Core Glossary

Core Glossary — Acts (English/Greek → Hindi)

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Status: REUSE = baseline term, rendering locked; NEW = introduced by this curriculum, provisional pending Phase 2 confirmation.
Risk: Critical / High / Medium / Low, per the shared risk framework in doctrine_risk_registry.json.

A. The Holy Spirit and Pentecost

Term (EN)	Original (Greek)	Hindi Rendering	Status	Risk	Chapters	Notes
Holy Spirit	πνεῦμα ἅγιον	पवित्र आत्मा	REUSE	Critical	1,2,4,5,6,7,8,9,10,11,13,15,19,20,21,28	Never ब्रह्म/परमात्मा — locked baseline term.
Pentecost	πεντηκοστή	पिन्तेकुस्त	NEW	Medium	2,20	Transliterate; gloss “फसल का यहूदी पर्व” on first use.
filled with the Holy Spirit	πλησθέντες πνεύματος ἁγίου	पवित्र आत्मा से भर गए	NEW	High	2,4,6,7,9,13	Distinguish from Hindu āveśa (possession/oracle-trance); theologian review every occurrence.
other tongues	ἑτέραις γλώσσαις	अन्य भाषाएँ	NEW	High	2,10,19	Must denote real human languages in ch.2; translator note on less-specified later instances (10:46, 19:6).
poured out	ἐκχέω	उंडेलना / बहा देना	NEW	Medium	2 (Joel citation)	God as sovereign giving-subject, not an impersonal energy-outflow.
the gift of the Holy Spirit	δωρεὰ τοῦ ἁγίου πνεύματος	पवित्र आत्मा का वरदान	NEW	High	2,8,10,11	The Giver himself as gift; distinguish from आत्मिक वरदान (distributed enablements).
baptized with/in the Holy Spirit	βαπτισθήσεσθε ἐν πνεύματι ἁγίῳ	पवित्र आत्मा का बपतिस्मा	NEW	High	1,11,19	Distinct empowering/incorporating work, not a second water-rite.
lie to the Holy Spirit	ψεύσασθαι τὸ πνεῦμα τὸ ἅγιον	पवित्र आत्मा से झूठ बोलना	NEW	High	5	Sin against a personal divine Being, not an impersonal moral law.
tongues as of fire	γλῶσσαι ὡσεὶ πυρός	अग्नि की सी जीभें	NEW	Medium	2	Distinguish from Vedic sacred-fire (agni) worship-imagery.

B. The Gospel to Jews and Gentiles

Term (EN)	Original	Hindi Rendering	Status	Risk	Chapters	Notes
gospel	εὐαγγέλιον	सुसमाचार	REUSE	High	throughout	Locked baseline term.
Gentiles/nations	ἔθνη	अन्यजाति	REUSE	Medium	9,10,11,13,14,15,18,21,22,26,28	Locked baseline term.
God-fearer	φοβούμενος τὸν θεόν	परमेश्वर से डरनेवाला	NEW	Medium	10,13	Positive designation — reverent awe, not condemnation.
clean / unclean	καθαρόν / κοινόν	शुद्ध / अशुद्ध	NEW	High	10,11	Direct collision with caste-purity categories; God abolishes the ceremonial boundary — mandatory theologian review.
God shows no partiality	οὐκ ἔστιν προσωπολήπτης ὁ θεός	परमेश्वर किसी का पक्षपात नहीं करता	REUSE (Galatians)	High	10,15	Render unqualified, per Galatians baseline.
the promise (extended to all far off)	ἡ ἐπαγγελία	प्रतिज्ञा	REUSE (Galatians)	High	2,13,26	Never वरदान.
unknown god	ἀγνώστῳ θεῷ	अनजाना परमेश्वर	NEW	High	17	Rhetorical bridge only, not pluralist affirmation — theologian review.
in him we live and move and have our being	ἐν αὐτῷ ζῶμεν καὶ κινούμεθα καὶ ἐσμέν	उसी में हम जीवित हैं, चलते-फिरते हैं, और स्थिर हैं	NEW	High	17	Guard against pantheistic/advaitic reading; keep Creator-creature distinction explicit.
what hinders/prevents…? / unhindered	κωλύω / ἀκωλύτως	रोकना / निर्बाध रूप से	NEW	Medium	8,10,11,28	Word-family threading the whole book; consistent root-rendering recommended.

C. Repentance and Baptism

Term (EN)	Original	Hindi Rendering	Status	Risk	Chapters	Notes
repent / repentance	μετανοέω / μετάνοια	मन फिराव	REUSE	High	2,3,5(implicit),8,11,13,17,20,26	Never पश्चाताप alone.
baptism / be baptized	βαπτίζω	बपतिस्मा	REUSE	Medium	1,2,8,9,10,11,16,18,19,22	Never स्नान/दीक्षा.
in the name of Jesus Christ	ἐν/ἐπὶ τῷ ὀνόματι Ἰησοῦ Χριστοῦ	यीशु मसीह के नाम में/से	NEW	High	2,3,4,8,10,16,19,22	Distinguish from japa/nāma-smaraṇa merit-repetition; theologian review every occurrence.
forgiveness/remission of sins	ἄφεσις ἁμαρτιῶν	पापों की क्षमा	NEW	High	2,10,13,26	Judicial pardon by a personal God, not karma-cancellation via ritual.
John’s baptism vs. baptism in the name of the Lord Jesus	βάπτισμα Ἰωάννου / εἰς τὸ ὄνομα τοῦ κυρίου Ἰησοῦ	यूहन्ना का बपतिस्मा / प्रभु यीशु के नाम में बपतिस्मा	NEW	High	18,19	Keep the two baptisms theologically distinct, not flattened together.
purification rites (Nazirite vow)	ἁγνισμός	शुद्धिकरण की विधि	NEW	Medium	21	Cultural accommodation, not a reversion to law-righteousness.
what must I do to be saved? / believe and be saved	τί με δεῖ ποιεῖν ἵνα σωθῶ / πίστευσον…καὶ σωθήσῃ	मुझे क्या करना चाहिए कि उद्धार पाऊँ? / विश्वास कर, तो उद्धार पाएगा	REUSE (उद्धार, विश्वास)	Critical	2,16	Flag 16:31 for verbatim cross-document consistency treatment.

D. The Church as Community

Term (EN)	Original	Hindi Rendering	Status	Risk	Chapters	Notes
church	ἐκκλησία	कलीसिया	REUSE	Medium	2,5,8,9,11,12,13,14,15,20	Locked baseline term.
fellowship	κοινωνία	संगति	REUSE	Low	2	Locked baseline term.
breaking of bread	κλάσις τοῦ ἄρτου	रोटी तोड़ना	NEW	Medium	2,20,27	Distinguish from प्रसाद (temple-offering food).
all things in common	ἅπαντα κοινά	सब कुछ मिलकर बांटना / सांझा रखना	NEW	Medium	2,4	Voluntary generosity, not compulsory redistribution.
one heart and soul	μία καρδία καὶ ψυχή	एक मन और एक प्राण	NEW	Medium	4	Corporate solidarity among distinct persons, not metaphysical merger.
Christians	Χριστιανοί	मसीही	NEW	Low	11,26	Established Hindi Christian self-designation.
the Way	ἡ ὁδός	मार्ग (यह मार्ग)	NEW	High	9,18,19,22,24	Collision with भक्ति/कर्म/ज्ञान-मार्ग pluralism; must read as exclusive, not one of several paths.
elders / overseers / shepherd	πρεσβύτεροι / ἐπίσκοποι / ποιμαίνειν	प्राचीन / अध्यक्ष / रखवाली-चरवाही करना	NEW	Medium	11,14,15,20,21	Servant-leadership, not hereditary priestly office or unaccountable guru role.
deacon / serve tables	διάκονος / διακονεῖν	सेवक/सेविका	REUSE	Medium	6	Locked baseline term-family.
added to their number	προσετέθησαν	जुड़ गए / मिला लिये गए	NEW	Medium	2,5,11	Incorporation into a defined community.

E. Apostolic Authority and Miracles

Term (EN)	Original	Hindi Rendering	Status	Risk	Chapters	Notes
apostle	ἀπόστολος	प्रेरित	REUSE	Medium	1,2,4,5,6,8,9,11,13,14,15,16	Locked baseline term.
power (of God/Spirit)	δύναμις	सामर्थ्य	REUSE	High	1,3,4,6,8,10	Never शक्ति.
signs and wonders and mighty works	σημεῖα, τέρατα, δυνάμεις	चिन्ह, अद्भुत काम और सामर्थ के काम	NEW	Medium	2,4,5,6,8,14,15,19	Evidentiary acts pointing to God, not yogic siddhi.
authority	ἐξουσία	अधिकार	NEW	Medium	1,4,5,26	Delegated, accountable authority, not unaccountable guru-power.
boldness	παρρησία	निडरता / साहस	NEW	Medium	2,4,9,13,14,18,19,26,28	Tied explicitly to Spirit-empowerment, not natural courage.
laying on of hands	ἐπίθεσις τῶν χειρῶν	हाथ रखना	NEW	Medium	6,8,9,13,19	Commissioning/impartation gesture, distinct from Hindu blessing-gestures.
Author/Prince of life	ἀρχηγὸς τῆς ζωῆς	जीवन का कर्ता/प्रधान	NEW	High	3,5	Christological title; not a generic “great leader.”
gift of God (Simon Magus)	ἡ δωρεὰ τοῦ θεοῦ	वरदान (परमेश्वर का)	NEW	High	8	Cannot be purchased; excludes transactional-devotion framing.

F. Persecution and Bold Witness

Term (EN)	Original	Hindi Rendering	Status	Risk	Chapters	Notes
witness(es) / martyr	μάρτυς / μάρτυρες	गवाह / साक्षी	NEW	High	1,2,3,5,6,7,10,13,22,26	Forensic eyewitness testimony; distinguish from Vedantic sākṣī-bhāva (witness-consciousness). Prefer गवाह in doctrinal contexts.
Sanhedrin	Συνέδριον	महासभा	NEW	Low-Medium	4,5,6,22,23	Transliterate/describe; gloss on first use.
stiff-necked / resist the Holy Spirit	σκληροτράχηλοι / ἀντιπίπτετε τῷ πνεύματι	हठी / पवित्र आत्मा का विरोध करना	NEW	Medium-High	7	Resistance to the personal Spirit, not vague stubbornness.
great fear	φόβος μέγας	बड़ा डर/भय	NEW	Low-Medium	5,19	Reverential awe before God’s holiness, not superstitious dread.
ravenous wolves (false teachers)	λύκοι βαρεῖς	दुष्ट/भयंकर भेड़िये	NEW	Low-Medium	20	Warning against doctrinal corruption.
Why do you persecute me?	τί με διώκεις	तू मुझे क्यों सताता है?	NEW	Medium	9,22,26	Christ identifies personally with his persecuted church.
power/authority of Satan	ἐξουσία τοῦ Σατανᾶ	शैतान का अधिकार	NEW	Medium	26	Limited authority under God’s sovereignty, not dualism.

G. Conversion of Paul

Term (EN)	Original	Hindi Rendering	Status	Risk	Chapters	Notes
light from heaven	φῶς ἐκ τοῦ οὐρανοῦ	स्वर्ग से ज्योति	NEW	High	9,22,26	Objective external event, not interior “enlightenment”/darshan.
scales fell from his eyes	ἀπέπεσαν αἱ λεπίδες	आँखों से परत गिर गई	NEW	Low-Medium	9	Physical-then-spiritual double meaning.
chosen instrument	σκεῦος ἐκλογῆς	चुना हुआ पात्र	REUSE-adjacent (परमेश्वर का चुनाव)	High	9	Sovereign election despite prior persecution of the church.
heavenly vision	οὐρανίῳ ὀπτασίᾳ	स्वर्गीय दर्शन	REUSE (प्रकाशन)-adjacent	High	26	Distinguish ordinary “vision” sense from devotional darshan sense flagged in Galatians baseline.
Roman citizen	Ῥωμαῖος	रोमी नागरिक	NEW	Low	16,22,23,25	Historical-legal, descriptive.

H. Justification apart from the Law

Term (EN)	Original	Hindi Rendering	Status	Risk	Chapters	Notes
justification / justified	δικαιόω	धर्मी ठहराया जाना	REUSE	Critical	13,15	Locked baseline compound phrase; never abbreviated.
law (of Moses)	νόμος	व्यवस्था	REUSE	High	13,15,21	Never धर्म.
we are saved through grace, just as they are	σωθῆναι διὰ τῆς χάριτος	अनुग्रह के द्वारा उद्धार पाना	REUSE (अनुग्रह, उद्धार)	Critical	15	Council’s doctrinal resolution; cross-check against Galatians rendering.
a yoke we could not bear	ζυγὸν… οὔτε ἡμεῖς ἰσχύσαμεν βαστάσαι	वह जूआ जिसे हम सहन न कर सके	REUSE (Galatians दासत्व का जूआ)	High	15	Same metaphor-family as Galatians 5:1.
set apart (for mission)	ἀφορίζω	अलग करना / नियुक्त करना	NEW (baseline-adjacent)	High	13	Spirit-initiated commissioning, not renunciation of ordinary life.
fasting	νηστεία	उपवास	NEW	Medium	13,14	Distinguish from Hindu merit-earning व्रत.

I. The Great Commission Fulfilled

Term (EN)	Original	Hindi Rendering	Status	Risk	Chapters	Notes
witnesses…to the ends of the earth	μάρτυρες…ἕως ἐσχάτου τῆς γῆς	गवाह…पृथ्वी की छोर तक	NEW (witness-term)	High	1	Programmatic verse for the whole book; cross-document consistency flag.
the word of God increased	ὁ λόγος τοῦ θεοῦ ηὔξανεν	परमेश्वर का वचन बढ़ता गया	NEW	Low	6,12,19	Structural refrain; render consistently across occurrences.
unhindered	ἀκωλύτως	निर्बाध रूप से	NEW	Medium	28	Final word of the book; resolves the κωλύω word-family from ch.8,11.
kingdom of God (preached openly)	ἡ βασιλεία τοῦ θεοῦ	परमेश्वर का राज्य	REUSE	Medium	1,8,14,19,20,28	Locked baseline term.

J. Christological and Deity-adjacent Titles (cross-cutting)

Term (EN)	Original	Hindi Rendering	Status	Risk	Chapters	Notes
Lord	κύριος	प्रभु	REUSE	Critical	throughout	Locked baseline term.
Son of God	υἱὸς θεοῦ	परमेश्वर का पुत्र	REUSE	Critical	9,13	Locked baseline term.
Son of Man	υἱὸς τοῦ ἀνθρώπου	मनुष्य का पुत्र	NEW	Critical	7	Danielic exalted-divine-figure title, not generic “a human being.”
Christ/Messiah	Χριστός	मसीह	REUSE	Critical	throughout	Locked baseline term.
God has made him Lord and Christ	ἐποίησεν κύριον καὶ Χριστόν	परमेश्वर ने उसे प्रभु और मसीह ठहराया	REUSE (प्रभु, मसीह)	Critical	2	Publicly vindicated eternal identity, not newly conferred deity (guard against adoptionism).
resurrection (of Christ / of the dead)	ἀνάστασις	पुनरुत्थान	REUSE	Critical	1,2,3,4,5,10,13,17,23,24,26	Never पुनर्जन्म.
ascension / taken up	ἀνελήφθη / ἀνάλημψις	ऊपर उठा लिया गया	NEW	High	1	Distinct event from resurrection; not a mythological deity-ascent.
the gods have come down in human form	οἱ θεοὶ…κατέβησαν	देवता मनुष्यों के रूप में उतर आए हैं	NEW (incarnation-collision)	Critical	14	Direct textual dramatization of the अवतार-collision the baseline’s incarnation entry guards against; Paul/Barnabas reject it — mandatory theologian review.
Creator	ὁ ποιήσας τὸν οὐρανὸν καὶ τὴν γῆν	सृजनहार	REUSE	High	4(implicit),14,17	Locked baseline term.

K. Miscellaneous Narrative/Cultural Terms

Term (EN)	Original	Hindi Rendering	Status	Risk	Chapters	Notes
casting lots	ἔβαλον κλήρους	पर्ची/चिट्ठी डालना	NEW	Medium	1	Prayer-governed, not divination; distinguish from occult lot-practices.
eunuch	εὐνοῦχος	खोजा	NEW	Medium (cultural sensitivity)	8	Prefer खोजा over हिजड़ा; route to native speaker review for tone.
sorcery / magic arts	μαγεία	जादू-टोना	REUSE (Galatians)	Medium	8,13(Bar-Jesus, implied),19	Locked baseline term.
angel of the Lord	ἄγγελος κυρίου	प्रभु का दूत	Established/Low	Low	5,8,10,12,27	No new risk.
Great is Artemis of the Ephesians	Μεγάλη ἡ Ἄρτεμις Ἐφεσίων	महान है इफिसियों की अर्तिमिस	NEW	Medium-High	19	Parallel to Indian goddess-devotion/temple-economy; native speaker review for tone.
the whole counsel of God	πᾶσαν τὴν βουλὴν τοῦ θεοῦ	परमेश्वर की सारी मनसा/इच्छा	NEW	Medium	20	Complete, non-negotiable proclamation.
appeal to Caesar	Καίσαρα ἐπικαλοῦμαι	कैसर से अपील करना	NEW	Low	25	Historical-legal term.

Chapters Reviewed with No New Theological Vocabulary

Chapter 18 — reuses Chapter 2, 9, and 19 terms (मन फिराव, विश्वास, मसीह, बपतिस्मा; introduces “the Way” concept fully treated under Ch.19).
Chapter 23 — reuses Chapter 4’s महासभा (Sanhedrin) and the baseline पुनरुत्थान (resurrection) doctrine.
Chapter 27 — reuses the baseline परमेश्वर का विधान (providence) and धन्यवाद (thanksgiving) terms; no new theological vocabulary.

Escalation Summary for Phase 2 Routing

Critical (mandatory theologian review, no deviation permitted): पवित्र आत्मा, धर्मी ठहराया जाना, अनुग्रह/उद्धार (Acts 15:11), उद्धार (Acts 2, 4, 16), प्रभु, परमेश्वर का पुत्र, मसीह, पुनरुत्थान, मनुष्य का पुत्र, “God has made him Lord and Christ” (2:36), “the gods have come down” (14:11-15).

High (mandatory theologian review): पवित्र आत्मा से भर गए, अन्य भाषाएँ, पवित्र आत्मा का वरदान, पवित्र आत्मा का बपतिस्मा, पवित्र आत्मा से झूठ बोलना, शुद्ध/अशुद्ध, यीशु मसीह के नाम में/से, पापों की क्षमा, यूहन्ना का बपतिस्मा vs. यीशु के नाम में बपतिस्मा, अनजाना परमेश्वर, “उसी में हम जीवित हैं…”, मार्ग, गवाह/साक्षी, जीवन का कर्ता/प्रधान, वरदान (परमेश्वर का — Simon Magus), चुना हुआ पात्र, स्वर्गीय दर्शन, ऊपर उठा लिया गया (ascension), प्रतिज्ञा, गवाह…पृथ्वी की छोर तक, अलग करना/नियुक्त करना (13:2), a यह जूआ जिसे हम सहन न कर सके (15:10), व्यवस्था.

Medium (native speaker review recommended): पिन्तेकुस्त, उंडेलना, चिन्ह/अद्भुत काम/सामर्थ के काम, अधिकार, निडरता/साहस, हाथ रखना, रोटी तोड़ना, सब कुछ सांझा रखना, एक मन और एक प्राण, प्राचीन/अध्यक्ष/चरवाही, जुड़ गए, हठी/पवित्र आत्मा का विरोध, बड़ा डर, शैतान का अधिकार, शुद्धिकरण की विधि, उपवास, महासभा, दुष्ट भेड़िये, तू मुझे क्यों सताता है, आँखों से परत गिर गई, परमेश्वर की सारी मनसा, निर्बाध रूप से, महान है इफिसियों की अर्तिमिस, पर्ची डालना, खोजा (with cultural-sensitivity flag).

Low (automated review sufficient): मसीही, रोमी नागरिक, कैसर से अपील करना, परमेश्वर का वचन बढ़ता गया, अग्नि की सी जीभें (descriptive), प्रभु का दूत.

This glossary, together with analysis/07_semantic_analysis.md, forms the complete Phase 1 Step 1 deliverable for the Acts curriculum. All NEW terms and risk tiers here are provisional pending formal Phase 2 addition to an updated translation_memory.json, bible_term_registry.json, and doctrine_risk_registry.json for Acts.

Critical Risk Terms

Righteousness

Approved rendering: धार्मिकता
Transliteration: dhārmikatā
Doctrine: Salvation
Rejected alternatives: धर्म, पुण्य, न्याय
Original: δικαιοσύνη
Category: Salvation

Inherited from Romans package. CRITICAL at Acts 24:25 (Paul reasoning with Felix about righteousness, self-control, coming judgment) — must not be heard as generic dharma-discourse/moral duty. Never धर्म.

Justification

Approved rendering: धर्मी ठहराया जाना
Transliteration: dharmī ṭaharāyā jānā
Doctrine: Salvation
Rejected alternatives: माफी पाना, पुण्य प्राप्त करना
Original: δικαιόω
Category: Salvation

Inherited from Romans package. Acts 13:38-39 is Paul’s first recorded sermon teaching this exact forensic-declaration doctrine; must match the Galatians baseline’s compound phrase verbatim. Never abbreviated.

Salvation

Approved rendering: उद्धार
Transliteration: uddhāra
Doctrine: Salvation
Rejected alternatives: मुक्ति, मोक्ष, छुटकारा
Original: σωτηρία
Category: Salvation

Inherited from Romans package. CRITICAL at Acts 2:37/4:12/16:30-31 — the pivotal questions and answers of the whole book. NEVER मुक्ति/मोक्ष; 4:12’s ‘no other name’ clause makes this prohibition especially acute given pluralist ‘many paths’ readings.

Resurrection

Approved rendering: पुनरुत्थान
Transliteration: punaruttāna
Doctrine: Resurrection of Christ
Rejected alternatives: पुनर्जन्म, पुनर्जीवन
Original: ἀνάστασις
Category: Eschatology

Inherited from Romans package. Central apostolic proclamation throughout Acts (1:22; 2:24-32; 4:2,33; 17:31-32; 23:6-8; 24:15,21; 26:23). 17:32’s Greek mockery and 23:6-8’s live Pharisee-Sadducee dispute both depend on this denoting a single bodily event, never पुनर्जन्म’s cyclical rebirth.

Lord

Approved rendering: प्रभु
Transliteration: Prabhu
Doctrine: Lordship of Christ
Rejected alternatives: स्वामी, ईश्वर
Original: κύριος
Category: Christology

Inherited from Romans package. Acts 2:36; 10:36; 16:31. Acts 14’s Lystra episode dramatizes exactly the polytheistic alternative this term must exclude.

Son Of God

Approved rendering: परमेश्वर का पुत्र
Transliteration: Parameśvara kā putra
Doctrine: Sonship of Christ
Rejected alternatives: ईश्वर का अंश, देव-पुरुष
Original: υἱὸς θεοῦ
Category: Christology

Inherited from Romans package. Proclaimed by Saul immediately after conversion (Acts 9:20). Full phrase required; never metaphorical/honorary sonship.

Incarnation

Approved rendering: देहधारण
Transliteration: dehadhāraṇa
Doctrine: Incarnation
Rejected alternatives: अवतार, देह प्रकटीकरण
Original: ὁ λόγος σὰρξ ἐγένετο
Category: Christology

Inherited from Romans package. Acts 14:11-15 (Lystra) is the single passage in the whole curriculum where the crowd’s own words dramatize the exact अवतार-collision this term was built to prevent; Paul/Barnabas’s horrified refusal must be preserved.

Messiah

Approved rendering: मसीह
Transliteration: Masīha
Doctrine: Messianic Promise
Rejected alternatives: अभिषिक्त व्यक्ति, देव-दूत
Original: Χριστός / מָשִׁיחַ
Category: Christology

Inherited from Romans package. Joined to ‘Lord’ at the climax of the Pentecost sermon (Acts 2:36); rejected explicitly as an avatar-alternative at Lystra (ch.14).

Jesus

Approved rendering: यीशु
Transliteration: Yīśu
Doctrine: Lordship of Christ
Rejected alternatives: ईसा, ईशू
Original: Ἰησοῦς / יֵשׁוּעַ
Category: Christology

Inherited from Romans package. यीशु invoked throughout Acts for salvation, healing, baptism. Never ईसा (Muslim/Urdu register).

God

Approved rendering: परमेश्वर
Transliteration: Parameśvara
Doctrine: Deity of Christ
Rejected alternatives: ईश्वर, भगवान
Original: θεός / אֱלֹהִים / יהוה
Category: God

Inherited from Romans package. Contrasted throughout Acts with pagan deities (14:15; 17:24-25; 19:26). Never भगवान.

Holy Spirit

Approved rendering: पवित्र आत्मा
Transliteration: Pavitra Ātmā
Doctrine: Sanctification
Rejected alternatives: ब्रह्म, परमात्मा, देव-आत्मा
Original: πνεῦμα ἅγιον
Category: God

Inherited from Romans package. Acts intensifies this risk far beyond Romans/Galatians because of the sheer frequency of Spirit-filling language (50+ occurrences), each a potential site of collision with Hindu āveśa (possession-trance) concepts. Never ब्रह्म/परमात्मा; never bare आत्मा.

Salvation Formula Household

Approved rendering: प्रभु यीशु पर विश्वास कर, तो तू और तेरा घराना उद्धार पाएगा
Transliteration: Prabhu Yīśu para viśvāsa kara, to tū aura terā gharānā uddhāra pāegā
Doctrine: Exclusivity of Salvation in Christ’s Name
Original: πίστευσον ἐπὶ τὸν κύριον Ἰησοῦν καὶ σωθήσῃ σὺ καὶ ὁ οἶκός σου
Category: Salvation

NEW composite of three locked terms (विश्वास, प्रभु, उद्धार). Acts 16:31, the Philippian jailer’s answer. Flagged for verbatim cross-document consistency, matching the baseline’s Romans 10:9-10 protocol; household inclusion must not read as inherited/collective merit apart from personal faith.

What Must I Do To Be Saved

Approved rendering: मुझे क्या करना चाहिए कि उद्धार पाऊँ?
Transliteration: mujhe kyā karanā cāhie ki uddhāra pāūṃ?
Doctrine: Repentance and Baptism
Original: τί με δεῖ ποιεῖν ἵνα σωθῶ
Category: Salvation

NEW, built on locked उद्धार. Acts 16:30, paralleling the Pentecost crowd’s ‘what shall we do?’ (2:37). Render consistently at both occurrences.

Son Of Man

Approved rendering: मनुष्य का पुत्र
Transliteration: manuṣya kā putra
Doctrine: Sonship and Deity Titles for Christ
Rejected alternatives: a mere generic phrase for ‘a human being’
Original: ὁ υἱὸς τοῦ ἀνθρώπου
Category: Christology

NEW. Acts 7:56. A Danielic (Daniel 7:13-14) exalted, enthroned divine-human figure title, NOT a generic phrase for ‘a human being’. Directly tied to the baseline’s Deity-of-Christ/Sonship-of-Christ Critical-tier cautions. Translator/theologian note explaining the Daniel 7 background required on first occurrence.

Gods Have Come Down

Approved rendering: देवता मनुष्यों के रूप में उतर आए हैं
Transliteration: devatā manuṣyoṃ ke rūpa meṃ utara āe haiṃ
Doctrine: Lordship and Deity of Christ
Original: οἱ θεοὶ ὁμοιωθέντες ἀνθρώποις κατέβησαν
Category: Christology

NEW. Acts 14:11. The Lystran crowd’s polytheistic interpretation — this IS the pagan अवतार concept the baseline’s देहधारण entry guards against, dramatized within the narrative itself. Paul and Barnabas’s horrified refusal of worship (14:14-15) must be rendered with full force. Mandatory theologian review.

God Made Him Lord And Christ

Approved rendering: परमेश्वर ने उसे प्रभु और मसीह ठहराया
Transliteration: Parameśvara ne use Prabhu aura Masīha ṭaharāyā
Doctrine: Lordship and Deity of Christ
Original: ἐποίησεν… κύριον καὶ Χριστόν
Category: Christology

NEW compound of two locked Critical baseline terms (प्रभु, मसीह). Acts 2:36 — climax of the core passage’s sermon. ‘Made/appointed’ must not suggest Jesus became divine at this moment (adoptionism); pair with a translator note tying to the baseline’s Sonship-of-Christ/Deity-of-Christ cautions — an eternal identity publicly vindicated by resurrection, not newly conferred. Mandatory theologian review; must never be footnoted in a way resembling Jehovah’s Witness ‘New World Translation’ adoptionist gloss (see 05_translation_landscape.md §5).

High Risk Terms

Gospel

Approved rendering: सुसमाचार
Transliteration: susamācar
Doctrine: Gospel
Rejected alternatives: खुशखबरी, शुभ सन्देश
Original: εὐαγγέλιον
Category: Salvation

Inherited from Romans package. Reused throughout Acts (1:1 continuity with the Gospels; 8:4-40; 13-14; 17; 20:24; 28:31 climax). Must convey an authoritative announcement, not one teaching among several religious options — directly relevant to Acts 17’s Areopagus and Acts 19’s ‘the Way’ passages.

Grace

Approved rendering: अनुग्रह
Transliteration: anugraha
Doctrine: Grace
Rejected alternatives: कृपा, दया, वरदान, भाग्य, कर्म-फल, पुण्य
Original: χάρις
Category: Salvation

Inherited from Romans package. Mandatory (never कृपा) at Acts 15:11, 20:24, 20:32 — the Jerusalem Council’s explicit basis for identical Jew/Gentile salvation. कृपा remains permitted only for the non-salvific ‘favor with the people’ sense (Acts 2:47), per the baseline’s kindness_of_god exception.

Faith

Approved rendering: विश्वास
Transliteration: viśvāsa
Doctrine: Faith
Rejected alternatives: श्रद्धा, आस्था, भरोसा
Original: πίστις
Category: Faith

Inherited from Romans package. Reused at Acts 3:16; 13:39; 15:9; 16:31 (household salvation formula). Object of faith (Christ) must remain specified; never generalized śraddhā-style devotion.

Called

Approved rendering: बुलाए हुए
Transliteration: bulāe hue
Doctrine: Divine Calling
Rejected alternatives: निमंत्रित, आमंत्रित
Original: κλητός / καλέω
Category: Salvation

Inherited from Romans package. Context-sensitive in Acts across mission-calling (9,26) and salvation-calling (2:39) senses, exactly as in Romans.

Calling

Approved rendering: बुलाहट
Transliteration: bulāhaṭ
Doctrine: Divine Calling
Rejected alternatives: आह्वान
Original: κλῆσις
Category: Salvation

Inherited from Romans package. No new Acts-specific rendering decision required.

Holy

Approved rendering: पवित्र
Transliteration: pavitra
Doctrine: Sanctification
Rejected alternatives: शुद्ध, निर्मल
Original: ἅγιος
Category: Sanctification

Inherited from Romans package. Root adjective underlying पवित्र आत्मा throughout Acts; reused consistently.

Saints

Approved rendering: पवित्र जन
Transliteration: pavitra jana
Doctrine: Sainthood
Rejected alternatives: संत, संतजन
Original: ἅγιοι
Category: Church

Inherited from Romans package. Used of the Jerusalem believers Saul persecuted (9:13,32,41; 26:10). Never संत (ascetic-elite connotation).

Sanctification

Approved rendering: पवित्रीकरण
Transliteration: pavitrikaraṇa
Doctrine: Sanctification
Rejected alternatives: सफाई, शुद्धिकरण
Original: ἁγιασμός
Category: Sanctification

Inherited from Romans package. Implicit at Acts 20:32; 26:18 (‘inheritance among those sanctified’).

Law

Approved rendering: व्यवस्था
Transliteration: vyavasthā
Doctrine: Fulfillment of Prophecy
Rejected alternatives: धर्म, शरीयत, नियम
Original: νόμος
Category: Covenant

Inherited from Romans package. Central to Acts 13:38-39 and Acts 15’s council ruling. NEVER धर्म; Acts 15:10’s ‘yoke… we could not bear’ depends on व्यवस्था remaining confined to Torah.

Sin

Approved rendering: पाप
Transliteration: pāpa
Doctrine: Universal Human Accountability
Rejected alternatives: अधर्म, अशुद्धता
Original: ἁμαρτία
Category: Sin

Inherited from Romans package. Object of forgiveness proclaimed at Acts 2:38; 10:43; 13:38; 26:18. Distinguish from ritual impurity and karmic residue.

Glory

Approved rendering: महिमा
Transliteration: mahimā
Doctrine: Deity of Christ
Rejected alternatives: देव-ज्योति, प्रकाश
Original: δόξα
Category: God

Inherited from Romans package. Seen at Stephen’s vision (7:55) and Paul’s Damascus-road encounter (22:11). Avoid light-metaphor drift toward Hindu divine-radiance concepts, a live risk given Acts’ repeated light-from-heaven imagery.

Power Of God

Approved rendering: परमेश्वर की सामर्थ्य
Transliteration: Parameśvara kī sāmarthya
Doctrine: Power of God for Salvation
Rejected alternatives: शक्ति, ताकत
Original: δύναμις θεοῦ
Category: God

Inherited from Romans package. Enabling force behind apostolic signs (1:8; 3:12; 4:33; 6:8). NEVER शक्ति — this prohibition is stress-tested harder in Acts than anywhere else in the curriculum given the sheer density of miracle narratives.

Covenant

Approved rendering: वाचा
Transliteration: vācā
Doctrine: Davidic Covenant
Rejected alternatives: अनुबंध, समझौता
Original: διαθήκη
Category: Covenant

Inherited from Romans package. Abrahamic/Davidic covenant background assumed throughout Peter’s and Paul’s sermons.

Election

Approved rendering: परमेश्वर का चुनाव
Transliteration: Parameśvara kā cunāva
Doctrine: Effectual Calling
Rejected alternatives: भाग्य, नियति, किस्मत
Original: ἐκλογή
Category: Salvation

Inherited from Romans package. Explicit in Saul’s designation as ‘chosen instrument’ (9:15) and Matthias’s selection by lot (1:24-26). Saul’s election despite persecuting the church is the strongest anti-merit case study in Acts.

Providence

Approved rendering: परमेश्वर का विधान
Transliteration: Parameśvara kā vidhāna
Doctrine: Providence
Rejected alternatives: भाग्य, कर्म का नियम
Original: πρόνοια (cf. Acts 17:26-28; 27:22-25)
Category: God

Inherited from Romans package. Explicit in Gamaliel’s counsel (5:38-39), the Areopagus speech (17:26-28), and the shipwreck narrative (27:22-25). Never भाग्य/नियति; lot-casting scene (1:24-26) compounds this risk.

Father

Approved rendering: पिता
Transliteration: Pitā
Doctrine: Adoption into God’s Family
Rejected alternatives: ब्रह्मा, सृष्टिकर्ता
Original: πατήρ
Category: God

Inherited from Romans package. Source of ‘the promise of the Father’ (Acts 1:4; 2:33).

Repentance

Approved rendering: मन फिराव
Transliteration: mana phirāva
Doctrine: Repentance
Rejected alternatives: पश्चाताप
Original: μετάνοια / μετανοέω
Category: Repentance

Inherited from Romans package. Hinge-command of Peter’s Pentecost sermon (2:38) and Paul’s Areopagus/Ephesian preaching (17:30; 20:21; 26:20). Never पश्चाताप (mere remorse) or ritual-penance vocabulary; 3:19/17:30 universalize the call.

Idolatry

Approved rendering: मूर्तिपूजा
Transliteration: mūrtipūjā
Doctrine: Universal Human Accountability
Original: εἰδωλολατρία
Category: Sin

Inherited from Romans package. Direct target of Paul’s confrontations at Lystra (14:15), Athens (17:16,29), Ephesus (19:26) — three of the NT’s most extensive direct idolatry-confrontation narratives. Handle pastorally; do not soften the verdict.

Creator

Approved rendering: सृजनहार
Transliteration: sṛjanahāra
Doctrine: Creation
Rejected alternatives: ब्रह्मा
Original: ὁ ποιήσας τὸν οὐρανὸν καὶ τὴν γῆν
Category: God

Inherited from Romans package. Paul’s direct corrective to Lystran polytheism (14:15) and Athenian religiosity (17:24).

Conscience

Approved rendering: विवेक
Transliteration: viveka
Doctrine: Conscience
Rejected alternatives: अंतरात्मा
Original: συνείδησις
Category: Conscience

Inherited from Romans package. Paul’s claim to a clear conscience before God and men (23:1; 24:16); distinguish from Vedantic self-discrimination senses of विवेक.

Impartiality Of God

Approved rendering: परमेश्वर किसी का पक्षपात नहीं करता
Transliteration: Parameśvara kisī kā pakṣapāta nahīṃ karatā
Doctrine: God
Original: οὐκ ἔστιν προσωπολήπτης ὁ θεός
Category: God

Inherited from Galatians baseline. Peter’s direct doctrinal conclusion from the Cornelius encounter (10:34-35) — the textual anchor for the clean/unclean vision’s caste-confronting force. Render unqualified.

Promise

Approved rendering: प्रतिज्ञा
Transliteration: pratijñā
Doctrine: Covenant
Rejected alternatives: वरदान, वचन (alone, ambiguous with mere spoken word)
Original: ἐπαγγελία
Category: Covenant

Inherited from Galatians baseline. ‘The promise of the Holy Spirit’ (2:33,39) extended explicitly to ‘all who are far off’ (2:39), and reused at 13:23,32 and 26:6. NEVER वरदान — would make the Spirit’s gift merit-conditioned.

Yoke Of Slavery

Approved rendering: दासत्व का जूआ
Transliteration: dāsatva kā jūā
Doctrine: Freedom
Original: ζυγός
Category: Freedom

Inherited from Galatians baseline. Peter’s rhetorical question at the Jerusalem Council (15:10) directly reuses this metaphor — Acts’ direct intertextual link to the Galatians 5:1 doctrine; the Hindi rendering must match exactly.

Filled With Holy Spirit

Approved rendering: पवित्र आत्मा से भर गए
Transliteration: Pavitra Ātmā se bhara gae
Doctrine: The Holy Spirit and Pentecost
Original: ἐπλήσθησαν πνεύματος ἁγίου / πλήρης πνεύματος ἁγίου
Category: Holy Spirit

NEW. Acts 2:4; 4:8,31; 6:3,5; 7:55; 9:17; 13:9,52. Must be clearly distinguished from Hindu āveśa (spirit-possession/oracle-trance) — the filled person remains a coherent, responsible moral agent, still speaking meaningfully as themselves. Mandatory theologian review every occurrence given >50 total occurrences across the book.

Other Tongues

Approved rendering: अन्य भाषाएँ
Transliteration: anya bhāṣāeṃ
Doctrine: The Holy Spirit and Pentecost
Original: ἑτέραις γλώσσαις / γλώσσαις
Category: Holy Spirit

NEW. Acts 2:4,6,8,11; cf. 10:46; 19:6. Must denote real, existing human languages in Acts 2 (confirmed by hearers recognizing native tongues), not uniform ecstatic glossolalia. Translator note required distinguishing Acts 2’s confirmed-intelligible instance from the less-specified 10:46/19:6 occurrences.

Gift Of The Holy Spirit

Approved rendering: पवित्र आत्मा का वरदान
Transliteration: Pavitra Ātmā kā varadāna
Doctrine: The Holy Spirit and Pentecost
Original: ἡ δωρεὰ τοῦ ἁγίου πνεύματος
Category: Holy Spirit

NEW. Acts 2:38; 8:20; 10:45; 11:17. The Giver himself as gift — distinct from आत्मिक वरदान (baseline term for distributed spiritual enablements). Never substitute one for the other.

Baptized With Holy Spirit

Approved rendering: पवित्र आत्मा का बपतिस्मा
Transliteration: Pavitra Ātmā kā bapatismā
Doctrine: The Holy Spirit and Pentecost
Original: βαπτίζω ἐν πνεύματι ἁγίῳ
Category: Holy Spirit

NEW. Acts 1:5; 11:16; 19:1-6. Must be read as a distinct spiritual reality, never a second water-rite; the Ephesian-disciples episode makes this distinction explicitly load-bearing.

Lie To The Holy Spirit

Approved rendering: पवित्र आत्मा से झूठ बोलना
Transliteration: Pavitra Ātmā se jhūṭha bolanā
Doctrine: The Holy Spirit and Pentecost
Original: ψεύσασθαι τὸ πνεῦμα τὸ ἅγιον
Category: Holy Spirit

NEW. Acts 5:3-4,9. Sin against a personal divine Person who can be relationally wronged, not violation of an impersonal moral/cosmic law (which a karma-frame reading might suggest).

Clean Unclean

Approved rendering: शुद्ध / अशुद्ध
Transliteration: śuddha / aśuddha
Doctrine: Inclusion of Gentiles and the Abolition of the Purity Boundary
Original: καθαρόν / κοινόν
Category: Gospel Mission

NEW. Acts 10:9-16,28; 11:1-10. Direct structural parallel to India’s caste-purity categories (touch-pollution, commensality, birth-conferred ritual status). Must read as decisive theological abolition of a religious boundary, not merely dietary regulation. Mandatory theologian review; pair every occurrence with परमेश्वर किसी का पक्षपात नहीं करता.

Unknown God

Approved rendering: अनजाना परमेश्वर
Transliteration: anajānā Parameśvara
Doctrine: Confrontation with Idolatry and Paganism
Original: ἀγνώστῳ θεῷ
Category: Gospel Mission

NEW. Acts 17:23. Rhetorical bridge only, not an endorsement of prior Athenian worship. Must not imply religious-pluralist equivalence (‘all worship reaches the same God’). Theologian review with explanatory translator note required.

In Him We Live And Move

Approved rendering: उसी में हम जीवित हैं, चलते-फिरते हैं, और स्थिर हैं
Transliteration: usī meṃ hama jīvita haiṃ, calate-phirate haiṃ, aura sthira haiṃ
Doctrine: Confrontation with Idolatry and Paganism
Original: ἐν αὐτῷ ζῶμεν καὶ κινούμεθα καὶ ἐσμέν
Category: God

NEW. Acts 17:28. Isolated, risks a pantheistic/Advaitic reading (‘all is Brahman’). Must never be excerpted without the surrounding Creator-creature distinction (17:24-25); mandatory translator note.

Name Of Jesus

Approved rendering: यीशु मसीह के नाम में/से
Transliteration: Yīśu Masīha ke nāma meṃ/se
Doctrine: Repentance and Baptism
Original: τὸ ὄνομα Ἰησοῦ Χριστοῦ
Category: Salvation

NEW. Acts 2:38; 3:6,16; 4:12; 8:16; 10:48; 16:18; 19:5; 22:16. Must convey a legal/relational authority-and-ownership formula, never japa/nāma-smaraṇa (merit-generating devotional name-repetition). Mandatory translator note and theologian review at every occurrence given high frequency and centrality.

Forgiveness Of Sins Acts

Approved rendering: पापों की क्षमा
Transliteration: pāpoṇ kī kṣamā
Doctrine: Repentance and Baptism
Original: ἄφεσις τῶν ἁμαρτιῶν
Category: Salvation

NEW. Acts 2:38; 10:43; 13:38; 26:18. Judicial pardon by a personal God, never karma ‘cancelled/burned off’ through ritual bathing, pilgrimage, or penance. Pair explicitly with मन फिराव and धर्मी ठहराया जाना.

Johns Baptism Vs Christian Baptism

Approved rendering: यूहन्ना का बपतिस्मा / प्रभु यीशु के नाम में बपतिस्मा
Transliteration: Yūhannā kā bapatismā / Prabhu Yīśu ke nāma meṃ bapatismā
Doctrine: Repentance and Baptism
Original: βάπτισμα Ἰωάννου / εἰς τὸ ὄνομα τοῦ κυρίου Ἰησοῦ
Category: Church

NEW. Acts 18:25-26; 19:1-5. The two baptisms must remain theologically distinct in Hindi, never flattened into one generic rite — the entire point of the Ephesus episode.

The Way

Approved rendering: मार्ग (यह मार्ग)
Transliteration: mārga (yaha mārga)
Doctrine: The Gospel to Jews and Gentiles
Original: ἡ ὁδός
Category: Gospel

NEW. Acts 9:2; 18:25-26; 19:9,23; 22:4; 24:14,22. मार्ग in Hindu usage denotes one of several recognized soteriological paths (भक्ति/कर्म/ज्ञान मार्ग). Render as ‘यह मार्ग’ (THIS Way) with a clarifying appositive on first use per document. Mandatory theologian review every occurrence.

Author Of Life

Approved rendering: जीवन का कर्ता/प्रधान
Transliteration: jīvana kā kartā/pradhāna
Doctrine: Sonship and Deity Titles for Christ
Original: ἀρχηγὸς τῆς ζωῆς
Category: Christology

NEW. Acts 3:15; cf. 5:31 ‘Author/Prince and Savior’. Must not collapse into a generic ‘great leader’ title; conveys Christ as originating source and pioneering forerunner of resurrection-life. Theologian review recommended.

Gift Of God Simon Magus

Approved rendering: वरदान (परमेश्वर का)
Transliteration: varadāna (Parameśvara kā)
Doctrine: Apostolic Authority and Miracles
Original: ἡ δωρεὰ τοῦ θεοῦ
Category: Holy Spirit

NEW. Acts 8:18-24. Must explicitly exclude any merit-purchase or transactional-devotion framing paralleling ritual-payment practices; Peter’s rebuke (8:20-21) must retain full force.

Witness Martyr

Approved rendering: गवाह / साक्षी
Transliteration: gavāha / sākṣī
Doctrine: Persecution and Bold Witness
Original: μάρτυς / μάρτυρες
Category: Persecution

NEW. Acts 1:8,22; 2:32; 3:15; 5:32; 10:39,41; 13:31; 22:15,20; 26:16. Must convey courtroom-grade eyewitness testimony to a historical event, not sākṣī-bhāva (Vedantic witness-consciousness). Prefer गवाह in doctrinal contexts; theologian review given centrality to Acts 1:8.

Light From Heaven

Approved rendering: स्वर्ग से ज्योति
Transliteration: svarga se jyoti
Doctrine: Conversion of Paul
Original: φῶς ἐκ τοῦ οὐρανοῦ
Category: Christology

NEW. Acts 9:3; 22:6; 26:13. Objective, external, historically singular event, never an interior ‘enlightenment’ Saul generates or attains; must avoid conflation with darshan/guru-light concepts.

Chosen Instrument

Approved rendering: चुना हुआ पात्र
Transliteration: cunā huā pātra
Doctrine: Divine Election and Calling
Original: σκεῦος ἐκλογῆς
Category: Salvation

NEW, application of the baseline election entry. Acts 9:15. The strongest anti-merit case study in the book — God’s sovereign choice of an active persecutor, never human religious achievement.

Heavenly Vision

Approved rendering: स्वर्गीय दर्शन
Transliteration: svargīya darśana
Doctrine: Conversion of Paul
Original: ἡ οὐράνιος ὀπτασία
Category: Gospel

NEW, application of the Galatians baseline revelation/प्रकाशन entry. Acts 26:19. Care required that this ordinary-language ‘vision’ sense of दर्शन is not assimilated to devotional darshan; translator note recommended.

Set Apart For Mission

Approved rendering: अलग करना / नियुक्त करना
Transliteration: alaga karanā / niyukta karanā
Doctrine: Spirit-Initiated Commissioning and Sending
Original: ἀφορίζω
Category: Church

NEW, application of the baseline separation_unto_gods_service doctrine. Acts 13:2. Must not be read as renunciation of ordinary life (sannyasa) but a specific, temporary, Spirit-initiated commissioning for a defined mission.

Ascension

Approved rendering: ऊपर उठा लिया गया
Transliteration: ūpara uṭhā liyā gayā
Doctrine: Ascension of Christ
Original: ἀνελήφθη / ἀνάλημψις
Category: Christology

NEW. Acts 1:9-11; cf. 2:33. A distinct historical event from resurrection; must not be assimilated to Hindu deity/sage ascent-narratives implying dissolution into an undifferentiated divine state — Christ remains a distinct Person who will return bodily (1:11).

Medium Risk Terms

Apostle

Approved rendering: प्रेरित
Transliteration: prerita
Doctrine: Apostleship
Rejected alternatives: दूत, संदेशवाहक, रसूल
Original: ἀπόστολος
Category: Church

Inherited from Romans package. Acts 4:13 explicitly notes the apostles lacked rabbinic credentials, grounding authority in having been with Jesus and Spirit-empowerment, not scholastic or guru-lineage credentials. रसूल (Islamic-register) also newly forbidden for Acts.

Gentiles

Approved rendering: अन्यजाति
Transliteration: anyajāti
Doctrine: Unity of Jews and Gentiles
Rejected alternatives: विदेशी
Original: ἔθνη
Category: Church

Inherited from Romans package. Central to Acts 10, 13-15, 21, 28.

Israel

Approved rendering: इस्राएल
Transliteration: Isrāela
Doctrine: Unity of Jews and Gentiles
Original: יִשְׂרָאֵל
Category: Covenant

Inherited from Romans package. Addressed directly by Peter (2:36); central to the restoration question of 1:6.

Abba

Approved rendering: अब्बा
Transliteration: Abbā
Doctrine: Adoption into God’s Family
Original: אַבָּא
Category: God

Inherited from Romans package. Not directly quoted in Acts; retained as shared theological vocabulary.

Baptism

Approved rendering: बपतिस्मा
Transliteration: bapatismā
Doctrine: Union with Christ
Rejected alternatives: स्नान, दीक्षा
Original: βαπτίζω / βάπτισμα
Category: Church

Inherited from Romans package. Occurs at nearly every conversion in Acts; the John’s-baptism/Christian-baptism contrast (19:1-5) makes the never-स्नान/दीक्षा prohibition especially load-bearing here.

Circumcision

Approved rendering: खतना
Transliteration: khatanā
Doctrine: Covenant
Original: περιτομή
Category: Covenant

Inherited from Romans package. Central to the Acts 15 council controversy and Acts 21’s Nazirite-vow episode.

Cross

Approved rendering: क्रूस
Transliteration: krūsa
Doctrine: Atonement
Rejected alternatives: सूली
Original: σταυρός
Category: Atonement

Inherited from Romans package. Referenced in the kerygmatic sermons’ ‘you crucified’ accusation (2:23,36; 4:10).

Mercy

Approved rendering: दया
Transliteration: dayā
Doctrine: Mercy of God
Original: ἔλεος
Category: God

Inherited from Romans package. Part of Acts’ shared salvation-preaching vocabulary.

Kindness Of God

Approved rendering: कृपा
Transliteration: kṛpā
Doctrine: Character of God
Original: χάρις (social-favor sense)
Category: God

Inherited from Romans package. Permitted for the non-salvific ‘favor with all the people’ sense at Acts 2:47.

Church

Approved rendering: कलीसिया
Transliteration: kalīsiyā
Doctrine: Church as God’s People
Rejected alternatives: मंदिर, गिरजाघर
Original: ἐκκλησία
Category: Church

Inherited from Romans package. Used of the Jerusalem church (5:11; 8:1) and local congregations planted throughout Acts 13-20. Never मंदिर.

Kingdom Of God

Approved rendering: परमेश्वर का राज्य
Transliteration: Parameśvara kā rājya
Doctrine: Kingdom Mission
Rejected alternatives: ईश्वर का राष्ट्र
Original: βασιλεία τοῦ θεοῦ
Category: Kingdom

Inherited from Romans package. Content of apostolic preaching opening (1:3,6) and closing (28:23,31) the book. Must not be rendered as political-nationalist restoration, given the disciples’ own political question at 1:6.

Sorcery

Approved rendering: जादू-टोना
Transliteration: jādū-ṭonā
Doctrine: Sin
Original: μαγεία
Category: Sin

Inherited from Galatians baseline. Simon’s prior trade (8:9-11), Bar-Jesus’s opposition (13:6-11), and the Ephesian scroll-burning (19:19).

Revelation

Approved rendering: प्रकाशन
Transliteration: prakāśana
Doctrine: Gospel
Rejected alternatives: दर्शन (darshan, devotional sight of a deity), साक्षात्कार (mystical self-realization)
Original: ἀποκάλυψις / ὀπτασία
Category: Gospel

Inherited from Galatians baseline. Grounds Paul’s ‘heavenly vision’ testimony (26:19). Must be distinguished from devotional darshan; translator note required where ordinary Hindi दर्शन is used for the everyday ‘vision’ sense in this passage.

Mission

Approved rendering: मिशन / सुसमाचार प्रचार
Transliteration: miśana / susamācar pracāra
Doctrine: Mission to the Nations
Original: ἀποστολή / πέμπω
Category: Church

Inherited from Romans package. Structuring movement of the whole book from Jerusalem to Rome; sensitivity to colonial connotation carries over unchanged.

Pentecost

Approved rendering: पिन्तेकुस्त
Transliteration: Pintekusta
Doctrine: The Holy Spirit and Pentecost
Rejected alternatives: त्योहार (generic ‘festival’, erases OT covenantal specificity)
Original: πεντηκοστή
Category: Holy Spirit

NEW. Acts 2:1; 20:16. The Jewish harvest feast (Shavuot), fifty days after Passover. Transliterate; gloss ‘फसल का यहूदी पर्व, फसह के पचास दिन बाद’ on first use in every document.

Tongues Of Fire

Approved rendering: अग्नि की सी जीभें
Transliteration: agni kī sī jībheṃ
Doctrine: The Holy Spirit and Pentecost
Original: γλῶσσαι ὡσεὶ πυρός
Category: Holy Spirit

NEW. Acts 2:3. Must not be confused with Vedic sacred-fire (yajña/homa agni) worship-imagery; fire here is a sign accompanying the Spirit’s arrival, not a worshipped element.

Spirit Poured Out

Approved rendering: उंडेलना / बहा देना
Transliteration: uṇḍelanā / bahā denā
Doctrine: The Holy Spirit and Pentecost
Original: ἐκχεῶ / ἐξέχεεν
Category: Holy Spirit

NEW. Acts 2:17-18,33 (Joel citation); 10:45. God must remain the deliberate personal grammatical subject; must not read as an impersonal outflow analogous to shakti/prana.

God Fearer

Approved rendering: परमेश्वर से डरनेवाला
Transliteration: Parameśvara se ḍaranevālā
Doctrine: The Gospel to Jews and Gentiles
Original: φοβούμενος τὸν θεόν
Category: Gospel Mission

NEW. Acts 10:2,22; 13:16,26. Gentile reverencing the God of Israel without full conversion. ‘Fear’ denotes reverent awe, not terror; gloss to prevent a negative reading.

Hinder Unhindered

Approved rendering: रोकना / निर्बाध रूप से
Transliteration: rokanā / nirbādha rūpa se
Doctrine: The Great Commission Fulfilled
Original: κωλύω / ἀκωλύτως
Category: Gospel Mission

NEW. Acts 8:36; 11:17; 28:31 (final word of the book). Consistent root-rendering recommended across all three passages so the ‘nothing can stop the gospel’ literary pattern remains visible in Hindi.

Purification Rites

Approved rendering: शुद्धिकरण की विधि
Transliteration: śuddhikaraṇa kī vidhi
Doctrine: Justification apart from the Law
Original: ἁγνισμός
Category: Covenant

NEW. Acts 21:23-26. Voluntary cultural accommodation for Jewish believers’ consciences, explicitly not a reversion to law-righteousness; must not contradict Acts 13/15’s justification-apart-from-law teaching.

Breaking Of Bread

Approved rendering: रोटी तोड़ना
Transliteration: roṭī toṛanā
Doctrine: The Church as Community
Original: κλάσις τοῦ ἄρτου
Category: Church

NEW. Acts 2:42,46; 20:7,11; 27:35. Must not be assimilated to प्रसाद (temple-offering food distributed after presentation to a deity); this is a believer-to-believer shared meal of remembrance, not a deity-to-devotee exchange.

All Things In Common

Approved rendering: सब कुछ मिलकर बांटना / सांझा रखना
Transliteration: saba kucha milakara bāṃṭanā / sāṃjhā rakhanā
Doctrine: Christian Community and Voluntary Sharing
Original: ἅπαντα κοινά
Category: Church

NEW. Acts 2:44-45; 4:32-35. Voluntary Spirit-motivated generosity (confirmed at 5:4, ‘was it not at your own disposal?’), not a mandated redistribution system or caste-based almsgiving obligation.

One Heart And Soul

Approved rendering: एक मन और एक प्राण
Transliteration: eka mana aura eka prāṇa
Doctrine: Christian Community and Voluntary Sharing
Original: μία καρδία καὶ ψυχή
Category: Church

NEW. Acts 4:32. Corporate solidarity statement among distinct persons, not metaphysical ego-merger into an undifferentiated one; keep grammatically plural in context.

Elders Overseers Shepherd

Approved rendering: प्राचीन / अध्यक्ष / रखवाली-चरवाही करना
Transliteration: prācīna / adhyakṣa / rakhavālī-caravāhī karanā
Doctrine: Church Leadership and Governance
Original: πρεσβύτεροι / ἐπίσκοποι / ποιμαίνειν
Category: Church

NEW. Acts 11:30; 14:23; 15:2,6,22-23; 20:17,28; 21:18. Must convey accountable, Christ-modeled servant-leadership (anchored to 20:28’s ‘the church of God, which he obtained with his own blood’), not a hereditary priestly caste-office or unaccountable guru-figure.

Added To Number

Approved rendering: जुड़ गए / मिला लिये गए
Transliteration: juṛa gae / milā liye gae
Doctrine: The Church as Community
Original: προσετέθησαν
Category: Church

NEW. Acts 2:41,47; 5:14; 11:24. Must convey incorporation into a defined community, not a loose informal association.

Signs And Wonders

Approved rendering: चिन्ह, अद्भुत काम और सामर्थ के काम
Transliteration: cinha, adbhuta kāma aura sāmartha ke kāma
Doctrine: Apostolic Authority and Miracles
Original: σημεῖα, τέρατα, δυνάμεις
Category: Miracles

NEW. Acts 2:22,43; 4:30; 5:12; 6:8; 14:3; 15:12; 19:11. Must be evidentiary acts authenticated by the one true God, never generic siddhi (yogic supernatural attainment). Keep सामर्थ; never शक्ति.

Authority Exousia

Approved rendering: अधिकार
Transliteration: adhikāra
Doctrine: Apostolic Authority and Miracles
Original: ἐξουσία
Category: Apostleship

NEW. Acts 1:7; 4:7; 5:4; 26:12,18. Delegated, accountable authority; never unaccountable guru-power exercised independently of oversight.

Boldness

Approved rendering: निडरता / साहस
Transliteration: nidaratā / sāhasa
Doctrine: Persecution and Bold Witness
Original: παρρησία
Category: Persecution

NEW. Acts 4:13,29,31; 9:27-29; 13:46; 14:3; 18:26; 19:8; 26:26; 28:31. Must be tied explicitly to Spirit-empowerment (4:31), not natural human courage or Stoic self-mastery.

Laying On Of Hands

Approved rendering: हाथ रखना
Transliteration: hātha rakhanā
Doctrine: Apostolic Authority and Miracles
Original: ἐπίθεσις τῶν χειρῶν
Category: Apostleship

NEW. Acts 6:6; 9:17; 13:3; 19:6. Commissioning/impartation gesture, distinct from a guru’s or elder’s blessing-gesture believed to transfer personal spiritual power.

Stiff Necked Resist Spirit

Approved rendering: हठी / पवित्र आत्मा का विरोध करना
Transliteration: haṭhī / Pavitra Ātmā kā virodha karanā
Doctrine: Persecution and Bold Witness
Original: σκληροτράχηλοι… τῷ πνεύματι τῷ ἁγίῳ ἀντιπίπτετε
Category: Persecution

NEW. Acts 7:51. Must be kept as resistance to the personal Holy Spirit’s initiative, not vague stubbornness.

Why Do You Persecute Me

Approved rendering: तू मुझे क्यों सताता है?
Transliteration: tū mujhe kyoṃ satātā hai?
Doctrine: Conversion of Paul
Original: τί με διώκεις
Category: Persecution

NEW. Acts 9:4; 22:7; 26:14. Christ’s personal identification with his persecuted church must be preserved verbatim across all three retellings, never loosened to third person.

Power Of Satan

Approved rendering: शैतान का अधिकार
Transliteration: Śaitāna kā adhikāra
Doctrine: Conversion of Paul
Original: ἐξουσία τοῦ Σατανᾶ
Category: Sin

NEW. Acts 26:18. Must convey a real but limited, personal spiritual authority under God’s ultimate sovereignty, avoiding equal-and-opposite dualistic cosmology.

Fasting

Approved rendering: उपवास
Transliteration: upavāsa
Doctrine: Spirit-Initiated Commissioning and Sending
Original: νηστεία
Category: Faith

NEW. Acts 13:2-3; 14:23. Must be distinguished from Hindu व्रत (merit-earning or boon-securing vow-fast); biblical fasting here accompanies prayer for guidance, not itself meritorious or transactional.

Casting Lots

Approved rendering: पर्ची/चिट्ठी डालना
Transliteration: parcī/ciṭṭhī ḍālanā
Doctrine: Divine Election and Calling
Original: ἔβαλον κλήρους
Category: Providence

NEW. Acts 1:24-26. Must be framed as prayer-governed submission to God’s sovereign choice, not divination or fortune-telling (भविष्यफल, already forbidden in the baseline prophecy entry).

Eunuch

Approved rendering: खोजा
Transliteration: khojā
Doctrine: The Gospel to Jews and Gentiles
Rejected alternatives: हिजड़ा (carries unrelated contemporary social/religious community associations in India)
Original: εὐνοῦχος
Category: Gospel Mission

NEW. Acts 8:26-39. Prefer खोजा (established BSI-tradition term for a court eunuch-official) over हिजड़ा. Route to native speaker review for tone, per the baseline’s honor/shame routing convention.

Great Is Artemis

Approved rendering: महान है इफिसियों की अर्तिमिस
Transliteration: mahāna hai Iphisiyoṃ kī Artimisa
Doctrine: Confrontation with Idolatry and Paganism
Original: Μεγάλη ἡ Ἄρτεμις Ἐφεσίων
Category: Sin

NEW. Acts 19:28,34. Render the cry literally. Structural parallel to India’s temple-economy/goddess (देवी) devotional traditions; flag for native speaker review of tone without softening the text’s rejection of the cult.

Whole Counsel Of God

Approved rendering: परमेश्वर की सारी मनसा / इच्छा
Transliteration: Parameśvara kī sārī manasā / icchā
Doctrine: The Great Commission Fulfilled
Original: πᾶσαν τὴν βουλὴν τοῦ θεοῦ
Category: Gospel

NEW. Acts 20:27. Ties to the truth_of_the_gospel principle of non-negotiable, complete gospel content.

Low Risk Terms

Prophet

Approved rendering: भविष्यद्वक्ता
Transliteration: bhaviṣyadvaktā
Doctrine: Inspiration of Scripture
Rejected alternatives: ज्योतिषी
Original: προφήτης
Category: Covenant

Inherited from Romans package. Applied to OT prophets quoted throughout Acts (2:16; 3:18) and NT prophetic figures (Agabus, 11:28; 21:10).

Prophecy

Approved rendering: भविष्यवाणी
Transliteration: bhaviṣyavāṇī
Doctrine: Fulfillment of Prophecy
Rejected alternatives: भविष्यफल
Original: προφητεία
Category: Covenant

Inherited from Romans package. Content of Joel’s citation at Pentecost (2:17-18) and Agabus’s predictions (11:28; 21:11). Distinct from भविष्यफल astrological prediction.

David

Approved rendering: दाऊद
Transliteration: Dāūda
Doctrine: Davidic Covenant
Original: דָּוִד
Category: Covenant

Inherited from Romans package. Cited by Peter (2:25-31,34) as prophetically speaking of the Messiah’s resurrection.

Fellowship

Approved rendering: संगति
Transliteration: saṃgati
Doctrine: Christian Fellowship
Rejected alternatives: दोस्ती, भाईचारा
Original: κοινωνία
Category: Church

Inherited from Romans package. One of the four marks of the early church (Acts 2:42).

Thanksgiving

Approved rendering: धन्यवाद
Transliteration: dhanyavāda
Doctrine: Thanksgiving
Original: εὐχαριστία / εὐχαριστέω
Category: Faith

Inherited from Romans package. Paul’s thanksgiving before the shared meal aboard the storm-tossed ship (27:35).

Christians Term

Approved rendering: मसीही
Transliteration: masīhī
Doctrine: Church as God’s People
Original: Χριστιανοί
Category: Church

NEW. Acts 11:26 — first use of this label, coined by outside observers at Antioch. Already the established Hindi Christian self-designation.

Sanhedrin

Approved rendering: महासभा
Transliteration: Mahāsabhā
Doctrine: Persecution and Bold Witness
Original: Συνέδριον
Category: Persecution

NEW. Acts 4:15; 5:21,27,34,41; 6:12,15; 22:30; 23:1,6,15,20,28; 24:20. Gloss on first use as a specific historical council, not a contemporary religious body.

Great Fear

Approved rendering: बड़ा डर/भय
Transliteration: baṛā ḍara/bhaya
Doctrine: The Holy Spirit and Pentecost
Original: φόβος μέγας
Category: God

NEW. Acts 5:5,11; 19:17. Must be tied to God’s holiness/judgment, not generalized supernatural dread.

Ravenous Wolves

Approved rendering: दुष्ट/भयंकर भेड़िये
Transliteration: duṣṭa/bhayaṃkara bheṛiye
Doctrine: Church Leadership and Governance
Original: λύκοι βαρεῖς
Category: Church

NEW. Acts 20:29. Paul’s metaphor for false teachers threatening the flock.

Scales Fell From Eyes

Approved rendering: आँखों से परत गिर गई
Transliteration: āṃkhoṃ se parata gira gaī
Doctrine: Conversion of Paul
Original: ἀπέπεσαν αἱ λεπίδες
Category: Salvation

NEW. Acts 9:18. Keep the physical-then-spiritual double meaning intact.

Roman Citizen

Approved rendering: रोमी नागरिक
Transliteration: Romī nāgarika
Doctrine: Civil Authority and Legal Process
Original: Ῥωμαῖος
Category: Civil Authority

NEW. Acts 16:37-38; 22:25-29; 23:27. Historical-legal, descriptive.

Angel Of The Lord

Approved rendering: प्रभु का दूत
Transliteration: Prabhu kā dūta
Doctrine: Providence and Divine Sovereignty
Original: ἄγγελος κυρίου
Category: God

NEW (formalized for Acts; already established Hindi Christian usage). Acts 5:19; 8:26; 10:3-7; 12:7-11,23; 27:23. No new risk.

Appeal To Caesar

Approved rendering: कैसर से अपील करना
Transliteration: Kaisara se apīla karanā
Doctrine: Civil Authority and Legal Process
Original: Καίσαρα ἐπικαλοῦμαι
Category: Civil Authority

NEW. Acts 25:11. Historical-legal term.

Word Of God Increased

Approved rendering: परमेश्वर का वचन बढ़ता गया
Transliteration: Parameśvara kā vacana baṛhatā gayā
Doctrine: The Great Commission Fulfilled
Original: ὁ λόγος τοῦ θεοῦ ηὔξανεν
Category: Gospel

NEW. Acts 6:7; 12:24; 19:20. Structural refrain marking major narrative divisions; render consistently across all three occurrences.

Referenced passages

ACT.1.3 ACT.2.24-32 ACT.3.15 ACT.5.30 ACT.10.40-41 ACT.13.30-37 ACT.23.6-8 ACT.25.19 ACT.4.8-12 ACT.16.31 ACT.2.38 ACT.3.19 ACT.9.18 ACT.10.47-48 ACT.11.18 ACT.16.31-33 ACT.17.30 ACT.18.8 ACT.19.1-5 ACT.22.16 ACT.2.36 ACT.3.13-15 ACT.7.56 ACT.9.20 ACT.2.34-36 ACT.7.55-56 ACT.9.5 ACT.10.36 ACT.14.11-15 ACT.1.5 ACT.7.51 ACT.8.15-19 ACT.9.17 ACT.10.44-47 ACT.11.15-17 ACT.19.2-6 ACT.10.9-16 ACT.11.1-18 ACT.15.8-9 ACT.14.8-18 ACT.17.16-31 ACT.19.23-41 ACT.1.8 ACT.2.39 ACT.10.1 ACT.13.46-48 ACT.14.27 ACT.15.1-29 ACT.17.24-31 ACT.18.6 ACT.28.28 ACT.3.1-16 ACT.5.12-16 ACT.6.8 ACT.8.6-13 ACT.9.32-42 ACT.13.9-12 ACT.19.11-12 ACT.28.3-9 ACT.4.1-31 ACT.5.17-42 ACT.8.1-3 ACT.12.1-19 ACT.13.50 ACT.16.19-24 ACT.18.12-17 ACT.21.27-36 ACT.23.12-35 ACT.25.1-12 ACT.9.1-22 ACT.22.3-21 ACT.26.9-23 ACT.1.24-26 ACT.9.15-16 ACT.15.7 ACT.22.14 ACT.13.1-4 ACT.26.16-18 ACT.1.9-11 ACT.2.33 ACT.8.4-40 ACT.9.15 ACT.16.6-10 ACT.22.21 ACT.26.17-18 ACT.28.16-31 ACT.13.38-39 ACT.21.20-25 ACT.2.42-47 ACT.4.32-35 ACT.6.1-6 ACT.11.26 ACT.20.17-28 ACT.2.44-45 ACT.4.32-37 ACT.5.1-11 ACT.11.30 ACT.14.23 ACT.21.18 ACT.16.35-40 ACT.22.25-29 ACT.23.23 ACT.25.1 ACT.1.7 ACT.4.28 ACT.5.38-39 ACT.17.26-28 ACT.27.21-25 ACT.28.1-6

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