Core Glossary
Core Glossary: 1 Peter (Konkani)
Section A — Baseline Terms Reused Exactly (from Romans translation_memory.json)
These terms occur in 1 Peter and MUST be rendered exactly as recorded in the baseline. No renegotiation.
| Term | Konkani | Risk | 1 Peter occurrences (representative) |
|---|---|---|---|
| gospel | सुवार्ता | High | 1:12, 1:25, 4:6, 4:17 |
| grace | कृपा | High | 1:2, 1:10, 1:13, 3:7, 4:10, 5:5, 5:10, 5:12 |
| faith | विश्वास | High | 1:5, 1:7, 1:9, 1:21, 5:9 |
| righteousness | नीतिमत्ता | Critical | 2:24, 3:14, 3:18 |
| salvation | तारण | Critical | 1:5, 1:9, 1:10, 2:2 |
| apostle | प्रेषित | Medium | 1:1 |
| called / calling | बोलावलेले / बोलावणें | High | 1:15, 2:9, 2:21, 3:9, 5:10 |
| holy | पवित्र | High | 1:15-16, 2:5, 2:9, 3:5 |
| saints (extended sense: pavitra jan for corporate believers) | पवित्र जन | High | conceptually underlies 2:9’s “holy nation” |
| sanctification | पवित्रीकरण | High | 1:2 |
| resurrection | पुनरुत्थान | Critical | 1:3, 3:21 |
| lord | प्रभू | Critical | 1:3, 1:25, 2:3, 2:13, 3:15 |
| son of God (conceptual link) | देवाचो पुत्र | Critical | underlies Christological references |
| peace | शांती | Medium | 1:2, 3:11, 5:14 |
| spiritual gifts | आत्मिक वरदान | Medium | 4:10 |
| thanksgiving | धन्यवाद | Low | (doxological register, 1:3) |
| fellowship | सहभागिता | Low | 4:13 (κοινωνεῖτε) |
| church (conceptual) | मंडळी | Medium | underlies 2:9-10, 4:17, 5:1-4 |
| glory | गौरव | High | 1:7, 1:8, 1:11, 1:21, 2:12, 4:11, 4:13-14, 5:1, 5:4, 5:10 |
| law (if referenced) | नियमशास्त्र | High | (background only; not a major 1 Peter term) |
| sin | पाप | High | 2:22, 2:24, 3:18, 4:1, 4:8 |
| gentiles | परराष्ट्रीय | Medium | 2:12, 4:3 |
| obedience of faith (conceptual pattern) | विश्वासाची आज्ञाधारकता | High | underlies 1:2, 1:14, 1:22 |
| power of God | देवाचें सामर्थ्य | High | 1:5 |
| election | देवाची निवड | High | 1:1-2, 2:9 |
| providence (conceptual) | देवाची तरतूद | High | underlies 4:19, 5:6-7 |
| mission / evangelism register | सुवार्ता प्रसार | Medium | underlies 2:9, 3:15 |
| david | दावीद | Low | (not directly named in 1 Peter; retained for cross-reference consistency) |
| israel (conceptual background) | इस्राएल | Medium | underlies OT quotations (2:6-10, 3:10-12) |
| jesus | येशू | Critical | throughout |
| god | देव | Critical | throughout — always with exclusivity marker in load-bearing contexts |
| holy spirit | पवित्र आत्मा | Critical | 1:2, 1:12, 4:14 |
| father | पिता | Critical | 1:2, 1:3, 1:17 |
| abba (register note) | अब्बा | High | (not directly occurring in 1 Peter; retained for cross-document consistency) |
| exhort | उत्तेजन देणें | Low | 5:1, 5:12 |
| prophet / prophecy | संदेष्टा / भविष्यवाणी | Low | 1:10-12 |
Section B — New Terms Introduced in 1 Peter (Proposed for Translation Memory Addition)
| # | English term | Greek (translit.) | Konkani rendering | Transliteration | Doctrine risk | Doctrine | Alternatives rejected | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | born again / new birth | ἀναγεννάω (anagennaō) | नवो जल्म दिवप | navo jalma divap | Critical | Living Hope of the Resurrection | पुनर्जन्म (reincarnation — forbidden), पुनर्जल्म (too close to forbidden term) | One-time, permanent spiritual rebirth through Christ’s resurrection. Must NEVER be rendered with or adjacent to पुनर्जन्म. Mandatory translator note at first occurrence in every document. |
| 2 | living hope | ἐλπὶς ζῶσα (elpis zōsa) | जिवंत आशा | jivant āśā | High | Living Hope of the Resurrection | नुसती आशा (mere hope, too weak) | Core passage term (1:3). Always reinforce as resurrection-grounded confident expectation, not circumstantial optimism. |
| 3 | inheritance | κληρονομία (klēronomia) | वारसो | vārso | High | Living Hope of the Resurrection; Adoption (conceptual link) | संपत्ती (mere wealth, too narrow) | Heavenly, imperishable inheritance secured through adoption; not earthly property or karmic reward. |
| 4 | imperishable | ἄφθαρτος (aphthartos) | अविनाशी | avināśī | Medium | Living Hope of the Resurrection | — | Caution: same word used of the “imperishable ātman” in Hindu philosophical usage; always anchor to the inheritance/new birth, never let it stand as a description of an inherently deathless human self. |
| 5 | unfading | ἀμάραντος (amarantos) | न सुकपी | na sukpī | Medium | Living Hope of the Resurrection | अमर (immortal — avoid, tilts toward Hindu immortality/moksha register) | Botanical “non-withering” image (1:4; crown in 5:4). |
| 6 | guarded (by God’s power) | φρουρέω (phroureō) | राखिल्लें | rākhillẽ | Medium | Assurance / Living Hope | — | Active divine protection, not fatalism. |
| 7 | revealed / manifested (eschatological) | ἀποκαλύπτω (apokalyptō) | प्रगट जावप | pragat javap | High | Living Hope of the Resurrection | अवतार-adjacent phrasing (avoid) | Used of both future final salvation (1:5,7) and Christ’s historical manifestation (1:20) — context-sensitive; never let the incarnation-context use drift toward avatar language. |
| 8 | trial / testing | πειρασμός (peirasmos) | परीक्षा | parīkṣā | Medium | Suffering for Righteousness’ Sake | नशीब/प्रारब्ध (fate — forbidden per baseline) | God’s purposive, faith-refining testing, not karmic consequence or impersonal fate. |
| 9 | tested genuineness (of faith) | δοκίμιον (dokimion) | विश्वासाची पारख | viśvāsācī pārakh | High | Suffering for Righteousness’ Sake | — | Metallurgical assay-image; pairs with विश्वास (baseline). |
| 10 | soul | ψυχή (psychē) | जीव | jīv | Medium-High | Living Hope of the Resurrection; general soteriology | आत्मा (reserved for Holy Spirit — avoid confusion) | Must be paired with तारण in soteriological contexts (“जीवांचें तारण”) to avoid a transmigrating-jīva reading. |
| 11 | sojourner / exile | παρεπίδημος (parepidēmos) | परदेशी | pardeśī | Medium | Christian identity (background to several doctrines) | — | Believers’ social identity as temporary residents; recurs 1:1, 1:17, 2:11. |
| 12 | dispersion / diaspora | διασπορά (diaspora) | विखर | vikhar | Low-Medium | — | — | Proper-noun-adjacent technical term (1:1). |
| 13 | foreknowledge (of God) | πρόγνωσις (prognōsis) | देवाचें पूर्वज्ञान | devāce pūrvajñān | High | Divine Calling / Election (conceptual link) | नशीब (fate — forbidden) | Grounds election in God’s personal knowledge, not impersonal destiny. |
| 14 | sprinkling of blood | ῥαντισμὸς αἵματος (rhantismos haimatos) | रगताचें शिंपडप | ragtāce śimpḍap | High | Christ’s Substitutionary Suffering | — | Echoes Sinai covenant-ratification (Exodus 24); ties Christ’s blood to New Covenant inauguration. |
| 15 | manner of life / conduct | ἀναστροφή (anastrophē) | चालचलणूक | cālcalṇūk | Medium | Holiness in Conduct | — | Core recurring ethical term throughout the letter (1:15,18; 2:12; 3:1-2,16). |
| 16 | redeemed / ransomed | λυτρόω (lytroō) | मोल भरून सोडवप | mol bharun soḍavap | Critical | Christ’s Substitutionary Suffering | मुक्ती, मोक्ष (both forbidden — liberation/moksha collision) | Payment of a costly price (Christ’s blood) to free believers from a futile inherited way of life. Must never be shortened to a bare “liberation” term. |
| 17 | futile ancestral way of life | ματαία ἀναστροφὴ πατροπαράδοτος | पूर्वजांकडल्यान मेळिल्ली व्यर्थ चालचलणूक | pūrvajāṅkaḍlyān meḷillī vyarth cālcalṇūk | High | Christ’s Substitutionary Suffering (contextual) | — | Culturally sensitive: describes the readers’ specific pre-conversion condition; must not be read as a categorical dismissal of Konkani/Goan ancestral heritage generally. |
| 18 | lamb without blemish or spot | ἀμνὸς ἄμωμος καὶ ἄσπιλος | निर्दोष आनी निष्कलंक कोंकरूं | nirdoṣ āṇi niṣkalaṅk koṅkarū̃ | Critical | Christ’s Substitutionary Suffering | — | Passover/OT sacrificial typology; explicitly distinguish from ongoing Hindu Shakta blood-sacrifice ritual (बली). |
| 19 | precious blood (of Christ) | τίμιον αἷμα Χριστοῦ | ख्रिस्ताचें अनमोल रगत | Khristāce anmol ragat | Critical | Christ’s Substitutionary Suffering | — | The price of redemption; central to the atonement doctrine. |
| 20 | word of God (living and abiding) | λόγος ζῶν καὶ μένων Θεοῦ | देवाचें जिवंत आनी शाश्वत वचन | devāce jivant āṇi śāśvat vacan | High | Living Hope / Inspiration of Scripture (background) | — | Instrument of new birth (1:23); reuses “living” (जिवंत) motif from “living hope” and “living stone.” |
| 21 | living stone | λίθος ζῶν (lithos zōn) | जिवंत फातर | jivant phātar | High | Church as a Holy and Royal Priesthood | — | Explicitly distinguish from murti/image veneration; Christ is a living Person, described metaphorically, never an object of ritual devotion in himself as a “stone.” |
| 22 | spiritual house | οἶκος πνευματικός (oikos pneumatikos) | आत्मिक घर | ātmik ghar | Medium-High | Church as a Holy and Royal Priesthood | — | Corporate church identity; reuses आत्मिक (baseline “spiritual gifts” root). |
| 23 | holy priesthood | ἱεράτευμα ἅγιον (hierateuma hagion) | पवित्र याजकपण | pavitra yājakpaṇ | Critical | Church as a Holy and Royal Priesthood | — | याजक (priest) is the established Konkani/Marathi Bible term for OT/Christian priestly office, distinct from Hindu hereditary priestly-caste terms (पुरोहित, ब्राह्मण). All believers share this access; not a caste-restricted office. |
| 24 | spiritual sacrifices | θυσίαι πνευματικαί (thysiai pneumatikai) | आत्मिक अर्पण | ātmik arpaṇ | High | Church as a Holy and Royal Priesthood | बली (rejected — denotes ritual blood-sacrifice in regional Shakta Hindu worship) | Whole-life worship (praise, obedience, service), not ritual offering. |
| 25 | cornerstone | λίθος ἀκρογωνιαῖος (lithos akrogōniaios) | कोनशिलेचो फातर | konśilecho phātar | High | Church as a Holy and Royal Priesthood | — | Christological fulfillment of Isaiah 28:16 / Psalm 118:22. |
| 26 | stone of stumbling | λίθος προσκόμματος (lithos proskommatos) | अडखळचो फातर | aḍkhaḷcho phātar | Medium-High | Church as a Holy and Royal Priesthood | — | Judgment-imagery for unbelief. |
| 27 | chosen race / people | γένος ἐκλεκτόν (genos eklekton) | देवान निवडिल्लो लोक | devān nivaḍillo lok | High | Church as a Holy and Royal Priesthood | वंश, जात (both rejected — caste/lineage collision) | Must never be read through a jāti/caste-lineage lens; corporate identity of all believers regardless of caste background. |
| 28 | royal priesthood | βασίλειον ἱεράτευμα (basileion hierateuma) | राजपणाचें याजकपण | rājpaṇāce yājakpaṇ | Critical | Church as a Holy and Royal Priesthood | — | Named curriculum doctrine; combines kingly and priestly identity of all believers. |
| 29 | holy nation | ἔθνος ἅγιον (ethnos hagion) | पवित्र राष्ट्र | pavitra rāṣṭra | High | Church as a Holy and Royal Priesthood | — | Reuses baseline पवित्र; राष्ट्र carries political-sensitivity caution as with “kingdom of God” in baseline. |
| 30 | God’s own possession (people) | λαὸς εἰς περιποίησιν | देवाचो खाशेलो लोक | devāco khāśelo lok | High | Church as a Holy and Royal Priesthood | — | Exodus 19:5-6 covenant echo. |
| 31 | fleshly passions | σαρκικαὶ ἐπιθυμίαι (sarkikai epithymiai) | शारीरिक वासना | śārīrik vāsanā | Medium | Holiness in Conduct | — | वासना carries technical karmic-desire resonance in Hindu ethics; anchor as ordinary sinful desire “warring against the soul,” not the philosophical vāsanā concept. |
| 32 | submit / be subject | ὑποτάσσω (hypotassō) | अधीन जावप | adhīn javap | High | Submission to Authority and Christlike Endurance | — | Voluntary, Christlike, respectful submission; must not read as coerced subjugation (colonial-era sensitivity) or fatalistic caste-submission. Recurs 2:13, 2:18, 3:1, 3:5, 3:22, 5:5. |
| 33 | servant/slave of God | δοῦλος Θεοῦ (doulos Theou) | देवाचो दास | devāco dās | Medium-High | Submission to Authority and Christlike Endurance | — | दास is prominent in Hindu bhakti devotional vocabulary (e.g. “Krishnadas”); anchor as glad service to the one true God through Christ, not devotional servitude within a bhakti framework. |
| 34 | master (of household servants) | δεσπότης (despotēs) | धनी | dhanī | Medium | Submission to Authority and Christlike Endurance | — | Historical household-servant instruction; frame pastorally, not as endorsement of unjust structures. |
| 35 | cross (“the tree”) | ξύλον / σταυρός (xylon / stauros) | क्रूस | krus | Critical | Christ’s Substitutionary Suffering | — | Established general Christian transliteration (not in Romans TM but required here); ξύλον’s literal “tree/wood” sense noted in commentary, not substituted into the main rendering. |
| 36 | wound (by his wounds healed) | μώλωψ (mōlōps) | जखम | jakham | Medium | Christ’s Substitutionary Suffering | — | Isaiah 53:5 echo; spiritual healing from sin, not primarily physical healing. |
| 37 | shepherd and overseer (of souls) | ποιμὴν καὶ ἐπίσκοπος (poimēn kai episkopos) | मेंढपाळ आनी निरीक्षक | meṇḍhpāḷ āṇi nirīkṣak | High | Elders and Humility | — | Christ’s title in 2:25, anchoring the elder-shepherd instruction of ch.5. |
| 38 | humility | ταπεινοφροσύνη (tapeinophrosynē) | नम्रता | namratā | High | Elders and Humility | — | Core recurring term (3:8, 5:5-6); distinguish from false self-abasement and from caste-based submission expectations. |
| 39 | suffer for righteousness’ sake | πάσχειν διὰ δικαιοσύνην | नीतिमत्तेखातीर दुख्ख सोसप | nītimattekhātīr dukkh sosap | High | Suffering for Righteousness’ Sake | — | Reuses baseline नीतिमत्ता (Critical); named curriculum doctrine. |
| 40 | good conscience | συνείδησις ἀγαθή (syneidēsis agathē) | बरो विवेक | baro vivek | Medium-High | Holiness in Conduct; Christ’s Proclamation to the Spirits (3:21) | — | विवेक carries philosophical-discernment resonance in Hindu thought (viveka); anchor as specifically moral self-awareness before God. |
| 41 | Christ suffered once for sins, the righteous for the unrighteous | Χριστὸς ἅπαξ περὶ ἁμαρτιῶν ἔπαθεν, δίκαιος ὑπὲρ ἀδίκων | ख्रिस्त एकदाच पातकांखातीर, नीतिमानान अनीतिमानांखातीर सोसलो | Khrist ekdāc pātakāṅkhātīr, nītimānān anītimānāṅkhātīr soslo | Critical | Christ’s Substitutionary Suffering | — | Core substitutionary-atonement statement (3:18); mandatory theologian review. |
| 42 | proclamation to the spirits in prison | τοῖς ἐν φυλακῇ πνεύμασιν ἐκήρυξεν | बंदखणींतल्या आत्म्यांक प्रचार केलो | bandhkhaṇīntlyā ātmyāṅk pracār kelo | Critical | Christ’s Proclamation to the Spirits (3:18-22) | — | Exegetically disputed; render literally without resolving interpretation. Mandatory Human theologian review at every occurrence. |
| 43 | baptism | βάπτισμα (baptisma) | बाप्तिस्मा | bāptismā | High | Christ’s Proclamation to the Spirits (3:21, context) | स्नान (ritual bathing — rejected, collision with sacred-bathing practice) | Not physical washing but an appeal to God through Christ’s resurrection; explicit textual contrast (3:21) must be preserved. |
| 44 | idolatry | εἰδωλολατρία (eidōlolatria) | मूर्तीपूजा | mūrtīpūjā | Critical (cultural sensitivity) | Holiness in Conduct | — | Names a practice central to regional Hindu temple devotion; must be handled with the same pastoral care baseline requires for mission/evangelism language — descriptive of the readers’ past, never used as a slur against present neighbors. |
| 45 | fiery trial | πύρωσις (pyrōsis) | आगीची कसोटी | āgīcī kasoṭī | High | Suffering for Righteousness’ Sake | — | Reprises 1:7’s refining-fire image; normalizes suffering as expected, not strange. |
| 46 | Christian (identity term) | Χριστιανός (Christianos) | ख्रिस्ती | Khristī | High | Suffering for Righteousness’ Sake | — | Sensitive given Goa’s historical Hindu/Catholic communal categorization; present as genuine faith-identity in Christ, not a colonial-era communal/caste label. |
| 47 | faithful Creator | πιστὸς κτίστης (pistos ktistēs) | विश्वासू निर्माणकार | viśvāsū nirmāṇkār | Medium | Providence (conceptual link) | — | निर्माणकार is rejected in baseline as a rendering of “Father” (too impersonal) but is the correct rendering here since κτίστης specifically names God’s creating role, a distinct biblical title. |
| 48 | elder | πρεσβύτερος (presbyteros) | वडील | vaḍīl | High | Elders and Humility | — | Church office; distinguish from a merely age-based or caste/community-panchayat sense of “elder.” |
| 49 | chief Shepherd | ἀρχιποίμην (archipoimēn) | मुखेल मेंढपाळ | mukhel meṇḍhpāḷ | Critical | Elders and Humility | — | Christ as supreme Shepherd over human under-shepherd elders. |
| 50 | lording it over (forbidden leadership model) | κατακυριεύοντες (katakyrieuontes) | हुकूमत गाजोवप | hukūmat gājovap | High | Elders and Humility | — | Explicitly forbidden model of eldership; contrasts with humble, willing service. |
| 51 | casting anxiety on God | μέριμναν ἐπιρίψαντες ἐπ᾽ αὐτόν | आपली चिंता देवाचेर सोपोवप | āplī cintā devācer sopovap | Medium-High | Elders and Humility (pastoral close) | — | Psalm 55:22 echo; God’s personal care for anxious believers. |
| 52 | adversary the devil | ἀντίδικος διάβολος (antidikos diabolos) | वैरी सैतान | vairī saitān | High | Spiritual warfare (background to Suffering doctrine) | — | Distinguish from generic malevolent-spirit/rākṣasa folklore figures; a specific, personal, ultimately defeated adversary. |
| 53 | true grace of God | ἀληθὴς χάρις τοῦ Θεοῦ | देवाची खरी कृपा | devācī kharī kṛpā | High | (closing authentication of the whole letter) | — | Reuses baseline कृपा (Critical); Peter’s seal on the letter’s entire message. |
| 54 | kiss of love | φίλημα ἀγάπης | प्रेमाचें चुंबन | premāce cumban | Low-Medium | Christian Fellowship (background) | — | Early-church greeting custom; requires cultural-context translator note, not a romantic connotation. |
Cross-Reference Notes for Phase 2
- All 42 new Critical/High terms above should be added to
translation_memory.jsonandbible_term_registry.jsonbefore Phase 2 segment translation begins, per the version-increment procedure in12_ai_translation_requirements.md. - The eight named curriculum doctrines map to glossary terms as follows:
- The Living Hope of the Resurrection → terms 1-10, 20 (+ baseline पुनरुत्थान, तारण)
- Suffering for Righteousness’ Sake → terms 8-9, 39, 41, 45-46 (+ baseline नीतिमत्ता)
- The Church as a Holy and Royal Priesthood → terms 21-30
- Submission to Authority and Christlike Endurance → terms 32-34
- Christ’s Substitutionary Suffering → terms 14, 16-19, 35-36, 41
- Holiness in Conduct → terms 15, 31, 40, 44
- Elders and Humility → terms 37-38, 48-51
- Christ’s Proclamation to the Spirits (1 Peter 3:18-22) → terms 42-43 (+ items in 07_semantic_analysis.md Chapter 3 table for θανατωθεὶς σαρκί / ζῳοποιηθεὶς πνεύματι)
- Terms marked Critical above require mandatory Human theologian review routing identical to the baseline
doctrine_risk_registry.jsonconvention; terms marked High require the same routing as baseline High-risk entries.
Critical Risk Terms
Righteousness
Approved rendering: नीतिमत्ता
Transliteration: nītimattā
Doctrine: Salvation
Rejected alternatives: धर्म, पुण्य, न्याय
Original: δικαιοσύνη
Category: Salvation
Inherited from Romans package. Occurs 2:24, 3:14, 3:18. Never धर्म. Also anchors ‘Suffering for Righteousness’ Sake’ (3:14) — righteous conduct here is Christlike moral uprightness, not caste-based dharmic duty.
Salvation
Approved rendering: तारण
Transliteration: tāraṇ
Doctrine: Salvation
Rejected alternatives: मुक्ती, मोक्ष, सुटका
Original: σωτηρία
Category: Salvation
Inherited from Romans package. Occurs 1:5, 1:9, 1:10, 2:2, 4:18. NEVER मुक्ती or मोक्ष. Must always be reinforced against a rebirth-liberation reading, especially since 1 Peter pairs it closely with ‘soul’ (जीव) in 1:9.
Resurrection
Approved rendering: पुनरुत्थान
Transliteration: punaruthān
Doctrine: Resurrection of Christ
Rejected alternatives: पुनर्जन्म, पुनर्जीवन
Original: ἀνάστασις
Category: Christology
Inherited from Romans package. Occurs 1:3, 3:21. NEVER पुनर्जन्म. Sits directly beside नवो जल्म दिवप (‘born again’) in 1:3 — double collision risk with reincarnation vocabulary; mandatory translator note.
Lord
Approved rendering: प्रभू
Transliteration: prabhū
Doctrine: Lordship of Christ
Rejected alternatives: स्वामी, मालक
Original: κύριος
Category: Christology
Inherited from Romans package. Occurs 1:3, 1:25, 2:3, 2:13, 3:15. Must convey exclusive Lordship distinct from Goa’s temple-deity honorific address forms.
Son Of God
Approved rendering: देवाचो पुत्र
Transliteration: devāco putra
Doctrine: Sonship of Christ
Rejected alternatives: देवाचो अंश, देवपुरुष
Inherited from Romans package. Conceptual Christological background throughout 1 Peter; retained for cross-document consistency.
Jesus
Approved rendering: येशू
Transliteration: yeśū
Doctrine: Lordship of Christ
Rejected alternatives: जेजू
Original: Ἰησοῦς
Category: Christology
Inherited from Romans package. Occurs throughout the letter. NOT जेजू (Romi Konkani Catholic spelling).
God
Approved rendering: देव
Transliteration: dev
Doctrine: Deity of Christ
Rejected alternatives: भगवान
Original: θεός
Category: God
Inherited from Romans package. Occurs throughout. Always pair with an exclusivity marker (e.g. ‘एकच खरो देव’) in doctrinally load-bearing contexts.
Holy Spirit
Approved rendering: पवित्र आत्मा
Transliteration: pavitra ātmā
Doctrine: Sanctification
Rejected alternatives: ब्रह्म, परमात्मा
Original: πνεῦμα ἅγιον
Category: God
Inherited from Romans package. Occurs 1:2, 1:12, 4:14. NEVER ब्रह्म or परमात्मा. Distinguish from 3:4’s human πνεῦμα (‘gentle and quiet spirit,’ rendered स्वभाव, NOT आत्मा).
Father
Approved rendering: पिता
Transliteration: pitā
Doctrine: Adoption into God’s Family
Rejected alternatives: ब्रह्मा, निर्माणकार
Original: πατήρ
Category: God
Inherited from Romans package. Occurs 1:2, 1:3, 1:17. Never a Hindu creator-deity name. Note निर्माणकार, rejected here for ‘Father’, is used correctly elsewhere in this glossary for the distinct title ‘faithful Creator’ (κτίστης, 4:19).
Born Again
Approved rendering: नवो जल्म दिवप
Transliteration: navo jalma divap
Doctrine: New Birth and Regeneration
Rejected alternatives: पुनर्जन्म, पुनर्जल्म
Original: ἀναγεννάω
Category: Salvation
NEW TERM. Occurs 1:3, 1:23. The single highest-risk lexical collision in this book: Goa’s Hindu-background readership carries deep cultural fluency with पुनर्जन्म (reincarnation within samsara). Must NEVER be rendered with or adjacent to पुनर्जन्म. Mandatory translator note at EVERY occurrence (not only the first), distinguishing one-time permanent spiritual rebirth through Christ’s resurrection from entry into a repeating rebirth cycle.
Redeemed
Approved rendering: मोल भरून सोडवप
Transliteration: mol bharun soḍavap
Doctrine: Redemption through Christ’s Precious Blood
Rejected alternatives: मुक्ती, मोक्ष
Original: λυτρόω
Category: Salvation
NEW TERM. Occurs 1:18-19. NEVER मुक्ती or मोक्ष. Must never be shortened to a bare ‘liberation’ term, which would collapse the specific price-paid sense into generic release; watch for this drift under Phase 2 drafting fatigue.
Lamb Without Blemish
Approved rendering: निर्दोष आनी निष्कलंक कोंकरूं
Transliteration: nirdoṣ āṇi niṣkalaṅk koṅkarū̃
Doctrine: Christ’s Substitutionary Suffering
Original: ἀμνὸς ἄμωμος καὶ ἄσπιλος
Category: Christology
NEW TERM. Occurs 1:19. Passover/Isaiah 53 sacrificial typology. Must be explicitly distinguished from ongoing Hindu Shakta blood-sacrifice ritual (बली, e.g. offerings to Kali-family deities); this is a singular, completed, substitutionary sacrifice, never repeated.
Precious Blood
Approved rendering: ख्रिस्ताचें अनमोल रगत
Transliteration: Khristāce anmol ragat
Doctrine: Christ’s Substitutionary Suffering
Original: τίμιον αἷμα Χριστοῦ
Category: Christology
NEW TERM. Occurs 1:19. The costly, atoning price of redemption; central to the substitutionary-atonement doctrine and must not be reduced to a generic reference to Christ’s death.
Holy Priesthood
Approved rendering: पवित्र याजकपण
Transliteration: pavitra yājakpaṇ
Doctrine: The Church as a Holy and Royal Priesthood
Original: ἱεράτευμα ἅγιον
Category: Church
NEW TERM. Occurs 2:5. याजक is the established Konkani/Marathi Bible term for priestly office, distinct from Hindu hereditary priestly-caste terms (पुरोहित, ब्राह्मण). This access belongs to every believer, not a caste-restricted office — directly load-bearing given Goud Saraswat Brahmin priestly identity’s continued social prominence in Goa.
Royal Priesthood
Approved rendering: राजपणाचें याजकपण
Transliteration: rājpaṇāce yājakpaṇ
Doctrine: The Church as a Holy and Royal Priesthood
Original: βασίλειον ἱεράτευμα
Category: Church
NEW TERM. Occurs 2:9. Named curriculum doctrine, combining kingly and priestly identity as a single corporate status belonging to every believer, not a hereditary caste office.
Cross
Approved rendering: क्रूस
Transliteration: krus
Doctrine: Christ’s Substitutionary Suffering
Original: ξύλον / σταυρός
Category: Christology
NEW TERM (established general Christian transliteration, not previously in the Romans translation memory). Occurs 2:24. ξύλον’s literal ‘tree/wood’ sense (Deuteronomy 21:23) may be noted in commentary, but क्रूस is used in the main text.
Substitutionary Suffering
Approved rendering: ख्रिस्त एकदाच पातकांखातीर, नीतिमानान अनीतिमानांखातीर सोसलो
Transliteration: Khrist ekdāc pātakāṅkhātīr, nītimānān anītimānāṅkhātīr soslo
Doctrine: Christ’s Substitutionary Suffering
Original: Χριστὸς ἅπαξ περὶ ἁμαρτιῶν ἔπαθεν, δίκαιος ὑπὲρ ἀδίκων
Category: Christology
NEW TERM. Occurs 3:18. Core statement of the named doctrine; combines baseline पाप and नीतिमत्ता with the once-for-all (एकदाच) qualifier. The substitutionary force must not be softened into a mere moral-example reading. Mandatory Human theologian review.
Proclamation To Spirits
Approved rendering: बंदखणींतल्या आत्म्यांक प्रचार केलो
Transliteration: bandhkhaṇīntlyā ātmyāṅk pracār kelo
Doctrine: Christ’s Proclamation to the Spirits (1 Peter 3:18-22)
Original: τοῖς ἐν φυλακῇ πνεύμασιν ἐκήρυξεν
Category: Christology
NEW TERM. Occurs 3:19, connected to 4:6. One of the most exegetically disputed passages in the New Testament; render literally, do NOT resolve the underlying interpretive question (timing, identity of the spirits, content of the proclamation) in translation. Mandatory Human theologian review at every occurrence.
Idolatry
Approved rendering: मूर्तीपूजा
Transliteration: mūrtīpūjā
Doctrine: Former Life and Idolatry
Original: εἰδωλολατρία
Category: Ethics
NEW TERM. Occurs 4:3. CRITICAL CULTURAL SENSITIVITY (not textual ambiguity): names a practice central to Goan Hindu temple devotion (Shantadurga, Mangueshi, Mahalasa). Must describe the biblical category accurately without inflammatory tone, framed strictly as the readers’ own past, never a present-tense denunciation of neighbors’ faith.
Chief Shepherd
Approved rendering: मुखेल मेंढपाळ
Transliteration: mukhel meṇḍhpāḷ
Doctrine: Elders and Humility
Original: ἀρχιποίμην
Category: Christology
NEW TERM. Occurs 5:4. Christological anchor for the Elders doctrine; elders serve as under-shepherds accountable to this one Chief Shepherd, not autonomous religious authorities.
High Risk Terms
Gospel
Approved rendering: सुवार्ता
Transliteration: suvārtā
Doctrine: Gospel
Rejected alternatives: बरी खबर, शुभवर्तमान
Original: εὐαγγέλιον
Category: Salvation
Inherited from Romans package. Occurs 1 Peter 1:12, 1:25, 4:6, 4:17. Must convey an authoritative announcement of accomplished salvation, not generic good news.
Grace
Approved rendering: कृपा
Transliteration: kṛpā
Doctrine: Grace
Rejected alternatives: कर्मफळ, पुण्य, नशीब
Original: χάρις
Category: Salvation
Inherited from Romans package. Occurs 1:2, 1:10, 1:13, 3:7, 4:10, 5:5, 5:10, 5:12. Note the distinct 2:19-20 usage (‘this finds credit/grace with God’ for patient unjust suffering) is a different nuance of the same Konkani word; flag for reviewer awareness, not doctrinal drift.
Faith
Approved rendering: विश्वास
Transliteration: viśvās
Doctrine: Faith
Rejected alternatives: श्रद्धा, भक्ती
Original: πίστις
Category: Faith
Inherited from Romans package. Occurs 1:5, 1:7, 1:9, 1:21, 5:9. Must remain distinct from भक्ती (devotional worship toward a chosen temple deity).
Called
Approved rendering: बोलावलेले
Transliteration: bolāvlele
Doctrine: Divine Calling
Rejected alternatives: आमंत्रित
Inherited from Romans package. Occurs 1:15, 2:21, 3:9. Distinguish from karma/fate-determined destiny (नशीब/प्रारब्ध).
Calling
Approved rendering: बोलावणें
Transliteration: bolāvaṇẽ
Doctrine: Divine Calling
Rejected alternatives: आमंत्रण
Inherited from Romans package. Occurs 2:9 (ἐκλεκτός context), 5:10.
Holy
Approved rendering: पवित्र
Transliteration: pavitra
Doctrine: Sanctification
Rejected alternatives: शुद्ध, निर्मळ
Original: ἅγιος
Category: Sanctification
Inherited from Romans package. Occurs 1:15-16 (citing Leviticus 11:44), 2:5, 2:9, 3:5. Avoid ritual-purity-only readings.
Saints
Approved rendering: पवित्र जन
Transliteration: pavitra jan
Doctrine: Sainthood
Rejected alternatives: संत, भक्त
Original: ἅγιοι
Category: Church
Inherited from Romans package. Underlies the corporate ‘holy nation’ language of 2:9; not the Varkari-tradition संत (bhakti-poet) category.
Sanctification
Approved rendering: पवित्रीकरण
Transliteration: pavitrīkaraṇ
Doctrine: Sanctification
Rejected alternatives: शुद्धीकरण
Original: ἁγιασμός
Category: Sanctification
Inherited from Romans package. Occurs 1:2 (‘sanctification of the Spirit’). Distinct from ritual purification.
Glory
Approved rendering: गौरव
Transliteration: gaurav
Doctrine: Deity of Christ
Rejected alternatives: तेज, देवीतेज
Original: δόξα
Category: God
Inherited from Romans package. Very frequent in 1 Peter: 1:7, 1:8, 1:11, 1:21, 2:12, 4:11, 4:13-14, 5:1, 5:4, 5:10. Avoid तेज-based light imagery that could conflate with temple-deity divine-radiance descriptions.
Law
Approved rendering: नियमशास्त्र
Transliteration: niyamaśāstra
Doctrine: Fulfillment of Prophecy
Rejected alternatives: धर्म, कायदो
Inherited from Romans package. Background only in 1 Peter (not a major term); retained for cross-document consistency.
Sin
Approved rendering: पाप
Transliteration: pāp
Doctrine: Universal Human Accountability
Rejected alternatives: अधर्म, अशुद्धता
Original: ἁμαρτία
Category: Sin
Inherited from Romans package. Occurs 2:22, 2:24, 3:18, 4:1, 4:8. Distinguish from impersonal karmic debt.
Obedience Of Faith
Approved rendering: विश्वासाची आज्ञाधारकता
Transliteration: viśvāsācī āj̈ñādhārakatā
Doctrine: Obedience of Faith
Rejected alternatives: धार्मिक कर्तव्यपालन
Original: ὑπακοή
Category: Faith
Inherited from Romans package, extended here to 1 Peter’s ‘children of obedience’ (τέκνα ὑπακοῆς, 1:14) and 1:2, 1:22. Obedience flowing from faith and new birth, not duty-based compliance.
Power Of God
Approved rendering: देवाचें सामर्थ्य
Transliteration: devāce sāmarthya
Doctrine: Power of God for Salvation
Rejected alternatives: शक्ती
Original: δύναμις Θεοῦ
Category: God
Inherited from Romans package. Occurs 1:5. NEVER शक्ती (strong Shakta-goddess associations, e.g. Shantadurga, Mahalasa).
Election
Approved rendering: देवाची निवड
Transliteration: devācī nivaḍ
Doctrine: Effectual Calling
Rejected alternatives: नशीब, प्रारब्ध
Original: ἐκλεκτός
Category: Salvation
Inherited from Romans package. Occurs 1:1-2 (ἐκλεκτός), 2:9. Must not be rendered with fate/destiny vocabulary.
Providence
Approved rendering: देवाची तरतूद
Transliteration: devācī tartūd
Doctrine: Providence
Rejected alternatives: नशीब, प्रारब्ध
Original: cf. 1 Peter 4:19; 5:6-7
Category: God
Inherited from Romans package. Underlies 4:19 (‘commit their souls to a faithful Creator’) and 5:6-7 (casting anxiety on God).
Abba
Approved rendering: अब्बा
Transliteration: abbā
Doctrine: Adoption into God’s Family
Inherited from Romans package. Not directly occurring in 1 Peter; retained for cross-document consistency.
Living Hope
Approved rendering: जिवंत आशा
Transliteration: jivant āśā
Doctrine: The Living Hope of the Resurrection
Rejected alternatives: नुसती आशा
Original: ἐλπὶς ζῶσα
Category: Eschatology
NEW TERM. Core passage term (1:3), the letter’s central named doctrine. आशा alone reads as ordinary hope/wishing; जिवंत आशा must carry explanatory reinforcement (resurrection-grounded, not circumstantial optimism) at first occurrence.
Inheritance
Approved rendering: वारसो
Transliteration: vārso
Doctrine: Imperishable Inheritance and Assurance
Rejected alternatives: संपत्ती
Original: κληρονομία
Category: Salvation
NEW TERM. Occurs 1:4. Must be explained as a guaranteed, gifted heavenly inheritance received through adoption, not earthly family-property inheritance nor a karmic outcome of accumulated past deeds.
Revealed Manifested
Approved rendering: प्रगट जावप
Transliteration: pragat javap
Doctrine: The Living Hope of the Resurrection
Rejected alternatives: अवतार-adjacent phrasing
Original: ἀποκαλύπτω / φανερόω
Category: Eschatology
NEW TERM. Spans both the future disclosure of salvation (1:5, 1:7) and Christ’s historical incarnation-adjacent manifestation (1:20). The 1:20 sense must always carry the incarnation translator note distinguishing Christ’s unique, permanent manifestation from अवतार-style periodic divine appearing.
Tested Genuineness
Approved rendering: विश्वासाची पारख
Transliteration: viśvāsācī pārakh
Doctrine: Suffering for Righteousness’ Sake
Original: δοκίμιον
Category: Faith
NEW TERM. Occurs 1:7. Metallurgical assay-image (gold tested by fire); पारख is a natural Konkani goldsmith/commercial term for testing genuineness, chosen to avoid importing a karmic-testing connotation.
Soul
Approved rendering: जीव
Transliteration: jīv
Doctrine: The Living Hope of the Resurrection
Rejected alternatives: आत्मा
Original: ψυχή
Category: Salvation
NEW TERM. Occurs 1:9, 1:22, 2:11, 2:25, 3:20, 4:19. जीव is also the term for the individual embodied soul (jīva) in Hindu philosophy, understood as transmigrating through rebirths. In every soteriological occurrence, pair with तारण (‘जीवांचें तारण’) so the phrase reads as whole-person deliverance in Christ, never liberation of a transmigrating jīva from samsara.
Foreknowledge
Approved rendering: देवाचें पूर्वज्ञान
Transliteration: devāce pūrvajñān
Doctrine: Divine Election and Calling
Rejected alternatives: नशीब
Original: πρόγνωσις
Category: God
NEW TERM. Occurs 1:2. Grounds election in God’s prior, personal knowledge and choice, not impersonal fate/destiny.
Sprinkling Of Blood
Approved rendering: रगताचें शिंपडप
Transliteration: ragtāce śimpḍap
Doctrine: Christ’s Substitutionary Suffering
Original: ῥαντισμὸς αἵματος Ἰησοῦ Χριστοῦ
Category: Christology
NEW TERM. Occurs 1:2. OT covenant-ratification image (Exodus 24) applied to believers’ entry into the New Covenant through Christ’s blood; requires OT background explanation for low-OT-literacy readers.
Futile Ancestral Life
Approved rendering: पूर्वजांकडल्यान मेळिल्ली व्यर्थ चालचलणूक
Transliteration: pūrvajāṅkaḍlyān meḷillī vyarth cālcalṇūk
Doctrine: Redemption through Christ’s Precious Blood
Original: ματαία ἀναστροφὴ πατροπαράδοτος
Category: Sanctification
NEW TERM. Occurs 1:18. Culturally sensitive: must be framed strictly as describing the readers’ own specific pre-conversion condition, never a categorical dismissal of Konkani/Goan ancestral heritage generally.
Word Of God Living
Approved rendering: देवाचें जिवंत आनी शाश्वत वचन
Transliteration: devāce jivant āṇi śāśvat vacan
Doctrine: New Birth and Regeneration
Original: λόγος ζῶν καὶ μένων Θεοῦ
Category: Scripture
NEW TERM. Occurs 1:23-25. Instrument of new birth; reuses the ‘living’ (जिवंत) motif shared with ‘living hope’ and ‘living stone’ — preserve this recurring motif’s consistency across the letter.
Living Stone
Approved rendering: जिवंत फातर
Transliteration: jivant phātar
Doctrine: Christ the Living Stone and Cornerstone
Original: λίθος ζῶν
Category: Christology
NEW TERM. Occurs 2:4-8. Must be explicitly distinguished from stone/image (mūrti) veneration in regional temple worship; Christ is a living Person, described metaphorically, never an object of ritual devotion.
Spiritual Sacrifices
Approved rendering: आत्मिक अर्पण
Transliteration: ātmik arpaṇ
Doctrine: The Church as a Holy and Royal Priesthood
Rejected alternatives: बली
Original: θυσίαι πνευματικαί
Category: Church
NEW TERM. Occurs 2:5. Whole-life offerings of praise, obedience, and service replacing the OT sacrificial system; deliberately NOT बली (ritual blood-sacrifice prominent in regional Shakta worship).
Cornerstone
Approved rendering: कोनशिलेचो फातर
Transliteration: konśilecho phātar
Doctrine: Christ the Living Stone and Cornerstone
Original: λίθος ἀκρογωνιαῖος
Category: Christology
NEW TERM. Occurs 2:6, citing Isaiah 28:16.
Chosen Race
Approved rendering: देवान निवडिल्लो लोक
Transliteration: devān nivaḍillo lok
Doctrine: The Church as a Holy and Royal Priesthood
Rejected alternatives: वंश, जात
Original: γένος ἐκλεκτόν
Category: Church
NEW TERM. Occurs 2:9. Deliberately avoids वंश/जात (lineage/caste) vocabulary. Must never be read through a jāti/caste-lineage lens given the live social salience of caste categories, including Goud Saraswat Brahmin identity, in Goa.
Holy Nation
Approved rendering: पवित्र राष्ट्र
Transliteration: pavitra rāṣṭra
Doctrine: The Church as a Holy and Royal Priesthood
Original: ἔθνος ἅγιον
Category: Church
NEW TERM. Occurs 2:9. राष्ट्र carries the same political-sensitivity caution as baseline’s ‘kingdom of God’ entry, given Goa’s contested colonial history.
Gods Own Possession
Approved rendering: देवाचो खाशेलो लोक
Transliteration: devāco khāśelo lok
Doctrine: The Church as a Holy and Royal Priesthood
Original: λαὸς εἰς περιποίησιν
Category: Church
NEW TERM. Occurs 2:9, echoing Exodus 19:5-6 covenant language.
Submit
Approved rendering: अधीन जावप
Transliteration: adhīn javap
Doctrine: Submission to Authority and Christlike Endurance
Original: ὑποτάσσω
Category: Ethics
NEW TERM. Occurs 2:13, 2:18, 3:1, 3:5, 3:22, 5:5. Named curriculum doctrine’s core recurring term. Must convey voluntary, Christlike, respectful submission — never coerced subjugation (sensitive given Goa’s colonial-era history) nor fatalistic caste-submission.
Shepherd Overseer
Approved rendering: मेंढपाळ आनी निरीक्षक
Transliteration: meṇḍhpāḷ āṇi nirīkṣak
Doctrine: Elders and Humility
Original: ποιμὴν καὶ ἐπίσκοπος τῶν ψυχῶν
Category: Church
NEW TERM. Occurs 2:25. Christ’s pastoral care and oversight over believers’ souls; anchors the elder-shepherd instruction of chapter 5 (elders as under-shepherds of the one true Shepherd).
Humility
Approved rendering: नम्रता
Transliteration: namratā
Doctrine: Elders and Humility
Original: ταπεινοφροσύνη
Category: Ethics
NEW TERM. Occurs 3:8, 5:5-6. Named curriculum doctrine’s core recurring term. Must be distinguished both from false self-abasement and from any implication of caste-based submission expectations already present in Goan social structure.
Suffer For Righteousness
Approved rendering: नीतिमत्तेखातीर दुख्ख सोसप
Transliteration: nītimattekhātīr dukkh sosap
Doctrine: Suffering for Righteousness’ Sake
Original: πάσχειν διὰ δικαιοσύνην
Category: Suffering
NEW TERM. Occurs 3:14, echoing Matthew 5:10. Named curriculum doctrine; reuses baseline नीतिमत्ता (Critical) — check consistency with Romans’ forensic-righteousness sense against this ethical-conduct sense in context.
Good Conscience
Approved rendering: बरो विवेक
Transliteration: baro vivek
Doctrine: Holiness in Conduct
Original: συνείδησις ἀγαθή
Category: Ethics
NEW TERM. Occurs 3:16, 3:21. विवेक is widely used in Hindu ethical/philosophical vocabulary (viveka, ‘discriminative wisdom’); must be anchored specifically as inward moral awareness of right/wrong before God (देवासमोर), not general spiritual discernment.
Baptism
Approved rendering: बाप्तिस्मा
Transliteration: bāptismā
Doctrine: Christ’s Proclamation to the Spirits (1 Peter 3:18-22)
Rejected alternatives: स्नान
Original: βάπτισμα
Category: Sacraments
NEW TERM. Occurs 3:21. Not physical washing but an appeal to God through Christ’s resurrection. Must be distinguished from Hindu ritual bathing/purification (स्नान, sacred river-bathing/tīrtha practices); preserve the text’s own explicit contrast rather than softening it.
Fiery Trial
Approved rendering: आगीची कसोटी
Transliteration: āgīcī kasoṭī
Doctrine: Suffering for Righteousness’ Sake
Original: πύρωσις
Category: Suffering
NEW TERM. Occurs 4:12. Reprises 1:7’s fire-refining image; normalizes suffering as a normal, expected experience for believers, not strange or shameful.
Christian Identity
Approved rendering: ख्रिस्ती
Transliteration: Khristī
Doctrine: Suffering for Righteousness’ Sake
Original: Χριστιανός
Category: Identity
NEW TERM. Occurs 4:16. Sensitive given Goa’s historical Hindu/Catholic communal categorization; must be presented as genuine faith-identity in Christ, not a colonial-era communal/caste label.
Elder
Approved rendering: वडील
Transliteration: vaḍīl
Doctrine: Elders and Humility
Original: πρεσβύτερος
Category: Church
NEW TERM. Occurs 5:1, 5:5. Named curriculum doctrine. Must distinguish the church office from a merely age-based sense or a caste/community-panchayat notion of village-elder authority.
Lording Over
Approved rendering: हुकूमत गाजोवप
Transliteration: hukūmat gājovap
Doctrine: Elders and Humility
Original: κατακυριεύοντες
Category: Church
NEW TERM. Occurs 5:3. Domineering leadership explicitly forbidden as a model of eldership; contrasts with humble, willing service.
Adversary Devil
Approved rendering: वैरी सैतान
Transliteration: vairī saitān
Doctrine: Resisting the Devil
Original: ἀντίδικος διάβολος
Category: Spiritual Warfare
NEW TERM. Occurs 5:8. Must be distinguished from generic malevolent-spirit or rākṣasa figures of regional folklore; a specific, personal, ultimately defeated adversary, resisted through firm faith rather than ritual protection.
True Grace
Approved rendering: देवाची खरी कृपा
Transliteration: devācī kharī kṛpā
Doctrine: God’s Sustaining Grace
Original: ἀληθὴς χάρις τοῦ Θεοῦ
Category: Salvation
NEW TERM. Occurs 5:12. Reuses baseline कृपा (Critical); Peter’s closing seal on the entirety of the letter’s teaching as genuine, not partial or distorted, grace.
Medium Risk Terms
Apostle
Approved rendering: प्रेषित
Transliteration: preṣit
Doctrine: Apostleship
Rejected alternatives: दूत, गुरू
Original: ἀπόστολος
Category: Church
Inherited from Romans package. Occurs 1:1. Distinguish from guru-disciple religious authority structures.
Peace
Approved rendering: शांती
Transliteration: śāntī
Doctrine: Peace with God
Rejected alternatives: सुख, समाधान
Original: εἰρήνη
Category: Salvation
Inherited from Romans package. Occurs 1:2, 3:11, 5:14. Distinguish from meditative calm.
Spiritual Gifts
Approved rendering: आत्मिक वरदान
Transliteration: ātmik varadān
Doctrine: Spiritual Gifts
Rejected alternatives: वरदान, सिद्धी
Original: χάρισμα
Category: Church
Inherited from Romans package. Occurs 4:10. Must not be rendered as merit-earned boons.
Church
Approved rendering: मंडळी
Transliteration: maṇḍaḷī
Doctrine: Church as God’s People
Rejected alternatives: देऊळ, मंदिर
Original: ἐκκλησία (conceptual; 1 Peter uses οἶκος/λαός/γένος imagery instead of ἐκκλησία directly)
Category: Church
Inherited from Romans package. Underlies 2:9-10, 4:17, 5:1-4 household/flock imagery. Never देऊळ/मंदिर.
Gentiles
Approved rendering: परराष्ट्रीय
Transliteration: pararāṣṭrīya
Doctrine: Unity of Jews and Gentiles
Rejected alternatives: विदेशी
Original: ἔθνη
Category: Church
Inherited from Romans package. Occurs 2:12, 4:3, describing the surrounding pagan society.
Mission
Approved rendering: सुवार्ता प्रसार
Transliteration: suvārtā prasār
Doctrine: Mission to the Nations
Rejected alternatives: मिशन
Inherited from Romans package. Underlies 2:9 (proclaiming God’s excellencies) and 3:15 (giving a reasoned defense of hope ‘with gentleness and respect’). Given Goa’s Inquisition-era history, frame as gentle invitational testimony, never confrontation.
David
Approved rendering: दावीद
Transliteration: dāvīd
Doctrine: Davidic Covenant
Inherited from Romans package. Not directly named in 1 Peter; retained for cross-document proper-name consistency.
Israel
Approved rendering: इस्राएल
Transliteration: isrāel
Doctrine: Unity of Jews and Gentiles
Original: cf. Exodus 19:5-6 quoted in 1 Peter 2:9-10
Category: Covenant
Inherited from Romans package. Underlies OT quotations transferring covenant identity to the church (2:9-10, 3:10-12).
Imperishable
Approved rendering: अविनाशी
Transliteration: avināśī
Doctrine: Imperishable Inheritance and Assurance
Original: ἄφθαρτος
Category: Salvation
NEW TERM. Occurs 1:4, 1:23. Same word used of the imperishable ātman/soul in Hindu philosophical/Bhagavad Gita usage; must be grammatically anchored to the inheritance/word it modifies, never left as a free-floating description of the human self.
Unfading
Approved rendering: न सुकपी
Transliteration: na sukpī
Doctrine: Imperishable Inheritance and Assurance
Rejected alternatives: अमर
Original: ἀμάραντος / ἀμαράντινος
Category: Eschatology
NEW TERM. Occurs 1:4 (inheritance), 5:4 (elder’s crown of glory). Deliberately avoid अमर (‘immortal’), which tilts toward a Hindu immortality/moksha register; preserve the literal botanical ‘non-withering’ image.
Guarded
Approved rendering: राखिल्लें
Transliteration: rākhillẽ
Doctrine: The Living Hope of the Resurrection
Original: φρουρέω
Category: Salvation
NEW TERM. Occurs 1:5 (φρουρέω, military-garrison image). Active, continuous divine protection; should carry a note distinguishing this from fatalistic ‘as destiny would have it’.
Trial Testing
Approved rendering: वेगवेगळ्यो परीक्षा
Transliteration: vegveglyo parīkṣā
Doctrine: Suffering for Righteousness’ Sake
Rejected alternatives: नशीब, प्रारब्ध
Original: πειρασμός
Category: Suffering
NEW TERM. Occurs 1:6. God’s purposive, faith-refining testing, not fate or a punitive karmic account; reinforce with देवाची तरतूद (providence) framing.
Sojourner
Approved rendering: परदेशी
Transliteration: pardeśī
Doctrine: Christian Identity (background)
Original: παρεπίδημος
Category: Church
NEW TERM. Occurs 1:1, 1:17, 2:11. Describes believers’ lived social identity as temporary residents whose true home is heaven, not metaphor only.
Manner Of Life
Approved rendering: चालचलणूक
Transliteration: cālcalṇūk
Doctrine: Holiness in Conduct
Original: ἀναστροφή
Category: Sanctification
NEW TERM. Core recurring structural term across the letter (1:15, 1:18, 2:12, 3:1-2, 3:16). Consistency of rendering across all occurrences is important for reader recognition.
Spiritual House
Approved rendering: आत्मिक घर
Transliteration: ātmik ghar
Doctrine: The Church as a Holy and Royal Priesthood
Original: οἶκος πνευματικός
Category: Church
NEW TERM. Occurs 2:5. The church as God’s temple-community built of living stones; reuses आत्मिक root shared with ‘spiritual gifts’.
Stone Of Stumbling
Approved rendering: अडखळचो फातर
Transliteration: aḍkhaḷcho phātar
Doctrine: Christ the Living Stone and Cornerstone
Original: λίθος προσκόμματος
Category: Christology
NEW TERM. Occurs 2:8. Christ, rejected, becomes a stone causing unbelievers to stumble in judgment.
Fleshly Passions
Approved rendering: शारीरिक वासना
Transliteration: śārīrik vāsanā
Doctrine: Holiness in Conduct
Original: σαρκικαὶ ἐπιθυμίαι
Category: Sanctification
NEW TERM. Occurs 2:11. वासना carries strong technical resonance in Hindu ethical/karmic thought (desire binding a jīva to samsara); must be anchored as ordinary sinful desire ‘warring against the soul,’ not the philosophical vāsanā concept.
Servant Of God
Approved rendering: देवाचो दास
Transliteration: devāco dās
Doctrine: Submission to Authority and Christlike Endurance
Original: δοῦλος Θεοῦ
Category: Ethics
NEW TERM. Occurs 2:16. दास is prominent in Hindu bhakti devotional vocabulary (e.g. ‘Krishnadas’); anchor firmly to देवाचो (the one true God) and never leave unqualified, to distinguish glad Christian service from devotional servitude to a chosen deity among many.
Master Despotes
Approved rendering: धनी
Transliteration: dhanī
Doctrine: Submission to Authority and Christlike Endurance
Original: δεσπότης
Category: Ethics
NEW TERM. Occurs 2:18, in the historical instruction to household servants, including under unjust masters. Frame pastorally, not as endorsement of unjust structures.
Wound
Approved rendering: जखम
Transliteration: jakham
Doctrine: Christ’s Substitutionary Suffering
Original: μώλωψ
Category: Christology
NEW TERM. Occurs 2:24, echoing Isaiah 53:5. Must not be read as a health-and-wealth physical-healing proof-text; the healing in view is spiritual deliverance from sin.
Faithful Creator
Approved rendering: विश्वासू निर्माणकार
Transliteration: viśvāsū nirmāṇkār
Doctrine: Judgment Beginning at the Household of God
Original: πιστὸς κτίστης
Category: God
NEW TERM. Occurs 4:19. निर्माणकार is rejected in the baseline as a rendering of ‘Father’ (too impersonal) but is contextually correct here since κτίστης specifically names God’s creating role, a distinct title from πατήρ.
Casting Anxiety
Approved rendering: आपली सगळी चिंता देवाचेर सोपोवप
Transliteration: āplī sagḷī cintā devācer sopovap
Doctrine: Elders and Humility
Original: πᾶσαν τὴν μέριμναν ἐπιρίψαντες ἐπ᾽ αὐτόν
Category: Faith
NEW TERM. Occurs 5:7, echoing Psalm 55:22. Pastoral comfort grounded in God’s personal care for anxious believers.
Low Risk Terms
Thanksgiving
Approved rendering: धन्यवाद
Transliteration: dhanyavād
Doctrine: Thanksgiving
Original: εὐλογητός / εὐχαριστία
Category: Faith
Inherited from Romans package. Opens the doxology of 1:3 (‘Blessed be the God and Father…’). The adjectival εὐλογητός liturgical-praise sense there may require the fuller formula ‘देव…धन्यवादीक जावो’; flag for native speaker review of the doxology phrasing, not theologian escalation (risk remains Low).
Fellowship
Approved rendering: सहभागिता
Transliteration: sahabhāgitā
Doctrine: Christian Fellowship
Rejected alternatives: इश्टागत, समाज
Original: κοινωνία
Category: Church
Inherited from Romans package. Occurs 4:13 (κοινωνεῖτε — share/participate in Christ’s sufferings).
Exhort
Approved rendering: उत्तेजन देणें
Transliteration: uttejan denẽ
Doctrine: Mutual Edification
Original: παρακαλέω
Category: Faith
Inherited from Romans package. Occurs 5:1, 5:12.
Prophet
Approved rendering: संदेष्टा
Transliteration: sandeṣṭā
Doctrine: Inspiration of Scripture
Rejected alternatives: ज्योतिषी
Inherited from Romans package. Occurs 1:10-12. Distinguish from an astrologer/fortune-teller.
Prophecy
Approved rendering: भविष्यवाणी
Transliteration: bhaviṣyavāṇī
Doctrine: Fulfillment of Prophecy
Rejected alternatives: भविष्यफळ
Inherited from Romans package. Occurs 1:10-12, the prophets’ Spirit-moved search into the Messiah’s sufferings and glories.
Diaspora
Approved rendering: विखर
Transliteration: vikhar
Doctrine: Church as God’s People (background)
Original: διασπορά
Category: Church
NEW TERM. Occurs 1:1. Geographic scattering of God’s people, united in Christ.
Kiss Of Love
Approved rendering: प्रेमाचें चुंबन
Transliteration: premāce cumban
Doctrine: Christian Fellowship (background)
Original: φίλημα ἀγάπης
Category: Church
NEW TERM. Occurs 5:14. Early-church greeting custom; requires a cultural-context translator note (not a romantic connotation) for the target audience.
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