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Core Glossary

08 — Core Glossary: 1 Thessalonians

Table 1 — Baseline Terms Reused Exactly (from Romans Language Package)

#English TermGreekKannada TermTransliterationRisk (baseline)Doctrine Link (this curriculum)Chapters OccurringNotes
1graceχάριςಕೃಪೆkṛpeHighSanctification (freely given, not earned)1:1, 5:28Exact reuse; opens and closes the letter.
2peaceεἰρήνηಶಾಂತಿśāntiMediumHope in Grief1:1, 5:23Exact reuse.
3faithπίστιςನಂಬಿಕೆnambikeHighHope in Grief; Sanctification1:3,8; 3:2,5-7,10; 5:8Exact reuse; verbal form ನಂಬುತ್ತೇವೆ at 4:14.
4gospelεὐαγγέλιονಸುವಾರ್ತೆsuvārteHigh(foundational)1:5; 2:2,4,8-9; 3:2Exact reuse.
5called / callingκλητός/καλέω familyಕರೆಯಲ್ಪಟ್ಟ / ಕರೆkareyalpaṭṭa / kareHighSanctification; Return of Christ (assurance)2:12; 4:7; 5:24Exact reuse; 5:24 “he who calls you” uses the participle form.
6holyἅγιοςಪವಿತ್ರpavitraHighSanctification4:8 (Holy Spirit); 5:26 (holy kiss)Exact reuse.
7saintsἅγιοιಪವಿತ್ರ ಜನರುpavitra janaruHighReturn of Christ3:13Exact reuse; NEVER ಶರಣರು.
8sanctificationἁγιασμόςಪವಿತ್ರೀಕರಣpavitrīkaraṇaHighSanctification (central doctrine)4:3-4,7Exact reuse; core doctrine term for this curriculum.
9resurrection (of Christ / believers)ἀνάστασις family (ἀνέστη, ἀναστήσονται, ἤγειρεν)ಪುನರುತ್ಥಾನpunarutthānaCriticalResurrection of Believers (central doctrine)1:10; 4:14,16Exact reuse; NEVER ಪುನರ್ಜನ್ಮ. Extended in this curriculum from Christ’s own resurrection to believers’ future bodily resurrection.
10lordκύριοςಕರ್ತkartaCriticalReturn of Christ; Hope in Griefthroughout (1:1,3,6,8; 2:15,19; 3:8,11-13; 4:1-2,6,15-17; 5:2,9,12,23,27-28)Exact reuse. Most frequent title in the letter; anchors “the Lord himself” (4:16) and “always with the Lord” (4:17) against Aikya-merger misreading.
11jesusἸησοῦςಯೇಸುYēsuCritical(foundational)throughoutExact reuse.
12godθεόςದೇವರುDēvaruCritical(foundational)throughoutExact reuse.
13holy spiritπνεῦμα ἅγιονಪವಿತ್ರಾತ್ಮPavitrātmaCriticalSanctification1:5-6; 4:8; 5:19Exact reuse; NEVER ಪರಮಾತ್ಮ.
14fatherπατήρತಂದೆTandeCritical(foundational)1:1,3; 3:11,13Exact reuse.
15salvationσωτηρίαರಕ್ಷಣೆrakṣaṇeCriticalDay of the Lord; Return of Christ5:8-9Exact reuse; NEVER ಮೋಕ್ಷ/ಮುಕ್ತಿ/ಐಕ್ಯ.
16churchἐκκλησίαಸಭೆsabheMedium(ecclesial context)1:1; 2:14Exact reuse.
17kingdom of Godβασιλεία τοῦ θεοῦದೇವರ ರಾಜ್ಯDēvara RājyaMedium(eschatological horizon)2:12Exact reuse.
18gloryδόξαಮಹಿಮೆmahimeHighReturn of Christ2:6,12,20Exact reuse; note dual sense (human praise sought vs. divine glory) — disambiguate by context.
19gentilesἔθνηಅನ್ಯಜನಾಂಗದವರುanyajanāṅgadavaruMediumSanctification (contrast)2:16; 4:5Exact reuse; here in broader “pagans/unbelievers” sense, flagged sense-shift from Romans’ Jew-Gentile salvation-history usage.
20election / chosenἐκλογήದೇವರ ಆಯ್ಕೆDēvara ĀykeHighSanctification1:4Exact reuse.
21thanksgivingεὐχαριστία familyಕೃತಜ್ಞತಾಸ್ತುತಿkṛtajñatāstutiLow(foundational)1:2; 2:13; 3:9; 5:18Exact reuse.
22exhort / encourageπαρακαλέωಪ್ರೋತ್ಸಾಹಿಸುವುದುprōtsāhisuvuduLowHope in Grief2:12; 3:2,7; 4:1,10,18; 5:11,14Exact reuse; context-sensitive per baseline note — in 4:18/5:11 (grief-comfort context) recommend pairing with ಸಂತೈಸು (console) in Phase 2 translator notes.
23power (of God)δύναμιςಸಾಮರ್ಥ್ಯsāmarthyaHigh(foundational)1:5Reuse of baseline convention; NEVER ಶಕ್ತಿ.
24David / Israel / Christ / Paul / Timothy / Silvanus (proper names)Δαυίδ / Ἰσραήλ / Χριστός / Παῦλος / Τιμόθεος / Σιλουανός— / — / ಕ್ರಿಸ್ತ / ಪೌಲ / ತಿಮೊಥೆ / ಸೀಲ— / — / Krista / Paula / Timothe / SīlaLow-Critical(foundational)1:1 (Paul, Silvanus, Timothy); Christ throughoutಕ್ರಿಸ್ತ, ಪೌಲ established per AI Translation Requirements transliteration standards; ತಿಮೊಥೆ/ಸೀಲ are established Kannada Bible forms, newly confirmed for this curriculum.

Table 2 — New Terms Required by This Curriculum (Proposed Extensions)

#English TermGreekTransliteration (Greek)Proposed KannadaKannada TransliterationRiskDoctrine LinkChaptersRationale / Forbidden Alternatives
1hopeἐλπίςelpisಭರವಸೆbharavaseHighHope in Grief (central)1:3; 2:19; 4:13; 5:8Not a Romans TM entry. Must be a certainty grounded in Christ’s historical resurrection (4:14), not generic optimism, karma-outcome expectation, or progressive attainment toward mokṣa/Aikya. Reject ಆಸೆ (ordinary wish/desire) as too weak.
2the coming / Parousia (of Christ)παρουσίαparousiaಪುನರಾಗಮನpunarāgamanaCriticalThe Return of Christ (central)2:19; 3:13; 4:15; 5:23Established Kannada Christian term for the Second Coming; retained despite sharing the ಪುನರ್- prefix with the forbidden ಪುನರ್ಜನ್ಮ (rebirth) — flag for mandatory disambiguating apposition (“bodily, visible return,” not a rebirth cycle) at first use in any document. Reject ಬರೋಣ alone (too generic, loses technical force) as primary term; may serve as a plain-language gloss.
3fallen asleep (death of believers)κοιμάομαιkoimaomaiನಿದ್ರೆಹೋದವರುnidrehōdavaruHighResurrection of Believers; Hope in Grief4:13-15Must be tightly anchored to the certainty of future bodily resurrection in the same context; reject as a doctrine of “soul sleep” on its own and reject any reading implying an interval of transmigration/rebirth-in-waiting.
4caught up (Rapture)ἁρπάζωharpazōಮೇಲಕ್ಕೆ ಎತ್ತಲ್ಪಡುವುದುmēlakke ettalpaḍuvuduCriticalThe Return of Christ; Resurrection of Believers4:17Sudden, God-initiated, bodily event preserving distinct personal identity. Reject any rendering suggesting yogic siddhi-style levitation attained by discipline, or the Veerashaiva Aikya picture of a devotee’s ascent culminating in merger with the divine.
5the Day of the Lordἡμέρα κυρίουhēmera kyriouಕರ್ತನ ದಿನKartana dinaCriticalThe Day of the Lord (central)5:2,4Single, linear, unrepeatable historical culmination. Reject any framing that assimilates it to cyclical yuga-ending / pralaya cosmology.
6wrath (of God)ὀργήorgēದೇವರ ಕ್ರೋಧDēvara krōdhaHighThe Day of the Lord1:10; 5:9Personal, judicial, righteous anger of a holy God at a specific future reckoning. Reject impersonal karmic-retribution framing; must always be paired contextually with God’s provided rescue (Christ’s death, 5:9-10), never taught standalone.
7always with the Lord (eternal relational togetherness)πάντοτε σὺν κυρίῳpantote syn kyriōಕರ್ತನ ಸಂಗಡ ಯಾವಾಗಲೂ ಇರುವುದುKartana saṅgaḍa yāvāgalū iruvuduCriticalHope in Grief; The Return of Christ4:17; 5:10Doctrinal climax of the core passage. Must denote permanent relationship between two distinct persons (God and believer), explicitly against the Veerashaiva Aikya doctrine of the devotee’s identity dissolving into Shiva.
8spirit, soul, and body (of the human person)πνεῦμα, ψυχή, σῶμαpneuma, psychē, sōmaಆತ್ಮ, ಪ್ರಾಣ, ದೇಹātma, prāṇa, dēhaCriticalSanctification5:23ಆತ್ಮ risks collision with the Vedantic ātman (individual self ultimately identical with/destined to merge into Brahman/Parashiva). Requires mandatory translator note: here “spirit” names one created dimension of a single human being kept whole and distinct for God, not a fragment of the divine essence. Do not confuse with ಪವಿತ್ರಾತ್ಮ (Holy Spirit, already safely distinguished by its compound form).
9idolsεἴδωλαeidōlaವಿಗ್ರಹಗಳುvigrahagaḷuHighSanctification (contrast); foundational to conversion narrative1:9ವಿಗ್ರಹ is the ordinary, respectful Kannada word for actively venerated Hindu temple images across Karnataka; term is doctrinally necessary and must not be softened, but should be rendered with the historic force of the Greek text itself, without added polemical embellishment.
10holiness (as quality/state)ἁγιωσύνηhagiōsynēಪವಿತ್ರತೆpavitrateHighSanctification3:13Distinct Greek noun from ἁγιασμός (ಪವಿತ್ರೀಕರಣ, the Spirit’s ongoing sanctifying process, already baseline). ಪವಿತ್ರತೆ names the resulting state/quality. Both must avoid any drift toward the disciplined, self-directed ascent of the Lingayat shatsthala stages.
11spiritual sleep / complacency (moral, distinct from death-euphemism)καθεύδωkatheudōನಿದ್ರೆ (ರೂಪಕಾತ್ಮಕ)nidre (rūpakātmaka)MediumSanctification; The Day of the Lord5:6-7,10Must be kept visibly distinct in Kannada from κοιμάομαι’s death-euphemism (#3 above, ನಿದ್ರೆಹೋದವರು) to avoid implying the Christian dead are “morally careless.” Recommend distinct verb choice or explicit disambiguating gloss in Phase 2.
12quench the Spiritσβέννυμι (τὸ πνεῦμα)sbennymi (to pneuma)ಪವಿತ್ರಾತ್ಮನನ್ನು ನಂದಿಸುವುದುPavitrātmanannu nandisuvuduHighSanctification5:19Fire-extinguishing metaphor paired with the already-safe compound ಪವಿತ್ರಾತ್ಮ; retain personal, divine sense of the Spirit even within a metaphor that could otherwise depersonalize into “energy.”
13the tempter (Satan as tempter)ὁ πειράζωνho peirazōnಶೋಧಕನುśōdhakanuMediumSanctification (spiritual opposition)3:5Personal, purposeful spiritual opposition; pair with existing #14 (Satan) for consistency.
14Satanὁ σατανᾶςho satanasಸೈತಾನsaitānaMedium(foundational spiritual conflict)2:18Standard established transliteration; low ambiguity.
15archangelἀρχάγγελοςarchangelosಪ್ರಧಾನ ದೂತpradhāna dūtaMediumThe Return of Christ4:16Created being under Christ’s command; must not be elevated to a semi-divine intercessory figure comparable to venerated saints/deities in popular devotion.
16trumpet of Godσάλπιγξ θεοῦsalpinx theouದೇವರ ತುತ್ತೂರಿDēvara tuttūriMediumThe Return of Christ4:16ತುತ್ತೂರಿ is the standard Kannada Bible term for a trumpet/horn; low ambiguity.
17meet the Lordἀπάντησις (τοῦ κυρίου)apantēsis (tou kyriou)ಕರ್ತನನ್ನು ಸಂಧಿಸುವುದುKartanannu sandhisuvuduHighThe Return of Christ4:17Preserve “welcoming delegation” background (citizens escorting an arriving dignitary) so the corporate, royal-welcome dimension is not lost to a merely private encounter.
18Day-of-the-Lord suddenness idiom (“thief in the night”)ὡς κλέπτης ἐν νυκτίhōs kleptēs en nyktiರಾತ್ರಿಯಲ್ಲಿ ಕಳ್ಳನಂತೆrātriyalli kaḷḷananteMediumThe Day of the Lord5:2,4Idiom of unpredictability, not divine character; retain literally, natural in Kannada.
19sons of light / sons of the dayυἱοὶ φωτός / υἱοὶ ἡμέραςhuioi phōtos / huioi hēmerasಬೆಳಕಿನ ಮಕ್ಕಳು / ಹಗಲಿನ ಮಕ್ಕಳುbeḷakina makkaḷu / hagalina makkaḷuMediumThe Day of the Lord; Sanctification5:5Keep relational/moral (belonging to God) rather than drifting toward inner mystical illumination (jñāna) imagery familiar from yogic/bhakti traditions; parallel caution to baseline’s “glory” entry.
20vessel (body/wife, sanctification context)σκεῦοςskeuosಪಾತ್ರೆ / ದೇಹpātre / dēhaMediumSanctification4:4Genuinely ambiguous in Greek scholarship (own body vs. own wife); flag explicitly for theologian review in Phase 2 rather than silently resolving.
21brotherly loveφιλαδελφίαphiladelphiaಸಹೋದರ ಪ್ರೀತಿsahōdara prītiLowSanctification4:9Standard, low risk.
22taught by Godθεοδίδακτοςtheodidaktosದೇವರಿಂದ ಕಲಿತDēvarinda kalitaMediumSanctification4:9Internal, Spirit-given moral formation distinct from human religious instruction.
23blamelessἄμεμπτοςamemptosನಿರ್ದೋಷnirdōṣaMediumSanctification; The Return of Christ (final accountability)2:10; 3:13; 5:23Consistent rendering across all three occurrences recommended for cross-chapter theological continuity.
24word of the Lord / word of Godλόγος κυρίου / λόγος θεοῦlogos kyriou / logos theouಕರ್ತನ ವಾಕ್ಯ / ದೇವರ ವಾಕ್ಯKartana vākya / Dēvara vākyaHigh(Inspiration of Scripture, carried from Romans doctrine set)1:8; 2:13; 4:15Distinguish from vachana literature (Sharana poet-saints) and Haridasa kirtane — treasured but categorically different from a direct claim to divine revelation.
25steadfastness / endurance of hopeὑπομονὴ τῆς ἐλπίδοςhypomonē tēs elpidosಭರವಸೆಯ ತಾಳ್ಮೆbharavaseya tāḷmeMediumHope in Grief1:3Hope in Christ’s return sustains present endurance; links Hope in Grief to Return of Christ.
26full conviction / assuranceπληροφορίαplērophoriaಪೂರ್ಣ ದೃಢನಿಶ್ಚಯpūrṇa dṛḍhaniścayaMedium(foundational faith-reception)1:5Settled certainty, not tentative curiosity.
27destruction (sudden)ὄλεθρος (αἰφνίδιος)olethros (aiphnidios)ಹಠಾತ್ ನಾಶನhaṭhāt nāśanaMediumThe Day of the Lord5:3Paired with “labor pains” idiom; sudden and inescapable for the complacent.
28affliction / tribulationθλῖψιςthlipsisಸಂಕಟ / ಬಾಧೆsaṅkaṭa / bādheMediumSanctification (suffering context)1:6; 3:3,7Standard term for persecution-suffering; coexists with joy (1:6).
29imitatorsμιμηταίmimētaiಅನುಕರಿಸುವವರುanukarisuvavaruLow(discipleship pattern)1:6; 2:14Standard, low risk.
30crown of boastingστέφανος καυχήσεωςstephanos kauchēseōsಹೆಗ್ಗಳಿಕೆಯ ಕಿರೀಟheggaḷikeya kirīṭaLowThe Return of Christ (reward context)2:19Links present ministry to future Parousia.

Cross-Reference: Doctrine-to-Term Map (for Phase 1 Step 9 Doctrine Risk Registry Extension)

DoctrinePrimary Terms (Table 1 + Table 2 #)Primary Passages
The Return of Christಕರ್ತ; ಪುನರಾಗಮನ (2); ಮೇಲಕ್ಕೆ ಎತ್ತಲ್ಪಡುವುದು (4); ಪ್ರಧಾನ ದೂತ (15); ದೇವರ ತುತ್ತೂರಿ (16); ಕರ್ತನನ್ನು ಸಂಧಿಸುವುದು (17); ಕರ್ತನ ಸಂಗಡ ಯಾವಾಗಲೂ ಇರುವುದು (7)2:19; 3:13; 4:15-17; 5:23
Resurrection of Believersಪುನರುತ್ಥಾನ; ನಿದ್ರೆಹೋದವರು (3); ಮೇಲಕ್ಕೆ ಎತ್ತಲ್ಪಡುವುದು (4)4:13-16
Sanctificationಪವಿತ್ರೀಕರಣ; ಪವಿತ್ರತೆ (10); ಆತ್ಮ/ಪ್ರಾಣ/ದೇಹ (8); ವಿಗ್ರಹಗಳು (9); ಪವಿತ್ರಾತ್ಮನನ್ನು ನಂದಿಸುವುದು (12); ಸಹೋದರ ಪ್ರೀತಿ (21); ಪಾತ್ರೆ/ದೇಹ (20)3:13; 4:1-8; 5:19,23
Hope in Griefಭರವಸೆ (1); ನಿದ್ರೆಹೋದವರು (3); ಕರ್ತನ ಸಂಗಡ ಯಾವಾಗಲೂ ಇರುವುದು (7); ಪ್ರೋತ್ಸಾಹಿಸುವುದು4:13-18
The Day of the Lordಕರ್ತನ ದಿನ (5); ದೇವರ ಕ್ರೋಧ (6); ರಾತ್ರಿಯಲ್ಲಿ ಕಳ್ಳನಂತೆ (18); ಬೆಳಕಿನ ಮಕ್ಕಳು/ಹಗಲಿನ ಮಕ್ಕಳು (19); ಹಠಾತ್ ನಾಶನ (27)5:1-11

All five chapters of 1 Thessalonians have been reviewed for load-bearing theological vocabulary. No chapter contributed zero new content; each chapter’s terms are attributed above. This glossary is submitted for Phase 1 Step 8/9 formal extension of translation_memory.json and bible_term_registry.json.


Critical Risk Terms

Resurrection

Approved rendering: ಪುನರುತ್ಥಾನ
Transliteration: punarutthāna
Doctrine: Resurrection of Believers
Rejected alternatives: ಪುನರ್ಜನ್ಮ
Original: ἀνάστασις (ἀνέστη, ἀναστήσονται, ἤγειρεν)
Category: Eschatology

Inherited from Romans package, unchanged term, EXTENDED scope for this curriculum. Occurs 1:10 (Christ’s own resurrection), 4:14 (‘rose again’), 4:16 (‘the dead in Christ will rise first’). CRITICAL: this book requires the identical word to be extended from Christ’s past historical resurrection to believers’ still-future, bodily, corporate resurrection — never ಪುನರ್ಜನ್ಮ, and never softened to a merely metaphorical/spiritual reading. The lexical identity between Christ’s and believers’ resurrection is the doctrinal hinge of 4:14’s argument and must not be broken.


Lord

Approved rendering: ಕರ್ತ
Transliteration: karta
Doctrine: The Return of Christ
Rejected alternatives: ಸ್ವಾಮಿ
Original: κύριος
Category: Christology

Inherited from Romans package, unchanged. The most frequent title in this letter (throughout). Anchors ‘the Lord himself will descend’ (4:16) and ‘always with the Lord’ (4:17); must not be softened toward the Veerashaiva Aikya picture of a devotee’s eventual merger with, and loss of distinction from, the Lord.


Jesus

Approved rendering: ಯೇಸು
Transliteration: Yēsu
Doctrine: The Return of Christ
Rejected alternatives: ಈಸಾ
Original: Ἰησοῦς
Category: Christology

Inherited from Romans package, unchanged. Used throughout.


God

Approved rendering: ದೇವರು
Transliteration: Dēvaru
Doctrine: Conversion from Idolatry
Rejected alternatives: ಭಗವಂತ, ಪರಶಿವ
Original: θεός
Category: God

Inherited from Romans package, unchanged. Contrasted with idols at 1:9; see also the new compound ‘living_and_true_god’ entry below for this book’s specific idol-contrast usage.


Holy Spirit

Approved rendering: ಪವಿತ್ರಾತ್ಮ
Transliteration: Pavitrātma
Doctrine: Sanctification
Rejected alternatives: ಪರಮಾತ್ಮ
Original: πνεῦμα ἅγιον
Category: God

Inherited from Romans package, unchanged. Occurs 1:5-6; 4:8; 5:19. NEVER ಪರಮಾತ್ಮ. The ‘quench the Spirit’ metaphor (5:19) must retain the Spirit’s personal, divine identity even within fire-extinguishing imagery.


Father

Approved rendering: ತಂದೆ
Transliteration: Tande
Doctrine: Divine Calling and Election
Rejected alternatives: ಸೃಷ್ಟಿಕರ್ತ
Original: πατήρ
Category: God

Inherited from Romans package, unchanged. Occurs 1:1,3; 3:11,13.


Salvation

Approved rendering: ರಕ್ಷಣೆ
Transliteration: rakṣaṇe
Doctrine: Wrath and Deliverance
Rejected alternatives: ಮೋಕ್ಷ, ಮುಕ್ತಿ, ಐಕ್ಯ
Original: σωτηρία
Category: Salvation

Inherited from Romans package, unchanged. Occurs 5:8-9, worn as a helmet of hope, explicitly contrasted with being ‘appointed to wrath.’ NEVER ಮೋಕ್ಷ/ಮುಕ್ತಿ/ಐಕ್ಯ.


Christ

Approved rendering: ಕ್ರಿಸ್ತ
Transliteration: Krista
Doctrine: The Return of Christ
Original: Χριστός
Category: Christology

NEW — 1 Thessalonians extension (not a standalone Romans TM entry, though used implicitly as part of ‘Jesus Christ’ proper names throughout Romans). Established transliterated proper-name form per the AI Translation Requirements transliteration standards; used throughout as part of ‘the Lord Jesus Christ.’ Distinct from the doctrinal title ಮೆಸ್ಸೀಯ (Messiah) used when the OT-promised-deliverer sense is specifically in view.


Parousia

Approved rendering: ಪುನರಾಗಮನ
Transliteration: punarāgamana
Doctrine: The Return of Christ
Rejected alternatives: ಬರೋಣ (alone, as primary term)
Original: παρουσία
Category: Eschatology

NEW — 1 Thessalonians extension, central term for ‘The Return of Christ.’ Occurs 2:19; 3:13; 4:15; 5:23. Established Kannada Christian term for the Second Coming, retained despite sharing the ಪುನರ್- prefix with the forbidden ಪುನರ್ಜನ್ಮ (rebirth). MANDATORY disambiguating apposition required at first occurrence per document/lesson (e.g., ‘ಶರೀರಧಾರಿಯಾಗಿ, ಸ್ಪಷ್ಟವಾಗಿ, ಒಂದೇ ಸಲ ಪ್ರತ್ಯಕ್ಷನಾಗುವ ಕ್ರಿಸ್ತನ ಪುನರಾಗಮನ’) so hearers do not assimilate ‘coming again’ to cyclical rebirth.


Caught Up

Approved rendering: ಮೇಲಕ್ಕೆ ಎತ್ತಲ್ಪಡುವುದು
Transliteration: mēlakke ettalpaḍuvudu
Doctrine: The Return of Christ
Rejected alternatives: ಸಿದ್ಧಿಯಿಂದ ಮೇಲೇಳುವುದು (siddhi-style attainment framing)
Original: ἁρπάζω
Category: Eschatology

NEW — 1 Thessalonians extension, central term for ‘The Return of Christ’ and ‘Resurrection of Believers’ (source of the theological term ‘Rapture’). Occurs 4:17. Sudden, God-initiated, forceful, bodily gathering of living believers, preserving distinct personal identity. Must not be assimilated to yogic siddhi-style levitation attained through disciplined practice, nor to the Veerashaiva Aikya picture of a devotee’s progressive ascent culminating in merger with, and loss of distinct identity in, the divine.


Day Of The Lord

Approved rendering: ಕರ್ತನ ದಿನ
Transliteration: Kartana dina
Doctrine: The Day of the Lord
Original: ἡμέρα κυρίου
Category: Eschatology

NEW — 1 Thessalonians extension, central term for ‘The Day of the Lord.’ Occurs 5:2,4. A single, sudden, unpredictable, universal reckoning. Must be clearly distinguished from Hindu cyclical eschatology (end of Kali Yuga, cosmic dissolution/pralaya followed by a new cycle) — this is a single, linear, non-repeating historical culmination.


Always With The Lord

Approved rendering: ಕರ್ತನ ಸಂಗಡ ಯಾವಾಗಲೂ ಇರುವುದು
Transliteration: Kartana saṅgaḍa yāvāgalū iruvudu
Doctrine: Hope in Grief
Rejected alternatives: ಐಕ್ಯವಾಗುವುದು (Aikya-merger framing)
Original: πάντοτε σὺν κυρίῳ
Category: Eschatology

NEW — 1 Thessalonians extension; the doctrinal climax of the core passage and the whole letter’s comfort. Occurs 4:17; 5:10. Must denote an eternal relationship between two distinct persons (God and believer), in direct contrast to the Veerashaiva Aikya doctrine in which the devotee’s individual identity ultimately dissolves into Shiva — the single most doctrinally load-bearing phrase in the letter.


Spirit Soul Body

Approved rendering: ಆತ್ಮ, ಪ್ರಾಣ, ದೇಹ
Transliteration: ātma, prāṇa, dēha
Doctrine: Sanctification
Original: πνεῦμα, ψυχή, σῶμα
Category: Sanctification

NEW — 1 Thessalonians extension. Occurs 5:23 only, but doctrinally load-bearing as the benedictory capstone verse. ಆತ್ಮ risks collision with the Vedantic ātman (the individual self held in mainstream Vedantic thought to be identical with or destined to merge into Brahman/Parashiva). MANDATORY translator note required: here ‘spirit’ names one created dimension of a single human being kept whole and distinct for God, not a fragment of the divine essence. Never allow ಆತ್ಮ to appear in a 5:23 translation unit without ಪ್ರಾಣ and ದೇಹ also present. Do not confuse with ಪವಿತ್ರಾತ್ಮ (Holy Spirit), already safely distinguished by its compound form.


High Risk Terms

Gospel

Approved rendering: ಸುವಾರ್ತೆ
Transliteration: suvārte
Doctrine: Gospel Proclamation
Rejected alternatives: ಸುದ್ದಿ
Original: εὐαγγέλιον
Category: Salvation

Inherited from Romans package, unchanged. Occurs 1:5; 2:2,4,8-9; 3:2. Must retain the sense of one authoritative, Spirit-empowered saving proclamation, not one devotional teaching among Karnataka’s Haridasa-bhakti or Veerashaiva vachana traditions.


Grace

Approved rendering: ಕೃಪೆ
Transliteration: kṛpe
Doctrine: Divine Calling and Election
Rejected alternatives: ಕರ್ಮಫಲ, ಪುಣ್ಯ
Original: χάρις
Category: Salvation

Inherited from Romans package, unchanged. Opens (1:1) and closes (5:28) the letter; never a reward for kayaka-style sacred labor or the karma-merit economy.


Faith

Approved rendering: ನಂಬಿಕೆ
Transliteration: nambike
Doctrine: Faith
Rejected alternatives: ಭಕ್ತಿ
Original: πίστις
Category: Faith

Inherited from Romans package, unchanged. Verb form ನಂಬುತ್ತೇವೆ used at 4:14 to ground the resurrection argument; Christ’s death and resurrection must remain the explicit, exclusive object of trust, not devotional surrender (ಭಕ್ತಿ).


Called

Approved rendering: ಕರೆಯಲ್ಪಟ್ಟ
Transliteration: kareyalpaṭṭa
Doctrine: Divine Calling and Election
Rejected alternatives: ಆಮಂತ್ರಿತ
Original: κλητός / καλέω
Category: Salvation

Inherited from Romans package, unchanged. Occurs 2:12; 4:7; 5:24. In 5:24 (‘he who calls you is faithful’) grounds assurance in God’s own faithful character, not the believer’s spiritual ascent.


Calling

Approved rendering: ಕರೆ
Transliteration: kare
Doctrine: Divine Calling and Election
Rejected alternatives: ಆಹ್ವಾನ
Original: κλῆσις
Category: Salvation

Inherited from Romans package, unchanged. Retained for cross-curriculum consistency though the participle form ಕರೆಯಲ್ಪಟ್ಟ is more frequent in this letter.


Holy

Approved rendering: ಪವಿತ್ರ
Transliteration: pavitra
Doctrine: Sanctification
Rejected alternatives: ಶುದ್ಧ
Original: ἅγιος
Category: Sanctification

Inherited from Romans package, unchanged. Occurs 4:8 (Holy Spirit), 5:26 (holy kiss).


Saints

Approved rendering: ಪವಿತ್ರ ಜನರು
Transliteration: pavitra janaru
Doctrine: The Return of Christ
Rejected alternatives: ಶರಣರು, ಸಂತರು
Original: ἅγιοι
Category: Church

Inherited from Romans package, unchanged. Occurs 3:13, ‘with all his saints’ at his coming. NEVER ಶರಣರು (the Veerashaiva Sharana poet-saint title implying an ascetic elite who attained Aikya).


Sanctification

Approved rendering: ಪವಿತ್ರೀಕರಣ
Transliteration: pavitrīkaraṇa
Doctrine: Sanctification
Rejected alternatives: ಶುದ್ಧೀಕರಣ
Original: ἁγιασμός
Category: Sanctification

Inherited from Romans package, unchanged. Central doctrine of this curriculum; occurs 4:3-4,7; named explicitly as God’s will. Distinguish from the disciplined, self-directed ascent of the Lingayat shatsthala stages.


Glory

Approved rendering: ಮಹಿಮೆ
Transliteration: mahime
Doctrine: Apostolic Integrity and Ministry
Rejected alternatives: ತೇಜಸ್ಸು
Original: δόξα
Category: God

Inherited from Romans package, unchanged. This book uses the same word for both the negative sense (human praise wrongly sought, 2:6) and the positive sense (divine glory, 2:12, 2:20); context must disambiguate at each occurrence.


Election

Approved rendering: ದೇವರ ಆಯ್ಕೆ
Transliteration: Dēvara Āyke
Doctrine: Divine Calling and Election
Rejected alternatives: ಹಣೆಬರಹ, ವಿಧಿ
Original: ἐκλογή
Category: Salvation

Inherited from Romans package, unchanged. Occurs 1:4; never ಹಣೆಬರಹ/ವಿಧಿ (fatalism/impersonal destiny).


Power Of God

Approved rendering: ದೇವರ ಸಾಮರ್ಥ್ಯ
Transliteration: Dēvara Sāmarthya
Doctrine: Gospel Proclamation
Rejected alternatives: ಶಕ್ತಿ
Original: δύναμις
Category: God

Inherited from Romans package convention (ಸಾಮರ್ಥ್ಯ, never ಶಕ್ತಿ), applied here to the standalone occurrence of δύναμις at 1:5 (‘gospel came… in power’), not only the fixed compound phrase. Never ಶಕ್ತಿ, distinct from Karnataka’s Shakta divine-feminine tradition (Chamundeshwari, Mysore).


Hope

Approved rendering: ಭರವಸೆ
Transliteration: bharavase
Doctrine: Hope in Grief
Rejected alternatives: ಆಸೆ
Original: ἐλπίς
Category: Faith

NEW — 1 Thessalonians extension, not present in the Romans baseline. Occurs 1:3; 2:19; 4:13; 5:8. Must be a certainty grounded in Christ’s verified historical resurrection (4:14), not generic optimism, karma-outcome expectation, or the fatalistic idiom ಹಣೆಬರಹ already forbidden elsewhere for calling/election/providence. Reject weak ಆಸೆ (‘mere wish/desire’). MANDATORY: syntactically bind to its historical ground clause wherever it appears in Hope-in-Grief material (4:13-14).


Fallen Asleep

Approved rendering: ನಿದ್ರೆಹೋದವರು
Transliteration: nidrehōdavaru
Doctrine: Resurrection of Believers
Rejected alternatives: ಸತ್ತವರು (standalone, without resurrection anchor)
Original: κοιμάομαι
Category: Eschatology

NEW — 1 Thessalonians extension. Occurs 4:13-15. Euphemism for the death of believers implying a temporary state ended by a certain future waking. MUST NEVER appear without ಪುನರುತ್ಥಾನ or an explicit resurrection-hope clause in the same or immediately adjacent sentence, so it is not heard as standalone ‘soul sleep’ doctrine or an interval of transmigration awaiting a next rebirth.


Wrath

Approved rendering: ದೇವರ ಕ್ರೋಧ
Transliteration: Dēvara krōdha
Doctrine: Wrath and Deliverance
Rejected alternatives: ಕರ್ಮದ ಫಲ (karmic-retribution framing)
Original: ὀργή
Category: Eschatology

NEW — 1 Thessalonians extension. Occurs 1:10; 5:9. God’s personal, judicial anger at a specific future reckoning, from which believers are delivered through Christ. Must never be presented standalone — always paired contextually with the rescue Christ provides (5:9-10).


Idols

Approved rendering: ವಿಗ್ರಹಗಳು
Transliteration: vigrahagaḷu
Doctrine: Conversion from Idolatry
Original: εἴδωλα
Category: Sanctification

NEW — 1 Thessalonians extension. Occurs 1:9. ವಿಗ್ರಹಗಳು is also the ordinary, respectful Kannada word for actively venerated Hindu temple images (murtis) across Karnataka’s Hindu, Haridasa, and Lingayat communities. Doctrinally necessary and must not be softened, but rendered with the historic force of the Greek text itself, without added polemical embellishment.


Holiness

Approved rendering: ಪವಿತ್ರತೆ
Transliteration: pavitrate
Doctrine: Sanctification
Original: ἁγιωσύνη
Category: Sanctification

NEW — 1 Thessalonians extension. Occurs 3:13 (‘blameless in holiness’). Distinct Greek noun (ἁγιωσύνη) from ἁγιασμός (ಪವಿತ್ರೀಕರಣ, the Spirit’s ongoing sanctifying process); ಪವಿತ್ರತೆ names the resulting state/quality. Both must avoid drift toward the disciplined, self-directed ascent of the Lingayat shatsthala stages.


Quench The Spirit

Approved rendering: ಪವಿತ್ರಾತ್ಮನನ್ನು ನಂದಿಸುವುದು
Transliteration: Pavitrātmanannu nandisuvudu
Doctrine: Spirit-Led Discernment
Original: σβέννυμι τὸ πνεῦμα
Category: Sanctification

NEW — 1 Thessalonians extension. Occurs 5:19. The fire-extinguishing metaphor is paired with the already-safe compound ಪವಿತ್ರಾತ್ಮ; must retain the Spirit’s personal, divine sense even within a metaphor that could otherwise depersonalize into an impersonal ‘energy.‘


Meet The Lord

Approved rendering: ಕರ್ತನನ್ನು ಸಂಧಿಸುವುದು
Transliteration: Kartanannu sandhisuvudu
Doctrine: The Return of Christ
Original: ἀπάντησις τοῦ κυρίου
Category: Eschatology

NEW — 1 Thessalonians extension. Occurs 4:17. Preserve the Greco-Roman ‘welcoming delegation’ background (citizens formally escorting an arriving dignitary back into the city) via a teaching note, so the corporate, royal-welcome dimension is not flattened into a merely private encounter.


Word Of The Lord

Approved rendering: ಕರ್ತನ ವಾಕ್ಯ / ದೇವರ ವಾಕ್ಯ
Transliteration: Kartana vākya / Dēvara vākya
Doctrine: Inspiration and Reception of the Word
Original: λόγος κυρίου / λόγος θεοῦ
Category: Covenant

NEW — 1 Thessalonians extension. Occurs 1:8; 2:13; 4:15. Distinguish from the vachana literature of the Sharana poet-saints and Haridasa devotional kirtane — both genuinely revered in Karnataka as inspired religious insight, but categorically different from a claim to direct, authoritative revelation from the Lord himself.


Living And True God

Approved rendering: ಜೀವಸ್ವರೂಪಿಯೂ ಸತ್ಯಸ್ವರೂಪಿಯೂ ಆಗಿರುವ ದೇವರು
Transliteration: jīvasvarūpiyū satyasvarūpiyū āgiruva Dēvaru
Doctrine: Conversion from Idolatry
Original: θεῷ ζῶντι καὶ ἀληθινῷ
Category: God

NEW — 1 Thessalonians extension. Occurs 1:9, in direct antithesis to preceding ವಿಗ್ರಹಗಳು (idols). Do not abbreviate; the antithetical force depends on both adjectives (living, true) being present. Builds on the baseline caution that ದೇವರು must not be assimilated to an impersonal ultimate reality (e.g., Parashiva) with which a devotee’s identity is destined to merge.


Medium Risk Terms

Peace

Approved rendering: ಶಾಂತಿ
Transliteration: śānti
Doctrine: Hope in Grief
Rejected alternatives: ಮನಶ್ಶಾಂತಿ
Original: εἰρήνη
Category: Salvation

Inherited from Romans package, unchanged. Occurs 1:1; 5:23 (‘the God of peace himself’). Distinct from ಮನಶ್ಶಾಂತಿ, inner tranquility sought through bhakti devotion or Lingayat meditative discipline.


Church

Approved rendering: ಸಭೆ
Transliteration: sabhe
Doctrine: Unity of the Church Family
Rejected alternatives: ದೇವಸ್ಥಾನ, ಗುಡಿ
Original: ἐκκλησία
Category: Church

Inherited from Romans package, unchanged. Occurs 1:1; 2:14.


Kingdom Of God

Approved rendering: ದೇವರ ರಾಜ್ಯ
Transliteration: Dēvara Rājya
Doctrine: Divine Calling and Election
Original: βασιλεία τοῦ θεοῦ
Category: Kingdom

Inherited from Romans package, unchanged. Occurs 2:12, believers called into God’s kingdom and glory.


Gentiles

Approved rendering: ಅನ್ಯಜನಾಂಗದವರು
Transliteration: anyajanāṅgadavaru
Doctrine: Sexual Holiness
Rejected alternatives: ವಿದೇಶಿಯರು
Original: ἔθνη
Category: Church

Inherited from Romans package, unchanged term but FLAGGED SENSE-SHIFT: occurs 2:16; 4:5 in the broader ‘pagans who do not know God’ sense, not the Romans-specific Jew-Gentile salvation-history contrast.


Spiritual Sleep

Approved rendering: ನಿದ್ರೆ (ರೂಪಕಾತ್ಮಕ ಅರ್ಥದಲ್ಲಿ)
Transliteration: nidre (rūpakātmaka arthadalli)
Doctrine: Watchfulness and Moral Vigilance
Original: καθεύδω
Category: Sanctification

NEW — 1 Thessalonians extension. Occurs 5:6-7,10 (καθεύδω, moral complacency), a distinct Greek verb from κοιμάομαι’s death-euphemism. Must be kept visibly distinct in Kannada from ನಿದ್ರೆಹೋದವರು (the death-euphemism) to avoid implying the Christian dead are ‘morally careless’ rather than at rest awaiting resurrection.


Tempter

Approved rendering: ಶೋಧಕನು
Transliteration: śōdhakanu
Doctrine: Suffering and Affliction
Original: ὁ πειράζων
Category: Spiritual Warfare

NEW — 1 Thessalonians extension. Occurs 3:5. Personal, purposeful spiritual opposition seeking to make Paul’s labor ‘in vain’; pair consistently with the ‘satan’ entry.


Satan

Approved rendering: ಸೈತಾನ
Transliteration: saitāna
Doctrine: Suffering and Affliction
Original: ὁ σατανᾶς
Category: Spiritual Warfare

NEW — 1 Thessalonians extension. Occurs 2:18. Standard established transliteration, low ambiguity in Kannada Christian usage; personal, hostile spiritual being who hindered Paul’s travel plans.


Archangel

Approved rendering: ಪ್ರಧಾನ ದೂತ
Transliteration: pradhāna dūta
Doctrine: The Return of Christ
Original: ἀρχάγγελος
Category: Eschatology

NEW — 1 Thessalonians extension. Occurs 4:16. Must be kept as a created being under Christ’s command, not elevated to a semi-divine intercessory figure comparable to venerated saints/deities in popular devotion.


Trumpet Of God

Approved rendering: ದೇವರ ತುತ್ತೂರಿ
Transliteration: Dēvara tuttūri
Doctrine: The Return of Christ
Original: σάλπιγξ θεοῦ
Category: Eschatology

NEW — 1 Thessalonians extension. Occurs 4:16. ತುತ್ತೂರಿ is the standard Kannada Bible term for a trumpet/ram’s-horn instrument, low ambiguity.


Thief In The Night

Approved rendering: ರಾತ್ರಿಯಲ್ಲಿ ಕಳ್ಳನಂತೆ
Transliteration: rātriyalli kaḷḷanante
Doctrine: The Day of the Lord
Original: ὡς κλέπτης ἐν νυκτί
Category: Eschatology

NEW — 1 Thessalonians extension. Occurs 5:2,4. Idiom for the Day of the Lord’s suddenness and unpredictability, not the Lord’s moral character; retain literally, natural in Kannada.


Sons Of Light

Approved rendering: ಬೆಳಕಿನ ಮಕ್ಕಳು / ಹಗಲಿನ ಮಕ್ಕಳು
Transliteration: beḷakina makkaḷu / hagalina makkaḷu
Doctrine: The Day of the Lord
Original: υἱοὶ φωτός / υἱοὶ ἡμέρας
Category: Eschatology

NEW — 1 Thessalonians extension. Occurs 5:5. Keep relational/moral (belonging to God, awake to his purposes) rather than drifting toward inner mystical illumination (jñāna-prakāśa) imagery familiar from bhakti/yogic traditions, paralleling the Romans package’s caution on ‘glory.‘


Vessel

Approved rendering: ಪಾತ್ರೆ / ದೇಹ
Transliteration: pātre / dēha
Doctrine: Sexual Holiness
Original: σκεῦος
Category: Sanctification

NEW — 1 Thessalonians extension. Occurs 4:4 (σκεῦος). Genuinely ambiguous in Greek scholarship (own body vs. own wife); flag explicitly for theologian review in Phase 2 rather than silently resolving to one reading.


Taught By God

Approved rendering: ದೇವರಿಂದ ಕಲಿತ
Transliteration: Dēvarinda kalita
Doctrine: Brotherly Love and Practical Life
Original: θεοδίδακτος
Category: Sanctification

NEW — 1 Thessalonians extension. Occurs 4:9 (θεοδίδακτος). Internal, Spirit-given moral formation, distinct from human religious instruction such as guru-transmitted teaching.


Blameless

Approved rendering: ನಿರ್ದೋಷ
Transliteration: nirdōṣa
Doctrine: Assurance of God’s Faithfulness
Original: ἄμεμπτος
Category: Sanctification

NEW — 1 Thessalonians extension. Occurs 2:10; 3:13; 5:23. Recommend a consistent Kannada rendering across all three occurrences for cross-chapter theological continuity.


Steadfastness Of Hope

Approved rendering: ಭರವಸೆಯ ತಾಳ್ಮೆ
Transliteration: bharavaseya tāḷme
Doctrine: The Faith, Love, and Hope Triad
Original: ὑπομονὴ τῆς ἐλπίδος
Category: Faith

NEW — 1 Thessalonians extension. Occurs 1:3. Directly links ‘Hope in Grief’ to ‘The Return of Christ’; hope in Christ’s return sustains present endurance.


Full Conviction

Approved rendering: ಪೂರ್ಣ ದೃಢನಿಶ್ಚಯ
Transliteration: pūrṇa dṛḍhaniścaya
Doctrine: Gospel Proclamation
Original: πληροφορία
Category: Faith

NEW — 1 Thessalonians extension. Occurs 1:5. Settled certainty accompanying the Thessalonians’ reception of the gospel, distinguished from tentative curiosity.


Sudden Destruction

Approved rendering: ಹಠಾತ್ ನಾಶನ
Transliteration: haṭhāt nāśana
Doctrine: The Day of the Lord
Original: ὄλεθρος αἰφνίδιος
Category: Eschatology

NEW — 1 Thessalonians extension. Occurs 5:3. Paired with the ‘labor pains’ idiom for suddenness and inevitability at the Day of the Lord.


Affliction

Approved rendering: ಸಂಕಟ / ಬಾಧೆ
Transliteration: saṅkaṭa / bādhe
Doctrine: Suffering and Affliction
Original: θλῖψις
Category: Church

NEW — 1 Thessalonians extension. Occurs 1:6; 3:3,7. Standard term for persecution-suffering, coexisting with the Spirit’s joy (1:6).


Low Risk Terms

Thanksgiving

Approved rendering: ಕೃತಜ್ಞತಾಸ್ತುತಿ
Transliteration: kṛtajñatāstuti
Doctrine: Prayer and Thanksgiving in All Circumstances
Original: εὐχαριστία
Category: Faith

Inherited from Romans package, unchanged. Occurs 1:2; 2:13; 3:9; 5:18.


Exhort

Approved rendering: ಪ್ರೋತ್ಸಾಹಿಸುವುದು
Transliteration: prōtsāhisuvudu
Doctrine: Mutual Edification through Eschatological Hope
Original: παρακαλέω
Category: Faith

Inherited from Romans package, unchanged. Occurs 2:12; 3:2,7; 4:1,10,18; 5:11,14. In the grief-comfort context of 4:18/5:11, pair with ಸಂತೈಸು (console) if ಪ್ರೋತ್ಸಾಹಿಸಿರಿ alone reads too generically motivational.


Love

Approved rendering: ಪ್ರೀತಿ
Transliteration: prīti
Doctrine: The Faith, Love, and Hope Triad
Original: ἀγάπη
Category: Faith

NEW — 1 Thessalonians extension. Occurs 1:3; 3:6,12; 4:9; 5:8,13. Standard established Kannada Christian term; part of the faith-love-hope triad, described by its fruit (‘labor of love’) rather than sentiment alone.


Brotherly Love

Approved rendering: ಸಹೋದರ ಪ್ರೀತಿ
Transliteration: sahōdara prīti
Doctrine: Brotherly Love and Practical Life
Original: φιλαδελφία
Category: Church

NEW — 1 Thessalonians extension. Occurs 4:9. Standard, low risk.


Imitators

Approved rendering: ಅನುಕರಿಸುವವರು
Transliteration: anukarisuvavaru
Doctrine: Suffering and Affliction
Original: μιμηταί
Category: Church

NEW — 1 Thessalonians extension. Occurs 1:6; 2:14. Standard, low risk; following the pattern of Paul, the Lord, and the Judean churches under affliction.


Crown Of Boasting

Approved rendering: ಹೆಗ್ಗಳಿಕೆಯ ಕಿರೀಟ
Transliteration: heggaḷikeya kirīṭa
Doctrine: The Return of Christ
Original: στέφανος καυχήσεως
Category: Eschatology

NEW — 1 Thessalonians extension. Occurs 2:19. Links present pastoral ministry to the future Parousia.


Paul

Approved rendering: ಪೌಲ
Transliteration: Paula
Doctrine: Apostolic Integrity and Ministry
Original: Παῦλος
Category: Church

NEW — 1 Thessalonians extension (established Kannada Bible proper-name form, per the AI Translation Requirements transliteration standards). Occurs 1:1.


Timothy

Approved rendering: ತಿಮೊಥೆ
Transliteration: Timothe
Doctrine: Apostolic Integrity and Ministry
Original: Τιμόθεος
Category: Church

NEW — 1 Thessalonians extension. Established Kannada Bible proper-name form. Occurs 1:1; 3:2,6.


Silvanus

Approved rendering: ಸೀಲ
Transliteration: Sīla
Doctrine: Apostolic Integrity and Ministry
Original: Σιλουανός
Category: Church

NEW — 1 Thessalonians extension. Established Kannada Bible proper-name form, also called Silas in Acts. Occurs 1:1.

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