Core Glossary
08 — Core Glossary: 2 Peter
Legend
- Status: [BASELINE] = must reuse Romans-package rendering exactly; [NEW] = proposed new term for this curriculum.
- Risk: Critical / High / Medium / Low, per baseline definitions.
- Passages: primary occurrences in 2 Peter.
A. Baseline Terms Reused Exactly (from Romans translation_memory.json)
| Term | Original | Transliteration | Konkani | Risk | Doctrine | Passages | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| God | θεός | theos | देव | Critical | Divine Nature / Deity of Christ | 1:1,2,17,21; 2:4; 3:5,7,9,12,18 | Always pair with exclusivity marker (“एकच खरो देव”) in doctrinally load-bearing contexts, per baseline rule. |
| Jesus | Ἰησοῦς | Iēsous | येशू | Critical | Lordship / Deity of Christ | throughout | Never जेजू (Romi Konkani Catholic form). |
| Christ | Χριστός | Christos | ख्रिस्त | Critical | Messianic Promise / Deity of Christ | throughout | Established transliteration per AI requirements doc. |
| Lord | κύριος | kyrios | प्रभू | Critical | Lordship of Christ | 1:2,8,11,14,16; 2:1,9,11,20; 3:2,8,9,10,15,18 | Distinct from δεσπότης (धनी, new term below). |
| Holy Spirit | Πνεῦμα Ἅγιον | Pneuma Hagion | पवित्र आत्मा | Critical | Inspiration of Scripture | 1:21 | Active divine Agent of inspiration; never ब्रह्म/परमात्मा. |
| Holy | ἅγιος | hagios | पवित्र | High | Sanctification / Inspiration | 1:18,21; 2:21; 3:2,11 | Never शुद्ध (ritual-purity sense only). |
| Faith | πίστις | pistis | विश्वास | High | Faith | 1:1,5 | Object is always Christ specifically. |
| Grace | χάρις | charis | कृपा | High | Grace | 1:2; 3:18 | Never कर्मफळ/नशीब/पुण्य. |
| Peace | εἰρήνη | eirēnē | शांती | Medium | Peace with God | 1:2 | Relational, not meditative calm. |
| Righteousness | δικαιοσύνη | dikaiosynē | नीतिमत्ता | Critical | Righteousness / New Creation | 1:1; 2:5,21; 3:13 | Never धर्म. |
| Apostle | ἀπόστολος | apostolos | प्रेषित | Medium | Apostleship | 1:1; 3:2 | Never गुरू. |
| Called / Calling | κλητός / κλῆσις | klētos / klēsis | बोलावलेले / बोलावणें | High | Divine Calling | 1:10 | Effectual calling, not karma/fate. |
| Election | ἐκλογή | eklogē | देवाची निवड | High | Effectual Calling | 1:10 | Never नशीब/प्रारब्ध. |
| Kingdom of God | βασιλεία τοῦ θεοῦ | basileia tou theou | देवाचें राज्य | Medium | Kingdom Mission | 1:11 | Paired here with सार्वकालीक (“eternal”), new term below. |
| Glory | δόξα | doxa | गौरव | High | Deity of Christ | 1:3,17; 3:18 | Never तेज-based light imagery. |
| Prophecy | προφητεία | prophēteia | भविष्यवाणी | Low | Fulfillment of Prophecy | 1:20,21 | Distinct from astrological प्रediction. |
| Prophet | προφήτης | prophētēs | संदेष्टा | Low | Inspiration of Scripture | (root of 2:1 false-prophet compound) | Distinct from ज्योतिषी. |
| Fellowship (root) | κοινωνία | koinōnia | सहभागिता | Low | Christian Fellowship | (root of 1:4 κοινωνοί) | Root for new term “partaker,” below. |
| Sin | ἁμαρτία | hamartia | पाप | High | Universal Human Accountability | 1:9; 2:14 | Distinct from अशुद्धता/भ्रष्टता (ritual/moral corruption terms). |
B. New Terms Proposed for 2 Peter
| Term | Original | Transliteration | Konkani | Risk | Doctrine | Passages | Rejected Alternatives | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Servant | δοῦλος | doulos | सेवक | Medium | Growing in Christian Virtue | 1:1 | दास | दास carries Hindu bhakti dāsya-bhāva (devotional servant-mood toward a chosen deity); सेवक is neutral. |
| Savior | σωτήρ | sōtēr | तारक | Critical | Deity of Christ | 1:1,11; 2:20; 3:2,18 | रक्षक | Must always appear with प्रभू/देव affirming Christ’s full deity; never a generic rescuer-among-rescuers sense. |
| Full/true knowledge | ἐπίγνωσις | epignōsis | पूर्ण ज्ञान | High | Divine Nature / Growing in Virtue | 1:2,3,8; 2:20 | ओळख (bare) | Relational, saving acquaintance with God/Christ, not abstract information. |
| Knowledge | γνῶσις | gnōsis | ज्ञान | High | Growing in Christian Virtue | 1:5,6; 3:18 | बुद्धी | Must not collapse into Hindu jñāna-mārga (path of intellectual/mystical self-realization toward mokṣa); this is moral/relational discernment. |
| Divine nature | θεία φύσις | theia physis | दैवी स्वभाव | Critical | Divine Nature and Escaping Corruption | 1:4 | दैवी अंश, ब्रह्मस्वरूप | CRITICAL: never implies ontological merger with God/Brahman. Mandatory translator note every occurrence: moral/relational participation in God’s character via the Spirit, not becoming God or dissolving creature-Creator distinction. |
| Partaker | κοινωνός | koinōnos | सहभागी | High | Divine Nature and Escaping Corruption | 1:4 | वाटेकरी | Must be read jointly with दैवी स्वभाव’s mandatory note. |
| Corruption | φθορά | phthora | भ्रष्टता | Medium | Divine Nature and Escaping Corruption | 1:4; 2:12,19 | नासाड (too weak) | Moral decay from desire, addressed by grace; not ritual impurity. |
| Desire/lust | ἐπιθυμία | epithymia | वासना | High | Divine Nature and Escaping Corruption / False Teachers | 1:4; 2:10,18; 3:3 | इच्छा (too weak/neutral) | वासना overlaps with Hindu/Buddhist karmic-craving concept (saṃsāra-driving vāsanā); note required distinguishing grace/Spirit-given self-control from ascetic detachment technique. |
| Virtue/excellence | ἀρετή | aretē | सद्गुण | Medium | Growing in Christian Virtue | 1:3,5 | पुण्य | पुण्य rejected as merit-accumulation (already rejected in baseline for grace); सद्गुण must be framed as grace-produced, not self-earned. |
| Self-control | ἐγκράτεια | enkrateia | आत्मसंयम | Medium | Growing in Christian Virtue | 1:6 | तप/संयम (ascetic) | Spirit-given fruit, not ascetic merit-technique. |
| Steadfastness (human) | ὑπομονή | hypomonē | धीर | Medium | Growing in Christian Virtue | 1:6 | सहनशीलता (reserved for God’s patience) | Kept distinct from μακροθυμία to avoid merging two Greek concepts. |
| Godliness | εὐσέβεια | eusebeia | देवभक्ती | High | Growing in Christian Virtue | 1:3,6,7; 3:11 | धार्मिकपणा | Must carry mandatory qualifier (“एकच खरो देवाची भक्ती”) every occurrence, since baseline already flags भक्ती-root terms for temple-deity devotional risk. |
| Brotherly love | φιλαδελφία | philadelphia | बंधुप्रेम | Low | Growing in Christian Virtue | 1:7 | — | — |
| Love | ἀγάπη | agapē | प्रेम | Low-Medium | Growing in Christian Virtue | 1:7 | — | Comprehensive, others-directed love; not romantic/familial only. |
| Eternal (kingdom) | αἰώνιος | aiōnios | सार्वकालीक | Medium | Kingdom Mission | 1:11 | सनातन | सनातन rejected: self-designation of “Sanātana Dharma” (Hinduism); avoid implying equivalence. |
| Myth/fable | μῦθος | mythos | कल्पित कथा | High | Reliability and Inspiration of Scripture | 1:16 | दंतकथा (weaker) | Contrast with eyewitness fact; must not blanket-dismiss Puranic narrative literature generally (cf. Kristapurana precedent in baseline). |
| Coming/Return (of Christ) | παρουσία | parousia | पुनरागमन | Critical | The Certainty of Christ’s Return | 1:16; 3:4,12 | आगमन (ambiguous), अवतार-adjacent phrasing | Never phrased to suggest a repeatable/cyclical divine descent; singular, certain, future event. Consistency required across all three occurrences. |
| Eyewitness | ἐπόπτης | epoptēs | प्रत्यक्षदर्शी | Low | Reliability of Scripture | 1:16 | — | — |
| Majesty | μεγαλειότης | megaleiotēs | महिमा | Medium | Certainty of Christ’s Return / Deity of Christ | 1:16 | तेज (baseline-cautioned) | Anchor explicitly to Christ to avoid comparative-greatness-among-deities reading. |
| The Majestic Glory (title) | μεγαλοπρεπὴς δόξα | megaloprepēs doxa | महिमावंत गौरव | High | Deity of Christ | 1:17 | — | Functions as a proper title for God the Father; preserve as a name, not a mere description. |
| Voice | φωνή | phōnē | वाणी | Low | Inspiration of Scripture | 1:17,18 | आवाज़ (too ordinary) | Elevated register appropriate to divine speech. |
| More sure/confirmed | βεβαιότερος | bebaioteros | अधिक निश्चीत | Low | Reliability of Scripture | 1:19 | — | — |
| Prophetic word | προφητικὸς λόγος | prophētikos logos | भविष्यवाणीचें वचन | Medium | Fulfillment of Prophecy | 1:19 | — | Stable, written, authoritative deposit, not a one-off prediction. |
| Lamp | λύχνος | lychnos | दिवो | Low | Reliability of Scripture | 1:19 | — | — |
| Morning star | φωσφόρος | phōsphoros | पयलपारेचो तारो | Medium-High | Certainty of Christ’s Return | 1:19 | — | Note required against astrological (Śukra-graha) reading; messianic metaphor only. |
| Interpretation | ἐπίλυσις | epilysis | स्वताचो अर्थ लावप | Medium | Reliability and Inspiration of Scripture | 1:20 | — | Concerns origin of prophecy, not later reading (cf. στρεβλόω, 3:16). |
| Scripture | γραφή | graphē | पवित्र शास्त्र | High | Reliability and Inspiration of Scripture | 1:20; 3:16 | शास्त्र (bare) | Bare शास्त्र forbidden in this doctrinal sense — must always carry पवित्र qualifier to distinguish from the broad Hindu śāstra textual corpus. |
| Carried along (by the Spirit) | φέρω (pass.) | pheromenoi | चालोवणे / व्हरतले | Medium | Inspiration of Scripture | 1:21 | — | Preserve dual agency: genuine human speech, decisively Spirit-directed. |
| False prophet | ψευδοπροφήτης | pseudoprophētēs | खोटो संदेष्टा | High | False Teachers and Their Judgment | 2:1 | — | Sharp contrast with baseline संदेष्टा. |
| False teacher | ψευδοδιδάσκαλος | pseudodidaskalos | खोटो उपदेशक | High | False Teachers and Their Judgment | 2:1 | गुरू-based terms | गुरू avoided to withhold cultural dignity of guru-disciple authority from condemned figures. |
| Destructive heresies | αἵρεσις ἀπωλείας | hairesis apōleias | नाशकारक खोट्यो शिकवण्यो | High | False Teachers and Their Judgment | 2:1 | पंथ (bare) | Bare “sect” term too neutral/positive in regional religious usage; qualifiers mandatory. |
| Master/Sovereign Owner | δεσπότης | despotēs | धनी | High | Deity of Christ / False Teachers | 2:1 | स्वामी, महाराज | Distinct from प्रभू; conveys ownership-by-purchase (redemption), not guru-style honorific mastery. |
| Destruction/perdition | ἀπώλεια | apōleia | नाश | Medium | Day of the Lord and Final Judgment | 2:1,3; 3:7,16 | — | Retain final/eschatological weight. |
| Judgment | κρίσις | krisis | न्याय | Medium | Day of the Lord and Final Judgment | 2:3,4,9; 3:7 | — | Context must mark eschatological, not civil, judgment. |
| Tartarus/hell (angels) | ταρταρόω | tartaroō | नरकांत बंदखणींत घालप | High | Day of the Lord and Final Judgment | 2:4 | नरक (bare, unqualified) | Note required distinguishing from cyclical karmic naraka-realms; a holding-place awaiting one final judgment. |
| Preacher of righteousness | δικαιοσύνης κῆρυξ | dikaiosynēs kēryx | नीतिमत्तेचो प्रचारक | Medium | Reliability of Scripture / Judgment | 2:5 | — | — |
| Sensuality/debauchery | ἀσέλγεια | aselgeia | लंपटपणा | Medium | False Teachers and Their Judgment | 2:2,7,18 | — | — |
| Defilement | μιασμός | miasmos | भ्रष्टता | High | False Teachers and Their Judgment | 2:10,20 | विटाळ | विटाळ forbidden: names ritual/caste pollution (menstruation, death, inter-caste touch) in regional practice; this is moral defilement before a personal God. |
| Dominion/authority | κυριότης | kyriotēs | प्रभुत्व | Medium | False Teachers and Their Judgment | 2:10 | — | Related to but distinct from कyrios/प्रभू. |
| Blaspheme/slander | βλασφημέω | blasphēmeō | निंदा करप | Medium | False Teachers and Their Judgment | 2:10,12 | — | Retain full weight of contemptuous irreverence. |
| Children of cursing | κατάρας τέκνα | kataras tekna | शापाचीं भुरगीं | Medium-High | False Teachers and Their Judgment | 2:14 | — | Note required distinguishing God’s judicial pronouncement from Puranic sage/deity curse-narratives. |
| Freedom/liberty | ἐλευθερία | eleutheria | स्वातंत्र्य | High | False Teachers and Their Judgment | 2:19 | मुक्ती, मोक्ष | FORBIDDEN: मुक्ती/मोक्ष, exactly per baseline salvation rule — would collapse the irony of false teachers’ empty promise into liberation-from-rebirth language. |
| Commandment | ἐντολή | entolē | आज्ञा | Medium | False Teachers and Their Judgment | 2:21 | नियमशास्त्र (wrong scope) | Singular apostolic gospel command, not the Mosaic law-code as a whole. |
| Proverb | παροιμία | paroimia | म्हण | Low | False Teachers and Their Judgment | 2:22 | — | — |
| Scoffer | ἐμπαίκτης | empaiktēs | चेष्टेखोर | Medium | Certainty of Christ’s Return | 3:3 | — | Willful denial, not honest doubt. |
| Creation | κτίσις | ktisis | सृष्टी | Medium | Day of the Lord and Final Judgment | 3:4 | — | Keep देव clearly identified as Creator amid overlap with Hindu creation vocabulary. |
| Fire (judgment) | πῦρ | pyr | अग्नी | Medium | Day of the Lord and Final Judgment | 3:7,10,12 | — | Avoid personifying phrasing (Agni is a major Vedic fire-deity); keep as God’s instrument. |
| Ungodly person | ἀσεβὴς ἄνθρωπος | asebēs anthrōpos | देवभक्तीविरहीत मनीस | Medium | Day of the Lord and Final Judgment | 3:7 | — | Antonym of εὐσέβεια; same handling required. |
| Delay/slowness | βραδύνω | bradynō | उशीर करप | Medium | Patience of God’s Timing | 3:9 | — | Peter explicitly denies this is negligence. |
| Patience/longsuffering (God’s) | μακροθυμία | makrothymia | सहनशीलता | High | Patience of God’s Timing | 3:9,15 | धीर (reserved for ὑπομονή) | Purposeful, redemptive forbearance aimed at repentance/salvation — not fatalistic waiting or generic devotional kṣamā. |
| Repentance | μετάνοια | metanoia | पश्चात्ताप | High | Patience of God’s Timing | 3:9 | प्रायश्चित्त-equivalent framing | Must not be read as ritual expiation (prāyaścitta) discharging karmic guilt; a Spirit-enabled change of heart and direction. |
| Day of the Lord | ἡμέρα Κυρίου | hēmera Kyriou | प्रभूचो दीस | Critical | The Day of the Lord and Final Judgment | 3:10 | — | Singular, climactic, final day; never confused with a weekly worship-day idiom. |
| Thief (metaphor) | κλέπτης | kleptēs | चोर | Low | Day of the Lord and Final Judgment | 3:10 | — | — |
| Elements | στοιχεῖα | stoicheia | तत्वां | Medium | Day of the Lord and Final Judgment | 3:10,12 | — | Note required: linear, once-for-all dissolution/renewal, not cyclical pralaya/kalpa recreation. |
| Dissolve/destroy | λύω | lyō | नाश जावप / विरजी वतप | Low-Medium | Day of the Lord and Final Judgment | 3:10,11,12 | — | — |
| Burn up | καίω/καυσόω | kaiō/kausoō | जळून वतप | Low | Day of the Lord and Final Judgment | 3:10,12 | — | — |
| New heavens and new earth | καινοὺς οὐρανοὺς καὶ γῆν καινήν | kainous ouranous kai gēn kainēn | नवें आकाश आनी नवी पृथ्वी | High | Day of the Lord and Final Judgment | 3:13 | — | Note required: single, final, linear cosmic renewal after one judgment — not an endlessly repeating creation/dissolution cycle. |
| Spotless and blameless | ἄσπιλος καὶ ἀμώμητος | aspilos kai amōmētos | निष्कलंक आनी निर्दोष | Low-Medium | Growing in Christian Virtue | 3:14 | — | — |
| Hard to understand | δυσνόητος | dysnoētos | समजुपाक कठीण | Low | Reliability of Scripture | 3:16 | — | — |
| Twist/distort (Scripture) | στρεβλόω | strebloō | तोडून-मोडून अर्थ लावप | Medium | False Teachers / Reliability of Scripture | 3:16 | — | Later misuse of Scripture, complementing ἐπίλυσις (1:20). |
| Unstable | ἀστήρικτος | astēriktos | अस्थिर | Medium | False Teachers and Their Judgment | 2:14; 3:16 | — | — |
| Error/delusion | πλάνη | planē | भूल | Medium | False Teachers and Their Judgment | 3:17 | — | — |
| Steadfastness (firm standing) | στηριγμός | stērigmos | स्थिरताय | Medium | Growing in Christian Virtue | 3:17 | — | — |
| Grow | αὐξάνω | auxanō | वाडप | Low | Growing in Christian Virtue | 3:18 | — | Closing exhortation, ties together grace and knowledge. |
C. Proper Names (Low Risk — Established Transliteration Forms)
| Name | Original | Konkani | Passages |
|---|---|---|---|
| Simon Peter | Σίμων Πέτρος | शिमोन पेत्र | 1:1 |
| Paul | Παῦλος | पौल | 3:15 |
| Noah | Νῶε | नोहा | 2:5 |
| Lot | Λώτ | लोत | 2:7 |
| Sodom and Gomorrah | Σόδομα καὶ Γόμορρα | सदोम आनी गमोरा | 2:6 |
| Balaam | Βαλαάμ | बलाम | 2:15 |
D. Risk Summary for 2 Peter New Terms
| Risk Tier | Count | Requires |
|---|---|---|
| Critical | 4 (दैवी स्वभाव, तारक, पुनरागमन, प्रभूचो दीस) | Human theologian review, every occurrence |
| High | 17 | Human theologian review |
| Medium | 24 | Native speaker review recommended |
| Low | 15 | Automated review sufficient |
This glossary must be merged into translation_memory.json and bible_term_registry.json before Phase 2 processing of any 2 Peter segment, and corresponding entries added to doctrine_risk_registry.json under the seven curriculum doctrines: Reliability and Inspiration of Scripture; Growing in Christian Virtue; False Teachers and Their Judgment; The Certainty of Christ’s Return; The Day of the Lord and Final Judgment; Patience of God’s Timing; Divine Nature and Escaping Corruption.
Critical Risk Terms
God
Approved rendering: देव
Transliteration: dev
Doctrine: Deity of Christ / Christ as God and Savior
Rejected alternatives: भगवान
Original: θεός
Category: God
Inherited from Romans package, retained exactly. In 2 Peter 1:1 पेत्र pairs देव with तारक in a single-article construction (‘our God and Savior’) affirming Christ’s full deity; every doctrinally load-bearing occurrence (1:1-2,17,21; 2:4; 3:5,7,9,12,18) must carry an exclusivity marker such as ‘एकच खरो देव’.
Jesus
Approved rendering: येशू
Transliteration: yeśū
Doctrine: Lordship of Christ
Rejected alternatives: जेजू
Original: Ἰησοῦς
Category: Christology
Inherited from Romans package, retained exactly. Never जेजू (Romi Konkani Catholic form).
Christ
Approved rendering: ख्रिस्त
Transliteration: khrist
Doctrine: Messianic Promise / Deity of Christ
Original: Χριστός
Category: Christology
Inherited from Romans package’s established AI-requirements transliteration table, retained exactly. Recurs in 2 Peter’s full Christological title stack (‘our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ’) at 1:1,8,11,14,16; 2:20; 3:18.
Lord
Approved rendering: प्रभू
Transliteration: prabhū
Doctrine: Lordship of Christ
Rejected alternatives: स्वामी, मालक
Original: κύριος
Category: Christology
Inherited from Romans package, retained exactly. Must be kept distinct from देसपोत्स (धनी, ownership-through-purchase) at 2:1. Recurs constantly across 2 Peter (1:2,8,11,14,16; 2:1,9,11,20; 3:2,8,9,10,15,18).
Son Of God
Approved rendering: देवाचो पुत्र
Transliteration: devāco putra
Doctrine: Sonship of Christ
Rejected alternatives: देवाचो अंश, देवपुरुष
Original: Υἱός
Category: Christology
Inherited from Romans package, retained exactly. In 2 Peter 1:17 this is the Father’s direct first-person declaration at the Transfiguration (‘This is my beloved Son’); must read as eternal, non-metaphorical Sonship, never adoptive or honorary.
Holy Spirit
Approved rendering: पवित्र आत्मा
Transliteration: pavitra ātmā
Doctrine: Reliability and Inspiration of Scripture
Rejected alternatives: ब्रह्म, परमात्मा
Original: Πνεῦμα Ἅγιον
Category: God
Inherited from Romans package, retained exactly. In 2 Peter 1:21, the active divine Agent who carried human authors along in writing Scripture; never a vague poetic-muse sense equivalent to reverence for an inspired devotional poet.
Righteousness
Approved rendering: नीतिमत्ता
Transliteration: nītimattā
Doctrine: Righteousness / New Creation and Cosmic Renewal
Rejected alternatives: धर्म, पुण्य, न्याय
Original: δικαιοσύνη
Category: Salvation
Inherited from Romans package, retained exactly. 2 Peter uses this for righteousness ‘obtained’ through faith (1:1), Noah as ‘preacher of righteousness’ (2:5), Lot’s righteous soul (2:7-8), and the moral character of the new creation ‘in which righteousness dwells’ (3:13). Never धर्म.
Salvation
Approved rendering: तारण
Transliteration: tāraṇ
Doctrine: Patience of God’s Timing
Rejected alternatives: मुक्ती, मोक्ष, सुटका
Inherited from Romans package, retained exactly. Root of तारक (‘Savior’) used throughout 2 Peter’s Christological title stack. 3:15: ‘count the patience of our Lord as तारण.’ Never मुक्ती or मोक्ष.
Savior
Approved rendering: तारक
Transliteration: tārak
Doctrine: Christ as God and Savior
Rejected alternatives: रक्षक
Original: σωτήρ
Category: Christology
NEW for 2 Peter, built on the baseline तारण root. 1:1 pairs ‘our God and Savior Jesus Christ’ in a single-article construction affirming full deity; recurs 1:11, 2:20, 3:2, 3:18 (‘Lord and Savior’). Must always appear alongside देव/प्रभू’s exclusivity marker; रक्षक rejected as too generic, risking Christ read as one rescuer-figure among several local rescuer-deities.
Divine Nature
Approved rendering: दैवी स्वभाव
Transliteration: daivī svabhāv
Doctrine: Divine Nature and Escaping Corruption
Rejected alternatives: दैवी अंश, ब्रह्मस्वरूप
Original: θεία φύσις
Category: DivineNature
NEW for 2 Peter (θεία φύσις), the single highest-risk phrase in the letter. 1:4: believers ‘become partakers of the divine nature.’ MANDATORY non-negotiable translator note at EVERY occurrence: believers share God’s moral character (holiness, love, incorruption) through relationship with Christ and the Spirit’s ongoing work, remaining creatures distinct from the Creator — never becoming God, merging with Brahman, or achieving divine essence through self-realization, given the near-exact overlap with Advaita Vedānta’s ātman-Brahman identity claim widespread in Goan Hindu devotional teaching.
Parousia
Approved rendering: पुनरागमन
Transliteration: punarāgaman
Doctrine: The Certainty of Christ’s Return
Rejected alternatives: आगमन (ambiguous), अवतार-adjacent phrasing
Original: παρουσία
Category: Eschatology
NEW for 2 Peter (παρουσία). Occurs at 1:16, 3:4, 3:12; must render IDENTICALLY at all three occurrences. Never phrased to suggest a repeatable, cyclical divine descent (avoid any wording resembling अवतार-language, given the concrete local reality of Mahalasa Narayani avatar-devotion at Mardol); Christ’s parousia is a singular, certain, future historical event.
Day Of The Lord
Approved rendering: प्रभूचो दीस
Transliteration: prabhūco dīs
Doctrine: The Day of the Lord and Final Judgment
Original: ἡμέρα Κυρίου
Category: Eschatology
NEW for 2 Peter (ἡμέρα Κυρίου). The sudden, certain, cosmically decisive day of final judgment (3:10); must never be confused with a weekly worship-day idiom.
High Risk Terms
Holy
Approved rendering: पवित्र
Transliteration: pavitra
Doctrine: Reliability and Inspiration of Scripture / Godliness and Reverence toward God
Rejected alternatives: शुद्ध, निर्मळ
Original: ἅγιος
Category: Sanctification
Inherited from Romans package, retained exactly. Describes the mountain of Transfiguration (1:18), the commandment (2:21), the prophets/apostles (3:2), and holy conduct (3:11). Never शुद्ध (ritual-purity sense only).
Faith
Approved rendering: विश्वास
Transliteration: viśvās
Doctrine: Faith
Rejected alternatives: श्रद्धा, भक्ती
Original: πίστις
Category: Faith
Inherited from Romans package, retained exactly. 2 Peter 1:1 calls it ‘a faith of equal standing’; object is Christ specifically, never generalized devotional भक्ती.
Grace
Approved rendering: कृपा
Transliteration: kṛpā
Doctrine: Grace
Rejected alternatives: कर्मफळ, पुण्य, नशीब
Original: χάρις
Category: Salvation
Inherited from Romans package, retained exactly. Multiplied through the knowledge of God and Christ (1:2) and the closing exhortation to grow in grace (3:18); never कर्मफळ, नशीब, or पुण्य.
Called
Approved rendering: बोलावलेले
Transliteration: bolāvlele
Doctrine: Divine Calling and Election
Rejected alternatives: आमंत्रित
Original: κλητός (concept)
Category: Salvation
Inherited from Romans package, retained exactly. Underlies 1:10’s exhortation to ‘confirm your calling and election’; God’s sovereign summons, not karma/fate-determined destiny.
Calling
Approved rendering: बोलावणें
Transliteration: bolāvaṇẽ
Doctrine: Divine Calling and Election
Rejected alternatives: आमंत्रण
Original: κλῆσις
Category: Salvation
Inherited from Romans package, retained exactly. Paired with election in 1:10.
Election
Approved rendering: देवाची निवड
Transliteration: devācī nivaḍ
Doctrine: Divine Calling and Election
Rejected alternatives: नशीब, प्रारब्ध
Original: ἐκλογή (concept)
Category: Salvation
Inherited from Romans package, retained exactly. 1:10 ‘make your calling and election sure’; never नशीब or प्रारब्ध.
Glory
Approved rendering: गौरव
Transliteration: gaurav
Doctrine: Deity of Christ
Rejected alternatives: तेज, देवीतेज
Original: δόξα
Category: Christology
Inherited from Romans package, retained exactly. The honor and glory Christ received from the Father at the Transfiguration (1:17) and the closing doxology (3:18); never तेज-based light imagery that could conflate with temple-deity radiance descriptions.
Sin
Approved rendering: पाप
Transliteration: pāp
Doctrine: Universal Human Accountability
Rejected alternatives: अधर्म, अशुद्धता
Original: ἁμαρτία
Category: Sin
Inherited from Romans package, retained exactly. Cleansing ‘from former sins’ (1:9) and ‘ensnared again’ language (2:14); distinct from ritual impurity (अशुद्धता) and from भ्रष्टता (moral corruption).
Power Of God
Approved rendering: देवाचें सामर्थ्य
Transliteration: devāce sāmarthya
Doctrine: Divine Nature and Escaping Corruption
Rejected alternatives: शक्ती
Inherited from Romans package, retained exactly. 2 Peter 1:3 ‘his divine power has granted all things pertaining to life and godliness.’ Never शक्ती, which carries strong Shakta-goddess associations locally.
Law
Approved rendering: नियमशास्त्र
Transliteration: niyamaśāstra
Doctrine: Commandment and Apostolic Teaching
Rejected alternatives: धर्म, कायदो
Inherited from Romans package, retained exactly for reference. Not directly quoted in 2 Peter’s text, but must be kept distinct in translators’ minds from आज्ञा (ἐντολή, ‘commandment’, 2:21), which names only the singular apostolic gospel command, not the Mosaic law-code as a whole.
Full Knowledge
Approved rendering: पूर्ण ज्ञान
Transliteration: pūrṇa jñān
Doctrine: Knowledge of God and Christ
Rejected alternatives: ओळख (bare)
Original: ἐπίγνωσις
Category: Faith
NEW for 2 Peter (ἐπίγνωσις). Relational, saving acquaintance with God/Christ specifically (1:2,3,8; 2:20), never abstract or comparative theological information. Kept terminologically distinct from ज्ञान (γνῶσις) below.
Knowledge
Approved rendering: ज्ञान
Transliteration: jñān
Doctrine: Growing in Christian Virtue / Knowledge of God and Christ
Rejected alternatives: बुद्धी
Original: γνῶσις
Category: Virtue
NEW for 2 Peter (γνῶσις). A link in the virtue-chain (1:5-6) and the goal of growth at the letter’s close (3:18). ज्ञान is the central term of the Hindu jñāna-mārga (path of intellectual/mystical self-realization toward mokṣa); mandatory translator note required distinguishing biblical γνῶσις as moral/relational discernment growing through obedience and the Spirit, not metaphysical self-realization.
Partaker
Approved rendering: सहभागी
Transliteration: sahabhāgī
Doctrine: Divine Nature and Escaping Corruption
Rejected alternatives: वाटेकरी
Original: κοινωνός
Category: DivineNature
NEW for 2 Peter (κοινωνός). Believers become ‘partakers’ of the divine nature (1:4). Must always be read together with दैवी स्वभाव’s mandatory note; alone it risks suggesting equal or merged participation in God’s essence rather than relational sharing in his moral character by grace.
Desire
Approved rendering: वासना
Transliteration: vāsanā
Doctrine: Divine Nature and Escaping Corruption / False Liberty and Bondage to Corruption
Rejected alternatives: इच्छा
Original: ἐπιθυμία
Category: DivineNature
NEW for 2 Peter (ἐπιθυμία). The corrupting force believers escape (1:4) and the compulsion driving false teachers (2:10,18; 3:3). वासना is also a technical Hindu/Buddhist term for karmic cravings driving saṃsāra; translator note required distinguishing grace/Spirit-given self-control from ascetic detachment technique (vairāgya).
Godliness
Approved rendering: देवभक्ती
Transliteration: devbhaktī
Doctrine: Godliness and Reverence toward God
Rejected alternatives: धार्मिकपणा
Original: εὐσέβεια
Category: Virtue
NEW for 2 Peter (εὐσέβεια). Recurs at 1:3, 1:6-7, 3:11. The baseline already rejects भक्ती for πίστις because bhakti names Goan Hindu temple-deity devotional worship. देवभक्ती is retained ONLY with a mandatory exclusivity qualifier at first occurrence per lesson (‘एकच खरो देवाची भक्ती’), never read as one devotional stream among several bhakti objects.
Myth
Approved rendering: कल्पित कथा
Transliteration: kalpit kathā
Doctrine: Reliability and Inspiration of Scripture
Rejected alternatives: दंतकथा
Original: μῦθος
Category: Scripture
NEW for 2 Peter (μῦθος). 1:16: Peter denies apostolic testimony rests on ‘cleverly devised myths.’ Given Goa’s own Kristapurana precedent (1616, Puranic ovi-meter Gospel narrative), a translator note is required distinguishing ‘fabricated legend’ (opposite of eyewitness fact) from inspired narrative testimony, so as not to blanket-dismiss the Puranic literary register itself.
Majestic Glory
Approved rendering: महिमावंत गौरव
Transliteration: mahimāvant gaurav
Doctrine: Deity of Christ
Original: μεγαλοπρεπὴς δόξα
Category: God
NEW for 2 Peter (μεγαλοπρεπὴς δόξα). A unique proper title naming God the Father as source of the Transfiguration voice (1:17); must be treated as a name/title, parallel to how प्रभू functions as a title, not a mere descriptive phrase.
Morning Star
Approved rendering: पयलपारेचो तारो
Transliteration: paylapārẽco tāro
Doctrine: The Certainty of Christ’s Return
Original: φωσφόρος
Category: Eschatology
NEW for 2 Peter (φωσφόρος). The messianic ‘morning star,’ the dawning of Christ’s return (1:19). Venus/the morning star carries astrological significance regionally (Śukra graha, horoscopy); mandatory translator note must clarify this is a messianic metaphor only, not an astrological omen.
Scripture
Approved rendering: पवित्र शास्त्र
Transliteration: pavitra śāstra
Doctrine: Reliability and Inspiration of Scripture
Rejected alternatives: शास्त्र (bare)
Original: γραφή
Category: Scripture
NEW for 2 Peter (γραφή). शास्त्र alone is the generic Sanskrit-derived word for any authoritative treatise across the whole Hindu textual tradition; पवित्र is NOT optional, every occurrence (1:20; 3:16) must read पवित्र शास्त्र.
False Prophet
Approved rendering: खोटो संदेष्टा
Transliteration: khoṭo sandeṣṭā
Doctrine: False Teachers and Their Judgment
Original: ψευδοπροφήτης
Category: Judgment
NEW for 2 Peter (ψευδοπροφήτης). An OT parallel Peter draws for present false teachers (2:1); must retain sharp contrast with the true संदेष्टा of 1:19-21.
False Teacher
Approved rendering: खोटो उपदेशक
Transliteration: khoṭo updeśak
Doctrine: False Teachers and Their Judgment
Rejected alternatives: गुरू-based terms
Original: ψευδοδιδάσκαλος
Category: Judgment
NEW for 2 Peter (ψευδοδιδάσκαλος). Teachers who secretly introduce destructive heresies (2:1). गुरू deliberately withheld to avoid dignifying condemned figures with guru-disciple cultural authority.
Destructive Heresies
Approved rendering: नाशकारक खोट्यो शिकवण्यो
Transliteration: nāśkārak khoṭyo śikvaṇyo
Doctrine: False Teachers and Their Judgment
Rejected alternatives: पंथ (bare)
Original: αἵρεσις ἀπωλείας
Category: Judgment
NEW for 2 Peter (αἵρεσις ἀπωλείας). Doctrinally corrosive false teaching secretly introduced (2:1); avoid a bare ‘sect’ word since sects/sampradāya carry neutral-to-positive regional connotations. Qualifiers must always be retained together.
Master Sovereign Owner
Approved rendering: धनी
Transliteration: dhaṇī
Doctrine: False Teachers and Their Judgment / Deity of Christ
Rejected alternatives: स्वामी, महाराज
Original: δεσπότης
Category: Christology
NEW for 2 Peter (δεσπότης). ‘The Master who bought them’ (2:1) — outright ownership/purchase, distinct from प्रभू. Must not be confused with honorific guru/swami titles.
Tartarus
Approved rendering: नरकांत बंदखणींत घालप
Transliteration: narkānt bandkhaṇĩt ghālap
Doctrine: False Teachers and Their Judgment / The Day of the Lord and Final Judgment
Rejected alternatives: नरक (bare, unqualified)
Original: ταρταρόω
Category: Judgment
NEW for 2 Peter (ταρταρόω). God’s confinement of rebellious angels awaiting final judgment (2:4). नरक parallels Hindu naraka realms of temporary karma-proportionate punishment before rebirth; note required that this is a holding place awaiting ONE final judgment, not a rebirth-cycle station.
Defilement
Approved rendering: भ्रष्टता
Transliteration: bhraṣṭatā
Doctrine: Moral Defilement of False Teachers
Rejected alternatives: विटाळ
Original: μιασμός
Category: Judgment
NEW for 2 Peter (μιασμός). Moral/spiritual defilement false teachers drag followers back into (2:10,20). विटाळ explicitly FORBIDDEN: names ritual/caste pollution (menstruation, death, inter-caste touch) in regional practice; this is moral defilement before a personal God.
Children Of Cursing
Approved rendering: शापाचीं भुरगीं
Transliteration: śāpācĩ bhurgĩ
Doctrine: False Teachers and Their Judgment
Original: κατάρας τέκνα
Category: Judgment
NEW for 2 Peter (κατάρας τέκνα). A Hebraic idiom for persons under God’s judgment (2:14). शाप evokes Puranic sage/deity curse-narratives; translator note required distinguishing this judicial idiom from a magical curse-utterance.
Freedom
Approved rendering: स्वातंत्र्य
Transliteration: svātantrya
Doctrine: False Liberty and Bondage to Corruption
Rejected alternatives: मुक्ती, मोक्ष
Original: ἐλευθερία
Category: Judgment
NEW for 2 Peter (ἐλευθερία). The freedom false teachers falsely promise while enslaved to corruption (2:19). मुक्ती/मोक्ष explicitly FORBIDDEN, exactly per baseline salvation rule — either would collapse Peter’s deliberate irony into liberation-from-rebirth language.
Patience Of God
Approved rendering: सहनशीलता
Transliteration: sahanaśīlatā
Doctrine: Patience of God’s Timing
Rejected alternatives: धीर (reserved for ὑπομονή)
Original: μακροθυμία
Category: Patience
NEW for 2 Peter (μακροθυμία). God’s purposeful, redemptive forbearance (3:9,15); kept terminologically distinct from धीर. Must be purposeful/redemptive, not fatalistic or karmic waiting, and not equivalent to generic devotional kṣamā.
Repentance
Approved rendering: पश्चात्ताप
Transliteration: paścāttāp
Doctrine: Repentance as the Goal of God’s Patience
Rejected alternatives: प्रायश्चित्त-equivalent framing
Original: μετάνοια
Category: Patience
NEW for 2 Peter (μετάνοια). The goal of God’s patience (3:9); must be a Spirit-enabled reorientation of heart, never assimilated to prāyaścitta, ritual expiation discharging karmic guilt.
New Heavens And New Earth
Approved rendering: नवें आकाश आनी नवी पृथ्वी
Transliteration: navẽ ākāś āṇī navī pṛthvī
Doctrine: New Creation and Cosmic Renewal
Original: καινοὺς οὐρανοὺς καὶ γῆν καινήν
Category: Eschatology
NEW for 2 Peter (καινοὺς οὐρανοὺς καὶ γῆν καινήν). The climactic hope following judgment (3:13). Hindu cyclical kalpa/pralaya cosmology is a close structural parallel; mandatory note must clarify this is a single, final, linear renewal, not an endlessly repeating cycle.
Medium Risk Terms
Peace
Approved rendering: शांती
Transliteration: śāntī
Doctrine: Peace with God
Rejected alternatives: सुख, समाधान
Original: εἰρήνη
Category: Salvation
Inherited from Romans package, retained exactly. 2 Peter 1:2 greeting; relational, not meditative calm.
Apostle
Approved rendering: प्रेषित
Transliteration: preṣit
Doctrine: Servant Identity and Apostolic Ministry
Rejected alternatives: दूत, गुरू
Original: ἀπόστολος
Category: Church
Inherited from Romans package, retained exactly. Peter’s self-identification (1:1) and the collective apostolic testimony referenced at 3:2. Never गुरू.
Kingdom Of God
Approved rendering: देवाचें राज्य
Transliteration: devāce rājya
Doctrine: Kingdom Mission
Rejected alternatives: देवाचें राष्ट्र
Original: βασιλεία
Category: Kingdom
Inherited from Romans package, retained exactly. 1:11 ‘the eternal kingdom of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ’; paired here with सार्वकालीक (‘eternal’), a new term below.
Servant
Approved rendering: सेवक
Transliteration: sevak
Doctrine: Servant Identity and Apostolic Ministry
Rejected alternatives: दास
Original: δοῦλος
Category: Church
NEW for 2 Peter. Peter’s self-designation before his apostolic title (1:1). दास rejected: carries Hindu bhakti dāsya-bhāva (devotional ‘servant-mood’ toward a chosen personal deity, e.g. Hanuman as Ram’s dās); सेवक is the neutral term for humble ownership by Christ.
Corruption
Approved rendering: भ्रष्टता
Transliteration: bhraṣṭatā
Doctrine: Divine Nature and Escaping Corruption
Rejected alternatives: नासाड
Original: φθορά
Category: DivineNature
NEW for 2 Peter (φθορά). Moral decay caused by desire (1:4); the enslaving corruption false teachers promote (2:12,19). Must be anchored as moral corruption addressed by grace, not ritual/karmic-defilement register.
Virtue
Approved rendering: सद्गुण
Transliteration: sadguṇ
Doctrine: Growing in Christian Virtue
Rejected alternatives: पुण्य
Original: ἀρετή
Category: Virtue
NEW for 2 Peter (ἀρετή). Both God’s own praiseworthy excellence (1:3) and the quality believers add to faith (1:5). पुण्य rejected (merit-accumulation, already rejected in baseline for grace); सद्गुण must be framed as grace-produced fruit, not self-earned merit through austerity.
Self Control
Approved rendering: आत्मसंयम
Transliteration: ātmasaṃyam
Doctrine: Growing in Christian Virtue
Rejected alternatives: तप, संयम (ascetic)
Original: ἐγκράτεια
Category: Virtue
NEW for 2 Peter (ἐγκράτεια). A link in the virtue-chain (1:6). Overlaps conceptually with yogic/ascetic self-restraint (yama/niyama); must be presented as Spirit-produced fruit, not ascetic merit-technique.
Steadfastness Human
Approved rendering: धीर
Transliteration: dhīr
Doctrine: Growing in Christian Virtue
Original: ὑπομονή
Category: Virtue
NEW for 2 Peter (ὑπομονή). Human perseverance in the virtue-chain (1:6), kept terminologically distinct from सहनशीलता (reserved for God’s μακροθυμία, ch.3) to avoid collapsing two distinct Greek concepts into one Konkani word.
Eternal
Approved rendering: सार्वकालीक
Transliteration: sārvakālīk
Doctrine: Kingdom Mission
Rejected alternatives: सनातन
Original: αἰώνιος
Category: Kingdom
NEW for 2 Peter (αἰώνιος). Qualifies the kingdom entered by believers (1:11). सनातन rejected: it is the self-designation of ‘Sanātana Dharma’ (Hinduism’s own name for itself); सार्वकालीक is doctrinally neutral and preferred.
Majesty
Approved rendering: महिमा
Transliteration: mahimā
Doctrine: The Certainty of Christ’s Return / Deity of Christ
Rejected alternatives: तेज
Original: μεγαλειότης
Category: Christology
NEW for 2 Peter (μεγαλειότης). Christ’s Transfiguration glory (1:16). महिमा is widely used in Goan Hindu devotional literature for a deity’s greatness (Devi-mahima hymns); must be anchored explicitly to Christ (‘ख्रिस्ताची महिमा’).
Prophetic Word
Approved rendering: भविष्यवाणीचें वचन
Transliteration: bhaviṣyavāṇīcẽ vacan
Doctrine: Reliability and Inspiration of Scripture
Original: προφητικὸς λόγος
Category: Scripture
NEW for 2 Peter (προφητικὸς λόγος). The OT prophetic Scriptures as a unified, authoritative body of testimony (1:19); must read as a stable written deposit, not a one-off prediction.
Interpretation
Approved rendering: स्वताचो अर्थ लावप
Transliteration: svatācho arth lāvap
Doctrine: Reliability and Inspiration of Scripture
Original: ἐπίλυσις
Category: Scripture
NEW for 2 Peter (ἐπίλυσις). ‘No prophecy of Scripture comes from someone’s own interpretation’ (1:20) — concerns the origin of prophecy, distinct from the later-misuse risk addressed by तोडून-मोडून अर्थ लावप (3:16, στρεβλόω).
Carried Along
Approved rendering: चालोवणे / व्हरतले
Transliteration: cālovṇe / vhartale
Doctrine: Reliability and Inspiration of Scripture
Original: φέρω (pass. φερόμενοι)
Category: Scripture
NEW for 2 Peter (φέρω, passive φερόμενοι). Human authors of Scripture were ‘carried along’ by the Spirit (1:21); must preserve dual agency — real human speech, decisively Spirit-directed — without mechanical dictation or a merely poetic-muse reading.
Destruction
Approved rendering: नाश
Transliteration: nāś
Doctrine: The Day of the Lord and Final Judgment
Original: ἀπώλεια
Category: Judgment
NEW for 2 Peter (ἀπώλεια). Final ruin under God’s judgment (2:1,3; 3:7,16); must retain eschatological weight, not merely ‘loss.‘
Judgment
Approved rendering: न्याय
Transliteration: nyāy
Doctrine: The Day of the Lord and Final Judgment
Original: κρίσις
Category: Judgment
NEW for 2 Peter (κρίσις). Also the everyday Konkani word for civil justice; context must always mark God’s final eschatological judgment where intended (2:4,9; 3:7).
Preacher Of Righteousness
Approved rendering: नीतिमत्तेचो प्रचारक
Transliteration: nītimattẽco pracārak
Doctrine: Historical Examples of Divine Judgment
Original: δικαιοσύνης κῆρυξ
Category: Judgment
NEW for 2 Peter (δικαιοσύνης κῆρυξ). Title for Noah (2:5); builds directly on baseline नीतिमत्ता.
Sensuality
Approved rendering: लंपटपणा
Transliteration: lampaṭpaṇā
Doctrine: False Teachers and Their Judgment
Original: ἀσέλγεια
Category: Judgment
NEW for 2 Peter (ἀσέλγεια). Debauchery characterizing false teachers and followers (2:2,7,18).
Dominion
Approved rendering: प्रभुत्व
Transliteration: prabhutva
Doctrine: False Teachers and Their Judgment
Original: κυριότης
Category: Judgment
NEW for 2 Peter (κυριότης). Authority despised by false teachers (2:10); related to but distinct from κύριος/प्रभू.
Blaspheme
Approved rendering: निंदा करप
Transliteration: nindā karap
Doctrine: False Teachers and Their Judgment
Original: βλασφημέω
Category: Judgment
NEW for 2 Peter (βλασφημέω). To slander/revile glorious authorities (2:10,12); must retain full weight of irreverent contempt, not merely ‘criticize.‘
Commandment
Approved rendering: आज्ञा
Transliteration: āj̈ñā
Doctrine: Commandment and Apostolic Teaching
Rejected alternatives: नियमशास्त्र (wrong scope)
Original: ἐντολή
Category: Judgment
NEW for 2 Peter (ἐντολή). ‘The holy commandment’ delivered to believers (2:21); the singular apostolic gospel command, distinct in scope from नियमशास्त्र (Mosaic law-code).
Scoffer
Approved rendering: चेष्टेखोर
Transliteration: ceṣṭekhor
Doctrine: Scoffers’ Denial of the Return
Original: ἐμπαίκτης
Category: Eschatology
NEW for 2 Peter (ἐμπαίκτης). Mockers denying Christ’s promised return (3:3); must convey deliberate, willful denial, not honest doubt.
Creation
Approved rendering: सृष्टी
Transliteration: sṛṣṭī
Doctrine: New Creation and Cosmic Renewal
Original: κτίσις
Category: Eschatology
NEW for 2 Peter (κτίσις). The created order invoked by scoffers claiming changeless uniformity (3:4); context must keep देव clearly identified as sole Creator amid overlap with Hindu creation vocabulary.
Fire
Approved rendering: अग्नी
Transliteration: agnī
Doctrine: The Day of the Lord and Final Judgment
Original: πῦρ
Category: Eschatology
NEW for 2 Peter (πῦρ). God’s judicial instrument at the Day of the Lord (3:7,10,12); Agni is also a major Vedic fire-deity, so context must avoid personifying phrasing.
Ungodly Person
Approved rendering: देवभक्तीविरहीत मनीस
Transliteration: devbhaktīvirahīt manīs
Doctrine: Godliness and Reverence toward God
Original: ἀσεβὴς ἄνθρωπος
Category: Eschatology
NEW for 2 Peter (ἀσεβὴς ἄνθρωπος). Antonym of εὐσέβεια, destined for judgment (3:7); same handling required as देवभक्ती.
Delay
Approved rendering: उशीर करप
Transliteration: uśīr karap
Doctrine: Patience of God’s Timing
Original: βραδύνω
Category: Patience
NEW for 2 Peter (βραδύνω). God’s apparent slowness, explicitly denied to be negligence (3:9).
Elements
Approved rendering: तत्वां
Transliteration: tatvā̃
Doctrine: New Creation and Cosmic Renewal
Original: στοιχεῖα
Category: Eschatology
NEW for 2 Peter (στοιχεῖα). Basic constituents of the cosmos, dissolved by fire (3:10,12). Overlaps with pañca-mahābhūta cosmology; note required clarifying linear, once-for-all dissolution, not a recurring pralaya/kalpa cycle.
Twist Distort
Approved rendering: तोडून-मोडून अर्थ लावप
Transliteration: toḍūn-moḍūn arth lāvap
Doctrine: Proper Interpretation and Guarding of Scripture
Original: στρεβλόω
Category: Scripture
NEW for 2 Peter (στρεβλόω). False teachers twist/distort Paul’s writings and the rest of Scripture (3:16); the later-misuse counterpart to स्वताचो अर्थ लावप’s origin-of-prophecy warning (1:20).
Unstable
Approved rendering: अस्थिर
Transliteration: asthir
Doctrine: False Teachers and Their Judgment
Original: ἀστήρικτος
Category: Judgment
NEW for 2 Peter (ἀστήρικτος). Describes those easily led astray by false teachers (2:14, 3:16).
Error Delusion
Approved rendering: भूल
Transliteration: bhūl
Doctrine: False Teachers and Their Judgment
Original: πλάνη
Category: Judgment
NEW for 2 Peter (πλάνη). The error/delusion of lawless people believers must guard against (3:17).
Steadfastness Firm
Approved rendering: स्थिरताय
Transliteration: sthirtāy
Doctrine: Growing in Christian Virtue
Original: στηριγμός
Category: Virtue
NEW for 2 Peter (στηριγμός). Firm standing believers are urged to guard (3:17); keep distinct from धीर and सहनशीलता.
One Day As A Thousand Years
Approved rendering: एक दीस हजार वर्सां भशेन
Transliteration: ek dīs hajār varsā̃ bhaśen
Doctrine: Patience of God’s Timing
Original: μία ἡμέρα ὡς χίλια ἔτη
Category: Patience
NEW for 2 Peter (μία ἡμέρα ὡς χίλια ἔτη). God’s timescale is not bound by human timescales (3:8); note should caution against numerological over-reading — the point is patience, not a coded calendar.
Low Risk Terms
Prophecy
Approved rendering: भविष्यवाणी
Transliteration: bhaviṣyavāṇī
Doctrine: Reliability and Inspiration of Scripture
Rejected alternatives: भविष्यफळ
Original: προφητεία
Category: Scripture
Inherited from Romans package, retained exactly. ‘No prophecy of Scripture’ originates from private interpretation (1:20-21); distinct from astrological prediction.
Prophet
Approved rendering: संदेष्टा
Transliteration: sandeṣṭā
Doctrine: Reliability and Inspiration of Scripture
Rejected alternatives: ज्योतिषी
Original: προφήτης
Category: Scripture
Inherited from Romans package, retained exactly. Root of the compound ‘false prophet’ (खोटो संदेष्टा) at 2:1; distinguish from ज्योतिषी.
Fellowship
Approved rendering: सहभागिता
Transliteration: sahabhāgitā
Doctrine: Divine Nature and Escaping Corruption
Rejected alternatives: इश्टागत, समाज
Original: κοινωνία (root)
Category: Church
Inherited from Romans package, retained exactly. Root concept underlying κοινωνοί (‘partakers’) at 1:4; see ‘partaker’ below for the derived term.
Brotherly Love
Approved rendering: बंधुप्रेम
Transliteration: bandhuprem
Doctrine: Growing in Christian Virtue
Original: φιλαδελφία
Category: Virtue
NEW for 2 Peter (φιλαδελφία). A link in the virtue-chain (1:7); low ambiguity.
Love
Approved rendering: प्रेम
Transliteration: prem
Doctrine: Growing in Christian Virtue
Original: ἀγάπη
Category: Virtue
NEW for 2 Peter (ἀγάπη). Crowns the virtue-chain (1:7); must read as comprehensive, others-directed love, not romantic or merely familial love.
Eyewitness
Approved rendering: प्रत्यक्षदर्शी
Transliteration: pratyakṣadarśī
Doctrine: Apostolic Eyewitness Testimony
Original: ἐπόπτης
Category: Scripture
NEW for 2 Peter (ἐπόπτης). The apostles’ formal, testimonial claim to have personally witnessed Christ’s Transfiguration majesty (1:16). Straightforward legal/testimonial term.
Voice
Approved rendering: वाणी
Transliteration: vāṇī
Doctrine: Reliability and Inspiration of Scripture
Rejected alternatives: आवाज़
Original: φωνή
Category: Scripture
NEW for 2 Peter (φωνή). The Father’s audible testimony to the Son (1:17-18); elevated register appropriate to divine speech, distinct from ordinary आवाज़.
More Sure
Approved rendering: अधिक निश्चीत
Transliteration: adhik niścīt
Doctrine: Reliability and Inspiration of Scripture
Original: βεβαιότερος
Category: Scripture
NEW for 2 Peter (βεβαιότερος). Eyewitness testimony and prophetic Scripture together give believers a doubly-confirmed basis for confidence (1:19).
Lamp
Approved rendering: दिवो
Transliteration: divo
Doctrine: Reliability and Inspiration of Scripture
Original: λύχνος
Category: Scripture
NEW for 2 Peter (λύχνος). Scripture as light guiding believers through a dark world until Christ’s return (1:19).
Proverb
Approved rendering: म्हण
Transliteration: mhaṇ
Doctrine: Proverbial Wisdom in Warning
Original: παροιμία
Category: Judgment
NEW for 2 Peter (παροιμία). Quoted proverbs illustrating relapse into corruption (2:22).
Thief
Approved rendering: चोर
Transliteration: cor
Doctrine: The Day of the Lord and Final Judgment
Original: κλέπτης
Category: Eschatology
NEW for 2 Peter (κλέπτης). Metaphor for the suddenness of the Day of the Lord (3:10); familiar from Gospel usage.
Dissolve
Approved rendering: नाश जावप / विरजी वतप
Transliteration: nāś jāvap / virjī vatap
Doctrine: The Day of the Lord and Final Judgment
Original: λύω
Category: Eschatology
NEW for 2 Peter (λύω). To be destroyed/dissolved (3:10,11,12).
Burn Up
Approved rendering: जळून वतप
Transliteration: jaḷūn vatap
Doctrine: The Day of the Lord and Final Judgment
Original: καίω / καυσόω
Category: Eschatology
NEW for 2 Peter (καίω/καυσόω). To be consumed by fire (3:10,12).
Spotless And Blameless
Approved rendering: निष्कलंक आनी निर्दोष
Transliteration: niṣkalaṅk āṇī nirdoṣ
Doctrine: Growing in Christian Virtue
Original: ἄσπιλος καὶ ἀμώμητος
Category: Virtue
NEW for 2 Peter (ἄσπιλος καὶ ἀμώμητος). The moral state believers pursue at Christ’s return (3:14).
Hard To Understand
Approved rendering: समजुपाक कठीण
Transliteration: samjupāk kaṭhīṇ
Doctrine: Reliability and Inspiration of Scripture
Original: δυσνόητος
Category: Scripture
NEW for 2 Peter (δυσνόητος). Describes some things in Paul’s letters the untaught twist (3:16).
Grow
Approved rendering: वाडप
Transliteration: vāḍap
Doctrine: Growing in Christian Virtue
Original: αὐξάνω
Category: Virtue
NEW for 2 Peter (αὐξάνω). The letter’s closing exhortation to grow in grace and knowledge (3:18).
Simon Peter
Approved rendering: शिमोन पेत्र
Transliteration: Śimon Petra
Doctrine: Servant Identity and Apostolic Ministry
Original: Σίμων Πέτρος
Category: ProperNames
NEW for 2 Peter. The letter’s author (1:1); established Bible proper-name form.
Paul
Approved rendering: पौल
Transliteration: Paul
Doctrine: Reliability and Inspiration of Scripture
Original: Παῦλος
Category: ProperNames
NEW for 2 Peter. Referenced as a beloved brother whose letters are called Scripture (3:15-16); established transliteration per AI requirements document.
Noah
Approved rendering: नोहा
Transliteration: Nōe
Doctrine: Historical Examples of Divine Judgment
Original: Νῶε
Category: ProperNames
NEW for 2 Peter. Preserved through the flood as an example of judgment/deliverance (2:5); brief narrative context recommended for low-OT-literacy readers.
Lot
Approved rendering: लोत
Transliteration: Lōt
Doctrine: Historical Examples of Divine Judgment
Original: Λώτ
Category: ProperNames
NEW for 2 Peter. The righteous man rescued from Sodom (2:7-8); brief narrative context recommended.
Sodom And Gomorrah
Approved rendering: सदोम आनी गमोरा
Transliteration: Sodoma kai Gomorra
Doctrine: Historical Examples of Divine Judgment
Original: Σόδομα καὶ Γόμορρα
Category: ProperNames
NEW for 2 Peter. Cities condemned as an example of judgment (2:6); brief narrative context recommended.
Balaam
Approved rendering: बलाम
Transliteration: Balaam
Doctrine: False Teachers and Their Judgment
Original: Βαλαάμ
Category: ProperNames
NEW for 2 Peter. OT figure invoked as an example of a prophet corrupted by love of gain (2:15-16); brief narrative context recommended.
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