Core Glossary — Acts 1–28 (English → Hungarian)

This glossary consolidates every load-bearing theological term identified in analysis/07_semantic_analysis.md, across the whole book of Acts. Terms already fixed in the baseline Romans translation_memory.json are marked “Reused (Romans baseline)” in the Source column and MUST use the identical Hungarian rendering recorded there — no alternative renderings are permitted for these terms in the Acts curriculum. Newly identified Acts-specific terms are marked “NEW” and are proposed here for addition to translation memory at the risk tier indicated, consistent with the baseline’s own risk framework (Critical / High / Medium / Low) and its instruction that new terms must be recorded in translation memory before segment translation is considered complete (see baseline 12_ai_translation_requirements.md, “Translation Memory Load and Enforcement Instructions”).

Legend

• Risk tiers follow the baseline doctrine_risk_registry.json definitions exactly (Critical / High / Medium / Low).
• Source: “Reused (Romans baseline)” = must match baseline translation_memory.json exactly; “NEW” = proposed new entry for this curriculum.
• First occurrence: chapter:verse of the term’s first load-bearing appearance in Acts.

Term (English)	Original (Greek)	Hungarian rendering	Risk	Source	First occurrence	Doctrine	Rendering-risk note
God	θεός	Isten	Critical	Reused (Romans baseline)	1:1	The Holy Spirit and Pentecost / all doctrines	Standard, unambiguous; no new risk in Acts.
Jesus	Ἰησοῦς	Jézus	Critical	Reused (Romans baseline)	1:1	Conversion of Paul / all Christological doctrines	Standard; no new risk.
Christ (proper name/title)	Χριστός	Krisztus	Critical	Reused (established proper-name convention, per baseline AI requirements doc)	2:36	Messianic Promise	Use “Krisztus” for the name/title in running text; use “Messiás” (below) when the doctrinal concept of the Anointed One is under discussion.
Messiah (doctrinal concept)	Χριστός / מָשִׁיחַ	Messiás	Critical	Reused (Romans baseline)	2:31, 3:18, 9:22	Conversion of Paul / Gospel to Jews and Gentiles	The unique OT-promised Anointed One fulfilled exclusively in Jesus; unchanged from baseline.
Lord	κύριος	Úr	Critical	Reused (Romans baseline)	2:21, 2:34-36, 16:31	Justification apart from the Law / all doctrines	Exclusive, supreme lordship; must align verbatim with Romans 10:9 per baseline cross-document consistency rule.
Holy Spirit	πνεῦμα ἅγιον	Szentlélek	Critical	Reused (Romans baseline)	1:5, 2:4	The Holy Spirit and Pentecost	Personal, divine third Person; unchanged from baseline.
Father	πατήρ	Atya	Critical	Reused (Romans baseline)	1:4, 2:33	Apostolic Authority and Miracles	Standard; no new risk.
Resurrection (of Christ)	ἀνάστασις	feltámadás	Critical	Reused (Romans baseline)	1:22, 2:24, 2:31	The Gospel to Jews and Gentiles	Bodily, historical, unrepeatable; unchanged.
Resurrection (general, of the dead)	ἀνάστασις	feltámadás	Critical	Reused (Romans baseline), contextual extension	23:6, 24:15	—	Same rendering as Christ’s resurrection but applied to the general resurrection doctrine debated by Pharisees/Sadducees; add teaching note distinguishing the specific referent per occurrence.
Apostle	ἀπόστολος	apostol	Low	Reused (Romans baseline)	1:2	Apostolic Authority and Miracles	Unchanged from baseline.
Faith	πίστις	hit	High	Reused (Romans baseline)	3:16, 16:31	Justification apart from the Law	Unchanged from baseline.
Grace	χάρις	kegyelem	Critical	Reused (Romans baseline)	15:11	Justification apart from the Law	Must preserve the grace-versus-works contrast without resolving the Reformed/Catholic tension, exactly per baseline forbidden-substitution rule.
Righteousness	δικαιοσύνη	igazság	Critical	Reused (Romans baseline)	24:25	Justification apart from the Law	Note contextual breadth in 24:25 (ethical sense) vs. forensic sense in 13:39; disambiguate in teaching notes.
Justification	δικαίωσις / δικαιοῦσθαι	megigazulás	Critical	Reused (Romans baseline)	13:39	Justification apart from the Law	Central curriculum doctrine; verbatim-consistent with Romans usage required.
Salvation	σωτηρία	üdvösség	Critical	Reused (Romans baseline)	2:21, 4:12, 16:30-31	Justification apart from the Law / Gospel to Jews and Gentiles	Unchanged; assurance-divide note from baseline still applies.
Law	νόμος	törvény	High	Reused (Romans baseline)	10:14-15 (koinon/akatharton), 15:1, 15:5, 21:24	Justification apart from the Law	Central to the Jerusalem Council and Justification apart from the Law doctrine.
Sin	ἁμαρτία	bűn	Medium	Reused (Romans baseline)	2:38, 3:19, 26:18	Repentance and Baptism	Unchanged from baseline.
Gentiles	ἔθνη	pogányok / nemzetek	Medium	Reused (Romans baseline)	10:45, 11:1, 13:46-48, 15:7	The Gospel to Jews and Gentiles	Use “pogányok” for the ethnic-religious sense, “nemzetek” for the neutral “nations” sense, per baseline note.
Israel	Ἰσραήλ	Izrael	Low	Reused (Romans baseline)	1:6	The Gospel to Jews and Gentiles	Unchanged from baseline.
David	Δαυίδ	Dávid	Low	Reused (Romans baseline)	2:25, 2:29, 4:25	Fulfillment of Prophecy	Unchanged from baseline.
Holy / Saints	ἅγιος / ἅγιοι	szent / szentek	High	Reused (Romans baseline)	9:13 (“his saints”), 26:18	Church as Community	Retain baseline’s caution: corporate, all-believers sense, not a canonized-elite reading.
Sanctification	ἁγιασμός	megszentelődés	High	Reused (Romans baseline)	(implied, 26:18 “inheritance among the sanctified”)	Church as Community	Unchanged from baseline.
Calling / Called	κλῆσις / κλητός	elhívás / elhívott	Critical	Reused (Romans baseline)	2:39, 13:48	Justification apart from the Law	Same Reformed/Catholic fault line as baseline; do not adjudicate.
Election	ἐκλογή	kiválasztás	Critical	Reused (Romans baseline)	9:15 (vocational sense), 13:48 (soteriological sense)	Conversion of Paul / Justification apart from the Law	Distinguish vocational election (Paul’s mission) from soteriological election (13:48) in teaching notes; same fault line as baseline.
Covenant	διαθήκη	szövetség	Critical	Reused (Romans baseline)	2:39 (the promise), 3:25	Fulfillment of Prophecy	Unchanged from baseline.
Glory	δόξα	dicsőség	Medium	Reused (Romans baseline)	7:55, 12:23	Apostolic Authority and Miracles	Unchanged from baseline.
Power of God	δύναμις θεοῦ	Isten ereje	Medium	Reused (Romans baseline)	1:8, 2:22, 4:33	Apostolic Authority and Miracles	Unchanged from baseline.
Prophet / Prophecy	προφήτης / προφητεία	próféta / prófécia	Low	Reused (Romans baseline)	2:16-18, 3:22-24	Fulfillment of Prophecy	Unchanged from baseline.
Intercession	ἔντευξις (cf. 7:59-60 prayer to Christ)	közbenjárás	High	Reused (Romans baseline)	7:59-60	Persecution and Bold Witness	Stephen’s direct prayer to the exalted Christ reinforces the baseline’s Reformed-resonant reading (direct access, no saintly mediation needed); teach with the same sensitivity the baseline requires for Romans 8.
Providence	πρόνοια (cf. “the plan and foreknowledge of God,” 2:23; 27:23-24)	gondviselés	Critical	Reused (Romans baseline), heightened tier	2:23, 27:23	The Holy Spirit and Pentecost	In 2:23 this rises to Critical (paired with human guilt in the crucifixion); standard Medium/High elsewhere (27:23, physical deliverance).
Mission	ἀποστολή / πέμπω	misszió	Medium	Reused (Romans baseline)	13:2-4	The Great Commission Fulfilled	Unchanged from baseline.
Exhort	παρακαλέω	buzdítani	Low	Reused (Romans baseline)	11:23	Church as Community	Unchanged from baseline.
Thanksgiving	εὐχαριστία	hálaadás	Low	Reused (Romans baseline)	27:35	—	Unchanged from baseline; distinguish from 2:42’s ecclesial “breaking of bread.”
Fellowship	κοινωνία	közösség	Low	Reused (Romans baseline)	2:42	The Church as Community	Unchanged from baseline.
Church	ἐκκλησία	egyház	Medium	Reused (Romans baseline)	5:11, 8:1, 11:26, 20:28	The Church as Community	Unchanged from baseline; polity-neutral rendering required, see “overseers/elders” below.
Kingdom of God	βασιλεία τοῦ θεοῦ	Isten országa	Medium	Reused (Romans baseline)	1:3, 1:6, 28:31	The Great Commission Fulfilled	Unchanged from baseline.
Spiritual Gifts	χαρίσματα	lelki ajándékok	Medium	Reused (Romans baseline)	(conceptually parallel to 2:38’s “gift of the Spirit”)	The Holy Spirit and Pentecost	Must be kept distinct from “the gift of the Holy Spirit” (below), which denotes the Spirit himself, not his distributed enablements.
Peace	εἰρήνη	béke	Medium	Reused (Romans baseline)	9:31, 10:36	Gospel to Jews and Gentiles	Unchanged from baseline.
Obedience of Faith	ὑπακοὴ πίστεως (conceptually, cf. 6:7 “the faith”)	hitből fakadó engedelmesség	High	Reused (Romans baseline)	6:7	Repentance and Baptism	Unchanged from baseline.
Pentecost	πεντηκοστή	pünkösd	Medium–High	NEW	2:1	The Holy Spirit and Pentecost	Hungarian folk-festival associations (pünkösdölés, pünkösdi király-járás, pünkösdi rózsa) risk secularizing/folklorizing the term; teaching note required distinguishing the biblical salvation-historical event from folk customs.
Repentance	μετάνοια / μετανοέω	megtérés / megtérni (imperative: “térjetek meg”)	Critical	NEW	2:38	Repentance and Baptism	Catholic sacramental-confession framing vs. Reformed direct/unmediated-turning framing; translate Peter’s/Luke’s own claim without importing either system.
Baptism	βάπτισμα / βαπτίζω	keresztség / (meg)keresztelkedik	Critical	NEW	2:38	Repentance and Baptism	Infant-baptism (Catholic, Reformed) vs. believer’s-baptism (Baptist/free-church) divide within the Hungarian audience itself; translate Luke’s narrated sequence (repent → be baptized) without adjudicating mode, timing, or efficacy debates.
Forgiveness of sins	ἄφεσις ἁμαρτιῶν	bűnök bocsánata	High	NEW	2:38	Repentance and Baptism	Cross-reference with baseline bűn; the preposition eis (“for/unto forgiveness”) is exegetically debated (purpose vs. result) — flag for theologian review.
Gift of the Holy Spirit (the Spirit himself, as gift)	δωρεὰ τοῦ ἁγίου πνεύματος	a Szentlélek ajándéka	Critical	NEW	2:38	The Holy Spirit and Pentecost	Distinguish from lelki ajándékok (plural enablements, above); intersects Hungary’s charismatic/mainline divide over subsequent vs. simultaneous reception.
Tongues (Pentecost sign / known languages)	γλῶσσαι / ἑτέραι γλῶσσαι	nyelvek / más nyelvek	High	NEW	2:4	The Holy Spirit and Pentecost	Distinguish Acts 2’s miracle of known, intelligible human languages from any later technical charismatic/glossolalic sense; same Hungarian word covers both, requiring a disambiguating note at every occurrence (2:4; 10:46; 19:6).
Filled with the Holy Spirit (Spirit-filling)	ἐπλήσθησαν πνεύματος ἁγίου / πίμπλημι	megtelt(ek) Szentlélekkel	Critical	NEW	2:4	The Holy Spirit and Pentecost	Foundational, unrepeatable inauguration (mainline reading) vs. repeatable, personally normative experience (Hungarian charismatic-Pentecostal reading, esp. Hit Gyülekezete); do not adjudicate within the text.
Witnesses	μάρτυρες	tanúk	High	NEW	1:8, 2:32	Persecution and Bold Witness	Root of later vértanú (martyr) at 7:58-60; flag the semantic transition explicitly when reaching Stephen’s death.
Martyr (blood-witness)	(semantic development of μάρτυς)	vértanú	Medium	NEW	7:58-60 (narrative referent; Hungarian lexical distinction)	Persecution and Bold Witness	Hungarian preserves a distinct word for this developed sense; introduce explicitly at Stephen’s death, not before.
Boldness	παρρησία	bátorság	High	NEW	4:13	Persecution and Bold Witness	Doctrinal keyword recurring to 28:31; require consistent rendering across every occurrence per baseline cross-document consistency principle.
Sanhedrin / the council	συνέδριον	főtanács	Low–Medium	NEW	4:5	Persecution and Bold Witness	Historical-institutional term; brief background note recommended, no live doctrinal collision.
The Way (self-designation)	ἡ ὁδός	az Út	Medium	NEW	9:2	The Church as Community	Capitalize as proper self-designation; distinguish from generic “spiritual path” associations.
Deacon / service	διάκονος / διακονία	diakónus / szolgálat	High	NEW	6:1-4	The Church as Community	Catholic sacramental-order reading vs. Reformed non-sacramental elected-office reading; translate Acts 6’s own narrative without assuming either later system.
Laying on of hands	ἐπίθεσις τῶν χειρῶν	kézrátétel	High	NEW	6:6	Apostolic Authority and Miracles	Catholic sacramental (Confirmation/Orders) reading vs. Reformed non-sacramental commissioning reading; render each Acts occurrence per its own narrative function.
Son of Man	ὁ υἱὸς τοῦ ἀνθρώπου	az Emberfia	Critical	NEW	7:56	Conversion of Paul / Apostolic Authority	Distinguish carefully from baseline Isten Fia (Son of God) — complementary, not interchangeable, titles.
Hellenists	Ἑλληνισταί	hellenisták	Low	NEW	6:1	The Gospel to Jews and Gentiles	Historical-background note; no live Hungarian collision.
Samaritans	Σαμαρῖται	szamaritánusok	Low–Medium	NEW	8:5	The Gospel to Jews and Gentiles	Historical-background note on Jewish-Samaritan estrangement recommended.
God-fearer (Gentile technical sense)	φοβούμενος τὸν θεόν	istenfélő	Medium	NEW	10:2	The Gospel to Jews and Gentiles	Disambiguate from the devout-Jew sense of the same Hungarian word at 2:5 (baseline εὐλαβεῖς).
Common or unclean	κοινός / ἀκάθαρτος	közönséges / tisztátalan	High	NEW	10:14-15	Justification apart from the Law	Ceremonial law relativized as a Jew-Gentile boundary marker; must not be over-extended to imply moral law is abrogated.
God shows no partiality	οὐ προσωπολημψία	Isten nem személyválasztó	High	NEW	10:34	The Gospel to Jews and Gentiles	Narrative enactment of baseline “Unity of Jews and Gentiles” (Medium-risk); cross-reference for consistency.
Christians (name)	Χριστιανοί	keresztények	Low	NEW	11:26	The Church as Community	Standard, universal term across all Hungarian traditions; historical-origin note only.
Elders	πρεσβύτεροι	vének / presbiterek	High	NEW	14:23, 15:2, 20:17	The Church as Community	Must remain consistent across every occurrence through the end of Acts; paired with “overseers” at 20:28.
Overseers / bishops	ἐπίσκοποι	püspökök / felügyelők	Critical	NEW	20:28	The Church as Community	Sharpest polity-sensitive term-pair in the book: Catholic hierarchical-episcopal reading vs. Reformed parity-of-elders reading. Acts 20:17, 28 uses “elders” and “overseers” for the same persons — render this fact plainly; flag every occurrence for theologian review.
Yoke (of the law)	ζυγός	iga	High	NEW	15:10	Justification apart from the Law	Rejects Mosaic law as a salvation-condition, not moral obligation generally; requires careful framing for a Catholic-formed audience.
Apostolic decree	(theological name for 15:23-29)	az apostoli határozat	Medium	NEW	15:23-29	Justification apart from the Law	Pastoral accommodation, not a re-imposition of law as salvation-condition; frame alongside 15:11’s grace statement.
Household baptism	ὁ οἶκος ἐβαπτίσθη	háza népe megkeresztelkedett	Critical	NEW	16:15, 16:33	Repentance and Baptism	Cited by paedobaptists and credobaptists alike for opposing conclusions; translate the narrative claim without adjudicating scope.
Idols	εἴδωλα	bálványok	Low	NEW	15:20, 17:16, 17:29	Gospel to Jews and Gentiles	Standard term; low risk.
Unknown god	ἄγνωστος θεός	ismeretlen isten	Medium	NEW	17:23	The Great Commission Fulfilled	Model for engaging religious plurality toward exclusive proclamation, not endorsing pluralism.
Vision	ὅραμα / ὀπτασία	látomás	Medium	NEW	9:10, 10:3, 16:9, 26:19	Conversion of Paul	Standard revelatory-vision term; low collision risk in Hungarian, occasional need to distinguish from generic dream/mystical usage.
Unhindered	ἀκωλύτως	akadálytalanul	Medium	NEW	28:31	The Great Commission Fulfilled	Fitting closing term; connect explicitly to 1:8 and 2’s Pentecost inauguration in teaching notes.

Summary Risk Counts (Acts-specific NEW terms only)

Risk Tier	Count of NEW Acts terms
Critical	7 (Repentance, Baptism, Gift of the Holy Spirit, Filled with the Holy Spirit, Son of Man, Overseers/Bishops, Household Baptism)
High	10 (Forgiveness of sins, Tongues, Witnesses, Boldness, Deacon/service, Laying on of hands, Common or unclean, God shows no partiality, Elders, Yoke)
Medium	9 (Pentecost, Martyr, The Way, Hellenists, Samaritans, God-fearer, Apostolic decree, Unknown god, Vision, Unhindered — note: 10 listed, count reflects overlap with Sanhedrin at Low-Medium)
Low	5 (Sanhedrin, Hellenists [Low-Medium], Christians, Idols, Samaritans [Low-Medium])

Note: several terms straddle two adjacent tiers (e.g., “Low–Medium,” “Medium–High”) reflecting genuine uncertainty documented in the semantic analysis; final tier assignment for translation_memory.json should be resolved by the human theologian reviewer during Phase 2 Step 17 routing, per baseline escalation rules.

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This glossary must be merged into an updated translation_memory.json (version incremented) before any Phase 2 segment translation of Acts begins, per the baseline 12_ai_translation_requirements.md Translation Memory Load and Enforcement Instructions. All “Reused (Romans baseline)” entries must not be altered. All “NEW” entries require theologian sign-off for Critical/High tiers before translation memory is finalized.

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Critical Risk Terms

God

Approved rendering: Isten
Doctrine: Deity of Christ / The Holy Spirit and Pentecost (Trinity)
Original: θεός
Category: God

Inherited from Romans package; unchanged for Acts. Standard, unambiguous across all Hungarian Christian traditions.

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Jesus

Approved rendering: Jézus
Doctrine: Lordship of Christ / Conversion of Paul
Original: Ἰησοῦς
Category: Christology

Inherited from Romans package; unchanged. Standard proper name across all Hungarian Bible traditions.

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Christ Title

Approved rendering: Krisztus
Doctrine: Messianic Promise / Lordship of Christ
Original: Χριστός
Category: Christology

Formalizes, for this curriculum, the established proper-name convention implicit in the baseline: use ‘Krisztus’ for the name/title as part of Jesus’ name in running narrative text (e.g., Acts 2:38, ‘Jézus Krisztus nevében’), reserving ‘Messiás’ for discussion of the doctrinal concept of the Anointed One. Apply consistently across every Acts occurrence.

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Lord

Approved rendering: Úr
Doctrine: Lordship of Christ
Original: κύριος
Category: Christology

Inherited from Romans package. Acts 2:21 (‘whoever calls on the name of the Lord’) and 16:31 must render ‘Úr’ verbatim-consistent with the baseline’s Romans 10:9-13 rendering, per cross-document consistency. Acts 2:34-36’s double ‘Úr’ (Psalm 110 citation, two distinct referents) must preserve the referential distinction (e.g., ‘az Úr [Isten]… az én Uramnak [Krisztusnak]’).

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Holy Spirit

Approved rendering: Szentlélek
Doctrine: The Holy Spirit and Pentecost
Original: πνεῦμα ἅγιον
Category: God

Inherited from Romans package. Must never be rendered with a term for an impersonal force; Acts’ Pentecost narrative (2:1-4:31, 8:15-20, 10:44-46, 19:1-6) depends on this Person’s full deity and agency. Excludes the Watchtower/NWT-hu ‘impersonal active force’ framing (see 12_ai_translation_requirements.md forbidden substitutions).

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Father

Approved rendering: Atya
Doctrine: Ascension of Christ / Adoption into God’s Family
Original: πατήρ
Category: God

Inherited from Romans package. Source of the promised Spirit (Acts 1:4, 2:33).

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Grace

Approved rendering: kegyelem
Doctrine: Grace
Rejected alternatives: kegyelem mint érdemek által gyarapítható, szentségek közvetítette adomány (tridenti értelmezés), kegyelem mint kizárólag ellenállhatatlan, monergista adomány, szinergizmus lehetősége nélkül
Original: χάρις
Category: Salvation

Inherited from Romans package, unchanged. Acts 15:11’s Jerusalem Council statement (‘we are saved through the grace of the Lord Jesus, just as they are’) is the clearest Acts-wide parallel to the baseline’s grace-versus-merit caution; also occurs 18:27, 20:24, 20:32.

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Righteousness

Approved rendering: igazság
Doctrine: Salvation / Justification apart from the Law
Original: δικαιοσύνη
Category: Salvation

Inherited from Romans package. Acts 24:25 uses the word in a broader ethical sense (righteous living, before Felix) alongside the forensic sense fixed at 13:39; disambiguate by teaching-note context, not by lexical substitution.

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Justification

Approved rendering: megigazulás
Doctrine: Justification apart from the Law
Rejected alternatives: fokozatos belső megszentelődés kizárólag, jogi kijelentés nélkül (tridenti értelmezés)
Original: δικαιοῦσθαι / δικαίωσις
Category: Salvation

Inherited from Romans package. Acts 13:38-39 is the single most explicit justification-apart-from-the-law statement in Acts and must be rendered verbatim-consistent with the Romans baseline usage.

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Salvation

Approved rendering: üdvösség
Doctrine: Salvation
Original: σωτηρία
Category: Salvation

Inherited from Romans package. Acts 2:21, 4:12, 16:30-31 all reuse this exactly; the baseline’s Reformed-perseverance/Catholic-ongoing-uncertainty assurance-divide note still applies wherever Acts touches assurance themes.

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Calling

Approved rendering: elhívás
Doctrine: Election and Effectual Calling
Rejected alternatives: ellenállhatatlan elhívás mint kizárólagos érvényes olvasat, katolikus szinergizmus kizárásával
Original: κλῆσις / κλητός
Category: Salvation

Inherited from Romans package. Acts 2:39 (‘as many as the Lord our God calls’) is the Acts occurrence of this fault line.

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Resurrection

Approved rendering: feltámadás
Doctrine: Resurrection of Christ

Inherited from Romans package as the fixed rendering for Christ’s own, unique, bodily resurrection (Acts 1:22, 2:24-32, 4:2, 4:33, 17:31-32, 26:23). See NEW term ‘general_resurrection’ below for the distinct eschatological referent this same Hungarian word must also cover from Acts 23 onward.

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Son Of God

Approved rendering: Isten Fia
Doctrine: Sonship of Christ
Rejected alternatives: Isten fia általános értelemben, minden hívőre alkalmazva

Inherited from Romans package. Acts 9:20: Paul’s immediate post-conversion proclamation ‘that Jesus is the Son of God.’ Must be kept distinct from the NEW term ‘az Emberfia’ (Son of Man, Acts 7:56) — complementary but non-interchangeable titles.

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Messiah

Approved rendering: Messiás
Doctrine: Messianic Promise
Original: Χριστός / מָשִׁיחַ
Category: Christology

Inherited from Romans package. Acts 2:31, 2:36, 3:18, 9:22, 17:3, 18:5, 18:28.

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Covenant

Approved rendering: szövetség
Doctrine: Davidic Covenant / Fulfillment of Prophecy
Rejected alternatives: szövetség kizárólag jogi vagy politikai szerződésként
Original: διαθήκη / ἐπαγγελία
Category: Covenant

Inherited from Romans package. Acts 2:39’s ‘the promise’ (epangelia) and 3:25 tie directly to this fixed entry.

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Election

Approved rendering: kiválasztás
Doctrine: Election and Effectual Calling / Conversion of Paul
Rejected alternatives: kiválasztás, mely emberi együttműködés nélkül értelmezhetetlen (szinergista olvasat kényszerítése), kiválasztás mint szabad akarat nélküli, vak végzet (fatalista félreolvasás)
Original: ἐκλογή / σκεῦος ἐκλογῆς
Category: Salvation

Inherited from Romans package. Acts introduces two distinct occurrences of this same Hungarian word: 9:15’s vocational election of Paul (‘kiválasztott eszköz’) and 13:48’s soteriological election (‘appointed to eternal life’) — the latter is one of the most Calvinist-resonant single clauses in the NT outside Romans 9. Distinguish the two referents in teaching notes without altering the single Hungarian rendering.

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Providence

Approved rendering: gondviselés / Isten elhatározott terve
Doctrine: Providence and God’s Sovereign Plan
Original: πρόνοια (cf. Acts 2:23’s “determined plan and foreknowledge”; 27:23-24)
Category: God

Inherited from Romans package, HEIGHTENED to Critical for this curriculum. At Acts 2:23 and 4:27-28, God’s determined plan and foreknowledge is paired with direct human moral culpability (‘you crucified’) in the same breath — exactly the Reformed/Catholic sovereignty-vs-agency fault line documented for Romans 8-9. Acts 27:23-24’s physical-deliverance sense may be handled at the baseline’s original Medium/High tier. Full phrase for 2:23: ‘Isten elhatározott terve és előretudása szerint.‘

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Imputed Righteousness

Approved rendering: beszámított igazság
Doctrine: Justification apart from the Law
Rejected alternatives: befogadott/beoltott igazság mint kizárólag belső átalakulás (tridenti értelmezés)

Inherited from Romans package. Not independently re-argued in Acts, but retained for cross-curriculum consistency since Acts 13:39’s justification statement stands on the same forensic ground as Romans 4.

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Son Of Man

Approved rendering: az Emberfia
Doctrine: Deity and Sonship of Christ, including the title “Son of Man”
Rejected alternatives: az Emberfia és Isten Fia szinonimaként kezelve
Original: ὁ υἱὸς τοῦ ἀνθρώπου
Category: Christology

NEW. Acts 7:56, Stephen’s vision of Christ’s present heavenly glory and authority. Must not be conflated with or treated as interchangeable with ‘Isten Fia’ — both true, biblical, but distinct emphases (glorified humanity/eschatological authority vs. eternal divine sonship).

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Ascension

Approved rendering: felvitetett / mennybemenetel
Doctrine: Ascension of Christ
Original: ἀνελήμφθη
Category: Christology

NEW. Acts 1:9-11, 2:33-35. Shared, uncontested doctrine across Hungarian Catholic and Reformed traditions, liturgically commemorated on ‘Áldozócsütörtök’ (Ascension Day). Critical tier reflects doctrinal weight (the hinge to Christ’s heavenly enthronement and the Pentecost gift), not internal confessional division.

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Repentance

Approved rendering: megtérés (felszólító mód: “térjetek meg”)
Doctrine: Repentance
Original: μετάνοια / μετανοέω
Category: Salvation

NEW Critical term for this curriculum. Catholic Hungarian tradition channels ongoing repentance through sacramental Confession (gyónás); Hungarian Reformed tradition holds no sacramental confession, reading repentance as direct, unmediated turning to God. Acts 2:38, 3:19, 8:22, 11:18, 17:30, 20:21, 26:20. Translate Luke’s own claim (a first, gospel-response turning to God) without importing either tradition’s developed penitential system.

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Baptism

Approved rendering: keresztség / (meg)keresztelkedik
Doctrine: Repentance and Baptism
Original: βάπτισμα / βαπτίζω
Category: Salvation

NEW Critical term. Both the Hungarian Catholic majority and the Hungarian Reformed Church practice and value infant baptism; a historically significant Hungarian Baptist/free-church tradition holds believer’s baptism upon personal repentance and faith as the only valid baptism — the very pattern Acts 2:38-41 itself narrates for responsible adults. Translate Peter’s actual sequence (repent, then be baptized) without adjudicating mode, timing, or infant-inclusion questions.

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Household Baptism

Approved rendering: háza népe megkeresztelkedett
Doctrine: Repentance and Baptism
Original: ὁ οἶκος (αὐτοῦ) ἐβαπτίσθη
Category: Salvation

NEW Critical term. Acts 16:15 (Lydia), 16:33 (the jailer). Regularly cited by paedobaptist traditions as supporting evidence for infant baptism and by credobaptist traditions as referring only to believing household members; translate the narrative claim without adjudicating what ‘household’ entailed regarding age or personal profession.

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Gift Of The Holy Spirit

Approved rendering: a Szentlélek ajándéka
Doctrine: The Gift of the Holy Spirit
Original: δωρεὰ τοῦ ἁγίου πνεύματος
Category: Pneumatology

NEW Critical term. Must be kept distinct from ‘lelki ajándékok’ (spiritual gifts, the Spirit’s distributed enablements). Acts 2:38, 8:15-20, 10:45, 11:17, 19:2. Intersects Hungary’s charismatic-mainline divide over whether reception is simultaneous with conversion/baptism (majority Catholic/Reformed reading) or a distinguishable subsequent experience often evidenced by tongues (Hungary’s Pentecostal-charismatic movement, notably Hit Gyülekezete). Translate Peter’s actual promise (2:38-39) without settling this question.

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Filled With The Holy Spirit

Approved rendering: megtelt(ek) Szentlélekkel
Doctrine: Repeated Filling with the Holy Spirit / The Holy Spirit and Pentecost
Original: ἐπλήσθησαν πνεύματος ἁγίου / πίμπλημι
Category: Pneumatology

NEW Critical term. Acts 2:4 (foundational), then repeated at 4:8, 4:31, 9:17, 13:9, 19:6. Mainline Catholic/Reformed reading treats Pentecost as unique/unrepeatable and later fillings as confirmatory; Hungary’s Pentecostal-charismatic movement (notably Hit Gyülekezete) reads the pattern as a normative, repeatable experience for every believer. Render each instance plainly; do not adjudicate.

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Overseers Bishops

Approved rendering: püspökök / felügyelők
Doctrine: Church Polity: Elders and Overseers
Original: ἐπίσκοποι
Category: Church

NEW Critical term; the sharpest polity-sensitive term-pair in Acts. Acts 20:28, used for the same persons Luke calls ‘elders’ at 20:17 in the same breath. Catholic ecclesiology developed ‘episkopos’ into a bishop’s office within a threefold, sacramentally-ordained hierarchy in apostolic succession, sharply distinguished from and superior to the presbyterate; the Hungarian Reformed Church’s polity treats ‘presbiter’ and the overseeing function as the same office exercised by a plurality of parity elders, explicitly rejecting a separate monarchical-episcopal order. Render this fact plainly and let Luke’s own datum stand without resolving the later historical church-polity debate; flag every occurrence for theologian review. Prefer the narrower lexical gap (‘vének’/‘felügyelők’) over the wider one (‘vének’/‘püspökök’) to avoid pre-loading a hierarchical-episcopal reading, per the translation landscape analysis, while retaining ‘püspökök’ as an attested alternative rendering.

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High Risk Terms

Faith

Approved rendering: hit
Doctrine: Faith / Justification apart from the Law
Original: πίστις
Category: Faith

Inherited from Romans package. Paired with repentance throughout Acts (e.g., 16:31, 20:21).

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Saints

Approved rendering: szentek
Doctrine: Sainthood (Called to be Holy)
Rejected alternatives: szentek mint kizárólagosan kanonizált, közbenjárásra kért személyek (katolikus olvasat)

Inherited from Romans package. Occurs at Acts 9:13, 26:18; retain the baseline’s caution that ‘szentek’ denotes all believers corporately, not a canonized elite.

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Sanctification

Approved rendering: megszentelődés
Doctrine: Sanctification
Original: ἁγιασμός
Category: Church

Inherited from Romans package. Implied at Acts 26:18 (‘an inheritance among the sanctified’).

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Incarnation

Approved rendering: megtestesülés
Doctrine: Incarnation

Inherited from Romans package. Not independently exposited in Acts but underlies the seed-of-David/Nazarene vocabulary (Acts 2:29-30, 13:22-23).

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Law

Approved rendering: törvény
Doctrine: Justification apart from the Law
Original: νόμος
Category: Covenant

Inherited from Romans package. Central to the Jerusalem Council (ch. 15) and Acts 13:38-39.

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Obedience Of Faith

Approved rendering: hitből fakadó engedelmesség
Doctrine: Obedience of Faith
Rejected alternatives: törvény szerinti engedelmesség, hit nélkül
Original: ὑπακοὴ πίστεως (conceptually, cf. Acts 6:7’s “the faith”)
Category: Faith

Inherited from Romans package. Acts 6:7 (‘a great many… became obedient to the faith’).

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Intercession

Approved rendering: közbenjárás
Doctrine: Prayer and Intercession / Persecution and Bold Witness
Rejected alternatives: kizárólag szentek és Mária közbenjárása mint szükséges (katolikus olvasat)
Original: (cf. Acts 7:59-60’s prayer to the exalted Christ)
Category: Faith

Inherited from Romans package. Acts 7:59-60 (Stephen’s dying prayer directly to the exalted Christ) reinforces the baseline’s Reformed-resonant direct-access reading; teach with the same sensitivity the baseline requires for Romans 8.

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General Resurrection

Approved rendering: a halottak feltámadása
Doctrine: General Resurrection of the Dead
Original: ἀνάστασις (νεκρῶν)
Category: Eschatology

NEW. Acts 23:6-8, 24:15, 24:21, 26:8. Uses the same base word as Christ’s own resurrection (‘feltámadás’) but names the distinct, general eschatological referent debated by Pharisees and Sadducees. A disambiguating teaching note is required at every occurrence given Hungarian folk-Catholic afterlife intuitions adjacent to purgatory.

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Forgiveness Of Sins

Approved rendering: bűnök bocsánata
Doctrine: Forgiveness of Sins
Original: ἄφεσις ἁμαρτιῶν
Category: Salvation

NEW High-risk term, closely related to but distinct from ‘megigazulás’: forgiveness emphasizes cancellation of the debt/record of sin rather than positive imputed righteous status. Acts 2:38, 3:19, 5:31, 10:43, 13:38, 26:18. The Greek preposition behind ‘for the forgiveness of sins’ (2:38) is exegetically debated as marking purpose vs. result/basis, intersecting the Catholic/Reformed baptismal-efficacy debate; flag for theologian review.

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Pentecost

Approved rendering: pünkösd
Doctrine: The Holy Spirit and Pentecost
Original: πεντηκοστή
Category: Pneumatology

NEW High-risk term. Hungarian folk-festival associations (‘pünkösdölés,’ ‘pünkösdi király/királyné-járás,’ ‘pünkösdi rózsa’ the peony) risk folklorizing the biblical event (Acts 2:1); a standing teaching note distinguishing the fulfillment of the Jewish Feast of Weeks/outpouring of the Spirit from these folk customs is mandatory at first occurrence.

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Tongues

Approved rendering: más nyelveken
Doctrine: Tongues as a Sign of the Spirit
Original: γλῶσσαι / ἑτέραι γλῶσσαι
Category: Pneumatology

NEW High-risk term. Acts 2:4-11 (confirmed as real, known human languages by 2:6,8,11’s ‘dialektos’), 10:46, 19:6. Hungarian, like English, uses one word (‘nyelv’) for both known human language and the distinct contemporary charismatic technical category (‘nyelveken szólás’/glossolalia); a disambiguating note anchoring the referent to intelligible language is required at every occurrence.

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Circumcision

Approved rendering: körülmetélkedés
Doctrine: Justification apart from the Law
Original: περιτέμνεσθαι / περιτομή
Category: Covenant

NEW High-risk term. Acts 15:1, 15:5. Central to the Jerusalem Council’s controversy over whether Gentile believers must be circumcised and keep the law of Moses to be saved; flag alongside ‘törvény’ and ‘iga’ for theologian review.

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Yoke

Approved rendering: iga
Doctrine: Justification apart from the Law
Original: ζυγός
Category: Covenant

NEW High-risk term. Acts 15:10, Peter’s rhetorical question about ‘a yoke that neither we nor our fathers could bear.’ A rhetorically forceful metaphor that must not be softened; must not be read by a Catholic-formed audience as a wholesale rejection of moral obligation generally, but specifically as rejection of Mosaic ceremonial/identity-marking law as a salvation-condition.

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Common Or Unclean

Approved rendering: közönséges vagy tisztátalan
Doctrine: Relativizing of Ceremonial Law for Gentile Inclusion
Original: κοινός / ἀκάθαρτος
Category: Covenant

NEW High-risk term. Acts 10:14-15, 10:28. Peter’s vision relativizes Mosaic dietary/purity categories as a Jew-Gentile boundary marker; must not be over-extended in translation to imply the moral law is likewise abrogated.

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God Shows No Partiality

Approved rendering: Isten nem személyválasztó
Doctrine: Unity of Jews and Gentiles / The Gospel to Jews and Gentiles
Original: οὐ προσωπολημψία
Category: Church

NEW High-risk term. Acts 10:34-35, Peter’s programmatic conclusion. Cross-reference with the baseline’s Medium-risk ‘Unity of Jews and Gentiles’ entry for consistency; here it receives its narrative enactment.

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Breaking Of Bread

Approved rendering: a kenyér megtörése
Doctrine: The Breaking of Bread
Original: κλάσις τοῦ ἄρτου
Category: Church

NEW High-risk term. Acts 2:42, 2:46, 20:7, 20:11. Sits directly at the historic Catholic-Reformed sacramental divide over the Lord’s Supper’s nature (real presence vs. memorial/spiritual views). Acts itself teaches no developed eucharistic theology; translate the descriptive narrative claim without importing either tradition’s later systematic sacramental theology. Distinguish from Acts 27:35’s ordinary, non-ecclesial shipboard meal (see ‘thanksgiving’).

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Elders

Approved rendering: vének / presbiterek
Doctrine: Church Polity: Elders and Overseers
Original: πρεσβύτεροι
Category: Church

NEW High-risk term. Acts 14:23 (first appointment), 15:2-23, 16:4, 20:17, 21:18. Must remain fully consistent across every occurrence through the end of Acts; paired with ‘overseers/bishops’ at Acts 20:17, 28.

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Deacon Service

Approved rendering: szolgálat / diakónus
Doctrine: Deacons and Diaconal Service
Original: διακονία / διάκονος
Category: Church

NEW High-risk term. Acts 6:1-6. Catholic tradition developed the diaconate into a sacramental, ordained clerical order; the Hungarian Reformed Church’s ‘diakónus/diakonissza’ office is non-sacramental, often lay or semi-lay, elected ministry of mercy and administration. Translate Acts 6’s own practical, need-driven appointment narrative without assuming either tradition’s later developed office.

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Laying On Of Hands

Approved rendering: kézrátétel
Doctrine: Laying On of Hands
Original: ἐπίθεσις τῶν χειρῶν
Category: Church

NEW High-risk term. Acts 6:6, 8:17-19, 9:17, 13:3, 19:6 — four distinct narrative functions (commissioning, Spirit-reception, healing, ordination/sending) rendered by one Hungarian phrase. Catholic sacramental theology (Confirmation/Holy Orders) treats this rite as conferring sacramental grace through apostolic succession; Hungarian Reformed practice denies it confers grace ex opere operato. Render each occurrence per its own narrative function.

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Witnesses

Approved rendering: tanúk
Doctrine: Persecution and Bold Witness
Original: μάρτυρες
Category: Church

NEW High-risk term. Acts 1:8, 1:22, 2:32, 3:15, 10:39, 13:31. Root of the later, distinct Hungarian word ‘vértanú’ (martyr). Use consistently through Acts 1-6 for ordinary/apostolic testimony; do not introduce ‘vértanú’ before Stephen’s death.

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Boldness

Approved rendering: bátorság
Doctrine: Persecution and Bold Witness
Original: παρρησία
Category: Church

NEW High-risk term. Acts 4:13, 4:29, 4:31, 9:27-28, 14:3, 19:8, 28:31 — the book’s final-verse keyword. Require strict cross-occurrence consistency per the baseline’s cross-document consistency principle.

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Medium Risk Terms

Abba

Approved rendering: Abba
Doctrine: Adoption into God’s Family

Inherited from Romans package. Not textually present in Acts itself; retained only for cross-curriculum vocabulary consistency alongside ‘Atya’ should teaching material cross-reference Romans 8:15.

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Called

Approved rendering: elhívott
Doctrine: Divine Calling

Inherited from Romans package. Context-sensitive across Acts as in Romans.

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Holy

Approved rendering: szent
Doctrine: Separation unto God’s Service

Inherited from Romans package.

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Peace

Approved rendering: béke
Doctrine: Peace with God
Original: εἰρήνη
Category: Salvation

Inherited from Romans package. Acts 9:31, 10:36.

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Spiritual Gifts

Approved rendering: lelki ajándékok
Doctrine: Spiritual Gifts
Original: χαρίσματα
Category: Pneumatology

Inherited from Romans package. Must be kept lexically distinct from the NEW Critical term ‘a Szentlélek ajándéka’ (the gift of the Holy Spirit himself, Acts 2:38), which denotes the Spirit as gift, not his distributed enablements.

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Church

Approved rendering: egyház
Doctrine: Church as God’s People
Original: ἐκκλησία
Category: Church

Inherited from Romans package. First Lukan use at Acts 5:11; also 8:1, 11:26, 20:28. Polity-neutral rendering required; see NEW terms ‘elders’ and ‘overseers_bishops.‘

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Kingdom Of God

Approved rendering: Isten országa
Doctrine: Kingdom Mission
Original: βασιλεία τοῦ θεοῦ
Category: Kingdom

Inherited from Romans package. Bookends Acts at 1:3, 1:6 and 28:23, 28:31.

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Sin

Approved rendering: bűn
Doctrine: Universal Human Accountability
Original: ἁμαρτία
Category: Sin

Inherited from Romans package. Acts 2:38, 3:19, 26:18.

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Gentiles

Approved rendering: pogányok / nemzetek
Doctrine: The Gospel to Jews and Gentiles
Original: ἔθνη
Category: Church

Inherited from Romans package. Use ‘pogányok’ for the ethnic-religious sense, ‘nemzetek’ for the neutral ‘nations’ sense, per the established baseline convention; Acts’ warmly inclusive narrative tone toward Gentile converts must not be undercut by ‘pogányok’’s stronger connotation.

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Glory

Approved rendering: dicsőség
Doctrine: Deity of Christ
Original: δόξα
Category: God

Inherited from Romans package. Acts 7:55 (Stephen’s vision), 12:23 (Herod, negatively).

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Power Of God

Approved rendering: Isten ereje
Doctrine: Apostolic Authority and Miracles
Original: δύναμις θεοῦ
Category: God

Inherited from Romans package. Acts 1:8, 2:22, 4:33.

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Mission

Approved rendering: misszió
Doctrine: The Great Commission Fulfilled
Original: ἀποστολή / πέμπω
Category: Church

Inherited from Romans package. Acts 13:2-4. Lower colonial-connotation risk in Hungarian than in some other language pairs.

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Seed Of David

Approved rendering: Dávid leszármazottja
Doctrine: Davidic Covenant
Original: σπέρμα Δαυίδ
Category: Covenant

Inherited from Romans package. Cf. Acts 2:29-30, 13:22-23.

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God Fearer

Approved rendering: istenfélő
Doctrine: The Gospel to Jews and Gentiles
Original: φοβούμενος τὸν θεόν / εὐλαβής
Category: Church

NEW Medium-risk term. Technical designation for Gentile sympathizers (Acts 10:2, 13:16), distinct from the devout-Jew sense of the same Hungarian adjective at Acts 2:5 (‘eulabeis’). A disambiguating note is required at first occurrence of each sense to prevent conflation.

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Samaritans

Approved rendering: szamaritánusok
Doctrine: The Gospel to Jews and Gentiles
Original: Σαμαρῖται
Category: Church

NEW Medium-risk term. Acts 8:4-25. Requires a historical-background note on Jewish-Samaritan estrangement; the pastoral point (the gospel reaches even historically despised outsiders) should be preserved in teaching.

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Signs And Wonders

Approved rendering: csodák és jelek
Doctrine: Apostolic Authority and Miracles
Original: σημεῖα καὶ τέρατα (δυνάμεσι)
Category: God

NEW Medium-risk term, distinct from but related to ‘Isten ereje.’ Acts 2:22, 4:30, 5:12, 14:3, 15:12. Retain the compact two-word phrase rather than reducing to a single generic ‘miracle’ word, preserving the sign’s pointing-beyond-itself function.

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Magician Sorcery

Approved rendering: mágia / mágus
Doctrine: Contrast between Spirit-Given Power and Purchased/Occult Power
Original: μαγεία / μάγος
Category: God

NEW Medium-risk term. Acts 8:9-24 (Simon), 13:6-11 (Elymas), 19:19 (burning of magic scrolls at Ephesus). Relevant contrast for a modern Hungarian context where esoteric/occult practices retain some cultural presence; teach the sharp Acts distinction between the Spirit’s freely given gift and any purchasable or manipulable spiritual power.

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Unknown God

Approved rendering: ismeretlen isten
Doctrine: The Great Commission Fulfilled
Original: ἄγνωστος θεός
Category: Church

NEW Medium-risk term. Acts 17:23, the Athenian altar inscription Paul cites. Useful teaching model for engaging religious plurality toward exclusive proclamation, not an endorsement of pluralism.

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Nazarene

Approved rendering: a nazáreti Jézus
Doctrine: Incarnation / Deity and Sonship of Christ
Original: Ναζωραῖος
Category: Christology

NEW Medium-risk term. Acts 2:22. Anti-docetic emphasis: grounds Jesus’ exalted, cosmic titles in the concrete, verifiable human history of a known man from a known town.

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Sharing Of Possessions

Approved rendering: közösen volt mindenük
Doctrine: Sharing of Possessions
Original: πάντα κοινά / εἶχον ἅπαντα κοινά
Category: Church

NEW Medium-risk term. Acts 2:44-45, 4:32-37; Ananias and Sapphira’s judgment (5:1-11) underscores the sharing was voluntary. Given 20th-century Hungarian historical experience of state-imposed collectivization under communism, a mandatory teaching note must clarify this is voluntary, Spirit-motivated generosity, not a political-economic prescription.

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The Way

Approved rendering: az Út
Doctrine: The Church as Community / Conversion of Paul
Original: ἡ ὁδός
Category: Church

NEW Medium-risk term. Acts 9:2, 19:9, 19:23, 22:4, 24:14, 24:22. Capitalize as the movement’s own self-designation; distinguish from generic ‘spiritual path’ associations some New Age or syncretistic Hungarian usage might suggest.

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Martyr

Approved rendering: vértanú
Doctrine: Persecution and Bold Witness
Original: (semantic development of μάρτυς, narrative referent at Acts 7:58-60)
Category: Church

NEW Medium-risk term. First concrete narrative referent at Stephen’s death (Acts 7:58-60), again at James’s death (12:2). Introduce this word explicitly and only at this narrative point, with a note marking the semantic transition from ‘tanú.‘

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Sanhedrin

Approved rendering: főtanács
Doctrine: Persecution and Bold Witness
Original: τὸ συνέδριον
Category: Church

NEW Medium-risk term. Acts 4:5-7:1, 22:30-23:10. Brief historical-background note recommended for readers unfamiliar with Second Temple Jewish institutions; must not be confused with any modern governmental body.

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Unhindered

Approved rendering: akadálytalanul
Doctrine: The Great Commission Fulfilled
Original: ἀκωλύτως
Category: Kingdom

NEW Medium-risk term. Acts 28:31, the book’s deliberately open-ended final word. Teaching notes should connect it back explicitly to Acts 1:8’s ‘ends of the earth’ and to Pentecost’s inauguration in ch. 2.

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Vision

Approved rendering: látomás
Doctrine: Conversion of Paul
Original: ὅραμα / ὀπτασία
Category: Faith

NEW Medium-risk term. Acts 9:10, 10:3, 16:9-10, 26:19. Standard revelatory-vision vocabulary; occasional need to distinguish from generic dream/mystical usage in popular Hungarian religious speech.

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Apostolic Decree

Approved rendering: az apostoli határozat
Doctrine: Justification apart from the Law
Original: (theological name for the letter of Acts 15:23-29)
Category: Covenant

NEW Medium-risk term. The Jerusalem Council’s negotiated minimal-requirements letter to Gentile believers (Acts 15:23-29). Requires careful framing distinguishing this pastoral accommodation from any suggestion that salvation requires law-keeping, consistent with the grace statement of 15:11 immediately preceding it.

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Vow

Approved rendering: fogadalom
Doctrine: Justification apart from the Law
Original: εὐχή
Category: Covenant

NEW Medium-risk term. Acts 21:23-24, Paul’s voluntary participation in a Jewish purification/Nazirite-type vow. Requires a teaching note distinguishing this cultural/pastoral accommodation from any suggestion that law-observance is required for salvation, consistent with the Jerusalem Council’s ruling.

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Hades Sheol

Approved rendering: a sírbirodalom / Hádész
Doctrine: Resurrection of Christ / General Resurrection of the Dead
Rejected alternatives: pokol (a végső büntetés helye, Gyehenna, tévesen egyenlővé téve Hádésszel/Seollal)

NEW Medium-risk term. Acts 2:27, 2:31 (Psalm 16 citation). Neutral abode of the dead (Hebrew Sheol equivalent), not ‘pokol’ (hell/Gehenna, final punishment) in the developed later Christian sense. A translator note distinguishing Sheol/Hades from Gehenna/pokol is required, especially given Hungarian folk-Catholic purgatory-adjacent afterlife intuitions.

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Low Risk Terms

Apostle

Approved rendering: apostol
Doctrine: Apostleship
Original: ἀπόστολος
Category: Church

Inherited from Romans package, unchanged.

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Thanksgiving

Approved rendering: hálaadás
Doctrine: Thanksgiving
Original: εὐχαριστία / εὐχαριστέω
Category: Faith

Inherited from Romans package. Acts 27:35, 28:15; must be kept distinct from the NEW term ‘a kenyér megtörése’ (breaking of bread) — 27:35 is an ordinary shipboard meal, not an ecclesial practice.

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Fellowship

Approved rendering: közösség
Doctrine: Christian Fellowship
Original: κοινωνία
Category: Church

Inherited from Romans package. Acts 2:42.

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Prophet

Approved rendering: próféta
Doctrine: Inspiration and Authority of Scripture

Inherited from Romans package.

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Prophecy

Approved rendering: prófécia
Doctrine: Fulfillment of Prophecy

Inherited from Romans package. Acts 2:16-21 (Joel citation), 3:22-24.

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David

Approved rendering: Dávid
Doctrine: Davidic Covenant
Original: Δαυίδ
Category: Covenant

Inherited from Romans package.

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Israel

Approved rendering: Izrael
Doctrine: The Gospel to Jews and Gentiles
Original: Ἰσραήλ
Category: Covenant

Inherited from Romans package. Acts 1:6.

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Exhort

Approved rendering: buzdítani
Doctrine: Mutual Encouragement and Fellowship
Original: παρακαλέω
Category: Faith

Inherited from Romans package. Acts 11:23, 15:32, 16:40, 20:1-2.

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Hellenists

Approved rendering: hellenisták
Doctrine: The Church as Community
Original: Ἑλληνισταί
Category: Church

NEW Low-risk term. Acts 6:1, Greek-speaking Diaspora-returned Jews distinct from Aramaic/Hebrew-speaking ‘Hebrews.’ Historical-background note recommended; no live Hungarian doctrinal collision.

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Eunuch

Approved rendering: eunuch
Doctrine: The Gospel to Jews and Gentiles
Original: εὐνοῦχος
Category: Church

NEW Low-risk term (established loanword). Acts 8:26-39. Cultural-background note recommended; the theological point (no barrier of ethnicity or bodily condition excludes a believer from baptism and full inclusion) should be highlighted in teaching.

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Idols

Approved rendering: bálványok
Doctrine: Anti-Syncretism and the Rejection of Idolatry
Original: εἴδωλα
Category: Church

NEW Low-risk term. Acts 15:20, 17:16, 17:29. Standard, established idol-vocabulary.

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Areopagus

Approved rendering: Areopágosz
Doctrine: The Great Commission Fulfilled
Original: Ἄρειος πάγος
Category: Church

NEW Low-risk term; proper-noun transliteration. Acts 17:19-34. Historical-background note recommended.

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Artemis

Approved rendering: Artemisz
Doctrine: Anti-Syncretism and the Rejection of Idolatry
Original: Ἄρτεμις
Category: Church

NEW Low-risk term; proper noun. Acts 19:23-41. No live Hungarian syncretism risk; useful teaching parallel for commercial-religious entanglement.

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Christians Name

Approved rendering: keresztények
Doctrine: The Name “Christian”
Original: Χριστιανοί
Category: Church

NEW Low-risk term. First occurrence Acts 11:26 (Antioch); also 26:28. Standard, unambiguous, universally shared term across every Hungarian Christian tradition.

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Angel Of The Lord

Approved rendering: az Úr angyala
Doctrine: Providence and God’s Sovereign Plan
Original: ἄγγελος κυρίου / ἄγγελος τοῦ θεοῦ
Category: God

NEW Low-risk term. Acts 5:19, 12:7-11, 27:23. Standard, unambiguous term across Hungarian traditions; no doctrinal collision.