | — | A repeatable empowerment-event distinct from the once-for-all indwelling emphasized in Romans 8; teach as complementary, not contradictory. |
| signs and wonders | σημεία και τέρατα | siméia kai térata | High | Apostolic Authority and Miracles | 2:19,22,43; 4:30; 5:12; 6:8; 14:3; 15:12 | unglossed “τέρατα” alone rejected as primary standalone rendering | FORBIDDEN if unglossed: Modern Greek τέρας defaults to “monster.” Always pair with σημεία/θαύματα and gloss explicitly as “wonders/marvels,” never left to stand alone. |
| miracles/mighty works | θαύματα / δυνάμεις | thávmata / dynámeis | Medium | Apostolic Authority and Miracles | 2:22; 8:13; 19:11 | — | Stable, positive term; note potential conflation with later hagiographic (saints’/icon) miracle tradition — apostolic miracles authenticate the gospel message specifically, a distinct category worth noting alongside (not against) the wider miracle tradition. |
| boldness | παρρησία | parrisía | Medium | Persecution and Bold Witness | 4:13,29,31; 28:31 | — | Live, positive Modern Greek word (also civic “freedom of speech”); Spirit-given source should be made explicit. |
| the Way [designation for Christianity] | η Οδός | i Odós | High | The Church as Community / Persecution and Bold Witness | 9:2; 19:9,23; 22:4; 24:14,22 | plain lowercase “οδός” without capitalization/gloss rejected | Modern Greek ὁδός is the ordinary word for “street” (used in postal addresses); requires capitalization convention and/or explanatory gloss every occurrence. |
| Christians | Χριστιανοί | Christianoí | Low | The Church as Community | 11:26; 26:28 | — | Zero-gap; this is the direct historical/etymological source of the word in every modern language, including Greek itself. |
| witness(es) / martyr | μάρτυρας / μάρτυρες | mártyras / mártyres | Critical | Persecution and Bold Witness | 1:8; 2:32,40; 3:15; 5:32; 7 (Stephen); 10:39,41; 13:31; 22:15,20; 26:16 | rendering exclusively as “μάρτυρας” (martyr) in early forensic-sense occurrences rejected; rendering exclusively as generic “witness” at 22:20 without noting the martyrdom resonance also rejected | Dual sense (legal witness / one who died for testifying) develops within Acts’ own narrative arc; track consistently across the whole book; human theologian review at every occurrence. |
| common/unclean (ritual) | κοινός | koinós | Critical | The Gospel to Jews and Gentiles | 10:14-15,28; 11:8 | conflating with the positive “shared” sense of the same word (below) rejected | Same word, opposite valence from the positive “held in common” sense (2:44; 4:32); requires explicit cross-referencing note distinguishing the two senses. |
| all things in common [shared possessions] | είχαν όλα κοινά | íchan óla koiná | High | The Church as Community | 2:44; 4:32 | — | Positive sense of κοινός; see above for the critical negative-sense collision at ch.10. |
| breaking of bread | η κλάση του άρτου | i klási touártou | High | The Church as Community | 2:42,46; 20:7,11 | resolving exclusively toward either “ordinary shared meal” or “Divine Liturgy/Holy Communion” rejected | Genuinely ambiguous in the text itself between an ordinary shared meal with devotional significance and a proto-Eucharistic rite; preserve the ambiguity rather than resolving it either way. |
| repent | μετανοήστε / μετάνοια | metanoíste / metánoia | Critical | Repentance and Baptism | 2:38; 3:19; 8:22; 17:30; 26:20 | reducing to “μετάνοιες” (ritual prostrations) rejected; reducing to the sacrament of Confession exclusively rejected | Must convey an immediate, decisive inward reorientation available to any hearer upon gospel proclamation, without collapsing into either the monastic prostration practice or the formal confession sacrament alone (both legitimate later developments, neither the text’s own primary sense here). |
| be baptized / baptism | βαπτιστείτε / βάπτισμα | vaptisteíte / váptisma | High | Repentance and Baptism | 2:38,41; 8:36,38; 9:18; 10:47-48; 16:15,33; 18:8; 19:3-5; 22:16 | — | Zero-gap NT word; the risk is the implicit paradigm supplied by the reader (adult, immediate, post-repentance baptism in Acts vs. the later infant-sacramental Orthodox norm) — present Acts’ own pattern accurately. Distinguish explicitly from “John’s baptism” at 19:1-5. |
| gift [of God/of the Spirit] | δωρεά | doreá | High | Repentance and Baptism / The Gospel to Jews and Gentiles | 2:38; 8:20; 10:45; 11:17 | ”δωρεάν” (free of charge) as an unglossed substitute rejected — inverse risk of the Galatians δωρεάν trap | Anchor explicitly to χάρη (grace) so the gift is understood as of a piece with unmerited divine favor, not a generic charitable donation. |
| far off [Gentile inclusion] | οι μακρινοί / όσοι είναι μακριά | i makrinoí / ósoi eínai makriá | Medium | The Gospel to Jews and Gentiles | 2:39 | — | First hint, within the core passage itself, of the Gentile-inclusion trajectory developed fully in chs.10-15. |
| calls to himself [God’s summons] | προσκαλέσηται | proskalésitai | High | The Gospel to Jews and Gentiles / The Holy Spirit and Pentecost | 2:39 | merging silently with κλῆσις without comment rejected | Distinct compound verb from the baseline’s κλήση; apply the same secular-bleaching caution as a matter of consistent practice. |
| call upon [invoke] | επικαλούμαι | epikaloúmai | Medium-High | The Holy Spirit and Pentecost / Persecution and Bold Witness | 2:21; 25:11 | — | Same verb used for calling on the Lord for salvation (2:21) and Paul’s legal appeal to Caesar (25:11) — a deliberate literary echo, not a doctrinal equivalence. |
| lot(s) [cast] | κλήρος | klíros | High | Apostolic Authority and Miracles / The Church as Community | 1:17,25-26 | rendering as “clergy” or leaving unglossed to suggest the later ecclesiastical office rejected | Root of Modern Greek “ο κλήρος” (the clergy); requires an explanatory note distinguishing ordinary sortition/portion here from the later technical ecclesiastical development. |
| Son of Man | ο Υιός του Ανθρώπου | o Yiós tou Anthrópou | High | Persecution and Bold Witness | 7:56 | merging with “Son of God” title rejected | Distinct Christological title (Daniel 7 background); must not be flattened into a synonym of Υιός του Θεού. |
| servant [of God, of Jesus] | δούλος / παίδα (of Christ) | doúla / paída | Medium | The Gospel to Jews and Gentiles | 3:13,26; 4:27,30 | — | Isaianic Servant-Christology title; distinguish from ordinary Modern Greek “παιδί” (child) with no automatic theological weight. |
| the ministry/service [table service, origin of diaconate] | διακονία | diakonía | High | The Church as Community | 6:1-4 | flattening entirely into the later ordained-deacon office rejected | Text’s own emphasis is on Spirit-qualified practical service distinguished from word-ministry, within a united community — not yet the fully developed sacramental office; honor both the historical trajectory and the text’s more modest claim. |
| laying on of hands | επίθεση των χειρών | epíthesi ton cheirón | High | Apostolic Authority and Miracles | 6:6; 8:17-19; 13:3; 19:6 | assuming uniform sacramental/ordination weight at every occurrence rejected | Serves multiple distinct functions across Acts (commissioning, sending, Spirit-impartation); track each occurrence’s specific function. |
| chosen instrument | σκεύος εκλογής | skévos eklogís | High | Conversion of Paul | 9:15 | — | Direct tie to baseline’s election/εκλογή term; cross-reference explicitly with Romans 9-11 material. |
| elders | πρεσβύτεροι | presvýteroi | Medium-High | The Church as Community / Apostolic Authority and Miracles | 11:30; 14:23; 15:2,4,6,22-23; 16:4; 20:17; 21:18 | — | Root of later “presbyter/priest” vocabulary; some real continuity, but avoid over-reading later sacramental weight into every Acts occurrence. |
| overseers | επίσκοποι | epískopoi | High | Apostolic Authority and Miracles | 20:28 | reading the later distinct three-tier hierarchy (bishop over priests) back into this single-office usage rejected | Used interchangeably with πρεσβύτεροι for the same local leaders in Acts 20 — a functional equivalence significant for church-polity teaching; requires theologian review. |
| set apart [for mission] | αφορίζω | aforízo | Medium | The Great Commission Fulfilled | 13:2 | merging with ἁγιάζω/sanctification rejected | Task-designation for mission, distinct from moral-transformation sanctification proper. |
| fasting | νηστεία | nistía | Low | The Church as Community | 13:2-3; 14:23 | — | Zero-gap, richly asset-laden given Orthodox fasting practice. |
| Zeus / Hermes [mistaken identity] | Δίας / Ερμής | Días / Ermís | High | The Gospel to Jews and Gentiles | 14:12-15 | any framing implying endorsement or syncretism rejected | Native Greek mythological names; must be framed as the crowd’s rejected, corrected error, not endorsement. Theologian-reviewed note required. |
| a spirit of divination [Python spirit] | πνεύμα μαντείας (Πύθωνας) | pnévma manteías (Píthonas) | High | Apostolic Authority and Miracles | 16:16-18 | — | Names the Delphic mythological tradition explicitly; frame as subordinated to and expelled by the greater authority of Jesus’s name. |
| the Areopagus | Άρειος Πάγος | Áreios Págos | Low-Medium | The Great Commission Fulfilled | 17:19,22,34 | — | Real, existing, visitable site in Athens — a unique cultural asset. |
| unknown god | άγνωστος Θεός | ágnostos Theós | Low | The Gospel to Jews and Gentiles | 17:23 | — | Famous verse; low lexical risk, high teaching value. |
| yoke [of the law] | ζυγός | zygós | Medium-High | Justification apart from the Law | 15:10 | — | Directly parallel to Galatians 5:1’s “yoke of slavery”; scope strictly to law-as-justification-ground. |
| it seemed good to the Holy Spirit and to us | έδοξε στο Άγιο Πνεύμα και σε εμάς | édoxe sto Ágio Pnévma kai se emás | High | Apostolic Authority and Miracles | 15:28 | treating as independent revelation apart from Scripture rejected; treating as merely human decision rejected | Spirit-guidance and Scripture-grounded council-deliberation held together, neither collapsed into the other. |
| purification [ceremonial] | αγνισμός | agnismós | Medium | Repentance and Baptism | 21:23-26 | merging with αγιασμός (sanctification) rejected | Distinct root (ἁγνός, “pure,” not ἅγιος, “holy”); flag the lexical distinction explicitly. |
| John’s baptism [distinguished] | το βάπτισμα του Ιωάννη | to váptisma tou Ioánni | High | Repentance and Baptism | 19:1-5 | flattening into an undifferentiated single baptism concept rejected | Explicit two-stage distinction in the text itself: preparatory repentance-baptism vs. full Christian baptism with the Spirit. |
| unhindered [final word of Acts] | ακωλύτως | akolýtos | Medium | The Great Commission Fulfilled | 28:31 | — | The book’s deliberately open, triumphant closing word; anchor point for the whole “Great Commission Fulfilled” doctrine. |
| God shows no partiality | ο Θεός δεν κάνει διακρίσεις (δεν είναι προσωπολήπτης) | o Theós den kánei diakríseis | Low | The Gospel to Jews and Gentiles | 10:34 | — | Transparent, self-explanatory; high doctrinal weight, low lexical risk. |
Risk Summary for Acts-Specific New Terms
| Risk Tier | Count | Terms Requiring Human Theologian Review |
|---|---|---|
| Critical | 6 | tongues; witness/martyr; common/unclean (κοινός); repent/repentance; gift of God (δωρεά, paired with High baseline grace); breaking of bread (High, but doctrinally Critical-adjacent given sacramental convergence) |
| High | 15 | signs and wonders; the Way; all things in common; be baptized; calls to himself; call upon; lot(s) cast; Son of Man; the ministry/diakonia; laying on of hands; chosen instrument; overseers; Zeus/Hermes; spirit of divination; John’s baptism distinguished |
| Medium/Medium-High | 12 | filled with the Holy Spirit; miracles/mighty works; boldness; far off; elders; set apart; yoke; purification; unhindered; it seemed good to the Spirit and to us; servant [of God]; — |
| Low/Low-Medium | 6 | Pentecost; Christians; fasting; Areopagus; unknown god; God shows no partiality |
All Critical and High risk terms above require human theologian review per the established doctrine_risk_registry.json review-routing convention before Phase 2 translation proceeds. This glossary is a Phase 1 candidate list; formal registry integration (updated translation_memory.json, bible_term_registry.json, and doctrine_risk_registry.json entries for Acts) occurs in subsequent Phase 1 steps.
Critical Risk Terms
Grace
Approved rendering: χάρη
Transliteration: chári
Doctrine: Grace
Rejected alternatives: χάρη με την καθημερινή έννοια της γοητείας ή ομορφιάς, χάρη ως νομική/προεδρική χάρη (απονομή χάριτος)
Original: χάρις
Category: Salvation
Inherited from Romans package. Acts uses χάρις in at least three distinguishable senses that must not be collapsed into one another: ordinary social goodwill (2:47, ‘favor with all the people’), visible communal blessing (4:33, ‘great grace was upon them all’), and full soteriological unmerited favor (15:11; 18:27; 20:24,32). Flag the active sense per occurrence.
Righteousness
Approved rendering: δικαιοσύνη
Transliteration: dikaiosýni
Doctrine: Salvation
Rejected alternatives: δικαιοσύνη αποκλειστικά με τη σύγχρονη έννοια της νομικής ή κοινωνικής δικαιοσύνης
Original: δικαιοσύνη
Category: Salvation
Inherited from Romans package. Occurs at 10:35; 13:10; 17:31; 24:25. The Modern Greek civic/legal sense (esp. before Felix, 24:25) must not overwrite the forensic-standing sense central to the 13:39 justification argument.
Justification
Approved rendering: δικαίωση
Transliteration: dikaíosi
Doctrine: Salvation
Rejected alternatives: δικαίωση με τη σύγχρονη καθημερινή έννοια του ‘να αποδειχθεί κανείς σωστός’ (προσωπική δικαίωση)
Original: δικαιοῦται / δικαίωσις
Category: Salvation
Inherited from Romans package. Acts 13:38-39 (‘everyone who believes is justified,’ πᾶς ὁ πιστεύων δικαιοῦται) is Acts’ own clearest justification statement and MUST be rendered identically to the Romans/Galatians baseline convention — no divergence permitted, since Paul is the speaker in both corpora. Exclude the colloquial personal-vindication sense.
Salvation
Approved rendering: σωτηρία
Transliteration: sotiría
Doctrine: Salvation
Original: σωτηρία / σωθῆναι
Category: Salvation
Inherited from Romans package. Occurs at 2:21,40,47; 4:12; 11:14; 13:26,47; 15:1,11; 16:17,30-31. Preserve the passive voice at 2:21,40,40 (‘be saved,’ σώθητε) — salvation is received, not self-generated. Guard against full absorption into the Orthodox theosis framework; Acts’ own emphasis is decisive reception by faith (16:31).
Calling
Approved rendering: κλήση
Transliteration: klísi
Doctrine: Divine Calling
Rejected alternatives: κλήση με την καθημερινή έννοια μιας τηλεφωνικής κλήσης ή δικαστικής κλήσης/κλήσης τροχαίας
Original: κλῆσις (and καλέω-family verbs: προσκαλέομαι, ἐπικαλέομαι)
Category: Salvation
Inherited from Romans package. The noun κλῆσις itself is infrequent in Acts, but the CRITICAL secular-bleaching caution extends to the whole καλέω word-family used theologically in this book (προσκαλέσηται, 2:39; ἐπικαλέομαι, 2:21; 25:11) — see new entries below.
Holy
Approved rendering: άγιος
Transliteration: ágios
Doctrine: Sanctification
Original: ἅγιος
Category: Sanctification
Inherited from Romans package. No new risk beyond baseline; used throughout Acts as part of Άγιο Πνεύμα and of believers (‘the saints’).
Saints
Approved rendering: άγιοι
Transliteration: ágioi
Doctrine: Sainthood
Rejected alternatives: Άγιοι αποκλειστικά ως αγιοποιημένα, τιμώμενα πρόσωπα με ονομαστική εορτή
Original: ἅγιοι
Category: Church
Inherited from Romans package. Occurs at 9:13,32,41; 26:10. Corporate designation for the Jerusalem/Judean believing community; must not imply an ascetic or canonized elite.
Resurrection
Approved rendering: ανάσταση
Transliteration: anástasi
Doctrine: Resurrection of Christ
Original: ἀνάστασις
Category: Eschatology
Inherited from Romans package. Occurs at 1:22; 2:31; 4:2,33; 17:18,32; 23:6,8; 24:15,21; 26:23. Acts dramatizes the doctrine’s collision with both Greek philosophical resurrection-skepticism (17:32, Athenian mockery) and internal Jewish debate (23:6-8, Pharisee/Sadducee split) — name both explicitly in teaching.
Lord
Approved rendering: Κύριος
Transliteration: Kýrios
Doctrine: Lordship of Christ
Rejected alternatives: Κύριος με την καθημερινή έννοια της ευγενικής προσφώνησης ‘κύριε’ (αντίστοιχο του ‘Mr.’)
Original: κύριος
Category: Christology
Inherited from Romans package. Occurs pervasively at 2:21,34,36,39,47; 4:29,33; 9:1,5,10,15,17,27-28; 10:36; 11:8,17,20-21; 15:11,26; 16:31; 20:21,24,35; 22:8,10; 26:15. Converges Critically with Χριστός at 2:36’s climactic ‘Lord and Christ’ (see new entry lord_and_christ). Must never register with the flatness of the everyday ‘Mister/Sir’ honorific.
Son Of God
Approved rendering: Υιός του Θεού
Transliteration: Yiós tou Theoú
Doctrine: Sonship of Christ
Rejected alternatives: Υιός του Θεού με τη γενική έννοια που αποδίδεται σε κάθε πιστό
Original: υἱὸς θεοῦ
Category: Christology
Inherited from Romans package. Occurs at 9:20; 13:33. Must be kept doctrinally distinct from the new terms son_of_man (7:56, Daniel-background title) and servant_of_god (παίδα, 3:13,26, Isaianic title) — three separate Christological titles, not synonyms.
Messiah
Approved rendering: Μεσσίας
Transliteration: Messías
Doctrine: Messianic Promise
Original: Χριστός / מָשִׁיחַ
Category: Christology
Inherited from Romans package. Χριστός strongly preferred over the transliterated Μεσσίας per baseline guidance; occurs (as Χριστός) at 2:31,36,38; 3:6,18,20; 4:10,26; 5:42; 8:5,12,37; 9:22,34; 10:36,48; 11:17,26; 13:23,33; 15:26; 16:18,31; 17:3; 18:5,28; 19:4; 20:21; 24:24; 26:23; 28:31. Converges Critically with Κύριος at 2:36 — see new entry lord_and_christ.
Jesus
Approved rendering: Ιησούς
Transliteration: Iisoús
Doctrine: Lordship of Christ
Original: Ἰησοῦς
Category: Christology
Inherited from Romans package. Standard NT and liturgical form throughout; no new risk.
God
Approved rendering: Θεός
Transliteration: Theós
Doctrine: Deity of Christ
Original: θεός
Category: God
Inherited from Romans package. Acts 14 and 19 stage explicit narrative confrontations between Θεός and native Greek deity-names — see new entries zeus_hermes and artemis_of_ephesus.
Holy Spirit
Approved rendering: Άγιο Πνεύμα
Transliteration: Ágio Pnévma
Doctrine: Sanctification
Original: πνεῦμα ἅγιον
Category: God
Inherited from Romans package. Occurs pervasively throughout Acts (2:4,33,38; 4:8,31; 5:3,9,32; 6:5; 7:55; 8:15,17-19,29,39; 9:17,31; 10:38,44-45,47; 11:12,15-16,24,28; 13:2,4,9,52; 15:8,28; 16:6-7; 19:2,6; 20:23,28; 21:11; 28:25) — not confined to ch.2, central for ‘The Holy Spirit and Pentecost’ throughout the book. Retain Filioque-neutrality per baseline. Screen for Jehovah’s Witnesses’ ‘active force’ depersonalization (see 12_ai_translation_requirements.md).
Father
Approved rendering: Πατέρας
Transliteration: Patéras
Doctrine: Adoption into God’s Family
Original: πατήρ
Category: God
Inherited from Romans package. Occurs at 1:4,7; 2:33; 3:13,25; 5:30; 7:2,4,11-12,14-15,19-20,32,38-39,44-45,51-52; 13:17,32-33,36; 15:10; 22:1,14; 26:6; 28:25. No new risk.
Tongues
Approved rendering: γλώσσες / ετέρες γλώσσες
Transliteration: glōssai / heterais glōssais
Doctrine: The Holy Spirit and Pentecost
Rejected alternatives: γλωσσολαλιά (μοντέρνος όρος για ακατάληπτη εκστατική ομιλία)
Original: γλῶσσαι / ἑτέραις γλώσσαις
Category: Eschatology
NEW — CRITICAL. Occurs at 2:4,6,8,11; 10:46; 19:6. FORBIDDEN CONFUSION: Acts 2 explicitly and repeatedly (vv.6,8,11) describes actual, known human languages understood by native hearers — the opposite of modern γλωσσολαλιά (unintelligible ecstatic speech). Must be distinguished explicitly from the separate, later phenomenon in 1 Corinthians 14. Human theologian review required every occurrence.
Witness Martyr
Approved rendering: μάρτυρας / μάρτυρες
Transliteration: martys / martyres
Doctrine: Persecution and Bold Witness
Rejected alternatives: αποκλειστική απόδοση ως ‘μάρτυρας’ (martyr) στις πρώιμες δικανικές εμφανίσεις, αποκλειστική απόδοση ως ουδέτερος ‘μάρτυρας’ (witness) στο 22:20 χωρίς αναγνώριση της συνήχησης μαρτυρίου
Original: μάρτυς / μάρτυρες
Category: Church
NEW — CRITICAL. Occurs at 1:8; 2:32,40; 3:15; 5:32; ch.7 (Stephen); 10:39,41; 13:31; 22:15,20; 26:16. Modern Greek carries both the ordinary legal-witness sense and the developed ‘martyr’ sense — a double meaning acquired specifically because of Acts’ own narrative arc. At 2:32 the forensic sense is primary; at 22:20 (‘your witness Stephen’) the two senses visibly converge. Human theologian review required every occurrence.
Common Unclean
Approved rendering: κοινός
Transliteration: koinos
Doctrine: The Gospel to Jews and Gentiles
Rejected alternatives: συγχώνευση με τη θετική έννοια ‘κοινός’ = μοιρασμένος/κοινόχρηστος
Original: κοινός
Category: Church
NEW — CRITICAL. Occurs at 10:14-15,28; 11:8. Ritually profane/impure — the polar-opposite valence of the same word’s positive ‘held in common’ sense (2:44; 4:32, see all_things_in_common). Requires an explicit cross-reference note distinguishing the two senses wherever either occurs; human theologian review required.
Repent
Approved rendering: μετανοήστε / μετάνοια
Transliteration: metanoeō / metanoia
Doctrine: Repentance and Baptism
Rejected alternatives: μετάνοια αποκλειστικά ως σωματικές μετάνοιες (γονυκλισίες), μετάνοια αποκλειστικά ως το Μυστήριο της Εξομολόγησης
Original: μετανοέω / μετάνοια
Category: Salvation
NEW — CRITICAL. Occurs at 2:38; 3:19; 8:22; 17:30; 26:20. Two live Modern Greek accretions must both be actively managed: (1) monastic ‘μετάνοιες’ (physical prostrations); (2) Μετάνοια as the formal sacrament of Confession. Acts 2:38 depicts an immediate, hearer-initiated response to gospel proclamation, available to any hearer, without denying either later legitimate development. Human theologian review required every occurrence.
Lord And Christ
Approved rendering: Κύριον και Χριστόν
Transliteration: Kyrion kai Christon
Doctrine: Lordship and Messiahship of Christ
Rejected alternatives: ‘έκανε’ (ἐποίησεν) ερμηνευμένο ως άρνηση της αιώνιας θεότητας/υιότητας
NEW — CRITICAL. Acts 2:36, ‘God has made him both Lord and Christ’ — the single highest-doctrinal-density phrase in the core passage, converging Κύριος (Septuagint/YHWH background, guard the Mister/Sir bleaching) and Χριστός (preferred over Μεσσίας). ‘Made’ (ἐποίησεν) must read as historical vindication/public installation of a status already eternally true of him, never as denial of eternal Sonship or deity. Human theologian review required every occurrence and in every cross-curriculum reuse of this phrase.
High Risk Terms
Gospel
Approved rendering: ευαγγέλιο
Transliteration: evangélio
Doctrine: Gospel
Original: εὐαγγέλιον
Category: Salvation
Inherited from Romans package. Occurs in Acts at 8:25; 14:7; 20:24. No new risk beyond baseline; must convey an authoritative announcement, not generic good news.
Faith
Approved rendering: πίστη
Transliteration: písti
Doctrine: Faith
Rejected alternatives: πίστη με τη γενική έννοια της αφοσίωσης σε οποιαδήποτε ιδέα ή πρόσωπο
Original: πίστις
Category: Faith
Inherited from Romans package. Occurs at 3:16; 6:7; 11:24; 13:8; 14:9,22,27; 16:5,31; 20:21; 26:18. No new risk.
Called
Approved rendering: κλητός
Transliteration: klitós
Doctrine: Divine Calling
Inherited from Romans package. Retained for cross-curriculum consistency; extend the same secular-bleaching caution to Acts’ related καλέω-family verbs (προσκαλέομαι, ἐπικαλέομαι — see new entries below) without lexically merging them.
Sanctification
Approved rendering: αγιασμός
Transliteration: agiasmós
Doctrine: Sanctification
Original: ἁγιασμός / ἡγιασμένοις
Category: Sanctification
Inherited from Romans package. Occurs at 20:32; 26:18 (ἡγιασμένοις). Distinguish sharply from the new term αγνισμός (‘purification,’ 21:23-26) — a different root (ἁγνός, not ἅγιος) that must never be silently merged despite similar English glosses.
Incarnation
Approved rendering: ενανθρώπηση
Transliteration: enanthrópisi
Doctrine: Incarnation
Original: ὁ λόγος σὰρξ ἐγένετο (theological category, not a direct Acts lexeme)
Category: Christology
Inherited from Romans package. Not a direct Acts lexeme; retained for cross-curriculum consistency as the theological category presupposed by Acts’ whole narration of Jesus’s earthly life and death.
Law
Approved rendering: νόμος
Transliteration: nómos
Doctrine: Fulfillment of Prophecy
Original: νόμος
Category: Covenant
Inherited from Romans package. Occurs at 6:13; 7:53; 13:15,39; 15:5; 18:13,15; 21:20,24,28; 22:3,12; 23:3,29; 24:14; 25:8; 28:23. Central to ‘Justification apart from the Law’; keep the Mosaic referent precise against the modern civil-legislation default.
Obedience Of Faith
Approved rendering: υπακοή πίστεως
Transliteration: ypakoí písteos
Doctrine: Obedience of Faith
Rejected alternatives: υπακοή στους θεσμούς της Εκκλησίας ανεξάρτητα από την πίστη
Original: ὑπακοὴ πίστεως (concept present at 6:7)
Category: Faith
Inherited from Romans package. No verbatim Acts occurrence (conceptually present at 6:7, ‘the faith’); retained for cross-curriculum consistency.
Covenant
Approved rendering: διαθήκη
Transliteration: diathíki
Doctrine: Davidic Covenant
Rejected alternatives: διαθήκη με τη σύγχρονη κυρίαρχη έννοια της κληρονομικής διαθήκης (legal will)
Original: διαθήκη
Category: Covenant
Inherited from Romans package. Occurs at 3:25; 7:8. Guard against the dominant modern ‘last will and testament’ sense.
Election
Approved rendering: εκλογή
Transliteration: eklogí
Doctrine: Effectual Calling
Rejected alternatives: εκλογή με τη σύγχρονη κυρίαρχη πολιτική έννοια (πολιτικές εκλογές, ψηφοφορία)
Original: ἐκλογή
Category: Salvation
Inherited from Romans package. Occurs at 9:15 (σκεῦος ἐκλογῆς, see new entry chosen_instrument). Guard against both the modern political ballot-box bleaching AND a secondary Greek folk-religious fatalistic (μοίρα) misreading specific to Acts 9:15. Cross-reference explicitly with Romans 9-11.
Intercession
Approved rendering: μεσιτεία
Transliteration: mesiteía
Doctrine: Prayer and Intercession
Rejected alternatives: μεσιτεία αποκλειστικά των αγίων και της Παναγίας ως απαραίτητων μεσαζόντων
Original: (concept present at 12:5, corporate prayer for Peter)
Category: Faith
Inherited from Romans package. The specific noun is not lexicalized in Acts, but the corporate-prayer concept is present (12:5); the ‘fervent prayer’ language (ἐκτενῶς, 12:5) connects to the Orthodox liturgical ἐκτενής δέησις — an asset. Retained for cross-curriculum consistency.
Promise
Approved rendering: υπόσχεση (επαγγελία)
Transliteration: epangelia
Doctrine: Covenant
Rejected alternatives: επαγγελία συγχεόμενη με το σύγχρονο ‘επάγγελμα’ (profession)
Original: ἐπαγγελία
Category: Covenant
Inherited from Galatians extension of Romans package. Occurs at 1:4; 2:33,39; 7:5,17; 13:23,32; 23:21; 26:6. Acts 2:39 is Acts’ own first hint of the Gentile-inclusion trajectory fully developed in chs.10-15 — flag this forward link explicitly.
Sorcery
Approved rendering: μαγεία
Transliteration: mageia
Doctrine: Sin
Rejected alternatives: φαρμακεία με τη σύγχρονη έννοια του φαρμακείου (pharmacy)
Original: μαγεία / μαγεύω
Category: Sin
Inherited from Galatians extension of Romans package — FORBIDDEN SUBSTITUTION carried over exactly: never render φαρμακεία (‘pharmacy’). Occurs at 8:9,11 (Simon Magus); 13:6,8 (Elymas); 19:19 (Ephesian magic books).
Signs And Wonders
Approved rendering: σημεία και τέρατα
Transliteration: sēmeia kai terata
Doctrine: Apostolic Authority and Miracles
Rejected alternatives: τέρατα ασυνόδευτο και χωρίς επεξηγηματική σημείωση
Original: σημεῖα καὶ τέρατα (also δυνάμεις καὶ τέρατα καὶ σημεῖα)
Category: Church
NEW. Occurs at 2:19,22,43; 4:30; 5:12; 6:8; 14:3; 15:12. FORBIDDEN if unglossed: Modern Greek τέρας overwhelmingly means ‘monster.’ Never leave τέρατα standing alone; always pair with σημεία/θαύματα and gloss explicitly as ‘wonders/portents.‘
The Way
Approved rendering: η Οδός
Transliteration: hē hodos
Doctrine: The Church as Community
Rejected alternatives: οδός με πεζά, χωρίς κεφαλαίο γράμμα ή επεξήγηση
Original: ἡ ὁδός
Category: Church
NEW. Occurs at 9:2; 19:9,23; 22:4; 24:14,22. FORBIDDEN unglossed: Modern Greek ὁδός is the ordinary word for ‘street/road,’ used in every postal address. Requires a consistent capitalization convention (‘η Οδός’) plus explanatory gloss (‘η Οδός [του Κυρίου]’) at first occurrence per lesson.
All Things In Common
Approved rendering: είχαν όλα κοινά
Transliteration: hapanta koina
Doctrine: The Church as Community
Rejected alternatives: παρουσίαση ως υποχρεωτικό/μόνιμο οικονομικό σύστημα
Original: ἅπαντα κοινά / ἦν αὐτοῖς ἅπαντα κοινά
Category: Church
NEW. Occurs at 2:44; 4:32. Positive sense of κοινός; cross-reference explicitly against common_unclean (10:14-15,28; 11:8), the sharply negative sense of the identical word occurring later in the same book. Voluntary, Spirit-motivated sharing, not a coerced or permanent economic system.
Breaking Of Bread
Approved rendering: η κλάση του άρτου
Transliteration: hē klasis tou artou
Doctrine: The Church as Community
Rejected alternatives: αποκλειστική επίλυση προς τη Θεία Λειτουργία, αποκλειστική επίλυση προς απλό, μη-θρησκευτικό γεύμα
Original: ἡ κλάσις τοῦ ἄρτου
Category: Church
NEW. Occurs at 2:42,46; 20:7,11. Genuinely ambiguous in the text between an ordinary shared meal with devotional significance and a proto-Eucharistic rite. A Modern Greek Orthodox reader will readily default to reading this as the Divine Liturgy — preserve the text’s own ambiguity (‘in their homes,’ 2:46) rather than resolving toward either pole.
Baptism
Approved rendering: βαπτιστείτε / βάπτισμα
Transliteration: baptisma / baptizō
Doctrine: Repentance and Baptism
Original: βάπτισμα / βαπτίζω
Category: Salvation
NEW. Occurs at 2:38,41; 8:36,38; 9:18; 10:47-48; 16:15,33; 18:8; 19:3-5; 22:16. Zero-gap NT word; the risk is the implicit paradigm the reader supplies (adult, immediate, post-repentance baptism in Acts vs. the later infant-sacramental Orthodox norm) — present Acts’ own pattern accurately without denying legitimate later development. Distinguish explicitly from the new term johns_baptism.
Johns Baptism
Approved rendering: το βάπτισμα του Ιωάννη
Transliteration: to baptisma Iōannou
Doctrine: Repentance and Baptism
Rejected alternatives: συγχώνευση με το χριστιανικό βάπτισμα ως ενιαία, αδιαφοροποίητη έννοια
Original: τὸ βάπτισμα Ἰωάννου
Category: Salvation
NEW. Occurs at 19:1-5; 18:25. Explicit two-stage distinction in the text itself (preparatory repentance-baptism vs. full Christian baptism with reception of the Spirit) must never be flattened into one undifferentiated concept.
Gift Of God
Approved rendering: δωρεά
Transliteration: dōrea
Doctrine: Repentance and Baptism
Rejected alternatives: δωρεά αποκλειστικά με τη σύγχρονη φιλανθρωπική/αστική έννοια (π.χ. δωρεά οργάνων)
Original: δωρεά (τοῦ Θεοῦ / τοῦ Ἁγίου Πνεύματος)
Category: Salvation
NEW. Occurs at 2:38; 8:20; 10:45; 11:17. Shares its root with δωρεάν, the Galatians package’s FORBIDDEN-SUBSTITUTION trap term (2:21) — here the risk runs the OPPOSITE direction: δωρεά functions largely in modern charitable/civic register, risking a merely benevolent-donation reading rather than a decisively divine, Spirit-constituting gift. Anchor explicitly to χάρη (grace); track consistently across 2:38 and 8:20 (Simon Magus’s attempted purchase).
Calls To Himself
Approved rendering: προσκαλέσηται
Transliteration: proskalesētai
Doctrine: The Gospel to Jews and Gentiles
Rejected alternatives: σιωπηλή συγχώνευση με το ουσιαστικό κλήση
NEW. Occurs at 2:39. Distinct compound verb from κλήσις; must not be silently merged with the baseline ‘calling’ term, though the same CRITICAL secular-bleaching caution (Modern Greek’s everyday ‘phone call’ sense of the καλέω family) applies by extension.
Lots Cast
Approved rendering: κλήρος
Transliteration: klēros
Doctrine: Apostolic Authority and Miracles
Rejected alternatives: απόδοση ή υπόρρητη παραπομπή στο ‘κλήρος’ με την έννοια του ιερατείου
Original: κλῆρος
Category: Church
NEW. Occurs at 1:17,25-26. FORBIDDEN unglossed: κλῆρος is the direct root of Modern Greek ‘ο κλῆρος’ (the clergy), an institutional sense entirely absent from Acts 1’s actual meaning (random sortition; individual portion/share in ministry). Requires an explanatory note distinguishing the two senses.
Son Of Man
Approved rendering: ο Υιός του Ανθρώπου
Transliteration: ho huios tou anthrōpou
Doctrine: Sonship of Christ
Rejected alternatives: συγχώνευση με τον τίτλο ‘Υιός του Θεού’ ως συνώνυμο
Original: ὁ υἱὸς τοῦ ἀνθρώπου
Category: Christology
NEW. Occurs at 7:56, the climax of Stephen’s martyrdom. Must not be merged lexically or doctrinally with Υιός του Θεού — a distinct Christological title rooted in Daniel 7:13-14, emphasizing Christ’s humanity-and-exaltation together.
Diakonia
Approved rendering: διακονία
Transliteration: diakonia
Doctrine: The Church as Community
Rejected alternatives: πλήρης εξίσωση με το μετέπειτα καθιερωμένο αξίωμα του διακόνου
Original: διακονία
Category: Church
NEW. Occurs at 6:1-4. Modern διάκονος almost exclusively means the ordained deacon; Acts 6’s own emphasis is Spirit-qualified practical service distinguished from word-ministry within a united community, not yet a hierarchical sacramental office.
Laying On Of Hands
Approved rendering: επίθεση των χειρών
Transliteration: epithesis tōn cheirōn
Doctrine: Apostolic Authority and Miracles
Rejected alternatives: ενιαία ερμηνεία ως χειροτονία σε κάθε περίσταση
Original: ἐπίθεσις τῶν χειρῶν
Category: Church
NEW. Occurs at 6:6; 8:17-19; 13:3; 19:6. Connects to Modern Greek χειροτονία (ordination), a major Orthodox sacrament; Acts uses the gesture for at least three distinct functions (commissioning, sending, Spirit-impartation) — track each occurrence’s specific function individually.
Chosen Instrument
Approved rendering: σκεύος εκλογής
Transliteration: skeuos eklogēs
Doctrine: Conversion of Paul
Rejected alternatives: απόδοση ως απλό ‘χρήσιμο εργαλείο’ χωρίς αναφορά στην κυριαρχική εκλογή
Original: σκεῦος ἐκλογῆς
Category: Salvation
NEW. Occurs at 9:15. Direct tie to the baseline election/εκλογή term; cross-reference explicitly with Romans 9-11’s election doctrine, guarding against both the ballot-box connotation and a folk-fatalistic (μοίρα) misreading.
Elders
Approved rendering: πρεσβύτεροι
Transliteration: presvyteroi
Doctrine: The Church as Community
Original: πρεσβύτεροι
Category: Church
NEW. Occurs at 11:30; 14:23; 15:2,4,6,22-23; 16:4; 20:17; 21:18. Root of later ‘presbyter/priest’ vocabulary; some real continuity intended by later tradition, but the text’s own emphasis (shepherding, guarding, teaching a specific local flock) should not be silently absorbed into full later sacramental ordination theology.
Overseers
Approved rendering: επίσκοποι
Transliteration: epískopoi
Doctrine: The Church as Community
Rejected alternatives: ανάγνωση της μετέπειτα τριβάθμιας ιεραρχίας (επίσκοπος πάνω από ιερείς) στο κείμενο
Original: ἐπίσκοποι
Category: Church
NEW. Occurs at 20:28. Used interchangeably with πρεσβύτεροι for the same local leaders — Modern Greek επίσκοπος (bishop) denotes a distinct, higher office in the later developed hierarchy, quite unlike Acts 20:28’s functional equivalence. Present Acts’ own usage honestly; human theologian review required.
Zeus Hermes
Approved rendering: Δίας / Ερμής
Transliteration: Zeus / Hermēs
Doctrine: Persecution and Bold Witness
Rejected alternatives: οποιαδήποτε πλαισίωση που υπονοεί αποδοχή ή συγκρητισμό
Original: Ζεύς / Ἑρμῆς
Category: Sin
NEW. Occurs at 14:12-15. Uniquely sensitive for this audience: actual figures from native Greek mythology, culturally present in Modern Greek education, tourism, and popular culture. Must be framed as the crowd’s mistaken, idolatrous reaction, urgently corrected by Paul and Barnabas — never endorsement or syncretism. Human theologian review required.
Spirit Of Divination
Approved rendering: πνεύμα μαντείας (Πύθωνας)
Transliteration: pneuma pythōna
Doctrine: Apostolic Authority and Miracles
Original: πνεῦμα πύθωνα
Category: Sin
NEW. Occurs at 16:16-18. πύθων directly names the Delphic Apollo-oracle mythological tradition, a major and famous feature of ancient Greek religion still widely known to any Greek reader. Frame as decisively subordinated to and expelled by the greater authority of Jesus’s name.
Hades
Approved rendering: Άδης
Transliteration: Hadēs
Doctrine: Resurrection of Christ
Rejected alternatives: σιωπηλή αποδοχή της μυθολογικής ταυτότητας του θεού/βασιλείου
Original: ᾍδης
Category: Eschatology
NEW. Occurs at 2:27,31. The actual name of the Greek underworld god and realm from native mythology; a Modern Greek reader inevitably hears the mythological name. This is a stable, inherited NT/LXX usage co-opting the word generically for Sheol/the realm of the dead — requires an explicit note that Peter/Luke is not affirming Greek underworld cosmology.
Sanhedrin Council
Approved rendering: Συνέδριο
Transliteration: synedrion
Doctrine: Persecution and Bold Witness
Rejected alternatives: συνέδριο με πεζό αρχικό γράμμα, χωρίς ιστορική επεξήγηση
Original: συνέδριον
Category: Church
NEW. Occurs throughout chs.4-6, 22-23. Modern Greek συνέδριο overwhelmingly means ‘conference/congress.’ Requires either the transliterated proper-noun form (Συνέδριο, capitalized) or a period-specific gloss (‘το Ιουδαϊκό Συνέδριο, Σανχεντρίν’) every occurrence.
Yoke
Approved rendering: ζυγός
Transliteration: zygos
Doctrine: Justification apart from the Law
Rejected alternatives: επέκταση στο ηθικό περιεχόμενο του νόμου γενικά, πέρα από τη δικαίωση
Original: ζυγός
Category: Covenant
NEW. Occurs at 15:10. Directly parallel to Galatians 5:1’s ‘yoke of slavery’; scope strictly to law-as-justification-ground per baseline Galatians guidance, not the moral law’s abiding ethical content.
Seemed Good To Spirit
Approved rendering: έδοξε στο Άγιο Πνεύμα και σε εμάς
Transliteration: edoxe tō Pneumati tō Hagiō kai hēmin
Doctrine: Apostolic Authority and Miracles
Rejected alternatives: αποκλειστική ανάγνωση ως ανθρώπινη απόφαση χωρίς το Πνεύμα, αποκλειστική ανάγνωση ως ανεξάρτητη αποκάλυψη χωρίς τη Γραφή
Original: ἔδοξε τῷ Πνεύματι τῷ Ἁγίῳ καὶ ἡμῖν
Category: Church
NEW. Occurs at 15:28. Requires careful framing: the Spirit’s authority is neither reduced to rhetorical flourish over a merely human decision, nor treated as revelation independent of Scripture — the council’s decision is explicitly grounded in and defended from Scripture (15:15-18).
Medium Risk Terms
Adoption
Approved rendering: υιοθεσία
Transliteration: yiothesía
Doctrine: Adoption into God’s Family
Inherited from Romans package. Not directly lexicalized in Acts; retained for cross-curriculum consistency.
Peace
Approved rendering: ειρήνη
Transliteration: eiríni
Doctrine: Peace with God
Rejected alternatives: ειρήνη με την ησυχαστική έννοια της εσωτερικής ή νοερής ησυχίας (μυστικιστική παράδοση)
Original: εἰρήνη
Category: Salvation
Inherited from Romans package. Occurs at 9:31; 10:36; 15:33. Distinguish from the Hesychast contemplative sense of ἡσυχία.
Spiritual Gifts
Approved rendering: πνευματικά χαρίσματα
Transliteration: pnevmatiká charísmata
Doctrine: Spiritual Gifts
Original: χαρίσματα (concept present; noun not lexicalized in Acts)
Category: Church
Inherited from Romans package. Conceptually present (2:4ff. Spirit-empowerment; 6:3,10 wisdom/Spirit); the noun itself is not lexicalized in Acts. Retained for cross-curriculum consistency.
Thanksgiving
Approved rendering: ευχαριστία
Transliteration: efcharistía
Doctrine: Thanksgiving
Rejected alternatives: Θεία Ευχαριστία αποκλειστικά (η Ευχαριστία ως Μυστήριο)
Original: εὐχαριστία (concept present; noun not lexicalized in Acts 2:46-47’s ‘gladness’)
Category: Faith
Inherited from Romans package. Closest Acts overlap is the new term breaking_of_bread (2:42,46; 20:7,11); see that entry for the sacramental-ambiguity risk.
Fellowship
Approved rendering: κοινωνία
Transliteration: koinonía
Doctrine: Christian Fellowship
Rejected alternatives: κοινωνία αποκλειστικά ως λήψη της Θείας Κοινωνίας (Ευχαριστίας), κοινωνία με τη σύγχρονη έννοια της κοινωνίας/κοινωνικού συνόλου
Original: κοινωνία
Category: Church
Inherited from Romans package. Occurs at 2:42. Must be actively fenced from the new term common_unclean (κοινός in its negative ritual-purity sense, 10:14-15,28) despite the shared root — the two occupy opposite ends of the same word-family’s risk profile within Acts itself.
Church
Approved rendering: εκκλησία
Transliteration: ekklisía
Doctrine: Church as God’s People
Rejected alternatives: Εκκλησία αποκλειστικά ως ο θεσμός/η ιεραρχική Ορθόδοξη Εκκλησία, ή αποκλειστικά το κτίριο
Original: ἐκκλησία
Category: Church
Inherited from Romans package. Occurs at 5:11; 8:1,3; 9:31; 11:22,26; 12:1,5; 13:1; 14:23,27; 15:3-4,22,41; 16:5; 18:22; 19:32,39-40; 20:17,28. Central institutional term throughout Acts’ second half; distinguish the local-congregation sense from both the institutional national-Church sense and the building sense.
Kingdom Of God
Approved rendering: βασιλεία του Θεού
Transliteration: vasileía tou Theoú
Doctrine: Kingdom Mission
Original: βασιλεία τοῦ θεοῦ
Category: Kingdom
Inherited from Romans package. Occurs at 1:3,6; 8:12; 14:22; 19:8; 20:25; 28:23,31. Frames both the book’s opening question (1:6, disciples’ nationalistic misunderstanding, directly redirected by Jesus) and its closing proclamation (28:31).
Sin
Approved rendering: αμαρτία
Transliteration: amartía
Doctrine: Universal Human Accountability
Rejected alternatives: αμαρτία με την καθημερινή, εξασθενημένη έννοια του ‘κρίμα’
Original: ἁμαρτία
Category: Sin
Inherited from Romans package. Occurs at 2:38; 3:19; 7:60; 22:16; 26:18. No new risk.
Gentiles
Approved rendering: έθνη
Transliteration: éthni
Doctrine: Unity of Jews and Gentiles
Rejected alternatives: εθνικοί με σύγχρονη εθνικιστική χροιά
Original: ἔθνη
Category: Church
Inherited from Romans package. Occurs at 9:15; 10:45; 11:1,18; 13:46-48; 14:27; 15:3,7,12,14,19,23; 18:6; 21:19,21,25; 22:21; 26:17,20,23; 28:28. Central to ‘The Gospel to Jews and Gentiles’ throughout chs. 10-28; guard against modern nationalist connotation.
Glory
Approved rendering: δόξα
Transliteration: dóxa
Doctrine: Deity of Christ
Rejected alternatives: δόξα με τη σύγχρονη έννοια της φήμης ή επιτυχίας
Original: δόξα
Category: God
Inherited from Romans package. Occurs at 7:2,55; 12:23; 22:11. No new risk.
Power Of God
Approved rendering: δύναμη Θεού
Transliteration: dýnami Theoú
Doctrine: Power of God for Salvation
Original: δύναμις θεοῦ
Category: God
Inherited from Romans package. Occurs at 1:8; 3:12; 4:7,33; 6:8; 8:10,13,19; 10:38. Central to ‘Apostolic Authority and Miracles.‘
Providence
Approved rendering: πρόνοια
Transliteration: prónoia
Doctrine: Providence
Rejected alternatives: πρόνοια με τη σύγχρονη έννοια της κοινωνικής πρόνοιας (social welfare)
Original: (concept present at 27:23-24,34, angelic assurance during the storm)
Category: God
Inherited from Romans package. Conceptually present at 27:23-24,34 (angelic assurance during the storm) and 2:23 (human guilt held together with divine plan). Narrative rather than didactic mode in Acts.
Mission
Approved rendering: αποστολή
Transliteration: apostolí
Doctrine: Mission to the Nations
Original: ἀποστολή / πέμπω (concept, cognate with ἀπόστολος)
Category: Kingdom
Inherited from Romans package. Central organizing concept, cognate with ‘apostle,’ for Acts 13-28. Be sensitive to colonial/political overtone.
Gave Utterance
Approved rendering: αποφθέγγομαι
Transliteration: apophthengesthai
Doctrine: The Holy Spirit and Pentecost
Rejected alternatives: μίλησαν (γενική, ουδέτερη απόδοση χωρίς την έμφαση στην πηγή του Πνεύματος)
Original: ἀποφθέγγεσθαι
Category: Eschatology
NEW. Occurs at 2:4. Rare, elevated verb; must preserve the sense that the Spirit is the active source of the speech, the apostles merely instruments — do not flatten to ordinary ‘μίλησαν.‘
Filled With The Holy Spirit
Approved rendering: πλήσθηκαν με Άγιο Πνεύμα
Transliteration: eplēsthēsan Pneumatos Hagiou
Doctrine: The Holy Spirit and Pentecost
Original: ἐπλήσθησαν Πνεύματος Ἁγίου
Category: Eschatology
NEW. Occurs at 2:4; 4:8,31; 9:17; 13:9. A decisive, repeatable empowerment-event distinct from the once-for-all indwelling emphasized in Romans 8; teach as complementary, not contradictory, to that doctrine.
Miracles Mighty Works
Approved rendering: θαύματα / δυνάμεις
Transliteration: thaumata / dynameis
Doctrine: Apostolic Authority and Miracles
Original: θαύματα / δυνάμεις
Category: Church
NEW. Occurs at 2:22; 8:13; 19:11. Note potential conflation with the later hagiographic (saints’/icon) miracle tradition; Acts’ apostolic miracles authenticate a specific, bounded gospel proclamation — a distinct category, taught alongside not against the wider tradition.
Boldness
Approved rendering: παρρησία
Transliteration: parrēsia
Doctrine: Persecution and Bold Witness
Original: παρρησία
Category: Faith
NEW. Occurs at 4:13,29,31; 28:31. Live, positive Modern Greek word (also civic ‘freedom of speech’) largely compatible with the theological sense; make the Spirit’s agency explicit at every occurrence, not mere temperament.
Far Off
Approved rendering: οι μακρινοί / όσοι είναι μακριά
Transliteration: tois eis makran
Doctrine: The Gospel to Jews and Gentiles
Original: τοῖς εἰς μακράν
Category: Church
NEW. Occurs at 2:39. Acts’ own first hint, inside Peter’s first sermon, of the Gentile-inclusion trajectory developed fully in chs.10-15; must not be read merely as ‘distant in space’ without its ethnic-inclusion trajectory.
Call Upon
Approved rendering: επικαλούμαι
Transliteration: epikaleomai
Doctrine: The Holy Spirit and Pentecost
Original: ἐπικαλέομαι
Category: Faith
NEW. Occurs at 2:21; 25:11. A deliberate Lucan literary echo across the two occurrences (calling on the Lord for salvation vs. Paul’s legal appeal to Caesar), not a doctrinal equivalence — flag as a teaching opportunity without implying they are the same kind of act.
Servant Of God
Approved rendering: δούλος / παίδα
Transliteration: pais
Doctrine: The Gospel to Jews and Gentiles
Original: παῖς
Category: Christology
NEW. Occurs at 3:13,26; 4:27,30. A Christological title drawing on Isaiah’s Suffering Servant; Modern Greek παιδί/παῖς ordinarily means simply ‘child,’ with no automatic royal/servant connotation — a note connecting to the Isaianic Servant-Christology strand is required.
Set Apart For Mission
Approved rendering: αφορίζω
Transliteration: aphorizō
Doctrine: The Great Commission Fulfilled
Rejected alternatives: συγχώνευση με τον αγιασμό (ηθική μεταμόρφωση)
Original: ἀφορίζω
Category: Kingdom
NEW. Occurs at 13:2. Conceptually adjacent to but lexically distinct from ἁγιάζω (sanctify); this is task-designation for mission, not moral transformation.
Artemis Of Ephesus
Approved rendering: Άρτεμις
Transliteration: Artemis Ephesiōn
Doctrine: Persecution and Bold Witness
Original: Ἄρτεμις Ἐφεσίων
Category: Sin
NEW. Occurs at 19:23-41 (‘Great is Artemis of the Ephesians!’). Lower risk than the Zeus/Hermes/Python episodes (more Ephesian-Anatolian than core mainland Greek religion), but still worth a note connecting it to the broader ancient-Greek-religion collision theme running through Acts.
Holy One
Approved rendering: ο όσιός
Transliteration: hosios
Doctrine: Deity and Sonship of Christ
Rejected alternatives: σιωπηλή συγχώνευση με το άγιος (hagios)
Original: ὅσιος
Category: Christology
NEW. Occurs at 2:27 (τὸν ὅσιόν σου). A different Greek word from ἅγιος; ὅσιος emphasizes pious devotion/dutifulness rather than consecrated set-apartness. Flag this lexical distinction explicitly.
Vision Dream
Approved rendering: οράματα / οπτασίες
Transliteration: horamata / optasiai
Doctrine: The Holy Spirit and Pentecost
Original: ἐνύπνια / ὁράσεις / ὅραμα / ὀπτασία
Category: Eschatology
NEW. Occurs at 2:17 (Joel); 9:10; 10:3,17,19; 16:9-10; 26:19. Watch for conflation with the Orthodox mystical-contemplative category of θεωρία (Hesychast vision of God), a distinct later technical development; Acts’ visions are narrative-historical events, not contemplative states.
Purification
Approved rendering: αγνισμός
Transliteration: hagnismos
Doctrine: Repentance and Baptism
Rejected alternatives: συγχώνευση με τον αγιασμό (sanctification)
Original: ἁγνισμός / ἁγνίζω
Category: Sanctification
NEW. Occurs at 21:23-26 (Paul’s purification vow). Distinct root (ἁγνός, ‘pure/chaste’) from αγιασμός (ἅγιος, ‘holy’); flag this lexical distinction explicitly so it is never silently merged despite similar English glosses.
Unhindered
Approved rendering: ακωλύτως
Transliteration: akōlytōs
Doctrine: The Great Commission Fulfilled
Rejected alternatives: απλή/καθημερινή απόδοση ‘χωρίς πρόβλημα’ που χάνει το βάρος της λέξης
Original: ἀκωλύτως
Category: Kingdom
NEW. Occurs at 28:31. The book’s deliberately open, triumphant final word; a rare, distinctive word chosen deliberately as the closing note — the single most important closing theological statement for ‘The Great Commission Fulfilled.‘
Author Of Life
Approved rendering: αρχηγός της ζωής
Transliteration: archēgos tēs zōēs
Doctrine: Deity and Sonship of Christ
Rejected alternatives: αρχηγός αποκλειστικά με τη σύγχρονη έννοια του πολιτικού/κομματικού αρχηγού
NEW. Occurs at 3:15 (‘Prince/Author of Life’). ἀρχηγός is a live secular Modern Greek word (also ‘party leader’); must retain its ‘originator/source of life’ sense rather than flattening to mere organizational leadership.
Last Days
Approved rendering: έσχατες ημέρες
Transliteration: eschatais hēmerais
Doctrine: The Holy Spirit and Pentecost
Rejected alternatives: ανάγνωση αποκλειστικά ως απόμακρο, μελλοντικό γεγονός αποκομμένο από το παρόν της εκκλησίας
NEW. Occurs at 2:17. Peter identifies Pentecost itself as the beginning of the eschatological age foretold by Joel — inaugurated, not merely future-distant, eschatology. Root of ‘εσχατολογία,’ recognizable to theologically literate readers.
Cut To The Heart
Approved rendering: κατανύγησαν την καρδία
Transliteration: katenygēsan tēn kardian
Doctrine: Repentance and Baptism
NEW. Occurs at 2:37. Root of the Orthodox devotional term κατάνυξη (compunction/heartfelt repentant sorrow, associated with Great Lent) — a strong asset; connect this verse explicitly to that existing devotional category to activate it.
Souls Persons
Approved rendering: ψυχές
Transliteration: psychai
Doctrine: The Church as Community
Rejected alternatives: ψυχές αποκλειστικά με δυϊστική έννοια (άυλη ψυχή έναντι σώματος)
NEW. Occurs at 2:41. ψυχή here means whole persons/lives (‘about three thousand souls’ = 3,000 people), not a disembodied inner faculty; guard against Greek philosophical body/soul dualism narrowing the sense.
Added To Their Number
Approved rendering: προσετέθησαν
Transliteration: prosetethēsan
Doctrine: The Church as Community
Rejected alternatives: ανάγνωση ως απλή αρίθμηση χωρίς θεϊκή ενέργεια
NEW. Occurs at 2:41,47; 5:14; 11:24. A recurring Acts formula describing numerical/organic church growth as God’s own work; the passive voice implies divine agency and should not be read as mere headcount.
Low Risk Terms
Apostle
Approved rendering: απόστολος
Transliteration: apóstolos
Doctrine: Apostleship
Original: ἀπόστολος
Category: Church
Inherited from Romans package. Central office-title throughout Acts 1-16; no new risk.
Prophet
Approved rendering: προφήτης
Transliteration: profítis
Doctrine: Inspiration of Scripture
Original: προφήτης
Category: Covenant
Inherited from Romans package. Occurs throughout Acts 2-28. No new risk.
Prophecy
Approved rendering: προφητεία
Transliteration: profiteía
Doctrine: Fulfillment of Prophecy
Original: προφητεία
Category: Covenant
Inherited from Romans package. Occurs at 2:17 (Joel quotation); 21:9. No new risk.
David
Approved rendering: Δαβίδ
Transliteration: Davíd
Doctrine: Davidic Covenant
Original: Δαυίδ
Category: Covenant
Inherited from Romans package. Occurs at 1:16; 2:25,29,34; 4:25; 7:45; 13:22,34,36; 15:16. Standard proper name.
Israel
Approved rendering: Ισραήλ
Transliteration: Israíl
Doctrine: Unity of Jews and Gentiles
Original: Ἰσραήλ
Category: Covenant
Inherited from Romans package. Occurs throughout, esp. addressed directly at 2:36. Distinguish salvation-history ‘Israel’ from the modern political nation-state.
Exhort
Approved rendering: προτρέπω
Transliteration: protrépo
Doctrine: Mutual Edification
Original: παρακαλέω
Category: Faith
Inherited from Romans package. Occurs at 2:40; 11:23; 14:22; 15:32; 16:40; 20:1-2,12. Context-sensitive per baseline note (everyday ‘please’ vs. exhortation register).
Circumcision
Approved rendering: περιτομή
Transliteration: peritomē
Doctrine: Covenant
Original: περιτομή
Category: Covenant
Inherited from Galatians extension of Romans package. Occurs at 7:8; 10:45; 11:2-3; 15:1,5,24; 16:3; 21:21. Central to ch.15’s Jerusalem Council debate, in direct continuity with Galatians’ argument.
Certainly Not
Approved rendering: μη γένοιτο
Transliteration: mē genoito
Doctrine: Faith
Original: μὴ γένοιτο
Category: Faith
Inherited from Galatians extension of Romans package. Not a direct Acts occurrence; retained for cross-curriculum consistency.
Pentecost
Approved rendering: Πεντηκοστή
Transliteration: Pentēkostē
Doctrine: The Holy Spirit and Pentecost
Original: Πεντηκοστή
Category: Eschatology
NEW. Occurs at 2:1; 20:16. Zero-gap: the NT’s own word and the living name of a major Orthodox liturgical feast (Κυριακή της Πεντηκοστής) — a genuine asset. Draw the Joel 2 OT-to-NT fulfillment line explicitly rather than assuming liturgical familiarity supplies it.
Christians
Approved rendering: Χριστιανοί
Transliteration: Christianoi
Doctrine: The Church as Community
Original: Χριστιανοί
Category: Church
NEW. Occurs at 11:26; 26:28. Zero-gap; this word is the direct etymological source of the modern word in every language, including Greek itself — an asset, not a risk.
Fasting
Approved rendering: νηστεία
Transliteration: nēsteia
Doctrine: The Church as Community
Original: νηστεία
Category: Church
NEW. Occurs at 13:2-3; 14:23. Zero-gap, richly asset-laden term given Orthodox fasting practice as a major structuring feature of the liturgical calendar.
The Areopagus
Approved rendering: Άρειος Πάγος
Transliteration: Areios Pagos
Doctrine: The Great Commission Fulfilled
Original: Ἄρειος Πάγος
Category: Kingdom
NEW. Occurs at 17:19,22,34. A real, existing, visitable site in Athens — a major cultural asset unique to this Language Package. Minimal risk, maximal teaching opportunity.
Unknown God
Approved rendering: άγνωστος Θεός
Transliteration: agnōstō theō
Doctrine: The Gospel to Jews and Gentiles
Rejected alternatives: ερμηνεία ως υποστήριξη γενικού θρησκευτικού πλουραλισμού
Original: ἀγνώστῳ θεῷ
Category: God
NEW. Occurs at 17:23. Famous verse; low lexical risk, high teaching value. Screen against New Age/syncretistic misuse (see 12_ai_translation_requirements.md); Paul’s move is a rhetorical bridge toward specific proclamation, not an endorsement of religious pluralism.
No Partiality
Approved rendering: δεν κάνει διακρίσεις (δεν είναι προσωπολήπτης)
Transliteration: ouk prosōpolēptēs
Doctrine: The Gospel to Jews and Gentiles
Original: οὐκ … προσωπολήπτης
Category: Church
NEW. Occurs at 10:34. Transparent, self-explanatory compound; high doctrinal weight, low lexical risk.
With One Accord
Approved rendering: ομοθυμαδόν
Transliteration: homothymadon
Doctrine: The Church as Community
NEW. Occurs at 1:14; 2:1,46; 4:24; 5:12. Stable, formal/literary word not used colloquially in Modern Greek, so it retains its weight; a recurring Acts refrain marking the church’s corporate unity.
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