Core Glossary

Core Glossary — Hebrews (Hindi Destination Language Package)

This glossary lists every load-bearing theological term identified in 07_semantic_analysis.md, organized by chapter of first/primary occurrence. Terms already established in the baseline Romans/Galatians translation_memory.json are marked [BASELINE REUSE] and MUST be rendered exactly as recorded there; this document does not alter those entries. New terms proposed for this Hebrews curriculum are marked [NEW] and require formal addition to translation_memory.json and bible_term_registry.json before Phase 2 translation, per the baseline’s Translation Memory Load and Enforcement Instructions.

Risk tiers follow doctrine_risk_registry.json definitions: Critical = human theologian review every occurrence; High = human theologian review; Medium = native speaker review recommended; Low = automated review sufficient.

Chapter 1 — Superiority of Christ over Angels

#	English Term	Hindi Rendering	Transliteration	Greek Original	Risk	Status	Key Notes
1	Son of God	परमेश्वर का पुत्र	Parameśvara kā putra	υἱὸς θεοῦ	Critical	[BASELINE REUSE]	Reuse exactly; eternal, unique Sonship
2	heir	वारिस	vārisa	κληρονόμος	High	[BASELINE REUSE from Galatians]	Applied here to Christ as the ultimate Heir
3	radiance of glory	परमेश्वर की महिमा का प्रकाश	Parameśvara kī mahimā kā prakāśa	ἀπαύγασμα	Critical	[NEW]	Avoid तेज alone (Hindu tejas/divine-radiance association)
4	exact imprint of his nature	उसके स्वरूप की सटीक छाप	usake svarūpa kī saṭīka chāpa	χαρακτήρ τῆς ὑποστάσεως	Critical	[NEW]	Deity of Christ; mandatory theologian review every occurrence
5	glory	महिमा	mahimā	δόξα	High	[BASELINE REUSE]	—
6	angel	स्वर्गदूत	svargadūta	ἄγγελος	Medium	[NEW]	Established Hindi Christian term; distinguish from deva/celestial-being categories
7	throne	सिंहासन	siṃhāsana	θρόνος	High	[NEW]	Ties to baseline kingship_of_jesus
8	scepter	राजदण्ड	rājadaṇḍa	σκῆπτρον	Low	[NEW]	—
9	anoint	अभिषेक करना	abhiṣeka karanā	χρίω	High	[NEW]	Mandatory translator note distinguishing from Hindu abhishekam ritual
10	ministering spirit(s)	सेवा करनेवाली आत्माएँ	sevā karanevālī ātmāeṃ	πνεῦμα λειτουργικόν	Medium	[NEW]	Refers to angels, not the Holy Spirit — context must disambiguate from पवित्र आत्मा

Chapter 2 — Christ’s Solidarity and High Priesthood

#	English Term	Hindi Rendering	Transliteration	Greek Original	Risk	Status	Key Notes
11	salvation	उद्धार	uddhāra	σωτηρία	Critical	[BASELINE REUSE]	Never मुक्ति/मोक्ष
12	founder/pioneer (of salvation)	उद्धार का अगुवा	uddhāra kā aguvā	ἀρχηγός	High	[NEW]	Avoid guru/sect-founder framing
13	high priest	महायाजक	mahāyājaka	ἀρχιερεύς	Critical	[NEW]	Central Christological title throughout the book
14	propitiation (make propitiation)	प्रायश्चित्त करना	prāyaścitta karanā	ἱλάσκομαι	Critical	[BASELINE REUSE: प्रायश्चित्त]	God provides the propitiation; sinner does not perform it
15	tempted/tested	परीक्षा में डाला गया	parīkṣā meṃ ḍālā gayā	πειράζω	Medium	[NEW]	—
16	taste death	मृत्यु का स्वाद चखा	mṛtyu kā svāda cakhā	γεύομαι θανάτου	Medium	[NEW]	Idiom; translate the sense
17	slavery (to fear of death)	दासत्व	dāsatva	δουλεία	Medium	[BASELINE REUSE from Galatians]	—
18	brothers	भाई	bhāī	ἀδελφοί	Medium	[NEW]	Ties to baseline brotherly_love

Chapter 3 — Christ Superior to Moses

#	English Term	Hindi Rendering	Transliteration	Greek Original	Risk	Status	Key Notes
19	apostle (of Christ himself)	प्रेरित	prerita	ἀπόστολος	High	[BASELINE REUSE]	Unique Christological application; flag for theologian review
20	faithful	विश्वासयोग्य	viśvāsayogya	πιστός	Medium	[NEW]	—
21	house(hold)	घराना	gharānā	οἶκος	Medium	[NEW]	Cf. baseline household_of_faith
22	rest	विश्राम	viśrāma	κατάπαυσις	Critical	[NEW]	Never moksha/nirvana-adjacent; relational rest in God
23	harden (heart)	हृदय को कठोर करना	hṛdaya ko kaṭhora karanā	σκληρύνω	Medium	[NEW]	—
24	unbelief	अविश्वास	aviśvāsa	ἀπιστία	High	[NEW]	Antonym of baseline विश्वास
25	rebellion	बलवा	balavā	παραπικρασμός	Medium	[NEW]	—
26	today	आज	āja	σήμερον	Medium	[NEW]	Urgency must remain audible

Chapter 4 — God’s Rest; Sympathetic High Priest

#	English Term	Hindi Rendering	Transliteration	Greek Original	Risk	Status	Key Notes
27	Sabbath rest	सब्त का विश्राम	sabta kā viśrāma	σαββατισμός	Critical	[NEW]	Same guardrail as रest (#22)
28	word of God	परमेश्वर का वचन	Parameśvara kā vacana	λόγος τοῦ θεοῦ	Critical	[NEW]	Living, personal, active — not a mantra-formula
29	soul/spirit	जीव / आत्मा	jīva / ātmā	ψυχή / πνεῦμα	High	[NEW]	आत्मा here must be disambiguated from पवित्र आत्मा
30	boldness/confidence	निडरता / भरोसा	niḍaratā / bharosā	παρρησία	High	[NEW]	Central to access-to-God doctrine
31	throne of grace	अनुग्रह का सिंहासन	anugraha kā siṃhāsana	θρόνος χάριτος	High	[BASELINE REUSE: अनुग्रह]	—
32	sympathize	सहानुभूति रखना	sahānubhūti rakhanā	συμπαθέω	Medium	[NEW]	—

Chapter 5 — Christ Qualified as High Priest

#	English Term	Hindi Rendering	Transliteration	Greek Original	Risk	Status	Key Notes
33	order of Melchizedek	मलिकिसिदक की रीति	Malikisidak kī rīti	τάξις Μελχισέδεκ	Critical	[NEW]	Requires OT background note
34	appointed	ठहराया जाना	ṭhaharāyā jānā	καθίστημι	Medium	[NEW]	Cf. baseline predestination family
35	learned obedience	आज्ञाकारिता सीखी	ājñākāritā sīkhī	ἔμαθεν ὑπακοήν	High	[NEW]	Must not imply prior divine deficiency
36	made perfect / perfected	सिद्ध किया गया / पूर्ण किया गया	siddha kiyā gayā / pūrṇa kiyā gayā	τελειόω	Critical	[NEW]	Never self-attained siddhi; God’s act
37	source of eternal salvation	अनन्त उद्धार का कारण	ananta uddhāra kā kāraṇa	αἴτιος σωτηρίας αἰωνίου	Critical	[BASELINE REUSE: उद्धार]	—
38	milk / solid food	दूध / ठोस आहार	dūdha / ṭhosa āhāra	γάλα / τροφή στερεά	Low	[NEW]	—

Chapter 6 — Warning against Apostasy; Anchor of Hope

#	English Term	Hindi Rendering	Transliteration	Greek Original	Risk	Status	Key Notes
39	repentance	मन फिराव	mana phirāva	μετάνοια	High	[BASELINE REUSE]	—
40	enlightened	ज्योति पाए हुए	jyoti pāe hue	φωτίζω	High	[NEW]	Avoid Buddhist/Hindu self-realized “enlightenment” resonance
41	fall away (apostatize)	गिर जाना	gira jānā	παραπίπτω	Critical	[NEW]	Central warning-passage term; mandatory theologian review
42	crucify again	फिर से क्रूस पर चढ़ाना	phira se krūsa para caṛhānā	ἀνασταυρόω	High	[NEW]	Cf. baseline क्रूस
43	hope	आशा	āśā	ἐλπίς	High	[NEW]	Confident, promise-grounded; not fatalistic
44	anchor of the soul	प्राण का लंगर	prāṇa kā laṃgara	ἄγκυρα ψυχῆς	Low	[NEW]	—
45	oath	शपथ	śapatha	ὅρκος	Medium	[NEW]	—
46	unchangeable	अपरिवर्तनीय	aparivartanīya	ἀμετάθετος	Medium	[NEW]	—
47	Melchizedek	मलिकिसिदक	Malikisidak	Μελχισέδεκ	Medium	[NEW]	Established BSI proper-name form

Chapter 7 — Melchizedek’s Priesthood

#	English Term	Hindi Rendering	Transliteration	Greek Original	Risk	Status	Key Notes
48	king of righteousness/peace	धार्मिकता का राजा / शान्ति का राजा	dhārmikatā kā rājā / śānti kā rājā	βασιλεὺς δικαιοσύνης/εἰρήνης	Critical	[BASELINE REUSE: धार्मिकता, शांति]	—
49	without genealogy	बिना वंशावली के	binā vaṃśāvalī ke	ἀγενεαλόγητος	High	[NEW]	Culturally significant re: caste/lineage priestly authority
50	tithe	दशमांश	daśamāṃśa	δεκάτη	Low	[NEW]	—
51	priesthood	याजकपद	yājakapada	ἱερωσύνη	High	[NEW]	Not hereditary/caste-based; divinely granted by oath
52	permanent priesthood	अटल याजकपद	aṭala yājakapada	ἀπαράβατος ἱερωσύνη	High	[NEW]	—
53	intercede	मध्यस्थता करना	madhyasthatā karanā	ἐντυγχάνω	High	[BASELINE REUSE: मध्यस्थता]	—
54	perfect/complete	सिद्ध / पूर्ण	siddha / pūrṇa	τέλειος	Critical	[NEW]	Same family as #36
55	guarantor/surety	जामिन	jāmina	ἔγγυος	Medium	[NEW]	—
56	better covenant	उत्तम वाचा	uttama vācā	κρείττων διαθήκη	High	[BASELINE REUSE: वाचा]	—

Chapter 8 — The New Covenant Announced

#	English Term	Hindi Rendering	Transliteration	Greek Original	Risk	Status	Key Notes
57	new covenant	नई वाचा	naī vācā	διαθήκη καινή	Critical	[NEW — extends BASELINE वाचा]	Central doctrine; never अनुबंध/समझौता
58	mediator	मध्यस्थ	madhyastha	μεσίτης	Critical	[BASELINE REUSE from Galatians]	—
59	better promises	उत्तम प्रतिज्ञाएँ	uttama pratijñāeṃ	κρείττονες ἐπαγγελίαι	High	[BASELINE REUSE: प्रतिज्ञा]	—
60	tabernacle/tent	तम्बू	tambū	σκηνή	High	[NEW]	—
61	copy / shadow	नमूना / छाया	namūnā / chāyā	ὑπόδειγμα / σκιά	Medium	[NEW]	—
62	write laws on hearts	हृदयों पर व्यवस्था लिखना	hṛdayoṃ para vyavasthā likhanā	γράφω νόμους ἐπὶ καρδίας	High	[NEW]	Cf. baseline व्यवस्था
63	remember sins no more	पापों को फिर स्मरण न रखना	pāpoṃ ko phira smaraṇa na rakhanā	οὐ μὴ μνησθῶ ἁμαρτιῶν	High	[NEW]	—
64	obsolete	पुराना होकर लोप हो जाना	purānā hokara lopa ho jānā	παλαιόω	High	[NEW]	Requires note: OT Scripture remains inspired

Chapter 9:1-10 — The Earthly Sanctuary (Supplement)

#	English Term	Hindi Rendering	Transliteration	Greek Original	Risk	Status	Key Notes
65	Holy Place / Holy of Holies	पवित्रस्थान / परम पवित्रस्थान	pavitrasthāna / parama pavitrasthāna	τὰ ἅγια / ἅγια ἁγίων	Critical	[NEW]	—
66	veil/curtain	परदा	pardā	καταπέτασμα	High	[NEW]	—
67	cherubim	करूबों	karūboṃ	χερουβίμ	Low	[NEW]	Established transliteration
68	mercy seat	प्रायश्चित्त का ढकना	prāyaścitta kā ḍhakanā	ἱλαστήριον	Critical	[BASELINE REUSE]	Exact reuse per baseline propitiation caution
69	worship/service (cultic)	उपासना / सेवा	upāsanā / sevā	λατρεία	Medium	[NEW]	Cf. baseline आराधना

Core Passage — Hebrews 9:11-28

#	English Term	Hindi Rendering	Transliteration	Greek Original	Risk	Status	Key Notes
70	blood	लहू	lahū	αἷμα	Critical	[NEW]	Central atonement term across the whole book
71	once for all	एक ही बार / सदा के लिये एक बार	eka hī bāra / sadā ke liye eka bāra	ἅπαξ	Critical	[NEW]	Must be lexically distinct from “repeatedly” (#89)
72	eternal redemption	अनन्त छुटकारा	ananta chuṭakārā	αἰωνία λύτρωσις	Critical	[BASELINE REUSE: छुटकारा]	Never मुक्ति/मोक्ष
73	ashes of a heifer	बछिया की राख	bachiyā kī rākha	σποδὸς δαμάλεως	Medium	[NEW]	Requires Numbers 19 background note
74	sprinkle(ing)	छिड़कना / छिड़काव	chiṛakanā / chiṛakāva	ῥαντίζω	Medium	[NEW]	—
75	sanctify (ritual)	पवित्र करना	pavitra karanā	ἁγιάζω	High	[BASELINE REUSE: पवित्रीकरण family]	Contrast merely ceremonial vs. true inward
76	unblemished	निर्दोष / निष्कलंक	nirdoṣa / niṣkalaṃka	ἄμωμος	High	[NEW]	Moral sinlessness, not mere physical soundness
77	cleanse/purify	शुद्ध करना	śuddha karanā	καθαρίζω	High	[NEW]	Distinguish external ritual purity from conscience-cleansing
78	conscience	विवेक	viveka	συνείδησις	Critical	[BASELINE REUSE]	Moral-conscience sense, not Vedantic discrimination
79	dead works	मरे हुए काम	mare hue kāma	νεκρὰ ἔργα	High	[NEW]	Never कर्म
80	new covenant	नई वाचा	naī vācā	διαθήκη καινή	Critical	[NEW]	See #57
81	mediator	मध्यस्थ	madhyastha	μεσίτης	Critical	[BASELINE REUSE]	See #58
82	transgression	अपराध	aparādha	παράβασις	High	[NEW]	Tied to व्यवस्था
83	first covenant	पहली वाचा	pahalī vācā	πρώτη διαθήκη	High	[NEW]	Must pair with नई वाचा
84	eternal inheritance	अनन्त मीरास	ananta mīrāsa	αἰώνιος κληρονομία	High	[NEW]	Gift, never merit-earned
85	covenant/will wordplay	वाचा (+ mandatory note)	vācā	διαθήκη (dual sense)	Critical	[NEW]	Untranslatable Greek wordplay; note required
86	inaugurate/ratify	स्थापित करना	sthāpita karanā	ἐγκαινίζω	Medium	[NEW]	—
87	commandment	आज्ञा	ājñā	ἐντολή	Medium	[NEW]	Cf. baseline व्यवस्था
88	blood of the covenant	वाचा का लहू	vācā kā lahū	αἷμα τῆς διαθήκης	Critical	[NEW]	Must match any BSI Gospel/Institution-of-Supper rendering
89	repeatedly/often	बार-बार	bāra-bāra	πολλάκις	High	[NEW]	Contrast with #71
90	shedding of blood	लहू बहाया जाना	lahū bahāyā jānā	αἱματεκχυσία	Critical	[NEW]	—
91	forgiveness	क्षमा	kṣamā	ἄφεσις	High	[NEW]	Personal, God-given release, not karmic debt-clearance
92	copy/pattern	नमूना	namūnā	ὑπόδειγμα	Medium	[NEW]	See #61
93	better (comparative)	उत्तम / श्रेष्ठ	uttama / śreṣṭha	κρείσσων/κρείττων	High	[NEW]	Structural keyword; consistent rendering required across book
94	appear (before God)	प्रगट होना / उपस्थित होना	pragaṭa honā / upasthita honā	ἐμφανίζω	High	[NEW]	Present-continuing sense of Christ’s heavenly ministry
95	foundation of the world	जगत की उत्पत्ति	jagat kī utpatti	καταβολὴ κόσμου	Medium	[NEW]	—
96	end of the ages	युगों की समाप्ति	yugoṃ kī samāpti	συντέλεια τῶν αἰώνων	High	[NEW]	Linear climax, not cyclical yuga-return
97	put away (sin)	दूर करना / मिटाना	dūra karanā / miṭānā	ἀθέτησις	High	[NEW]	—
98	judgment	न्याय	nyāya	κρίσις	Critical	[NEW]	Cf. baseline condemnation (दण्ड की आज्ञा)
99	bear sins	पापों को उठा ले जाना	pāpoṃ ko uṭhā le jānā	ἀναφέρω (ἀνενεγκεῖν)	Critical	[NEW]	Substitutionary bearing-away, not generic “dealing with”
100	second time (of Christ’s coming)	दूसरी बार	dūsarī bāra	ἐκ δευτέρου	High	[NEW]	Discrete future event, not vague ongoing presence
101	eagerly await	उत्कण्ठा से बाट जोहना	utkaṇṭhā se bāṭa johanā	ἀπεκδέχομαι	High	[NEW]	—

Chapter 10 — The Once-for-All Sacrifice; Call to Persevere

#	English Term	Hindi Rendering	Transliteration	Greek Original	Risk	Status	Key Notes
102	reminder (of sins)	स्मरण / याद दिलानेवाला	smaraṇa / yāda dilānevālā	ἀνάμνησις	Medium	[NEW]	—
103	body prepared	तैयार की गई देह	taiyāra kī gaī deha	σῶμα κατηρτισμένον	Critical	[NEW]	Ties to baseline देहधारण (incarnation)
104	will of God	परमेश्वर की इच्छा	Parameśvara kī icchā	θέλημα θεοῦ	High	[NEW]	—
105	sanctified (once for all)	पवित्र किए गए हैं	pavitra kie gae haiṃ	ἁγιάζω	Critical	[BASELINE REUSE]	Complements ongoing-process sense elsewhere
106	perfected for all time	सदा के लिये सिद्ध किया है	sadā ke liye siddha kiyā hai	τελειοῦν εἰς τὸ διηνεκές	Critical	[NEW]	Summary of book’s perfection theme
107	boldness/confidence	निडरता	niḍaratā	παρρησία	Critical	[NEW]	See #30
108	draw near	निकट आना	nikaṭa ānā	προσέρχομαι	High	[NEW]	Practical exhortation verb
109	full assurance of faith	विश्वास का पूरा निश्चय	viśvāsa kā pūrā niścaya	πληροφορία πίστεως	High	[BASELINE REUSE: विश्वास]	—
110	sprinkled (hearts)	छिड़के गए हैं	chiṛake gae haiṃ	ῥαντίζω	High	[NEW]	See #74
111	washed (bodies)	धोए गए हैं	dhoe gae haiṃ	λούω	Medium	[NEW]	Distinct from but connected to बपतिस्मा
112	confession	अंगीकार	aṃgīkāra	ὁμολογία	High	[BASELINE REUSE]	—
113	assembling together	इकट्ठे होना	ikaṭṭhe honā	ἐπισυναγωγή	Medium	[NEW]	—
114	sin willfully/deliberately	जान-बूझकर पाप करना	jāna-būjhakara pāpa karanā	ἑκουσίως ἁμαρτάνω	Critical	[NEW]	Central apostasy-warning term
115	endurance	धीरज	dhīraja	ὑπομονή	High	[NEW]	—
116	shrink back	पीछे हट जाना	pīche haṭa jānā	ὑποστολή	Critical	[NEW]	—

Chapter 11 — Faith of the Old Testament Saints

#	English Term	Hindi Rendering	Transliteration	Greek Original	Risk	Status	Key Notes
117	faith	विश्वास	viśvāsa	πίστις	Critical	[BASELINE REUSE]	Governing definition, 11:1
118	assurance/substance	निश्चय / ठोस आधार	niścaya / ṭhosa ādhāra	ὑπόστασις	Critical	[NEW]	Personal, promise-grounded; never impersonal metaphysical substrate
119	conviction/proof	प्रमाण / निश्चय	pramāṇa / niścaya	ἔλεγχος	High	[NEW]	—
120	commended (by faith)	गवाही दी गई / प्रमाणित हुए	gavāhī dī gaī / pramāṇita hue	μαρτυρέω	Medium	[NEW]	—
121	promise	प्रतिज्ञा	pratijñā	ἐπαγγελία	High	[BASELINE REUSE]	—
122	strangers and exiles	परदेशी और यात्री	paradeśī aura yātrī	ξένοι καὶ παρεπίδημοι	High	[NEW]	—
123	better resurrection	उत्तम पुनरुत्थान	uttama punaruttāna	κρείττων ἀνάστασις	Critical	[BASELINE REUSE: पुनरुत्थान]	Never पुनर्जन्म

Chapter 12 — Race of Faith, Discipline, Mount Zion

#	English Term	Hindi Rendering	Transliteration	Greek Original	Risk	Status	Key Notes
124	cloud of witnesses	गवाहों का बड़ा समूह	gavāhoṃ kā baṛā samūha	νέφος μαρτύρων	Medium	[NEW]	—
125	race/contest	दौड़ / संग्राम	dauṛa / saṃgrāma	ἀγών	Medium	[NEW]	—
126	founder and perfecter (of faith)	विश्वास का अगुवा और सिद्ध करनेवाला	viśvāsa kā aguvā aura siddha karanevālā	ἀρχηγὸς καὶ τελειωτής	Critical	[NEW]	Combines #12 and #36 families
127	discipline	अनुशासन / पिता की ताड़ना	anuśāsana / pitā kī tāṛanā	παιδεία	High	[NEW]	Fatherly formative correction, never karmic retribution
128	root of bitterness	कड़वाहट की जड़	kaṛavāhaṭa kī jaṛa	ῥίζα πικρίας	Low	[NEW]	—
129	birthright	पहलौठे का हक़	pahalauṭhe kā haq	πρωτοτόκια	Medium	[NEW]	—
130	Mount Sinai / Mount Zion	सीनै पहाड़ / सिय्योन पहाड़	Sīnai pahāṛa / Siyyona pahāṛa	ὄρος Σινά / ὄρος Σιών	Critical	[NEW]	Old/new covenant climactic contrast
131	assembly of the firstborn	पहलौठों की कलीसिया	pahalauṭhoṃ kī kalīsiyā	ἐκκλησία πρωτοτόκων	High	[BASELINE REUSE: कलीसिया]	—
132	spirits of the righteous made perfect	सिद्ध किए गए धर्मियों की आत्माएँ	siddha kie gae dharmiyoṃ kī ātmāeṃ	πνεύματα δικαίων τετελειωμένων	Critical	[NEW]	धर्मी must derive from धार्मिकता, never धर्म standalone
133	blood of sprinkling	छिड़का हुआ लहू	chiṛakā huā lahū	αἷμα ῥαντισμοῦ	Critical	[NEW]	—
134	unshakeable kingdom	अडिग राज्य	aḍiga rājya	βασιλεία ἀσάλευτος	Medium	[BASELINE REUSE: परमेश्वर का राज्य]	—
135	consuming fire	भस्म करनेवाली आग	bhasma karanevālī āga	πῦρ καταναλίσκον	Medium	[NEW]	Cf. baseline परमेश्वर का क्रोध

Chapter 13 — Concluding Exhortations

#	English Term	Hindi Rendering	Transliteration	Greek Original	Risk	Status	Key Notes
136	brotherly love	भाईचारे का प्रेम	bhāīcāre kā prema	φιλαδελφία	Medium	[BASELINE REUSE]	—
137	hospitality	अतिथि-सत्कार	atithi-satkāra	φιλοξενία	Low	[BASELINE REUSE]	—
138	love of money	धन का लोभ	dhana kā lobha	φιλαργυρία	Low	[NEW]	—
139	Jesus Christ the same forever	यीशु मसीह कल और आज और सदा एक ही है	Yīśu Masīha kala aura āja aura sadā eka hī hai	Ἰησοῦς Χριστὸς χθὲς καὶ σήμερον ὁ αὐτὸς	High	[BASELINE REUSE: यीशु, मसीह]	—
140	strange/diverse teachings	अनोखी/विभिन्न शिक्षाएँ	anokhī/vibhinna śikṣāeṃ	διδαχαὶ ξέναι/ποικίλαι	Medium	[NEW]	Resonates with pluralist-religion caution in baseline
141	altar	वेदी	vedī	θυσιαστήριον	High	[NEW]	Established BSI term; never conflate with havan-kund/yajna
142	camp	छावनी	chāvanī	παρεμβολή	Medium	[NEW]	—
143	reproach	निन्दा / अनादर	ninda / anādara	ὀνειδισμός	Medium	[NEW]	Flag for native speaker review (honor/shame)
144	sacrifice of praise	स्तुति का बलिदान	stuti kā balidāna	θυσία αἰνέσεως	Medium	[BASELINE REUSE: जीवित बलिदान family]	—
145	fruit of the lips	होठों का फल	hoṭhoṃ kā phala	καρπὸς χειλέων	Medium	[NEW]	Governed genitive required, same caution as fruit_of_the_spirit
146	leaders (church)	अगुवे	aguve	ἡγούμενοι	Medium	[NEW]	Keep distinct from baseline शासन के अधिकारी (civil)
147	grace (closing benediction)	अनुग्रह	anugraha	χάρις	High	[BASELINE REUSE]	—
148	blood of the eternal covenant	अनन्त वाचा का लहू	ananta vācā kā lahū	αἷμα διαθήκης αἰωνίου	Critical	[NEW]	Closing recapitulation of book’s central terms

New Terms Requiring Formal Translation Memory Addition

The following [NEW] terms are assessed Critical or High risk and require theologian sign-off before being written into translation_memory.json (per the baseline’s enforcement instructions), prioritized:

Critical (mandatory theologian review, every occurrence): अपाउग्मा-रेंडरिंग (#3 परमेश्वर की महिमा का प्रकाश), #4 उसके स्वरूप की सटीक छाप, #22/#27 विश्राम / सब्त का विश्राम, #28 परमेश्वर का वचन, #33 मलिकिसिदक की रीति, #36/#54/#106/#126 सिद्ध करना/पूर्ण करना family, #41 गिर जाना, #57/#80 नई वाचा, #65 पवित्रस्थान/परम पवित्रस्थान, #70 लहू, #71 एक ही बार, #85 वाचा wordplay note, #88 वाचा का लहू, #90 लहू बहाया जाना, #96 युगों की समाप्ति, #98 न्याय, #99 पापों को उठा ले जाना, #103 तैयार की गई देह, #105 पवित्र किए गए हैं, #114 जान-बूझकर पाप करना, #116 पीछे हट जाना, #118 निश्चय/ठोस आधार, #130 सीनै पहाड़/सिय्योन पहाड़, #132 सिद्ध किए गए धर्मियों की आत्माएँ, #133 छिड़का हुआ लहू, #148 अनन्त वाचा का लहू.

High (mandatory theologian review): #6, #7, #9, #12, #13, #19, #24, #30, #35, #37 (baseline reuse but Christologically extended), #40, #42, #43, #49, #51, #52, #56, #59, #62, #63, #64, #76, #77, #79, #82, #83, #84, #86 (Medium — see table), #89, #91, #93, #94, #96, #97, #100, #101, #104, #107, #108, #109, #110, #112, #115, #119, #121, #122, #127, #131, #139, #141, #147.

All remaining Medium and Low risk new terms follow the baseline’s standard native-speaker-review or automated-review routing per doctrine_risk_registry.json conventions and do not require theologian sign-off prior to first use, though deviations must still be flagged per the Glossary Enforcement Priority Order.

This glossary extends but never contradicts the baseline translation_memory.json, bible_term_registry.json, and doctrine_risk_registry.json. All Phase 2 Hebrews translation work must load this glossary alongside the baseline artifacts before segment processing begins.

Critical Risk Terms

Righteousness

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

Inherited from Romans package. Underlies ‘king of righteousness’ (Melchizedek, 7:2) and ‘spirits of the righteous made perfect’ (12:23); धर्मी must always derive from this root, never from धर्म standalone.

Salvation

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

Inherited from Romans package. Used throughout Hebrews (1:14; 2:3,10; 5:9; 9:28); never मुक्ति or मोक्ष.

Resurrection

Approved rendering: पुनरुत्थान
Transliteration: punaruttāna
Doctrine: Resurrection of Christ
Rejected alternatives: पुनर्जन्म, पुनर्जीवन

Inherited from Romans package. Extended in Hebrews 11:35 by the comparative ‘better resurrection’ (उत्तम पुनरुत्थान); never पुनर्जन्म.

Lord

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

Inherited from Romans package. Applied to Christ in Hebrews’ OT citations (e.g., 1:10, Psalm 102) asserting his full deity.

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. Hebrews 1’s ‘today I have begotten you’ (Psalm 2:7 citation) must not be read as marking a temporal beginning of the Son’s existence; full-phrase, non-metaphorical, eternal Sonship required in every occurrence.

Incarnation

Approved rendering: देहधारण
Transliteration: dehadhāraṇa
Doctrine: Incarnation
Rejected alternatives: अवतार, देह प्रकटीकरण

Inherited from Romans package. Background doctrine for Hebrews 2:14-18 (Christ’s real flesh and blood) and 10:5’s ‘body prepared’ citation of Psalm 40; never अवतार.

Messiah

Approved rendering: मसीह
Transliteration: Masīha
Doctrine: Messianic Promise
Rejected alternatives: अभिषिक्त व्यक्ति, देव-दूत

Inherited from Romans package. Used throughout; paired with यीशु in the closing ‘Jesus Christ is the same’ formula (13:8).

Jesus

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

Inherited from Romans package. Never ईसा (Quranic/Islamic-context name); always यीशु, including in the christs_eternal_sameness formula (13:8).

God

Approved rendering: परमेश्वर
Transliteration: Parameśvara
Doctrine: Deity of Christ
Rejected alternatives: ईश्वर, भगवान

Inherited from Romans package. Used throughout; never भगवान.

Holy Spirit

Approved rendering: पवित्र आत्मा
Transliteration: Pavitra Ātmā
Doctrine: Sanctification
Rejected alternatives: ब्रह्म, परमात्मा, देव-आत्मा

Inherited from Romans package. Hebrews 9:14’s ‘eternal Spirit’ (अनन्त आत्मा, referring to पवित्र आत्मा) and 4:12’s anthropological soul/spirit distinction both require this term to remain unambiguously the personal, divine third Person, never confused with the human जीव/आत्मा of 4:12 or an impersonal universal Self.

Father

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

Inherited from Romans package. Central grammatical subject/agent of the fatherly-discipline passage (Hebrews 12:5-11); must never be omitted from that passage’s clauses.

Propitiation

Approved rendering: प्रायश्चित्त
Transliteration: prāyaścitta
Doctrine: Atonement
Rejected alternatives: तुष्टीकरण
Original: ἱλάσκομαι
Category: Atonement

Inherited from Romans package. Extended in Hebrews 2:17 (‘to make propitiation for the sins of the people’) with the added nuance that the same high priest who provides it has personally experienced human temptation; theologian review must confirm this experiential-solidarity dimension is not lost in a purely juridical rendering.

Conscience

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

Inherited from Romans package. Elevated to Critical for this curriculum: Hebrews 9:14 makes conscience-cleansing the distinctive New Covenant benefit reached by Christ’s blood, contrasted with the merely ceremonial cleansing of 9:13; context must keep this the moral-conscience sense, never Vedantic विवेक (discriminative wisdom/self-realization).

Mediator

Approved rendering: मध्यस्थ
Transliteration: madhyastha
Doctrine: Covenant
Original: μεσίτης
Category: Covenant

Inherited from Romans package (via Galatians). Christ’s mediatorial role of the new covenant (Hebrews 8:6; 9:15; 12:24) surpasses Moses’ mediation of the law at Sinai (implied contrast, ch.3).

Radiance Of Glory

Approved rendering: परमेश्वर की महिमा का प्रकाश
Transliteration: Parameśvara kī mahimā kā prakāśa
Doctrine: Deity and Sonship of Christ
Rejected alternatives: तेज (alone; Hindu tejas/divine-radiance connotation)
Original: ἀπαύγασμα
Category: Christology

Hebrews 1:3. Co-essential radiance of God’s own glory, not reflected or borrowed light. Mandatory theologian review.

Exact Imprint Of His Nature

Approved rendering: उसके स्वरूप की सटीक छाप
Transliteration: usake svarūpa kī saṭīka chāpa
Doctrine: Deity and Sonship of Christ
Original: χαρακτήρ τῆς ὑποστάσεως
Category: Christology

Hebrews 1:3. One of the NT’s highest deity-of-Christ statements; must not be heard as one deity-emanation/avatar among many. Mandatory theologian review.

High Priest

Approved rendering: महायाजक
Transliteration: mahāyājaka
Doctrine: Christ the Great High Priest after the Order of Melchizedek
Original: ἀρχιερεύς
Category: Priesthood

Central recurring title across the whole book (2:17; 3:1; 4:14-15; 5:1,5,10; 6:20; 7:26-28; 8:1,3; 9:7,11,25). Never softened to a generic religious leader nor assimilated to a hereditary Brahmin priestly-caste role.

Rest

Approved rendering: विश्राम
Transliteration: viśrāma
Doctrine: God’s Rest
Rejected alternatives: मोक्ष, निर्वाण
Original: κατάπαυσις
Category: Eschatology

Hebrews 3:11,18; 4:1,3-11. The single highest moksha/nirvana-adjacent term in the book. Must be relational, conscious communion with a personal God with personhood fully intact, entered by faith — never ego-dissolution or extinguishing of individual existence. Mandatory theologian review, every occurrence.

Sabbath Rest

Approved rendering: सब्त का विश्राम
Transliteration: sabta kā viśrāma
Doctrine: God’s Rest
Rejected alternatives: मोक्ष, निर्वाण
Original: σαββατισμός
Category: Eschatology

Hebrews 4:9. Same moksha/nirvana guardrail as रest; mandatory theologian review, every occurrence.

Word Of God Living

Approved rendering: परमेश्वर का वचन
Transliteration: Parameśvara kā vacana
Doctrine: The Living and Active Word of God
Rejected alternatives: मंत्र-शक्ति जैसी अवधारणा (mantra-power concept)
Original: λόγος τοῦ θεοῦ
Category: God

Hebrews 4:12-13. Must retain personal, living divine agency who discerns human hearts himself; risk of assimilation to a mantra whose power lies in correct repetition rather than a personal speaker’s active address.

Boldness Confidence

Approved rendering: निडरता / भरोसा
Transliteration: niḍaratā / bharosā
Doctrine: Access to God through Christ’s Blood
Original: παρρησία
Category: Salvation

Hebrews 4:16; 10:19. Direct, unmediated, confident access to God’s presence secured by Christ’s blood; must always co-occur with its grounding clause (the blood, the torn veil), never a free-standing adjective of generic courage. Mandatory theologian review.

Order Of Melchizedek

Approved rendering: मलिकिसिदक की रीति
Transliteration: Malikisidak kī rīti
Doctrine: Christ the Great High Priest after the Order of Melchizedek
Original: τάξις Μελχισέδεκ
Category: Priesthood

Hebrews 5:6,10; 6:20; 7:11,17. Requires OT background note (Genesis 14; Psalm 110); grounds Christ’s priesthood in divine oath rather than tribal/hereditary descent. Mandatory theologian review.

Made Perfect

Approved rendering: सिद्ध किया गया / पूर्ण किया गया
Transliteration: siddha kiyā gayā / pūrṇa kiyā gayā
Doctrine: The Perfection (Qualifying) of Christ
Rejected alternatives: सिद्धि (self-attained ascetic/yogic perfection)
Original: τελειόω
Category: Christology

Hebrews 2:10; 5:9; 7:28; recurring throughout. Must never suggest self-attained spiritual perfection; God’s own vocational qualifying act upon Christ through suffering. Passive-voice construction mandatory at every occurrence — never an active/reflexive construction. Mandatory theologian review.

Perfect Teleios

Approved rendering: सिद्ध / पूर्ण
Transliteration: siddha / pūrṇa
Doctrine: The Perfection (Qualifying) of Christ
Rejected alternatives: सिद्धि
Original: τέλειος
Category: Sanctification

Hebrews 7:19 (‘the law made nothing perfect’); 9:9; 10:1; 11:40; 12:23. Same guardrail as made_perfect. Mandatory theologian review.

Source Of Eternal Salvation

Approved rendering: अनन्त उद्धार का कारण
Transliteration: ananta uddhāra kā kāraṇa
Doctrine: The Perfection (Qualifying) of Christ
Original: αἴτιος σωτηρίας αἰωνίου
Category: Salvation

Hebrews 5:9. Extends baseline उद्धार; Christ’s perfecting qualifies him as the source of salvation for others.

Fall Away

Approved rendering: गिर जाना
Transliteration: gira jānā
Doctrine: The Danger of Apostasy and Warning Passages
Rejected alternatives: गलती करना, चूक जाना (softened moral-stumble renderings, rejected)
Original: παραπίπτω
Category: Perseverance

Hebrews 6:6. Central warning-passage verb; must convey decisive, deliberate covenant-abandonment, not an ordinary moral lapse recoverable by repeated ritual atonement. Mandatory theologian review, every occurrence.

King Of Righteousness And Peace

Approved rendering: धार्मिकता का राजा / शान्ति का राजा
Transliteration: dhārmikatā kā rājā / śānti kā rājā
Doctrine: Christ the Great High Priest after the Order of Melchizedek
Original: βασιλεὺς δικαιοσύνης / εἰρήνης
Category: Priesthood

Hebrews 7:2. Reuses baseline धार्मिकता and शांति exactly; never धर्म.

New Covenant

Approved rendering: नई वाचा
Transliteration: naī vācā
Doctrine: The New Covenant versus the Old
Rejected alternatives: अनुबंध, समझौता
Original: διαθήκη καινή
Category: Covenant

Hebrews 8:8; 9:15; 12:24. Extends baseline वाचा exactly; must consistently pair with पहली वाचा as correlative terms. Mandatory theologian review.

Holy Place And Holy Of Holies

Approved rendering: पवित्रस्थान / परम पवित्रस्थान
Transliteration: pavitrasthāna / parama pavitrasthāna
Doctrine: Access to God through Christ’s Blood
Original: τὰ ἅγια / ἅγια ἁγίων
Category: Atonement

Hebrews 9:2-3,8,12,24-25. Kept lexically distinct from the general adjective पवित्र so the specific sanctuary-chamber referent is clear. Mandatory theologian review.

Blood

Approved rendering: लहू
Transliteration: lahū
Doctrine: The Once-for-All Atoning Sacrifice
Rejected alternatives: बलि, यज्ञ, रक्त (overly clinical)
Original: αἷμα
Category: Atonement

Hebrews 9:7,12-14,18-25; 10:4,19,29; 11:28; 12:24; 13:11-12,20. Central atonement term across the whole book; never flattened into बलि/यज्ञ ritual-offering vocabulary implying a repeatable worshipper-to-deity transaction. God himself, in Christ, provides the once-for-all offering; the gift’s direction runs from God to the sinner. Mandatory theologian review, every occurrence.

Once For All

Approved rendering: एक ही बार / सदा के लिये एक बार
Transliteration: eka hī bāra / sadā ke liye eka bāra
Doctrine: The Once-for-All Atoning Sacrifice
Original: ἅπαξ / ἐφάπαξ
Category: Atonement

Hebrews 9:12,26-28; 10:2. Must be lexically distinct from बार-बार (repeatedly) at every occurrence; the argumentative hinge of the entire passage. Mandatory theologian review, every occurrence.

Eternal Redemption

Approved rendering: अनन्त छुटकारा
Transliteration: ananta chuṭakārā
Doctrine: The Once-for-All Atoning Sacrifice
Rejected alternatives: मुक्ति, मोक्ष
Original: αἰωνία λύτρωσις
Category: Salvation

Hebrews 9:12. Extends baseline छुटकारा; never मुक्ति/मोक्ष.

Covenant Testament Wordplay

Approved rendering: वाचा (+ अनिवार्य अनुवादक-टिप्पणी)
Transliteration: vācā (+ mandatory translator note)
Doctrine: The New Covenant versus the Old
Original: διαθήκη (dual sense)
Category: Covenant

Hebrews 9:16-17. The author’s exploitation of διαθήκη’s dual covenant/last-will sense; this wordplay does not transfer to Hindi वाचा. Every occurrence requires a mandatory translator note explaining the untranslatable Greek pun. Mandatory theologian review.

Blood Of The Covenant

Approved rendering: वाचा का लहू
Transliteration: vācā kā lahū
Doctrine: The Once-for-All Atoning Sacrifice
Original: αἷμα τῆς διαθήκης
Category: Covenant

Hebrews 9:20, citing Exodus 24:8. Must match any existing BSI OV rendering of the same phrase at the Gospel institution-of-the-Supper texts, per the shared-citation cross-document consistency rule. Mandatory theologian review.

Shedding Of Blood

Approved rendering: लहू बहाया जाना
Transliteration: lahū bahāyā jānā
Doctrine: The Once-for-All Atoning Sacrifice
Original: αἱματεκχυσία
Category: Atonement

Hebrews 9:22. The programmatic principle that no forgiveness occurs without bloodshed; grounds the necessity of Christ’s actual death. Mandatory theologian review.

Judgment

Approved rendering: न्याय
Transliteration: nyāya
Doctrine: Future Judgment and Christ’s Second Coming
Rejected alternatives: कर्म का फल स्वतः मिलना (impersonal karmic law, rejected)
Original: κρίσις
Category: Eschatology

Hebrews 9:27; 10:27,30. The universal, singular, post-mortem divine judgment every person faces; must be a personal divine legal verdict, never an impersonal, automatically operating law of karmic consequence — परमेश्वर must remain the explicit grammatical subject, avoiding agentless passive constructions. Mandatory theologian review.

Bear Sins

Approved rendering: पापों को उठा ले जाना
Transliteration: pāpoṃ ko uṭhā le jānā
Doctrine: The Once-for-All Atoning Sacrifice
Rejected alternatives: सुलझाना, चुकाना (generic ‘dealing with’, rejected)
Original: ἀναφέρω (ἀνενεγκεῖν)
Category: Atonement

Hebrews 9:28. Distinct from προσφέρω (to offer); the specific substitutionary bearing-away sense, echoing the scapegoat/Isaiah 53 theme. Mandatory theologian review.

Body Prepared

Approved rendering: तैयार की गई देह
Transliteration: taiyāra kī gaī deha
Doctrine: Humanity and Incarnation of Christ
Original: σῶμα κατηρτισμένον
Category: Christology

Hebrews 10:5, citing Psalm 40. Ties directly to baseline देहधारण; a real, divinely-prepared human body, not an illusory or temporary appearance. Mandatory theologian review.

Sanctified Once For All

Approved rendering: पवित्र किए गए हैं
Transliteration: pavitra kie gae haiṃ
Doctrine: Forgiveness and the Cleansed Conscience
Original: ἁγιάζω (perfect passive)
Category: Sanctification

Hebrews 10:10. Extends baseline पवित्रीकरण family; the decisive, once-for-all sanctification must be preserved contextually alongside the ongoing-process sense elsewhere, not resolved by flattening either sense. Mandatory theologian review.

Perfected For All Time

Approved rendering: सदा के लिये सिद्ध किया है
Transliteration: sadā ke liye siddha kiyā hai
Doctrine: The Perfection (Qualifying) of Christ
Rejected alternatives: सिद्धि
Original: τελειοῦν εἰς τὸ διηνεκές
Category: Christology

Hebrews 10:14. Summarizes the book’s perfection and once-for-all motifs together; must not be heard as a repeatable perfecting process. Mandatory theologian review.

Sin Willfully

Approved rendering: जान-बूझकर पाप करना
Transliteration: jāna-būjhakara pāpa karanā
Doctrine: The Danger of Apostasy and Warning Passages
Original: ἑκουσίως ἁμαρτάνω
Category: Perseverance

Hebrews 10:26. Deliberate, knowing, continued sin, as opposed to sins of weakness; central to the second major warning passage. Mandatory theologian review, every occurrence.

Shrink Back

Approved rendering: पीछे हट जाना
Transliteration: pīche haṭa jānā
Doctrine: The Danger of Apostasy and Warning Passages
Original: ὑποστολή
Category: Perseverance

Hebrews 10:38-39. The opposite of persevering faith, carrying the full destruction/salvation contrast; must not be softened to mere hesitation. Mandatory theologian review.

Assurance Substance

Approved rendering: निश्चय / ठोस आधार
Transliteration: niścaya / ṭhosa ādhāra
Doctrine: Faith of the Old Testament Saints
Rejected alternatives: तत्व, सत्, ब्रह्म-सम्बन्धी शब्द (Vedantic substance-terms, rejected)
Original: ὑπόστασις
Category: Faith

Hebrews 11:1 (ὑπόστασις). The chapter’s governing, contested term; must be personal, relational, promise-grounded confidence, never an abstract impersonal metaphysical substrate evocative of Vedantic ontology. Mandatory theologian review.

Better Resurrection

Approved rendering: उत्तम पुनरुत्थान
Transliteration: uttama punaruttāna
Doctrine: Faith of the Old Testament Saints
Rejected alternatives: पुनर्जन्म
Original: κρείττων ἀνάστασις
Category: Eschatology

Hebrews 11:35. Extends baseline पुनरुत्थान; distinguishes ordinary this-life restoration-to-life from the ultimate eschatological resurrection. Never पुनर्जन्म.

Founder And Perfecter Of Faith

Approved rendering: विश्वास का अगुवा और सिद्ध करनेवाला
Transliteration: viśvāsa kā aguvā aura siddha karanevālā
Doctrine: The Perfection (Qualifying) of Christ
Rejected alternatives: सिद्धि
Original: ἀρχηγὸς καὶ τελειωτής
Category: Christology

Hebrews 12:2. Combines the founder_of_salvation and made_perfect term-families; both guardrails apply simultaneously. Mandatory theologian review.

Mount Sinai And Mount Zion

Approved rendering: सीनै पहाड़ / सिय्योन पहाड़
Transliteration: Sīnai pahāṛa / Siyyona pahāṛa
Doctrine: The Superiority of Mount Zion and the Heavenly Assembly
Original: ὄρος Σινά / ὄρος Σιών
Category: Covenant

Hebrews 12:18-24. The book’s climactic old-covenant/new-covenant contrast; the full rhetorical force (terror vs. welcome; mediated vs. direct) must be preserved. Mandatory theologian review.

Spirits Of The Righteous Made Perfect

Approved rendering: सिद्ध किए गए धर्मियों की आत्माएँ
Transliteration: siddha kie gae dharmiyoṃ kī ātmāeṃ
Doctrine: The Superiority of Mount Zion and the Heavenly Assembly
Original: πνεύματα δικαίων τετελειωμένων
Category: Eschatology

Hebrews 12:23. धर्मी must derive from baseline धार्मिकता, never from धर्म standalone; combines the made_perfect and righteousness term-families. Mandatory theologian review.

Blood Of Sprinkling

Approved rendering: छिड़का हुआ लहू
Transliteration: chiṛakā huā lahū
Doctrine: The Superiority of Mount Zion and the Heavenly Assembly
Original: αἷμα ῥαντισμοῦ
Category: Atonement

Hebrews 12:24. Christ’s atoning blood, which ‘speaks a better word’ than Abel’s blood that cried for vengeance; the book’s rhetorical climax reusing the core-passage lexicon. Mandatory theologian review.

Blood Of The Eternal Covenant

Approved rendering: अनन्त वाचा का लहू
Transliteration: ananta vācā kā lahū
Doctrine: The New Covenant versus the Old
Original: αἷμα διαθήκης αἰωνίου
Category: Covenant

Hebrews 13:20. Combines the book’s most theologically loaded terms (blood, covenant) with ‘eternal’; the letter’s closing recapitulation. Mandatory theologian review.

High Risk Terms

Gospel

Approved rendering: सुसमाचार
Transliteration: susamācar
Doctrine: Gospel
Rejected alternatives: खुशखबरी, शुभ सन्देश

Inherited from Romans package. Established BSI OV term. Do not use colloquial alternatives.

Grace

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

Inherited from Romans package. Used in Hebrews’ closing benediction (13:25) and ‘throne of grace’ (4:16); must convey unmerited favor apart from human merit.

Faith

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

Inherited from Romans package. Governs the programmatic definition of Hebrews 11:1 and the whole faith-catalogue chapter; object of faith (the personal, covenant-keeping God) must remain specific, never generic religious devotion.

Holy

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

Inherited from Romans package. Used throughout Hebrews’ cultic and priestly vocabulary; kept lexically distinct from the compound पवित्रस्थान (Holy Place) so the general adjective and the specific sanctuary noun do not blur.

Sanctification

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

Inherited from Romans package. Hebrews 9:13 and 10:10,14 use the related verb ἁγιάζω in both a limited ceremonial sense and a decisive once-for-all sense; both are canonical and must be preserved contextually, not flattened into one meaning.

Adoption

Approved rendering: दत्तक-पुत्रता
Transliteration: dattaka-putratā
Doctrine: Adoption into God’s Family
Rejected alternatives: गोद लेना

Inherited from Romans package. Background doctrine for Hebrews’ heir/inheritance language (1:2; 9:15) and the Father-son discipline passage (12:5-11).

Law

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

Inherited from Romans package. Foundational to Hebrews’ whole covenant argument (7:12,19,28; 8:4; 9:19,22; 10:1,8,28); never धर्म.

Sin

Approved rendering: पाप
Transliteration: pāpa
Doctrine: Universal Human Accountability
Rejected alternatives: अधर्म, अशुद्धता

Inherited from Romans package. Central to Hebrews’ atonement and warning-passage vocabulary throughout chapters 9-10, 12.

Glory

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

Inherited from Romans package. Underlies the compound ‘radiance of glory’ (परमेश्वर की महिमा का प्रकाश, Hebrews 1:3).

Covenant

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

Inherited from Romans package. Central to Hebrews 7-10, 12-13; see new_covenant, first_covenant, better_covenant, blood_of_the_covenant, blood_of_the_eternal_covenant, and covenant_testament_wordplay entries for Hebrews-specific extensions.

Redemption

Approved rendering: छुटकारा
Transliteration: chuṭakārā
Doctrine: Salvation
Rejected alternatives: मुक्ति, मोक्ष

Inherited from Romans package. Underlies ‘eternal redemption’ (अनन्त छुटकारा, Hebrews 9:12); never मुक्ति/मोक्ष.

Repentance

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

Inherited from Romans package. Hebrews 6:1,6 (‘repentance from dead works’; ‘impossible to restore them again to repentance’).

Creator

Approved rendering: सृजनहार
Transliteration: sṛjanahāra
Doctrine: Creation
Rejected alternatives: ब्रह्मा

Inherited from Romans package. Background for ‘foundation of the world’ (जगत की उत्पत्ति, Hebrews 9:26) and 1:2’s ‘through whom he created the world.‘

Mercy Seat

Approved rendering: प्रायश्चित्त का ढकना
Transliteration: prāyaścitta kā ḍhakanā
Doctrine: Atonement
Original: ἱλαστήριον
Category: Atonement

Inherited from Romans package. Reused exactly for Hebrews 9:5 (ἱλαστήριον, the golden cover of the ark), the concrete OT object underlying the core passage’s argument.

Worship

Approved rendering: आराधना
Transliteration: ārādhanā
Doctrine: Worship
Rejected alternatives: पूजा

Inherited from Romans package. Hebrews 1:6 uses this for angels worshiping Christ (never assimilated to a merely respectful bowing, per the NWT-rendering caution in 05_translation_landscape.md); also underlies ‘cultic service’ (उपासना/सेवा) in chapters 9-10.

Living Sacrifice

Approved rendering: जीवित बलिदान
Transliteration: jīvita balidāna
Doctrine: Consecration
Rejected alternatives: बलि, यज्ञ

Inherited from Romans package. Extended in Hebrews 13:15 by ‘sacrifice of praise’ (स्तुति का बलिदान); never बलि/यज्ञ.

Flesh

Approved rendering: शरीर
Transliteration: śarīra
Doctrine: Sin
Rejected alternatives: देह (in sarx contexts)

Inherited from Romans package. Hebrews 9:13 uses this in the concrete bodily/ritual sense (‘purity of the flesh,’ शरीर की शुद्धता) — distinct from the technical fallen-nature sense used in Romans/Galatians; context must disambiguate the two senses.

Kingship Of Jesus

Approved rendering: यीशु का राजत्व
Transliteration: Yīśu kā rājatva
Doctrine: Lordship of Christ

Inherited from Romans package. Background for Hebrews 1:8’s throne (सिंहासन) and scepter (राजदण्ड).

Confession Of Faith

Approved rendering: अंगीकार करना
Transliteration: aṅgīkāra karanā
Doctrine: Lordship of Christ
Rejected alternatives: स्वीकार करना

Inherited from Romans package. Extended in Hebrews 3:1 (‘the Apostle and High Priest of our confession’) and 10:23 (‘confession of our hope,’ अंगीकार).

Wrath Of God

Approved rendering: परमेश्वर का क्रोध
Transliteration: Parameśvara kā krodha
Doctrine: Judgment
Rejected alternatives: बदला

Inherited from Romans package. Background for Hebrews 10:30-31 and 12:29’s ‘consuming fire’ (भस्म करनेवाली आग).

Promise

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

Inherited from Romans package (via Galatians). Heavily used across Hebrews 4:1; 6:12-17; 8:6 (‘better promises’); 9:15; 10:23,36; 11:9,13,17,33,39; वरदान remains forbidden throughout.

Heir

Approved rendering: वारिस
Transliteration: vārisa
Doctrine: Covenant
Original: κληρονόμος
Category: Covenant

Inherited from Romans package (via Galatians). Hebrews 1:2 applies this first to Christ himself as heir ‘of all things’; must be governed by the promise framework, never merit-earned via filial service (a live risk given Indian family-inheritance custom).

Throne

Approved rendering: सिंहासन
Transliteration: siṃhāsana
Doctrine: Superiority of Christ over Angels
Original: θρόνος
Category: Christology

Hebrews 1:8 (Psalm 45 citation). Ties to baseline kingship_of_jesus; retains the Son’s own divine kingship.

Anoint

Approved rendering: अभिषेक करना
Transliteration: abhiṣeka karanā
Doctrine: Superiority of Christ over Angels
Original: χρίω
Category: Christology

Hebrews 1:9. Mandatory translator note distinguishing from Hindu abhishekam (ritual anointing/bathing of a deity’s image); refers here to a living divine-human person’s own commissioning to office.

Founder Of Salvation

Approved rendering: उद्धार का अगुवा
Transliteration: uddhāra kā aguvā
Doctrine: Humanity and Incarnation of Christ
Rejected alternatives: गुरु/सम्प्रदाय-संस्थापक जैसी अवधारणा
Original: ἀρχηγός
Category: Christology

Hebrews 2:10. Avoid guru/sect-founder framing; Christ originates and personally leads believers into salvation through his own suffering, combined further at 12:2 as ‘founder and perfecter of faith.‘

Apostle Of Confession

Approved rendering: प्रेरित
Transliteration: prerita
Doctrine: Superiority of Christ over Moses
Original: ἀπόστολος
Category: Church

Hebrews 3:1. Unique Christological application of the baseline प्रेरित term; must not be confused with the ordinary human-apostle sense used elsewhere, nor read through the Indian guru-lineage paradigm where a founder’s authority is transmitted through and subordinate to a disciple-succession. Flag for theologian review whenever this specific sense is in view.

Unbelief

Approved rendering: अविश्वास
Transliteration: aviśvāsa
Doctrine: The Danger of Unbelief and Hardened Hearts
Original: ἀπιστία
Category: Faith

Hebrews 3:12,19; 4:6,11. Direct antonym of baseline विश्वास; decisive covenant-breaking sin, not ordinary hesitation.

Soul And Spirit

Approved rendering: जीव / आत्मा
Transliteration: jīva / ātmā
Doctrine: The Living and Active Word of God
Original: ψυχή / πνεῦμα
Category: Anthropology

Hebrews 4:12. आत्मा already overloaded (Holy Spirit; human spirit; in some registers, Vedantic ātman); context must clearly disambiguate this anthropological sense from पवित्र आत्मा.

Throne Of Grace

Approved rendering: अनुग्रह का सिंहासन
Transliteration: anugraha kā siṃhāsana
Doctrine: Access to God through Christ’s Blood
Original: θρόνος χάριτος
Category: Salvation

Hebrews 4:16. Extends baseline अनुग्रह; the place of confident approach.

Enlightened

Approved rendering: ज्योति पाए हुए
Transliteration: jyoti pāe hue
Doctrine: The Danger of Apostasy and Warning Passages
Rejected alternatives: बोधि/ज्ञान-प्राप्ति (self-realized enlightenment)
Original: φωτίζω
Category: Salvation

Hebrews 6:4; 10:32. Must remain passive/receptive (divinely given illumination), never active self-attainment (avoid प्राप्त करना in an active sense).

Crucify Again

Approved rendering: फिर से क्रूस पर चढ़ाना
Transliteration: phira se krūsa para caṛhānā
Doctrine: The Danger of Apostasy and Warning Passages
Original: ἀνασταυρόω
Category: Perseverance

Hebrews 6:6. Cf. baseline क्रूस; describes the gravity of apostasy’s dishonor to Christ.

Hope

Approved rendering: आशा
Transliteration: āśā
Doctrine: Assurance and Hope Anchored in Christ
Original: ἐλπίς
Category: Perseverance

Hebrews 6:11,18-19; 10:23; 11:1. Confident, promise-grounded expectation; must be distinguished from vague optimism and from the karmic uncertainty many Hindu-background readers hold about a future rebirth-state.

Without Genealogy

Approved rendering: बिना वंशावली के
Transliteration: binā vaṃśāvalī ke
Doctrine: Christ the Great High Priest after the Order of Melchizedek
Original: ἀγενεαλόγητος
Category: Priesthood

Hebrews 7:3. Culturally significant given India’s caste-based hereditary priestly authority; should be foregrounded, not softened — the collision with the crowding concept is the text’s intended polemical point.

Priesthood

Approved rendering: याजकपद
Transliteration: yājakapada
Doctrine: Christ the Great High Priest after the Order of Melchizedek
Original: ἱερωσύνη
Category: Priesthood

Hebrews 7:11-24. Must not be assimilated to Brahmanical hereditary priestly-caste categories; granted by divine oath, not inherited status.

Permanent Priesthood

Approved rendering: अटल याजकपद
Transliteration: aṭala yājakapada
Doctrine: Christ the Great High Priest after the Order of Melchizedek
Original: ἀπαράβατος
Category: Priesthood

Hebrews 7:24 (ἀπαράβατος). Non-transferable, perpetual office; grounds Christ’s perpetual intercession, contrasted with the Levitical line’s succession of many priests.

Intercede

Approved rendering: मध्यस्थता करना
Transliteration: madhyasthatā karanā
Doctrine: Christ the Great High Priest after the Order of Melchizedek
Original: ἐντυγχάνω
Category: Priesthood

Hebrews 7:25. Extends baseline मध्यस्थता family; Christ’s ongoing intercession for believers.

Better Covenant

Approved rendering: उत्तम वाचा
Transliteration: uttama vācā
Doctrine: The New Covenant versus the Old
Original: κρείττων διαθήκη
Category: Covenant

Hebrews 7:22; 8:6. Extends baseline वाचा with the comparative उत्तम; anticipates chapter 8’s full development.

Better Promises

Approved rendering: उत्तम प्रतिज्ञाएँ
Transliteration: uttama pratijñāeṃ
Doctrine: The New Covenant versus the Old
Original: κρείττονες ἐπαγγελίαι
Category: Covenant

Hebrews 8:6. Extends baseline प्रतिज्ञा with the comparative उत्तम.

Tabernacle

Approved rendering: तम्बू
Transliteration: tambū
Doctrine: The New Covenant versus the Old
Original: σκηνή
Category: Atonement

Hebrews 8:2,5; 9:2-8,21. Requires OT background note for readers with low tabernacle literacy.

Write Laws On Hearts

Approved rendering: हृदयों पर व्यवस्था लिखना
Transliteration: hṛdayoṃ para vyavasthā likhanā
Doctrine: The New Covenant versus the Old
Original: γράφω νόμους ἐπὶ καρδίας
Category: Covenant

Hebrews 8:10; 10:16 (citing Jeremiah 31). Internalized, transformed obedience, not merely an external rule-code; cf. baseline व्यवस्था and the law_of_christ collision guardrail.

Remember Sins No More

Approved rendering: उनके पापों को फिर स्मरण न रखूँगा
Transliteration: unake pāpoṃ ko phira smaraṇa na rakhūṃgā
Doctrine: The New Covenant versus the Old
Original: οὐ μὴ μνησθῶ ἁμαρτιῶν
Category: Salvation

Hebrews 8:12; 10:17. God’s decisive, permanent non-remembrance of forgiven sin; undergirds the once-for-all atonement doctrine.

Covenant Obsolescence

Approved rendering: पुराना होकर लोप हो जाना
Transliteration: purānā hokara lopa ho jānā
Doctrine: The New Covenant versus the Old
Original: παλαιόω
Category: Covenant

Hebrews 8:13. Requires a clarifying note that the OT Scriptures remain God’s inspired word even as the old covenant’s cultic administration is superseded — must not be heard as disrespect for the OT canon.

Veil

Approved rendering: परदा
Transliteration: pardā
Doctrine: Access to God through Christ’s Blood
Original: καταπέτασμα
Category: Atonement

Hebrews 9:3; 10:20. The physical barrier restricting access to the Most Holy Place, removed by Christ’s blood.

Sanctify Ceremonial

Approved rendering: पवित्र करना
Transliteration: pavitra karanā
Doctrine: The Once-for-All Atoning Sacrifice
Original: ἁγιάζω
Category: Sanctification

Hebrews 9:13. Extends baseline पवित्रीकरण family; the contrast between merely ceremonial and true inward sanctification (v.14) must be preserved.

Unblemished

Approved rendering: निर्दोष / निष्कलंक
Transliteration: nirdoṣa / niṣkalaṃka
Doctrine: Humanity and Incarnation of Christ
Original: ἄμωμος
Category: Christology

Hebrews 9:14. Applies OT sacrificial-animal qualification language to Christ’s own person; must convey moral sinlessness, not merely physical unblemishedness.

Cleanse Purify

Approved rendering: शुद्ध करना
Transliteration: śuddha karanā
Doctrine: Forgiveness and the Cleansed Conscience
Original: καθαρίζω
Category: Atonement

Hebrews 9:14. Contrasted with v.13’s merely ritual purity; the external-to-internal shift is the verse’s whole argument and must be visible in Hindi syntax.

Dead Works

Approved rendering: मरे हुए काम
Transliteration: mare hue kāma
Doctrine: Forgiveness and the Cleansed Conscience
Rejected alternatives: कर्म
Original: νεκρὰ ἔργα
Category: Sanctification

Hebrews 6:1; 9:14. Parallel to baseline works_of_the_law; never कर्म, to avoid importing merit-accumulation cosmology.

Transgression

Approved rendering: अपराध / व्यवस्था का उल्लंघन
Transliteration: aparādha / vyavasthā kā ullaṅghana
Doctrine: The New Covenant versus the Old
Original: παράβασις
Category: Sin

Hebrews 9:15. Violation of the first covenant’s legal boundary; keep tied to व्यवस्था, not vague general wrongdoing.

First Covenant

Approved rendering: पहली वाचा
Transliteration: pahalī vācā
Doctrine: The New Covenant versus the Old
Original: πρώτη διαθήκη
Category: Covenant

Hebrews 8:7,13; 9:15,18. Correlative pair with नई वाचा; must be rendered consistently as a matched pair throughout.

Eternal Inheritance

Approved rendering: अनन्त मीरास
Transliteration: ananta mīrāsa
Doctrine: The New Covenant versus the Old
Original: αἰώνιος κληρονομία
Category: Covenant

Hebrews 9:15. Governed by the baseline adoption/promise logic; never merit-earned, guarding against India’s family-inheritance-by-service expectations.

Repeatedly

Approved rendering: बार-बार
Transliteration: bāra-bāra
Doctrine: The Once-for-All Atoning Sacrifice
Original: πολλάκις
Category: Atonement

Hebrews 9:25-26; 10:1,11. Must be lexically distinct from एक ही बार so the once-for-all/repeated contrast is audible.

Forgiveness

Approved rendering: क्षमा / पापों की क्षमा
Transliteration: kṣamā / pāpoṃ kī kṣamā
Doctrine: Forgiveness and the Cleansed Conscience
Rejected alternatives: कर्ज़ चुकाना (loose karmic-debt framing, rejected)
Original: ἄφεσις
Category: Salvation

Hebrews 9:22; 10:18. Must convey a personal God’s forgiving release, not automatic karmic debt-cancellation.

Better Comparative

Approved rendering: उत्तम / श्रेष्ठ
Transliteration: uttama / śreṣṭha
Doctrine: The Superiority of Christ over Angels, Moses, and the Levitical Priesthood
Original: κρείσσων / κρείττων
Category: Covenant

Hebrews’s signature structural keyword (~13 occurrences: 1:4; 6:9; 7:7,19,22; 8:6; 9:23; 10:34; 11:16,35,40; 12:24). Must be rendered consistently across all 13 chapters or the book’s comparative argument becomes incoherent. उत्तम is primary; श्रेष्ठ is a permitted secondary stylistic variant only, never replacing उत्तम in doctrinally load-bearing comparisons.

Appear Before God

Approved rendering: प्रगट होना / उपस्थित होना
Transliteration: pragaṭa honā / upasthita honā
Doctrine: Access to God through Christ’s Blood
Original: ἐμφανίζω
Category: Christology

Hebrews 9:24. Christ’s ongoing, present-continuing heavenly appearing on believers’ behalf; the present-continuing verb aspect must remain visible in the Hindi, since this is an ongoing ministry, not a merely completed past event.

End Of The Ages

Approved rendering: युगों की समाप्ति
Transliteration: yugoṃ kī samāpti
Doctrine: The Once-for-All Atoning Sacrifice
Rejected alternatives: युग-चक्र जैसी अवधारणा (cyclical yuga-return framing)
Original: συντέλεια τῶν αἰώνων
Category: Eschatology

Hebrews 9:26. Must convey a linear historical climax, opposing any cyclical yuga-return cosmology in which history recurs rather than culminates.

Put Away Sin

Approved rendering: दूर करना / मिटाना
Transliteration: dūra karanā / miṭānā
Doctrine: The Once-for-All Atoning Sacrifice
Original: ἀθέτησις
Category: Atonement

Hebrews 9:26. Sin’s decisive, once-for-all removal, not a postponement or partial mitigation.

Second Coming

Approved rendering: दूसरी बार
Transliteration: dūsarī bāra
Doctrine: Future Judgment and Christ’s Second Coming
Original: ἐκ δευτέρου
Category: Eschatology

Hebrews 9:28. A single, discrete future event; must not be softened into a vague ongoing ‘presence,’ nor read as a recurring cyclical return.

Eagerly Await

Approved rendering: उत्कण्ठा से बाट जोहना
Transliteration: utkaṇṭhā se bāṭa johanā
Doctrine: Future Judgment and Christ’s Second Coming
Original: ἀπεκδέχομαι
Category: Perseverance

Hebrews 9:28. Confident, eager anticipation; connects to the baseline assurance_of_salvation doctrine, contrasted with karmic uncertainty about a future existence.

Will Of God

Approved rendering: परमेश्वर की इच्छा
Transliteration: Parameśvara kī icchā
Doctrine: The Once-for-All Atoning Sacrifice
Original: θέλημα θεοῦ
Category: God

Hebrews 10:7,9-10. Christ’s obedient fulfillment of God’s will, not the Levitical system, is what actually sanctifies.

Draw Near

Approved rendering: निकट आना / पास आना
Transliteration: nikaṭa ānā / pāsa ānā
Doctrine: Access to God through Christ’s Blood
Original: προσέρχομαι
Category: Salvation

Hebrews 4:16; 7:25; 10:22. The book’s characteristic invitation verb flowing from Christ’s completed work.

Full Assurance Of Faith

Approved rendering: विश्वास का पूरा निश्चय
Transliteration: viśvāsa kā pūrā niścaya
Doctrine: Perseverance and Assurance
Original: πληροφορία πίστεως
Category: Faith

Hebrews 10:22. Extends baseline विश्वास with the ‘full assurance’ qualifier.

Sprinkled Hearts

Approved rendering: छिड़के गए हैं
Transliteration: chiṛake gae haiṃ
Doctrine: Forgiveness and the Cleansed Conscience
Original: ῥεραντισμένοι
Category: Atonement

Hebrews 10:22. ‘Hearts sprinkled clean’ — internal, not merely ritual, cleansing, parallel to 9:14.

Confession Of Hope

Approved rendering: अंगीकार
Transliteration: aṅgīkāra
Doctrine: Perseverance and Assurance
Original: ὁμολογία
Category: Faith

Hebrews 10:23. Extends baseline confession_of_faith family; public, steadfast allegiance held fast amid persecution.

Endurance

Approved rendering: धीरज / धैर्य
Transliteration: dhīraja / dhairya
Doctrine: Perseverance and Assurance
Original: ὑπομονή
Category: Perseverance

Hebrews 10:36; 12:1. Must retain the eternal moral stakes of persevering faith versus destruction (10:39), not softened into secular self-help ‘patience.‘

Conviction Proof

Approved rendering: प्रमाण / निश्चय
Transliteration: pramāṇa / niścaya
Doctrine: Faith of the Old Testament Saints
Original: ἔλεγχος
Category: Faith

Hebrews 11:1. Faith as evidentiary confidence, not blind credulity.

Strangers And Exiles

Approved rendering: परदेशी और यात्री
Transliteration: paradeśī aura yātrī
Doctrine: Faith of the Old Testament Saints
Original: ξένοι καὶ παρεπίδημοι
Category: Eschatology

Hebrews 11:13. An eschatological identity that must not collapse into a this-worldly nationalist or communal identity.

Divine Discipline

Approved rendering: अनुशासन / पिता की ताड़ना
Transliteration: anuśāsana / pitā kī tāṛanā
Doctrine: God’s Fatherly Discipline
Rejected alternatives: कर्म-फल (mechanically-proportioned retribution, rejected)
Original: παιδεία
Category: God

Hebrews 12:5-11. Must convey a loving father’s corrective, formative training aimed at the child’s ultimate good, explicitly distinguished from कर्म-फल retribution proportioned to accumulated deeds; पिता must remain the grammatical subject/agent. Mandatory theologian review.

Assembly Of The Firstborn

Approved rendering: पहलौठों की कलीसिया
Transliteration: pahalauṭhoṃ kī kalīsiyā
Doctrine: The Superiority of Mount Zion and the Heavenly Assembly
Original: ἐκκλησία πρωτοτόκων
Category: Church

Hebrews 12:23. Extends baseline कलीसिया with ‘firstborn’; must remain a corporate, inheritance-bearing assembly, not merely an association of the eminent.

Christs Eternal Sameness

Approved rendering: यीशु मसीह कल और आज और सदा एक ही है
Transliteration: Yīśu Masīha kala aura āja aura sadā eka hī hai
Doctrine: Christ’s Eternal Immutability
Original: Ἰησοῦς Χριστὸς χθὲς καὶ σήμερον ὁ αὐτὸς καὶ εἰς τοὺς αἰῶνας
Category: Christology

Hebrews 13:8. Extends baseline यीशु, मसीह; must convey unchanging, eternal identity, distinguished from a deity appearing in successive, varied avatars across ages.

Altar

Approved rendering: वेदी
Transliteration: vedī
Doctrine: Christian Identity and Reproach Outside the Camp
Original: θυσιαστήριον
Category: Atonement

Hebrews 13:10. Established BSI OV term; must not be conflated with a Hindu havan-kund/yajna fire-altar; context must make explicit that the once-for-all sacrifice is already completed.

Medium Risk Terms

Apostle

Approved rendering: प्रेरित
Transliteration: prerita
Doctrine: Apostleship
Rejected alternatives: दूत, संदेशवाहक

Inherited from Romans package. Hebrews 3:1 uniquely applies this term to Christ himself (‘the Apostle and High Priest of our confession’) — see the separate apostle_of_confession entry for this Christological extension, which requires additional theologian review beyond the ordinary human-apostle sense.

Peace

Approved rendering: शांति
Transliteration: śānti
Doctrine: Peace with God
Rejected alternatives: चैन, सुकून

Inherited from Romans package. Underlies ‘king of peace’ (Melchizedek/Salem, 7:2), reusing this exact term.

Church

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

Inherited from Romans package. Extended in Hebrews 12:23 by ‘assembly of the firstborn’ (पहलौठों की कलीसिया); never मंदिर.

Kingdom Of God

Approved rendering: परमेश्वर का राज्य
Transliteration: Parameśvara kā rājya
Doctrine: Kingdom Mission
Rejected alternatives: ईश्वर का राष्ट्र

Inherited from Romans package. Extended in Hebrews 12:28 by ‘unshakeable kingdom’ (अडिग राज्य).

Intercession

Approved rendering: मध्यस्थता
Transliteration: madhyasthatā
Doctrine: Prayer and Intercession
Rejected alternatives: शफाअत

Inherited from Romans package. Verb form extended in Hebrews 7:25 (मध्यस्थता करना, Christ’s ongoing intercession).

Israel

Approved rendering: इस्राएल
Transliteration: Isrāela
Doctrine: Unity of Jews and Gentiles

Inherited from Romans package. Hebrews 8:8,10 ‘the house of Israel’ in the Jeremiah 31 new-covenant citation; requires the supersessionism-sensitivity caution documented in 04_comparative_theology.md.

Baptism

Approved rendering: बपतिस्मा
Transliteration: bapatismā
Doctrine: Union with Christ
Rejected alternatives: स्नान, दीक्षा

Inherited from Romans package. Hebrews 10:22’s ‘bodies washed with pure water’ (धोए गए हैं) evokes but does not use this technical term; keep the two lexically distinct while noting the connection.

Cross

Approved rendering: क्रूस
Transliteration: krūsa
Doctrine: Atonement
Rejected alternatives: सूली

Inherited from Romans package. Underlies Hebrews 6:6’s hypothetical ‘crucify again’ (फिर से क्रूस पर चढ़ाना).

Mercy

Approved rendering: दया
Transliteration: dayā
Doctrine: Mercy of God

Inherited from Romans package. Hebrews 2:17 (‘a merciful and faithful high priest’) and 4:16 (‘receive mercy’).

Brotherly Love

Approved rendering: भाईचारे का प्रेम
Transliteration: bhāīcāre kā prema
Doctrine: Mutual Edification
Original: φιλαδελφία
Category: Church

Inherited from Romans package. Hebrews 13:1, opening exhortation, reused exactly.

Slavery

Approved rendering: दासत्व / दास
Transliteration: dāsatva / dāsa
Doctrine: Freedom
Original: δουλεία
Category: Sin

Inherited from Romans package (via Galatians). Hebrews 2:15, humanity’s bondage to the fear of death, from which Christ delivers.

Angel

Approved rendering: स्वर्गदूत
Transliteration: svargadūta
Doctrine: Superiority of Christ over Angels
Original: ἄγγελος
Category: God

Hebrews 1:4-14; 2:2-9. Distinguish from Hindu देवता celestial-being hierarchy; angels are created, subordinate, and rightly worship Christ (1:6).

Ministering Spirits

Approved rendering: सेवा करनेवाली आत्माएँ
Transliteration: sevā karanevālī ātmāeṃ
Doctrine: Superiority of Christ over Angels
Original: πνεῦμα λειτουργικόν
Category: God

Hebrews 1:14. Refers to angels; context must disambiguate from पवित्र आत्मा.

Tempted

Approved rendering: परीक्षा में डाला गया
Transliteration: parīkṣā meṃ ḍālā gayā
Doctrine: Christ’s High Priestly Solidarity
Original: πειράζω
Category: Christology

Hebrews 2:18; 4:15.

Taste Death

Approved rendering: मृत्यु का स्वाद चखा
Transliteration: mṛtyu kā svāda cakhā
Doctrine: Humanity and Incarnation of Christ
Original: γεύομαι θανάτου
Category: Christology

Hebrews 2:9. Idiom for genuinely experiencing death; translate the sense, need not force the idiom literally.

Brothers

Approved rendering: भाई
Transliteration: bhāī
Doctrine: Humanity and Incarnation of Christ
Original: ἀδελφοί
Category: Church

Hebrews 2:11-12,17. Ties to baseline भाईचारे का प्रेम; grounds the claim that Christ is ‘not ashamed’ to call believers brothers.

Faithful

Approved rendering: विश्वासयोग्य
Transliteration: viśvāsayogya
Doctrine: Superiority of Christ over Moses
Original: πιστός
Category: Faith

Hebrews 3:2,5. Applied to both Moses and Christ.

Household Of God

Approved rendering: घराना
Transliteration: gharānā
Doctrine: Superiority of Christ over Moses
Original: οἶκος
Category: Church

Hebrews 3:6. Cf. baseline household_of_faith (a distinct Greek term); God’s family, over which the Son, not merely a servant, presides.

Harden Heart

Approved rendering: हृदय को कठोर करना
Transliteration: hṛdaya ko kaṭhora karanā
Doctrine: The Danger of Unbelief and Hardened Hearts
Original: σκληρύνω
Category: Sin

Hebrews 3:8,13,15.

Rebellion

Approved rendering: बलवा
Transliteration: balavā
Doctrine: The Danger of Unbelief and Hardened Hearts
Original: παραπικρασμός
Category: Sin

Hebrews 3:8,15, citing Psalm 95.

Today

Approved rendering: आज
Transliteration: āja
Doctrine: The Danger of Unbelief and Hardened Hearts
Original: σήμερον
Category: Perseverance

Hebrews 3:13,15; 4:7. Repeated urgency must remain audible, not a generic calendrical marker.

Sympathize

Approved rendering: सहानुभूति रखना
Transliteration: sahānubhūti rakhanā
Doctrine: Christ’s High Priestly Solidarity
Original: συμπαθέω
Category: Christology

Hebrews 4:15.

Appointed To Office

Approved rendering: ठहराया जाना
Transliteration: ṭhaharāyā jānā
Doctrine: Christ the Great High Priest after the Order of Melchizedek
Original: καθίστημι
Category: Priesthood

Hebrews 5:1,5. Legitimate priestly authority is divinely conferred, never self-appointed or self-attained.

Oath

Approved rendering: शपथ
Transliteration: śapatha
Doctrine: Assurance and Hope Anchored in Christ
Original: ὅρκος
Category: Covenant

Hebrews 6:13,16-17. God’s solemn, binding pledge to Abraham.

Unchangeable

Approved rendering: अपरिवर्तनीय
Transliteration: aparivartanīya
Doctrine: Assurance and Hope Anchored in Christ
Original: ἀμετάθετος
Category: God

Hebrews 6:17-18. God’s unalterable purpose and oath; grounds assurance.

Melchizedek

Approved rendering: मलिकिसिदक
Transliteration: Malikisidak
Doctrine: Christ the Great High Priest after the Order of Melchizedek
Original: Μελχισέδεκ
Category: Priesthood

Hebrews 5:6,10; 6:20; 7:1-17. Established BSI proper-name form.

Guarantor

Approved rendering: जामिन
Transliteration: jāmina
Doctrine: The New Covenant versus the Old
Original: ἔγγυος
Category: Covenant

Hebrews 7:22. One who personally guarantees a pledge/covenant.

Copy And Shadow

Approved rendering: नमूना / छाया / प्रतिरूप
Transliteration: namūnā / chāyā / pratirūpa
Doctrine: The New Covenant versus the Old
Original: ὑπόδειγμα / σκιά / ἀντίτυπος
Category: Atonement

Hebrews 8:5; 9:23-24; 10:1. The earthly sanctuary/cultus as a mere pattern or shadow of the heavenly reality it represents; the earthly copy is always derivative, never the substance.

Cultic Service

Approved rendering: उपासना / सेवा
Transliteration: upāsanā / sevā
Doctrine: Access to God through Christ’s Blood
Original: λατρεία
Category: Atonement

Hebrews 9:1,6,9,21. Cf. baseline आराधना; priestly/ritual service performed under Levitical regulations.

Ashes Of A Heifer

Approved rendering: बछिया की राख
Transliteration: bachiyā kī rākha
Doctrine: The Once-for-All Atoning Sacrifice
Original: σποδὸς δαμάλεως
Category: Atonement

Hebrews 9:13. Numbers 19 red-heifer purification-rite ashes; requires OT background note.

Sprinkle

Approved rendering: छिड़कना / छिड़काव
Transliteration: chiṛakanā / chiṛakāva
Doctrine: The Once-for-All Atoning Sacrifice
Original: ῥαντίζω
Category: Atonement

Hebrews 9:13,19,21; 10:22; 12:24. Ritual application of blood/water/ashes.

Inaugurate Ratify

Approved rendering: स्थापित करना / प्रतिष्ठित करना
Transliteration: sthāpita karanā / pratiṣṭhita karanā
Doctrine: The New Covenant versus the Old
Original: ἐγκαινίζω
Category: Covenant

Hebrews 9:18. Formal establishment of a covenant through a blood-rite.

Commandment

Approved rendering: आज्ञा
Transliteration: ājñā
Doctrine: The New Covenant versus the Old
Original: ἐντολή
Category: Covenant

Hebrews 9:19. Cf. baseline व्यवस्था.

Foundation Of The World

Approved rendering: जगत की उत्पत्ति
Transliteration: jagat kī utpatti
Doctrine: The Once-for-All Atoning Sacrifice
Original: καταβολὴ κόσμου
Category: Eschatology

Hebrews 9:26. Cf. baseline सृष्टि/सृजनहार.

Reminder Of Sins

Approved rendering: स्मरण / याद दिलानेवाला
Transliteration: smaraṇa / yāda dilānevālā
Doctrine: The Once-for-All Atoning Sacrifice
Original: ἀνάμνησις
Category: Atonement

Hebrews 10:3. The OT sacrifices’ function as an annual reminder of sins never fully removed, contrasted with the new covenant’s non-remembrance (8:12).

Washed Bodies

Approved rendering: धोए गए हैं (शुद्ध जल से)
Transliteration: dhoe gae haiṃ (śuddha jala se)
Doctrine: Forgiveness and the Cleansed Conscience
Original: λελουσμένοι
Category: Church

Hebrews 10:22. Evokes baptism without using the technical βαπτίζω term; connects to but is distinct from baseline बपतिस्मा.

Assembling Together

Approved rendering: इकट्ठे होना
Transliteration: ikaṭṭhe honā
Doctrine: Church Order and Leadership
Original: ἐπισυναγωγή
Category: Church

Hebrews 10:25. Cf. baseline कलीसिया/संगति; practical church-gathering exhortation.

Commended By Faith

Approved rendering: गवाही दी गई / प्रमाणित हुए
Transliteration: gavāhī dī gaī / pramāṇita hue
Doctrine: Faith of the Old Testament Saints
Original: μαρτυρέω
Category: Faith

Hebrews 11:2,4-5,39. The OT saints’ receiving God’s own testimonial approval.

Cloud Of Witnesses

Approved rendering: गवाहों का बड़ा समूह
Transliteration: gavāhoṃ kā baṛā samūha
Doctrine: Perseverance and Assurance
Original: νέφος μαρτύρων
Category: Church

Hebrews 12:1. Ties directly to chapter 11’s faith exemplars.

Race Of Faith

Approved rendering: दौड़ / संग्राम
Transliteration: dauṛa / saṃgrāma
Doctrine: Perseverance and Assurance
Original: ἀγών
Category: Perseverance

Hebrews 12:1. Athletic/military metaphor for the Christian life, run with endurance.

Birthright

Approved rendering: पहलौठे का हक़
Transliteration: pahalauṭhe kā haq
Doctrine: The Danger of Apostasy and Warning Passages
Original: πρωτοτόκια
Category: Covenant

Hebrews 12:16. Esau’s forfeited birthright as a warning example of trading eternal privilege for temporary gratification.

Unshakeable Kingdom

Approved rendering: अडिग राज्य
Transliteration: aḍiga rājya
Doctrine: The Superiority of Mount Zion and the Heavenly Assembly
Original: βασιλεία ἀσάλευτος
Category: Eschatology

Hebrews 12:28. Extends baseline परमेश्वर का राज्य with ‘unshakeable.‘

Consuming Fire

Approved rendering: भस्म करनेवाली आग
Transliteration: bhasma karanevālī āga
Doctrine: God’s Holiness and Judgment
Original: πῦρ καταναλίσκον
Category: God

Hebrews 12:29, citing Deuteronomy 4:24. Cf. baseline परमेश्वर का क्रोध; God’s holy, judging presence, not an impersonal destructive force or ritual-impurity hazard.

Strange And Diverse Teachings

Approved rendering: अनोखी/विभिन्न शिक्षाएँ
Transliteration: anokhī/vibhinna śikṣāeṃ
Doctrine: Christ’s Eternal Immutability
Original: διδαχαὶ ξέναι/ποικίλαι
Category: Gospel

Hebrews 13:9. Resonates with India’s pluralistic religious environment and the baseline’s guardrail against presenting the gospel as one teaching among many valid options.

Camp

Approved rendering: छावनी
Transliteration: chāvanī
Doctrine: Christian Identity and Reproach Outside the Camp
Original: παρεμβολή
Category: Church

Hebrews 13:11,13. Christ suffered outside the gate/camp, identifying with social rejection.

Reproach

Approved rendering: निन्दा / अनादर
Transliteration: ninda / anādara
Doctrine: Christian Identity and Reproach Outside the Camp
Original: ὀνειδισμός
Category: Church

Hebrews 13:13. Flag for native speaker review per the baseline honor/shame routing rule; acute resonance in honor/shame-oriented Indian social contexts.

Sacrifice Of Praise

Approved rendering: स्तुति का बलिदान
Transliteration: stuti kā balidāna
Doctrine: Christian Identity and Reproach Outside the Camp
Original: θυσία αἰνέσεως
Category: Church

Hebrews 13:15. Extends baseline जीवित बलिदान family to verbal praise offered as sacrifice.

Fruit Of The Lips

Approved rendering: होठों का फल
Transliteration: hoṭhoṃ kā phala
Doctrine: Christian Identity and Reproach Outside the Camp
Rejected alternatives: कर्म-फल
Original: καρπὸς χειλέων
Category: Church

Hebrews 13:15. Same genitive-governance caution as the baseline fruit_of_the_spirit entry to avoid कर्म-फल collision; the ‘fruit’ here is praise offered, not merit accumulated.

Church Leaders

Approved rendering: अगुवे (कलीसिया के अगुवे)
Transliteration: aguve (kalīsiyā ke aguve)
Doctrine: Church Order and Leadership
Original: ἡγούμενοι
Category: Church

Hebrews 13:7,17,24. Must be kept lexically distinct from the baseline’s civil शासन के अधिकारी, so spiritual/pastoral authority and civil/political authority are not confused.

Low Risk Terms

Prophet

Approved rendering: भविष्यद्वक्ता
Transliteration: bhaviṣyadvaktā
Doctrine: Inspiration of Scripture
Rejected alternatives: ज्योतिषी

Inherited from Romans package. Hebrews 1:1, ‘God spoke… by the prophets.‘

Prophecy

Approved rendering: भविष्यवाणी
Transliteration: bhaviṣyavāṇī
Doctrine: Fulfillment of Prophecy
Rejected alternatives: भविष्यफल

Inherited from Romans package. Background for Hebrews’ extensive OT-citation method.

Exhort

Approved rendering: प्रोत्साहित करना
Transliteration: protsāhita karanā
Doctrine: Mutual Edification

Inherited from Romans package. Hebrews 3:13; 10:25 (‘exhorting one another’).

Hospitality

Approved rendering: अतिथि-सत्कार
Transliteration: atithi-satkāra
Doctrine: Mutual Edification
Original: φιλοξενία
Category: Church

Inherited from Romans package. Hebrews 13:2, reused exactly.

Household Of Faith

Approved rendering: विश्वास के घराने के लोग
Transliteration: viśvāsa ke gharāne ke loga
Doctrine: Church

Inherited from Romans package (via Galatians). Conceptually adjacent to Hebrews 3:6’s ‘household of God’ (घराना, οἶκος), a distinct Greek term treated as its own new entry.

Amen

Approved rendering: आमीन
Transliteration: āmīna
Doctrine: Worship

Inherited from Romans package (via Galatians). Hebrews 13:21, closing benediction (in manuscripts that include it).

Scepter

Approved rendering: राजदण्ड
Transliteration: rājadaṇḍa
Doctrine: Superiority of Christ over Angels
Original: σκῆπτρον
Category: Christology

Hebrews 1:8.

Milk And Solid Food

Approved rendering: दूध / ठोस आहार
Transliteration: dūdha / ṭhosa āhāra
Doctrine: Faith of the Old Testament Saints
Original: γάλα / τροφή στερεά
Category: Sanctification

Hebrews 5:12-14. Metaphor for spiritual immaturity versus maturity; common cross-cultural metaphor.

Anchor Of The Soul

Approved rendering: प्राण का लंगर
Transliteration: prāṇa kā laṃgara
Doctrine: Assurance and Hope Anchored in Christ
Original: ἄγκυρα ψυχῆς
Category: Perseverance

Hebrews 6:19. Natural cross-cultural metaphor.

Tithe

Approved rendering: दशमांश
Transliteration: daśamāṃśa
Doctrine: Christ the Great High Priest after the Order of Melchizedek
Original: δεκάτη
Category: Priesthood

Hebrews 7:2,4-9.

Cherubim

Approved rendering: करूबों
Transliteration: karūboṃ
Doctrine: Access to God through Christ’s Blood
Original: χερουβίμ
Category: Atonement

Hebrews 9:5. Established transliteration.

Root Of Bitterness

Approved rendering: कड़वाहट की जड़
Transliteration: kaṛavāhaṭa kī jaṛa
Doctrine: The Danger of Apostasy and Warning Passages
Original: ῥίζα πικρίας
Category: Sin

Hebrews 12:15. A corrupting influence spreading and defiling many.

Love Of Money

Approved rendering: धन का लोभ
Transliteration: dhana kā lobha
Doctrine: Church Order and Leadership
Original: φιλαργυρία
Category: Sin

Hebrews 13:5.

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