Core Glossary
Hebrews Core Glossary (English → Kurdish)
A. Terms Reused Exactly from the Baseline Romans Translation Memory
| English Term | Kurdish Rendering | Risk (baseline) | Hebrews Occurrences | Reuse Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| God | Xwedê | Critical | throughout | [BASELINE REUSE — locked] |
| Jesus | Îsa | Critical | throughout | [BASELINE REUSE — locked] |
| Christ / Messiah | Mesîh | Critical | throughout | [BASELINE REUSE — locked] |
| Lord | Xudan | Critical | 1:10; 2:3; 7:14; 13:20 | [BASELINE REUSE — locked] |
| Son of God | Kurê Xwedê | Critical | 1:2-8; 4:14; 5:8; 6:6; 7:3,28 | [BASELINE REUSE — locked] |
| Holy Spirit | Ruhê Pîroz | Critical | 2:4; 3:7; 6:4; 9:8; 10:15,29 | [BASELINE REUSE — locked] |
| Father | Bav | Critical | 1:5; 12:7,9 | [BASELINE REUSE — locked] |
| Holy | Pîroz | Medium/High | throughout (tabernacle, “holy brothers” 3:1) | [BASELINE REUSE — locked] |
| Saints / holy ones | Pîrozan | High | 6:10; 13:24 | [BASELINE REUSE — locked] |
| Sanctification | Teqdîs | High | 2:11; 9:13; 10:10,14,29; 12:14; 13:12 | [BASELINE REUSE — locked] |
| Faith | Îman | High | 4:2; 6:1,12; 10:22,38-39; ch. 11 throughout; 12:2; 13:7 | [BASELINE REUSE — locked] |
| Grace | Kerem | High | 2:9; 4:16; 10:29; 12:15,28; 13:9,25 | [BASELINE REUSE — locked] |
| Righteousness | Adalet | High | 1:8-9; 5:13; 7:2; 11:7,33; 12:11 | [BASELINE REUSE — locked] |
| Salvation | Rizgarî | Critical | 1:14; 2:3,10; 5:9; 6:9; 9:28; 11:7 | [BASELINE REUSE — locked] |
| Covenant | Peyman | High | chs. 7-10 throughout; 12:24; 13:20 | [BASELINE REUSE — locked] |
| Law (of Moses) | Şerîeta Mûsa | Critical | 7:5,12,19,28; 8:4; 9:19,22; 10:1,8,28; 13:11 | [BASELINE REUSE — locked] |
| Sin | Guneh | High | throughout, esp. chs. 9-10 | [BASELINE REUSE — locked] |
| Glory | Rûmet | Medium | 1:3; 2:7,9-10; 3:3; 13:21 | [BASELINE REUSE — locked] |
| Called | Bangkirî | High | 3:1; 5:4; 9:15; 11:8 | [BASELINE REUSE — locked] |
| Calling | Vexwendin | Medium | conceptually present (heavenly calling, 3:1) | [BASELINE REUSE — locked] |
| Kingdom of God | Padîşahiya Xwedê | Critical | 1:8 (“throne”); 12:28 | [BASELINE REUSE — locked] |
| Intercession | Navbeynkarî | High | 7:25; 9:24 (conceptually) | [BASELINE REUSE — locked] |
| Providence | Rêveberiya Xwedê | Medium | 1:3 (“upholds all things”) | [BASELINE REUSE — locked] |
| Peace | Aştî | Medium | 7:2; 12:14; 13:20 | [BASELINE REUSE — locked] |
| Thanksgiving | Spasî | Low | 13:15 (praise cluster) | [BASELINE REUSE — locked] |
| Fellowship | Hevaltî | Low | 10:24-25; 13:16 (conceptually) | [BASELINE REUSE — locked] |
| Church | Dêr / Civata Mesîhî | High | 2:12; 12:23 | [BASELINE REUSE — locked] |
| David | Dawid | Low | 4:7; 11:32 | [BASELINE REUSE — locked] |
| Israel | Îsraîl | Medium | 8:8,10; 11:22 | [BASELINE REUSE — locked] |
| Moses | Mûsa | — | chs. 3, 7-9, 11-12 | [BASELINE REUSE — locked] |
| Abraham | Îbrahîm | — | 2:16; 6:13-15; 7:1-9; 11:8-19 | [BASELINE REUSE — locked] |
| Exhort | Handan kirin | Low | 3:13; 10:25; 13:22 | [BASELINE REUSE — locked] |
| Resurrection | Rabûn | Critical | 6:2; 11:35; 13:20 | [BASELINE REUSE — locked] |
| Imputed righteousness (conceptual link) | Adaleta ku tê hesibandin | Critical | 11:7 (Noah’s righteousness by faith) | [BASELINE REUSE — locked] |
B. New Terms Introduced by Hebrews — Priesthood, Sacrifice, and Atonement Cluster
| English Term | Original (Greek) | Kurdish Rendering | Transliteration | Risk | Doctrine | Primary Occurrences | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| High priest | ἀρχιερεύς (archiereus) | Serokkahîn | serokkahîn | Critical | Christ as the Great High Priest | 2:17; 3:1; 4:14-15; 5:1,5,10; 6:20; 7:26-28; 8:1,3; 9:7,11,25 | Kahîn shares its Arabic root with the pre-Islamic soothsayer (kāhin); no functional Sunni priesthood exists for comparison. |
| Sacrifice / offering | θυσία (thysia) | Goriyan | goriyan | Critical | The Once-for-All Atoning Sacrifice | chs. 5,7,9,10,13 throughout | Deliberately avoids “qurban” (Islamic commemorative, repeatable, non-atoning ritual sacrifice). |
| Propitiation / make atonement | ἱλάσκομαι / ἱλαστήριον (hilaskomai / hilastērion) | Kefaretkirin / Textê Kefaretê | kefaretkirin / textê kefaretê | Critical | The Once-for-All Atoning Sacrifice | 2:17; 9:5 (mercy seat) | “Kefaret” risks importing the Islamic legal category of kaffara (a menu of formulaic compensatory ritual acts). Cross-check against any Romans 3:25 “propitiation” rendering for consistency. |
| Once for all | ἅπαξ / ἐφάπαξ (hapax / ephapax) | Carekê ji Hertim | carekê ji hertim | Critical | The Once-for-All Atoning Sacrifice | 7:27; 9:12,26,28; 10:10 | Fixed compound; must be rendered identically at every occurrence — the book’s central argument. |
| Blood | αἷμα (haima) | Xwîn | xwîn | High | The Once-for-All Atoning Sacrifice | chs. 9-10, 12-13 throughout | Must not default to Islamic qurban-blood associative framework (commemorative, non-atoning). |
| Redemption | λύτρωσις / ἀπολύτρωσις (lytrōsis / apolytrōsis) | Xilasî | xilasî | High | Salvation (distinct nuance from Rizgarî) | 9:12,15 | Keep visibly distinct from Rizgarî (σωτηρία) to preserve the “ransom-price” nuance; avoid Arabic fidye (formulaic legal compensation). |
| Mediator | μεσίτης (mesitēs) | Navbeynkar | navbeynkar | High | The New Covenant versus the Old | 8:6; 9:15; 12:24 | Must be taught as the sole, unique mediator, against regional multiple-intercessor (shafa’at/pîr) frameworks. |
| Sprinkle | ῥαντίζω (rhantizō) | Reşandin | reşandin | Low | The Once-for-All Atoning Sacrifice | 9:13,19,21; 10:22; 12:24 | Concrete ritual term; low independent risk. |
| Cleanse / purify (ritual) | καθαρίζω / καθαρότης (katharizō / katharotēs) | Paqijkirin | paqijkirin | Medium | The Once-for-All Atoning Sacrifice | 9:13-14,22-23; 10:2 | Deliberately distinct from Teqdîs (sanctification); used for the narrower ceremonial/ritual sense. |
| Conscience | συνείδησις (syneidēsis) | Wîjdan | wîjdan | Medium | The Once-for-All Atoning Sacrifice | 9:9,14; 10:2,22; 13:18 | Common loanword; doctrinal weight is on cleansing being received, not self-achieved. |
| Dead works | νεκρὰ ἔργα (nekra erga) | Karên Mirî | karên mirî | High | The Once-for-All Atoning Sacrifice | 6:1; 9:14 | Contrasts with the region’s dominant works-based righteousness default. |
| Serve (cultic) | λατρεύω (latreuō) | Xizmet kirin | xizmet kirin | Medium | Christ as the Great High Priest | 8:5; 9:9,14; 10:2; 12:28; 13:10 | Kept distinct from Perizîn (worship/bow down, προσκυνέω). |
| Worship / bow down | προσκυνέω (proskyneō) | Perizîn | perizîn | Critical | Superiority of Christ over Angels | 1:6 | Angels commanded to worship the Son — a direct deity claim; must not be softened. |
| Forgiveness / remission | ἄφεσις (aphesis) | Lêbûrîn | lêbûrîn | High | The Once-for-All Atoning Sacrifice | 9:22; 10:18 | Native asset word; must be tied explicitly to the blood-basis, against the Islamic tawba (repentance-and-good-works) default. |
| Shedding of blood | αἱματεκχυσία (haimatekchysia) | Rêtina Xwînê | rêtina xwînê | Medium | The Once-for-All Atoning Sacrifice | 9:22 | Straightforward compound. |
| Bear the sins of many | ἀνενέγκειν πολλῶν ἁμαρτίας (anenegkein pollōn hamartias) | Hilanîna Gunehên Gelekan | hilanîna gunehên gelekan | Critical | The Once-for-All Atoning Sacrifice | 9:28 | Substitutionary atonement stated explicitly; must not be reduced to an exemplary/educational reading. |
C. New Terms — Covenant, Law, and Typology Cluster
| English Term | Original (Greek) | Kurdish Rendering | Transliteration | Risk | Doctrine | Primary Occurrences | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New covenant | διαθήκη καινή (diathēkē kainē) | Peymana Nû | peymana nû | Critical | The New Covenant versus the Old | 8:8,13; 9:15; 12:24 | Uses locked baseline Peyman; unilateral, unbreakable, unlike revocable tribal (aşîret) peyman. |
| Old / first covenant | πρώτη διαθήκη (prōtē diathēkē) | Peymana Pêşî / Peymana Kevn | peymana pêşî | High | The New Covenant versus the Old | 8:7,13; 9:1,15,18 | Contrast partner to Peymana Nû; not to be read as “false,” only superseded. |
| Obsolete / growing old | παλαιόω (palaioō) | Kevin Bûn | kevin bûn | High | The New Covenant versus the Old | 8:13 | Must be taught as fulfillment, not falsification — risk of resonance with regional tahrif (scripture-corruption) claims. |
| Promise | ἐπαγγελία (epangelia) | Soz | soz | Medium | The New Covenant versus the Old; Faith of the OT Saints | 4:1; 6:12-17; 8:6; 9:15; 10:23,36; 11:9,13,17,33,39 | Kept distinct from Peyman (covenant) and Sond (oath). |
| Oath | ὅρκος (horkos) | Sond | sond | Medium-High | Faith of the OT Saints | 6:16-17; 7:20-21,28 | Tribal oath culture is a partial asset; God’s oath is categorically, not just seriously, unbreakable. |
| Better | κρείττων (kreittōn) | Çêtir | çêtir | Medium | Superiority of Christ over Angels/Moses/Priesthood | pervasive: 1:4; 6:9; 7:7,19,22; 8:6; 9:23; 10:34; 11:16,35,40; 12:24 | Consistency across all ~13 occurrences is essential to the book’s rhetorical structure. |
| Shadow | σκιά (skia) | Sî | sî | Medium | The New Covenant versus the Old | 8:5; 10:1 | Typological category with no ready Quranic-hermeneutic parallel; must be actively taught. |
| Copy / pattern | ὑπόδειγμα / ἀντίτυπον (hypodeigma / antitypon) | Nimûne / Wêne | nimûne / wêne | Medium | The New Covenant versus the Old | 8:5; 9:9,23-24 | Same typological cluster as Sî. |
| Inaugurate / ratify | ἐγκαινίζω (egkainizō) | Bicîhkirin | bicîhkirin | Low-Medium | The New Covenant versus the Old | 9:18; 10:20 | |
| Without genealogy | ἀγενεαλόγητος (agenealogētos) | Bênijad | bênijad | High | Christ as the Great High Priest | 7:3 | Counter-cultural against aşîret lineage-consciousness; ties to baseline “adoption” Critical doctrine. |
| Unchangeable | ἀπαράβατος (aparabatos) | Neguherbar | neguherbar | Medium | Christ as the Great High Priest | 7:24 | |
| Melchizedek | Μελχισέδεκ | Melkîsedeq | Melkîsedeq | Medium | Christ as the Great High Priest | 5:6,10; 6:20; 7:1-17 | Proper name; doctrinal weight is in the typology, not the name. |
D. New Terms — Apostasy, Perseverance, and Assurance Cluster
| English Term | Original (Greek) | Kurdish Rendering | Transliteration | Risk | Doctrine | Primary Occurrences | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fall away / apostasy | παραπίπτω (parapiptō) | Dûrketin ji Baweriyê | dûrketin ji baweriyê | Critical | The Danger of Apostasy and Warning Passages | 6:6 | Risk of resonance with Islamic irtidad (apostasy law) plus real pastoral/physical safety implications across the four host states. |
| Sinning deliberately | ἑκουσίως ἁμαρτάνω (hekousiōs hamartanō) | Bi Zanebûn Guneh Kirin | bi zanebûn guneh kirin | Critical | The Danger of Apostasy and Warning Passages | 10:26 | Same doctrinal cluster as parapiptō. |
| Shrink back / destruction | ὑποστολή / ἀπώλεια (hypostolē / apōleia) | Paşve Gerîn / Helakbûn | paşve gerîn / helakbûn | Critical | The Danger of Apostasy and Warning Passages | 10:39 | Finality of ἀπώλεια must not be softened. |
| Full assurance (of faith) | πληροφορία (plērophoria) | Temambûna Baweriyê | temambûna baweriyê | High | Perseverance and Assurance | 6:11; 10:22 | Runs against regional default that certainty of final salvation is presumptuous. |
| Draw near with confidence | παρρησία (parrēsia) | Wêrekî | wêrekî | High | Access to God through Christ’s Blood; Perseverance and Assurance | 3:6; 4:16; 10:19,35 | Same presumption-concern as Temambûna Baweriyê. |
| Anchor (of the soul) | ἄγκυρα (agkyra) | Lengerê Giyanî | lengerê giyanî | Low-Medium | Perseverance and Assurance | 6:19 | Primarily an asset image; anchor firmness must be tied to God’s promise/oath, not self-effort. |
| Rest / Sabbath-rest | κατάπαυσις / σαββατισμός (katapausis / sabbatismos) | Bêhnvedan / Bêhnvedana Şemiyê | bêhnvedan | Medium-High | Perseverance and Assurance | 3:11,18; 4:1,3-11 | No functional Sabbath-rest institution in Islam; typology must be built from scratch. |
| Throne of grace | θρόνος τῆς χάριτος (thronos tēs charitos) | Text Kerema Xwedê | text kerema xwedê | High | Access to God through Christ’s Blood | 4:16 | Grace/Kerem accessible to all, against Sufi-keramet elite-favor risk (baseline). |
E. New Terms — Faith, Witness, and Identity Cluster
| English Term | Original (Greek) | Kurdish Rendering | Transliteration | Risk | Doctrine | Primary Occurrences | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Assurance / substance (of things hoped for) | ὑπόστασις (hypostasis, sense 2) | Bingeh | bingeh | Medium-High | Faith of the OT Saints | 11:1 | Same Greek word as 1:3’s “essence” (Cewher) — deliberately different Kurdish rendering; do not conflate. |
| Conviction (of things not seen) | ἔλεγχος (elenchos) | Delîl | delîl | Medium | Faith of the OT Saints | 11:1 | |
| Commended / witnessed | μαρτυρέω (martyreō) | Şahidî Hate Dayîn | şahidî hate dayîn | High | Faith of the OT Saints | 11:2,4,5,39 | Related to martys cluster below. |
| Cloud of witnesses | νέφος μαρτύρων (nephos martyrōn) | Ewrê Şahidan | ewrê şahidan | Critical | Faith of the OT Saints; Perseverance | 12:1 | Şahid shares its root with Islamic shahada AND with Kurdish political martyrdom title şehîd (Peshmerga/PKK fallen fighters) — high risk of nationalist-martyrdom conflation. |
| Homeland / fatherland | πατρίς (patris) | Welat | welat | Critical | Faith of the OT Saints | 11:14-16 | Direct collision with the emotionally central Kurdish nationalist term for the aspired independent homeland; same anchoring discipline as baseline rizgarî/padîşahiya Xwedê required. |
| Mount Zion / heavenly Jerusalem | Ὄρος Σιὼν / Ἰερουσαλὴμ ἐπουρανίῳ | Çiyayê Sîyon / Orşelîma Ezmanî | Çiyayê Sîyon / Orşelîma Ezmanî | Critical | Faith of the OT Saints; Kingdom of God (cross-doctrine) | 12:22 | Compounds the Welat risk with live regional geopolitical sensitivity around Jerusalem/Israel. |
| Firstborn | πρωτότοκος (prōtotokos) | Zaroka Yekem | zaroka yekem | High | Faith of the OT Saints (applied to the church) | 12:23 | Must be kept distinct from any Christological “firstborn” title elsewhere, to avoid an implied-created-being reading. |
F. New Terms — Christology and Angelology Cluster (Chapter 1)
| English Term | Original (Greek) | Kurdish Rendering | Transliteration | Risk | Doctrine | Primary Occurrences | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Angels | ἄγγελος (angelos) | Milyaket | milyaket | Critical | Superiority of Christ over Angels | ch. 1 throughout; 2:2,5,7,9,16; 12:22; 13:2 | Double risk: over-exalting angels (esp. via Jibril associations) OR under-exalting the Son by assimilation into the angelic category. |
| Radiance of glory | ἀπαύγασμα τῆς δόξης (apaugasma tēs doxēs) | Tîrêjiya Rûmeta Xwedê | tîrêjiya rûmeta xwedê | Critical | Superiority of Christ over Angels; Deity of Christ | 1:3 | Risk of assimilation into the Sufi “Light of Muhammad” (Nur Muhammad) pre-existent-light doctrine. |
| Exact imprint of his nature | χαρακτὴρ τῆς ὑποστάσεως αὐτοῦ (charaktēr tēs hypostaseōs autou) | Nîşana Cewherê Wî | nîşana cewherê wî | Critical | Deity of Christ | 1:3 | Same Greek root (hypostasis) as 11:1’s “assurance” — deliberately different Kurdish term; theologian review required. |
| Heir | κληρονόμος (klēronomos) | Mîratgir | mîratgir | High | Superiority of Christ over Angels; Adoption (cross-doctrine) | 1:2 | Ties to baseline Critical “adoption” doctrine. |
| Begotten | γεγέννηκα (gegennēka) | (rendered contextually with Kurê Xwedê vocabulary) | — | Critical | Sonship of Christ | 1:5 | Eternal generation, not adoption or point-in-time creation; same note as baseline sonship_of_christ entry. |
| Founder / pioneer | ἀρχηγός (archēgos) | Rêber | rêber | Critical | Christ as the Great High Priest (unique unresolved political-vocabulary risk) | 2:10; 12:2 | Collision with “Rêber Apo,” the honorific political-leader title within Kurdish nationalist movement culture; requires a deliberate, consistent Phase 2 style decision. |
| Learned obedience | ἔμαθεν ὑπακοήν (emathen hypakoēn) | Fêrî Guhdariyê Bû | fêrî guhdariyê bû | High | Christ as the Great High Priest; Humanity of Christ | 5:8 | Affirms full, genuine humanity alongside ch.1’s full deity. |
| Made perfect / perfecter | τελειόω / τελειωτής (teleioō / teleiōtēs) | Kemilkirin / Kemilbûn | kemilkirin / kemilbûn | Critical | Christ as the Great High Priest | 2:10; 5:9; 7:19,28; 9:9; 10:1,14; 11:40; 12:2,23 | Collides with the Sufi doctrine of al-insan al-kamil (“the Perfect Man”); requires theologian review at every occurrence. |
G. New Terms — Church, Ministry, and Household Cluster (Chapters 3, 13)
| English Term | Original (Greek) | Kurdish Rendering | Transliteration | Risk | Doctrine | Primary Occurrences | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Faithful (trustworthy) | πιστός (pistos) | Dilsoz | dilsoz | Medium | Faith of the OT Saints | 2:17; 3:2,5-6; 10:23; 11:11 | Kept distinct from Îman (faith, the noun) and the bawer- verb family. |
| House / household | οἶκος (oikos) | Malbata Xwedê | malbata Xwedê | Medium | The New Covenant versus the Old | 3:2-6; 10:21 | God’s people, not a building. |
| Repentance | μετάνοια (metanoia) | Poşmanî | poşmanî | High | The Danger of Apostasy and Warning Passages | 6:1,6; 12:17 | Avoids Islamic legal-repentance (tawba) formal-conditions framework where “tobe” would be used. |
| Baptisms (ambiguous plural) | βαπτισμῶν (baptismōn) | Îmad (Christian rite) / Şuştin (general washing) | îmad / şuştin | Medium | The New Covenant versus the Old | 6:2 | Ambiguity itself flagged for native-speaker resolution in context. |
| Discipline / fatherly training | παιδεία (paideia) | Terbiyet | terbiyet | High | Perseverance and Assurance | 12:5-11 | Depends on the Father-frame being credible and warm; ties to baseline Critical “father” doctrine. |
| Brotherly love | φιλαδελφία (philadelphia) | Evîna Bira-Xwîşkan | evîna bira-xwîşkan | Medium | Christian Fellowship (cross-doctrine) | 13:1 | |
| Hospitality | φιλοξενία (philoxenia) | Mêvanperwerî | mêvanperwerî | Low | Christian Fellowship (cross-doctrine) | 13:2 | Genuine cultural asset; minimal doctrinal risk. |
| Leaders | ἡγούμενοι (hēgoumenoi) | Rêber / Serokên Dêrê | rêber / serokên dêrê | High | Church as God’s People (cross-doctrine) | 13:7,17,24 | Shares the Rêber Apo collision risk with ἀρχηγός; a distinct term (Serokên Dêrê / Rêvebir) should be considered for church-leadership contexts specifically. |
| Sacrifice of praise | θυσία αἰνέσεως (thysia aineseōs) | Goriya Pesindanê | goriya pesindanê | Medium | The Once-for-All Atoning Sacrifice (metaphorical extension) | 13:15 | Uses Goriyan in its now-metaphorical, non-atoning sense; flag so readers do not infer ongoing atoning sacrifice. |
H. Chapters Confirmed Reviewed with No New Load-Bearing Terms
| Chapter | Coverage Status |
|---|---|
| Hebrews 8 | Reviewed in full; intensifies and applies terms already introduced in ch. 7 (Peyman, Çêtir, Navbeynkar) plus one new term (Kevin Bûn / παλαιόω), listed in section C above. No further new terms. |
(All other chapters — 1 through 7, 9 through 13 — introduce at least one new load-bearing term, documented in sections B through G above and treated in full in analysis/07_semantic_analysis.md.)
Risk Tier Summary for This Package
| Risk Tier | Count of New Terms (this glossary) | Review Routing |
|---|---|---|
| Critical | 19 | Human theologian review, every occurrence |
| High | 21 | Human theologian review |
| Medium | 22 | Native speaker review |
| Low | 6 | Automated review sufficient |
This glossary must be merged into translation_memory.json at Phase 2 load time, incrementing the version number per the baseline’s Translation Memory Load and Enforcement Instructions. All Critical and High risk new terms require theologian review and sign-off before Phase 2 segment translation begins.
Critical Risk Terms
Justification
Approved rendering: Wek adil hatin hesibandin
Transliteration: wek adil hatin hesibandin
Doctrine: Salvation
Inherited from Romans package. Not a frequently repeated term-form in Hebrews itself, but the underlying forensic-declaration concept underlies 11:7’s righteousness-by-faith logic and should be available to Phase 2 teaching material discussing that verse alongside imputed_righteousness.
Salvation
Approved rendering: Rizgarî
Transliteration: rizgarî
Doctrine: Salvation
Original: σωτηρία
Category: Salvation
Inherited from Romans package. Occurs at Hebrews 1:14; 2:3,10; 5:9; 6:9; 9:28; 11:7; must remain anchored to personal, spiritual, eschatological deliverance at every occurrence, distinct from Kurdish nationalist-liberation resonance — especially load-bearing at 9:28, the core passage’s climactic verse.
Adoption
Approved rendering: Kurxwendin
Transliteration: kurxwendin
Doctrine: Adoption into God’s Family
Inherited from Romans package. Not a term used verbatim in Hebrews, but the underlying doctrine is directly active via ‘heir’ and ‘eternal_inheritance’ (1:2,14; 9:15; 11:8; 12:23); the same Quranic adoption restriction (33:4-5) and aşîret lineage-consciousness apply with equal or greater force here.
Resurrection
Approved rendering: Rabûn
Transliteration: rabûn
Doctrine: Resurrection of Christ
Original: ἀνάστασις
Category: Eschatology
Inherited from Romans package. Occurs at Hebrews 6:2 (foundational teaching), 11:35 (OT restorations), and 13:20 (closing benediction, ‘brought again from the dead’); must never be rendered with reincarnation-adjacent vocabulary, guarding against the Yazidi ‘kiras guhertin’ conflation risk.
Lord
Approved rendering: Xudan
Transliteration: Xudan
Doctrine: Lordship of Christ
Original: κύριος
Category: Christology
Inherited from Romans package. Applied to Christ at Hebrews 1:10 (direct OT YHWH-language quotation), 2:3, 7:14, 13:20; must never be softened, especially at 1:10 where Psalm 102’s address to YHWH is applied directly to the Son.
Son Of God
Approved rendering: Kurê Xwedê
Transliteration: Kurê Xwedê
Doctrine: Sonship of Christ
Original: υἱὸς θεοῦ
Category: Christology
Inherited from Romans package. The organizing Christological claim of Hebrews 1 and recurring at 4:14; 5:8; 6:6; 7:3,28; exposed in Hebrews to a double collision — mainstream Sunni denial AND Sufi/Yazidi frameworks that could too-readily assimilate the claim into mystical-absorption or repeated-manifestation categories.
Incarnation
Approved rendering: Tecessud
Transliteration: tecessud
Doctrine: Incarnation
Inherited from Romans package. Underlies Hebrews 2:14 (‘he himself likewise shared in flesh and blood’) and 10:5 (implied Psalm 40 citation); the Yazidi successive-manifestation risk documented in the baseline applies with the same force here.
Kingdom Of God
Approved rendering: Padîşahiya Xwedê
Transliteration: padîşahiya Xwedê
Doctrine: Kingdom Mission
Original: βασιλεία τοῦ θεοῦ
Category: Kingdom
Inherited from Romans package. Occurs at Hebrews 1:8 (Christ’s throne) and, intensified with a qualifier, at 12:28 (see the new term kingdom_that_cannot_be_shaken); the baseline’s Kurdish-statehood-aspiration anchoring discipline applies unchanged and with greater intensity here.
Law
Approved rendering: Şerîeta Mûsa
Transliteration: Şerîeta Mûsa
Doctrine: Fulfillment of Prophecy
Rejected alternatives: Namûs
Inherited from Romans package. Hebrews’ single most frequently repeated Mosaic-covenant term (7:5,12,19,28; 8:4; 9:19,22; 10:1,8,28; 13:11); the explicit ‘of Moses’ qualifier remains mandatory at every occurrence; bare Şerîet and Namûs remain forbidden.
Messiah
Approved rendering: Mesîh
Transliteration: Mesîh
Doctrine: Messianic Promise
Inherited from Romans package. Applied throughout Hebrews as the eternal Son, High Priest, and Mediator of the new covenant; carries the same pre-loaded Quranic content as documented in the baseline, plus Alevi/Yarsani figure-expectation overlays where relevant to the audience.
Jesus
Approved rendering: Îsa
Transliteration: Îsa
Doctrine: Lordship of Christ
Original: Ἰησοῦς
Category: Christology
Inherited from Romans package. Hebrews 13:8’s eternality claim (‘the same yesterday, today, and forever’) must be rendered as an unqualified deity claim consistent with the baseline; no rival native transliteration exists to disambiguate from the Quranic prophet-only narrative, so content-level correction remains the whole burden.
God
Approved rendering: Xwedê
Transliteration: Xwedê
Doctrine: Deity of Christ
Rejected alternatives: Allah
Original: θεός
Category: God
Inherited from Romans package. Hebrews repeatedly calls God ‘the living God’ (3:12; 9:14; 10:31; 12:22); consistently pair Xwedê with zindî (living) at these occurrences to preserve this book-specific emphasis against lifeless ritual/idol contrasts.
Holy Spirit
Approved rendering: Ruhê Pîroz
Transliteration: Ruhê Pîroz
Doctrine: Sanctification
Original: πνεῦμα ἅγιον
Category: God
Inherited from Romans package. Occurs at Hebrews 2:4; 3:7; 6:4; 9:8; 10:15,29 (including as the speaker of quoted OT Scripture); must not be rendered with a term implying an impersonal force or Jibril-identification, per baseline note.
Father
Approved rendering: Bav
Transliteration: Bav
Doctrine: Adoption into God’s Family
Original: πατήρ
Category: God
Inherited from Romans package. Used in Trinitarian address at Hebrews 1:5 and as the disciplining Father of believers at 12:7,9 (see new term discipline_fatherly_training); the fatherly-discipline argument depends on this frame being credible and warm, per baseline note on Sufi lover/beloved supplementation.
Imputed Righteousness
Approved rendering: Adaleta ku tê hesibandin
Transliteration: adaleta ku tê hesibandin
Doctrine: Justification by Faith
Rejected alternatives: Adaleta ku tê bidestxistin
Original: ἐλογίσθη αὐτῷ εἰς δικαιοσύνην (cf. Hebrews 11:7’s righteousness-by-faith logic)
Category: Salvation
Inherited from Romans package. Exemplified at Hebrews 11:7, Noah’s righteousness by faith; the earned-righteousness alternative remains explicitly forbidden.
High Priest
Approved rendering: Serokkahîn
Transliteration: serokkahîn
Doctrine: Christ as the Great High Priest
Rejected alternatives: Kahîn (bare, unqualified)
Original: ἀρχιερεύς
Category: Priesthood
New Hebrews entry, the single most repeated technical term in the book (2:17; 3:1; 4:14-15; 5:1,5,10; 6:20; 7:26-28; 8:1,3; 9:7,11,25). Kahîn shares its Arabic root with the pre-Islamic soothsayer/diviner (kāhin), condemned in Islamic tradition; mainstream Sunni Islam also has no ongoing sacrificial priesthood, making the entire functional category foreign. Requires theologian sign-off and explicit teaching at every occurrence.
Sacrifice
Approved rendering: Goriyan
Transliteration: goriyan
Doctrine: The Once-for-All Atoning Sacrifice
Rejected alternatives: Qurban
Original: θυσία
Category: Priesthood
New Hebrews entry, occurring throughout chs. 5,7,9,10,13. Qurban (Islamic Eid al-Adha ritual sacrifice) is deliberately rejected because it is commemorative, repeatable, and explicitly non-atoning; using it would silently undermine the book’s ‘once for all’ thesis. Goriyan, a native Kurdish word for votive offering, is the safer choice.
Propitiation
Approved rendering: Kefaretkirin
Transliteration: kefaretkirin
Doctrine: The Once-for-All Atoning Sacrifice
Original: ἱλάσκομαι / ἱλαστήριον
Category: Priesthood
New Hebrews entry, at 2:17 (verb) and 9:5 (the mercy seat, rendered Textê Kefaretê). The Arabic-origin root ‘kefaret’ is the specific Islamic legal category of kaffara, a menu of formulaic compensatory ritual acts; using it risks importing a legalistic, works-based framework. Requires heaviest possible translator-note and theologian review at every occurrence. Cross-check against any parallel Romans 3:25 propitiation rendering for consistency.
Mercy Seat
Approved rendering: Textê Kefaretê
Transliteration: textê kefaretê
Doctrine: The Once-for-All Atoning Sacrifice
New Hebrews entry, occurring at 9:5. Shares the same root-term risk as propitiation/kefaretkirin above; must be recorded consistently with any parallel Romans 3:25 hilastērion rendering, since both derive from the same Greek word-family.
Once For All
Approved rendering: Carekê ji Hertim
Transliteration: carekê ji hertim
Doctrine: The Once-for-All Atoning Sacrifice
Original: ἅπαξ / ἐφάπαξ
Category: Priesthood
New Hebrews entry, the book’s central rhetorical pivot (7:27; 9:12,26,28; 10:10). Must be rendered with this identical fixed compound at every occurrence; zero tolerance for variant renderings, since the argument distinguishes Christ’s sacrifice from both repeated Levitical sacrifices AND repeatable Islamic qurban.
Worship Bow Down
Approved rendering: Perizîn
Transliteration: perizîn
Doctrine: Superiority of Christ over Angels
Original: προσκυνέω
Category: Angelology
New Hebrews entry, at 1:6. Angels — themselves objects of no worship in Islamic theology — are commanded to worship the Son, one of the strongest anti-angel-Christology texts in the book. Must be preserved forcefully, not softened, as a direct rebuttal to any ‘exalted angel/created being’ reading of Christ.
Bear Sins Of Many
Approved rendering: Hilanîna Gunehên Gelekan
Transliteration: hilanîna gunehên gelekan
Doctrine: The Once-for-All Atoning Sacrifice
Original: ἀνενέγκειν πολλῶν ἁμαρτίας
Category: Priesthood
New Hebrews entry, at 9:28. Substitutionary sin-bearing stated in its starkest terms; this is the doctrinal core of the once-for-all atoning sacrifice and must not be flattened into a merely exemplary or educational reading of Christ’s death.
New Covenant
Approved rendering: Peymana Nû
Transliteration: peymana nû
Doctrine: The New Covenant versus the Old
Original: διαθήκη καινή
Category: Covenant
New Hebrews entry, at 8:8,13; 9:15; 12:24. Kurdish tribal (aşîret) peyman-making is between relative equals and revocable, unlike this unilaterally-secured, unbreakable covenant — an even more load-bearing distinction here than in Romans.
Fall Away Apostasy
Approved rendering: Dûrketin ji Baweriyê
Transliteration: dûrketin ji baweriyê
Doctrine: The Danger of Apostasy and Warning Passages
Original: παραπίπτω
Category: Apostasy
New Hebrews entry, at 6:6, the book’s most severe warning passage. The regional Islamic legal category of irtidad (apostasy) historically carries severe social and, in some traditional legal readings, capital consequences. Also carries real pastoral/physical safety weight given differing religious-freedom environments across Turkey, Iraq, Iran, and Syria. Mandatory theologian AND pastoral-sensitivity review at every occurrence.
Sinning Deliberately
Approved rendering: Bi Zanebûn Guneh Kirin
Transliteration: bi zanebûn guneh kirin
Doctrine: The Danger of Apostasy and Warning Passages
Original: ἑκουσίως ἁμαρτάνω
Category: Apostasy
New Hebrews entry, at 10:26, the second great warning passage. Shares the same irtidad-adjacent and pastoral-safety sensitivities as fall_away_apostasy; must not be softened into ordinary moral failure.
Shrink Back Destruction
Approved rendering: Paşve Gerîn / Helakbûn
Transliteration: paşve gerîn / helakbûn
Doctrine: The Danger of Apostasy and Warning Passages
Original: ὑποστολή / ἀπώλεια
Category: Apostasy
New Hebrews entry, at 10:39, the climactic contrast of the second warning section. The finality and severity of destruction (ἀπώλεια) must not be softened into a temporary setback.
Cloud Of Witnesses
Approved rendering: Ewrê Şahidan
Transliteration: ewrê şahidan
Doctrine: Faith of the Old Testament Saints
Original: νέφος μαρτύρων
Category: Faith
New Hebrews entry, at 12:1. The root şahid is shared by both the Islamic shahada (foundational creedal profession) AND, with particular force in Kurdish, şehîd — ‘martyr,’ the honorific for Peshmerga/PKK-affiliated fighters. Risks OT saints being assimilated into political-martyrdom veneration rather than read as witnesses TO faith. Mandatory disambiguating context and theologian review.
Homeland
Approved rendering: Welat
Transliteration: welat
Doctrine: Faith of the Old Testament Saints
Original: πατρίς
Category: Faith
New Hebrews entry, at 11:13-16. Welat is the emotionally central term of Kurdish stateless national aspiration for an independent Kurdistan. The heavenly, non-territorial referent must be made unmistakable, following the same anchoring discipline the baseline requires for rizgarî/padîşahiya Xwedê.
Mount Zion Heavenly Jerusalem
Approved rendering: Çiyayê Sîyon / Orşelîma Ezmanî
Transliteration: Çiyayê Sîyon / Orşelîma Ezmanî
Doctrine: Faith of the Old Testament Saints
Original: Ὄρος Σιὼν / Ἰερουσαλὴμ ἐπουρανίῳ
Category: Faith
New Hebrews entry, at 12:22. Compounds the homeland/Welat risk with live regional geopolitical sensitivity around Jerusalem’s contemporary political status; the heavenly, non-territorial referent must be made unmistakable.
Angels
Approved rendering: Milyaket
Transliteration: milyaket
Doctrine: The Superiority of Christ over Angels, Moses, and the Levitical Priesthood
Original: ἄγγελος
Category: Angelology
New Hebrews entry, occurring throughout ch. 1; 2:2,5,7,9,16; 12:22; 13:2. Double risk: (1) mainstream Sunni angelology (esp. Jibril) already exalts angels as near-divine, making ‘superior to angels’ read as a smaller claim; (2) readers may conversely assimilate the Son into the angelic (created) category, echoing historic Arianism. Both directions must be corrected explicitly.
Radiance Of Glory
Approved rendering: Tîrêjiya Rûmeta Xwedê
Transliteration: tîrêjiya rûmeta Xwedê
Doctrine: Deity of Christ
Original: ἀπαύγασμα τῆς δόξης
Category: Christology
New Hebrews entry, at 1:3. Kurdish Sufi and regional Shi’i-adjacent devotional tradition includes a developed doctrine of the pre-existent ‘Light of Muhammad’ (Nur Muhammad); this term risks assimilation into that light-emanation framework rather than being taught as the Son’s own full, uncreated deity.
Exact Imprint Of Nature
Approved rendering: Nîşana Cewherê Wî
Transliteration: nîşana cewherê wî
Doctrine: Deity of Christ
Original: χαρακτὴρ τῆς ὑποστάσεως αὐτοῦ
Category: Christology
New Hebrews entry, at 1:3, the strongest ontological-equality statement in the chapter. The underlying Greek term (ὑπόστασις) later became the technical term for ‘Person’ within the Trinity; must not collapse into the very different everyday sense used for the same Greek word at 11:1 (rendered Bingeh there). Requires theologian review.
Begotten
Approved rendering: (rendered contextually with Kurê Xwedê vocabulary)
Transliteration: —
Doctrine: Sonship of Christ
Original: γεγέννηκα
Category: Christology
New Hebrews entry, at 1:5, quoting Psalm 2:7. Must be rendered contextually with the Kurê Xwedê vocabulary cluster; conveys eternal generation, not adoption or a point-in-time creation, resisting both the mainstream denial and the Sufi/Yazidi over-assimilation risk.
Founder Pioneer
Approved rendering: Rêber
Transliteration: rêber
Doctrine: Christ as the Great High Priest
Original: ἀρχηγός
Category: Christology
New Hebrews entry, at 2:10; 12:2. ‘Rêber’ is also the specific honorific title used within Kurdish nationalist political culture for revered liberation leaders (most famously ‘Rêber Apo’ for Abdullah Öcalan). Every occurrence requires explicit qualification (e.g., ‘Rêberê rizgariya me ya herheyî’) to disambiguate from a political-liberation leader-cult reading.
Made Perfect
Approved rendering: Kemilkirin / Kemilbûn
Transliteration: kemilkirin / kemilbûn
Doctrine: Christ as the Great High Priest
Original: τελειόω / τελειωτής
Category: Christology
New Hebrews entry, the most frequently repeated Critical collision in the book (2:10; 5:9; 7:19,28; 9:9; 10:1,14; 11:40; 12:2,23). The root kemal/kemil is the exact term of the Sufi al-insan al-kamil (‘the Perfect Man’) doctrine of mystical self-attainment; using it for Christ’s perfecting risks inverting Hebrews’ point (Christ’s perfecting qualifies him uniquely as sinless mediator, not a model of attainable human perfection). Requires theologian review at every occurrence.
Eternal Inheritance
Approved rendering: Mîrasa Herheyî
Transliteration: mîrasa herheyî
Doctrine: The New Covenant versus the Old
Original: αἰωνία κληρονομία
Category: Salvation
New Hebrews entry, at 9:15. Directly intersects the baseline Critical ‘adoption’ doctrine: both the Quranic restriction on adoption (33:4-5) and Kurdish aşîret lineage-based inheritance customs create a strong default that only blood heirs inherit; must be taught explicitly against this default, as in Romans 8.
Kingdom That Cannot Be Shaken
Approved rendering: Padîşahiya Xwedê ku nayê hejandin
Transliteration: padîşahiya Xwedê ku nayê hejandin
Doctrine: Kingdom of God (Unshakeable Kingdom)
Original: βασιλεία ἀσάλευτος
Category: Kingdom
New Hebrews entry, at 12:28. Intensifies the baseline’s Critical kingdom-vocabulary risk at the book’s climactic Sinai/Zion contrast; must be anchored with the same discipline the baseline requires — exclusively God’s spiritual, eternal reign, never suggestive of, or blended with, the specific political aspiration for Kurdish statehood.
High Risk Terms
Grace
Approved rendering: Kerem
Transliteration: kerem
Doctrine: Grace
Original: χάρις
Category: Salvation
Inherited from Romans package. In Hebrews, anchors the ‘throne of grace’ (4:16) and the warning against ‘falling short of the grace of God’ (12:15) and ‘insulting the Spirit of grace’ (10:29); must not be read as an elite Sufi-keramet-style favor.
Faith
Approved rendering: Îman
Transliteration: iman
Doctrine: Faith
Original: πίστις
Category: Faith
Inherited from Romans package. The defining virtue of the Hebrews 11 roll call and the perseverance theology of chs. 3-4, 10; 11:1’s definitional statement uses separate new terms (assurance_substance, conviction) that must not be absorbed into Îman itself.
Righteousness
Approved rendering: Adalet
Transliteration: adalet
Doctrine: Salvation
Rejected alternatives: Rastî
Original: δικαιοσύνη
Category: Salvation
Inherited from Romans package. Applied in Hebrews to God’s throne (1:8-9), Melchizedek’s name (7:2), and Noah’s faith-righteousness (11:7); the 11:7 usage must stay linked to the imputed_righteousness entry, not read as dutiful conduct.
Called
Approved rendering: Bangkirî
Transliteration: bangkirî
Doctrine: Divine Calling
Original: κλητός / καλέω
Category: Salvation
Inherited from Romans package. Context-sensitive across at least three Hebrews senses: Christ’s priestly appointment (5:4), believers’ ‘heavenly calling’ (3:1), and receiving the promised inheritance (9:15; 11:8) — check which sense is active per occurrence.
Saints
Approved rendering: Pîrozan
Transliteration: pîrozan
Doctrine: Sainthood
Inherited from Romans package. Occurs at Hebrews 6:10; 13:24; must not be rendered as the hereditary, shrine-venerated Sufi pîr spiritual elite, per baseline note.
Sanctification
Approved rendering: Teqdîs
Transliteration: teqdîs
Doctrine: Sanctification
Rejected alternatives: Pakkirin
Original: ἁγιασμός / ἁγιάζω
Category: Sanctification
Inherited from Romans package. Hebrews itself distinguishes this definitive, once-for-all sense (10:10,14,29; 12:14; 13:12) from the ceremonial/external sense rendered instead with the new term ‘cleanse_purify’ (Paqijkirin, 9:13) — do not flatten the two onto one word.
Church
Approved rendering: Dêr
Transliteration: dêr
Doctrine: Church as God’s People
Original: ἐκκλησία
Category: Church
Inherited from Romans package. Occurs at Hebrews 2:12 and as ‘the assembly of the firstborn’ at 12:23 (using the new firstborn term); religious-freedom variation across the four host states applies equally to Hebrews’ gathering exhortations (10:25).
Sin
Approved rendering: Guneh
Transliteration: guneh
Doctrine: Universal Human Accountability
Original: ἁμαρτία
Category: Sin
Inherited from Romans package. Central throughout Hebrews 9-10’s atonement argument; distinguish from ritual impurity, running the argument that sin requires blood-atonement against the region’s fitrah/tawba defaults.
Prophet
Approved rendering: Pêxember
Transliteration: pêxember
Doctrine: Inspiration of Scripture
Inherited from Romans package. Directly relevant to Hebrews 1:1, ‘God… spoke… by the prophets’; same finality-of-prophethood risk as the baseline documents (Muhammad as khatam al-anbiya); must be paired with the fuller Christological titles of ch. 1.
Covenant
Approved rendering: Peyman
Transliteration: peyman
Doctrine: Davidic Covenant
Original: διαθήκη
Category: Covenant
Inherited from Romans package. Hebrews’ central organizing category across chs. 7-10 and 12:24; 13:20; even more load-bearing here than in Romans since the whole book argues ‘better covenant.’ Kurdish aşîret peyman-making is revocable and between equals, unlike this covenant.
Intercession
Approved rendering: Navbeynkarî
Transliteration: navbeynkarî
Doctrine: Prayer and Intercession
Original: ἐντυγχάνω / ἐμφανίζω
Category: Faith
Inherited from Romans package. Occurs conceptually at Hebrews 7:25 and 9:24 (see the new term appear_before_god); must be taught as unique and sufficient, not one channel among the region’s multiplied intercessory figures (pîr, saints, prophets).
Blood
Approved rendering: Xwîn
Transliteration: xwîn
Doctrine: The Once-for-All Atoning Sacrifice
Original: αἷμα
Category: Priesthood
New Hebrews entry, occurring throughout chs. 9-10, 12-13. Islamic qurban blood is commemorative of Abraham’s obedience, not atoning; readers must not assume Christ’s blood functions like qurban blood, nor treat it as merely symbolic.
Redemption
Approved rendering: Xilasî
Transliteration: xilasî
Doctrine: Salvation
Rejected alternatives: Fidye
Original: λύτρωσις / ἀπολύτρωσις
Category: Salvation
New Hebrews entry, at 9:12,15. Must be kept visibly distinct from Rizgarî (σωτηρία) to preserve the ransom-price nuance; the Arabic/Islamic legal term fidye (a specific compensatory ritual payment) is rejected as it would cast Christ’s redemption as one more formulaic legal payment rather than a singular, sufficient, historical act.
Mediator
Approved rendering: Navbeynkar
Transliteration: navbeynkar
Doctrine: The New Covenant versus the Old
Original: μεσίτης
Category: Covenant
New Hebrews entry, at 8:6; 9:15; 12:24. Must be taught as the one, unique mediator, distinct from the multiplied intercessory figures (saints, pîrs, prophets) of regional shafa’at theology and Kurdish Sufi pîr-veneration culture; pair explicitly with ‘yekane’ (sole/only).
Dead Works
Approved rendering: Karên Mirî
Transliteration: karên mirî
Doctrine: The Once-for-All Atoning Sacrifice
Original: νεκρὰ ἔργα
Category: Priesthood
New Hebrews entry, at 6:1; 9:14. The surrounding culture’s dominant works-emphasis makes this contrast counter-intuitive and must be taught deliberately: Christ’s cleansing frees believers FOR living service, not achieved BY their own dead works.
Forgiveness
Approved rendering: Lêbûrîn
Transliteration: lêbûrîn
Doctrine: The Once-for-All Atoning Sacrifice
Original: ἄφεσις
Category: Priesthood
New Hebrews entry, at 9:22; 10:18. A genuine native-vocabulary asset, but Islamic tawba theology (repentance and offsetting good deeds, without a bloodshed-mechanism) offers a real alternative framework readers may default to; the blood-basis of forgiveness must be taught explicitly.
Old First Covenant
Approved rendering: Peymana Pêşî
Transliteration: peymana pêşî
Doctrine: The New Covenant versus the Old
Rejected alternatives: Peymana Kevn (acceptable secondary form)
Original: πρώτη διαθήκη
Category: Covenant
New Hebrews entry, at 8:7,13; 9:1,15,18. Contrast partner to Peymana Nû; must not be taught as ‘false,’ only superseded, to avoid confusion with the region’s tahrif claim.
Obsolete Growing Old
Approved rendering: Kevin Bûn
Transliteration: kevin bûn
Doctrine: The New Covenant versus the Old
Original: παλαιόω
Category: Covenant
New Hebrews entry, at 8:13. Distinctively sensitive: risks being heard through the lens of the region’s shared Islamic tahrif (scripture-corruption) doctrine. Must be taught as fulfillment (achieved its intended, temporary purpose and is now surpassed), not falsification.
Oath
Approved rendering: Sond
Transliteration: sond
Doctrine: Faith of the Old Testament Saints
Original: ὅρκος
Category: Covenant
New Hebrews entry, at 6:16-17; 7:20-21,28. Kurdish tribal (aşîret) oath-culture is a genuine asset, but the risk is reversed from the tribal norm: readers may assume, from tribal experience, that even solemn oaths can be broken under pressure; God’s oath must be taught as categorically unbreakable.
Without Genealogy
Approved rendering: Bênijad
Transliteration: bênijad
Doctrine: The Superiority of Christ over Angels, Moses, and the Levitical Priesthood
Original: ἀγενεαλόγητος
Category: Priesthood
New Hebrews entry, at 7:3. Genuinely counter-cultural for Kurdish tribal (aşîret) society, where lineage is foundational to social status, land rights, and marriage alliances; must be taught as a deliberate, positive contrast, not glossed over.
Full Assurance
Approved rendering: Temambûna Baweriyê
Transliteration: temambûna baweriyê
Doctrine: Perseverance and Assurance
Original: πληροφορία
Category: Perseverance
New Hebrews entry, at 6:11; 10:22. Directly engages the baseline ‘Assurance of Salvation’ High-risk doctrine; this confident, settled assurance runs against the regional default that certainty of final salvation is presumptuous.
Draw Near Confidence
Approved rendering: Wêrekî
Transliteration: wêrekî
Doctrine: Access to God through Christ’s Blood
Original: παρρησία
Category: Perseverance
New Hebrews entry, at 3:6; 4:16; 10:19,35. Mainstream regional Islamic piety regards presumed boldness before God as spiritually presumptuous; must be deliberately taught as grace-grounded confidence, not arrogance.
Rest Sabbath Rest
Approved rendering: Bêhnvedan / Bêhnvedana Şemiyê
Transliteration: bêhnvedan / bêhnvedana şemiyê
Doctrine: Perseverance and Assurance
Original: κατάπαυσις / σαββατισμός
Category: Perseverance
New Hebrews entry, at 3:11,18; 4:1,3-11. Islam has no functional Sabbath-rest institution parallel to the weekly Shabbat; the typological chain (Sabbath → Canaan-rest → final rest) must be built up from scratch, not assumed intuitive.
Throne Of Grace
Approved rendering: Text Kerema Xwedê
Transliteration: text kerema Xwedê
Doctrine: Access to God through Christ’s Blood
Original: θρόνος τῆς χάριτος
Category: Perseverance
New Hebrews entry, at 4:16. Ties directly to the baseline ‘grace’ Critical/High doctrine: this throne is open to every believer, directly countering any reading of grace/kerem as a Sufi-keramet-style elite favor.
Assurance Substance
Approved rendering: Bingeh
Transliteration: bingeh
Doctrine: Faith of the Old Testament Saints
Original: ὑπόστασις (11:1 sense)
Category: Faith
New Hebrews entry, at 11:1 (ὑπόστασις, sense 2). The same Greek word is rendered Cewher at 1:3 for God’s own essence; translators must deliberately use this different Kurdish word here and never conflate the two senses, since Greek hypostasis later became the technical term for ‘Person’ within the Trinity.
Commended Witnessed
Approved rendering: Şahidî Hate Dayîn
Transliteration: şahidî hate dayîn
Doctrine: Faith of the Old Testament Saints
Original: μαρτυρέω
Category: Faith
New Hebrews entry, at 11:2,4,5,39. Grounds the entire roll call: each figure is commended by God’s own testimony, not by their own merit; related to the cloud_of_witnesses collision risk below.
Firstborn
Approved rendering: Zaroka Yekem
Transliteration: zaroka yekem
Doctrine: Faith of the Old Testament Saints
Original: πρωτότοκος
Category: Church
New Hebrews entry, at 12:23, applied to the redeemed community (‘assembly of the firstborn’). Must be kept clearly distinguished from any Christological ‘firstborn’ title elsewhere in the wider curriculum, so it is not read as implying a first created being.
Heir
Approved rendering: Mîratgir
Transliteration: mîratgir
Doctrine: The Superiority of Christ over Angels, Moses, and the Levitical Priesthood
Original: κληρονόμος
Category: Christology
New Hebrews entry, at 1:2. Connects directly to the baseline Critical ‘adoption’ doctrine — Kurdish aşîret and shared Quranic adoption law restrict inheritance to a blood descendant; sets up ch. 9’s application of this category to believers as co-heirs.
Learned Obedience
Approved rendering: Fêrî Guhdariyê Bû
Transliteration: fêrî guhdariyê bû
Doctrine: Christ as the Great High Priest
Original: ἔμαθεν ὑπακοήν
Category: Christology
New Hebrews entry, at 5:8. Affirms full, real humanity: Christ’s obedience was genuinely learned through real suffering, not merely performed; must be read alongside, not against, ch. 1’s full deity.
Eternal Spirit
Approved rendering: Ruhê Herheyî
Transliteration: ruhê herheyî
Doctrine: The Once-for-All Atoning Sacrifice
Original: Πνεῦμα αἰώνιον
Category: God
New Hebrews entry, at 9:14. Christ’s offering is a Trinitarian act — the eternal Spirit empowers the Son’s self-offering to the Father; distinct Persons’ roles must be preserved without collapsing them, given regional tawhid objections to plurality within God.
Appear Before God
Approved rendering: Xuyabûn li Ber Rûyê Xwedê ji bo me
Transliteration: xuyabûn li ber rûyê Xwedê ji bo me
Doctrine: Access to God through Christ’s Blood
Original: ἐμφανισθῆναι τῷ προσώπῳ τοῦ Θεοῦ
Category: Priesthood
New Hebrews entry, at 9:24. Christ’s ongoing heavenly appearance/intercession on believers’ behalf; ties directly to the baseline ‘Prayer and Intercession’ doctrine and must not be assimilated to the region’s multiple intercessory figures (pîr, saints, prophets).
Appear Second Time
Approved rendering: Cara Duyemîn Xuya Bibe
Transliteration: cara duyemîn xuya bibe
Doctrine: Perseverance and Assurance
Original: ἐκ δευτέρου ὀφθήσεται
Category: Eschatology
New Hebrews entry, at 9:28. Mainstream Sunni hadith tradition (though not the Qur’an itself) anticipates ‘Isa’s’ return functioning very differently — as a sign preceding the Mahdi and defeat of the Dajjal, not as the Savior returning for those who trust him. This distinction must be made explicit.
Putting Away Of Sin
Approved rendering: Rakirina Gunehan
Transliteration: rakirina gunehan
Doctrine: The Once-for-All Atoning Sacrifice
Original: ἀθέτησιν ἁμαρτίας
Category: Priesthood
New Hebrews entry, at 9:26. Sin’s decisive, once-for-all removal (as opposed to repeated ritual management) must be kept sharp against the region’s shared works/ritual-cycle default.
Repentance
Approved rendering: Poşmanî
Transliteration: poşmanî
Doctrine: The Danger of Apostasy and Warning Passages
Rejected alternatives: Tobe
Original: μετάνοια
Category: Apostasy
New Hebrews entry, at 6:1,6; 12:17. Tobe (from Arabic tawba) is the standard Islamic technical term with formal jurisprudential conditions; Poşmanî (native, ‘regretful turning’) keeps the term open for gospel-repentance as heart-transformation rather than a ritual-legal procedure, though the distinction must still be made explicit.
Discipline Fatherly Training
Approved rendering: Terbiyet
Transliteration: terbiyet
Doctrine: Perseverance and Assurance
Original: παιδεία
Category: Perseverance
New Hebrews entry, at 12:5-11. Directly engages the baseline Critical ‘father’ doctrine: depends entirely on the loving-father frame being credible and warm, a register Kurdish classical Sufi poetry’s lover/beloved devotional tradition may need to supplement, without importing the lover/beloved metaphor itself.
Leaders
Approved rendering: Rêber / Serokên Dêrê
Transliteration: rêber / serokên dêrê
Doctrine: Church as God’s People
Original: ἡγούμενοι
Category: Church
New Hebrews entry, at 13:7,17,24. Shares the ‘Rêber Apo’ political-leader-cult collision risk flagged for founder_pioneer; a distinct term (Serokên Dêrê, ‘leaders/heads of the church,’ or Rêvebir, ‘administrator’) should be considered in Phase 2 style decisions specifically for church-leadership contexts.
Medium Risk Terms
Gospel
Approved rendering: Mizgînî
Transliteration: Mizgînî
Doctrine: Gospel
Inherited from Romans package. Relevant to Hebrews 4:2’s ‘good news… preached to them’ (referring to the wilderness generation) and to general framing of the book’s proclamation; qualify as the specific NT record where the Islamic Încîl/tahrif association is likely, per baseline note.
Apostle
Approved rendering: Şandî
Transliteration: şandî
Doctrine: Apostleship
Rejected alternatives: Resûl
Inherited from Romans package. Directly relevant to Hebrews 3:1, ‘consider Jesus, the Şandî (Apostle) and Serokkahîn (High Priest) of our confession’ — one of the few places in the NT where the title is applied to Christ himself rather than to the Twelve; retains the native-word avoidance of the Rasul Allah collision.
Calling
Approved rendering: Vexwendin
Transliteration: vexwendin
Doctrine: Divine Calling
Inherited from Romans package. Conceptually present at Hebrews 3:1’s ‘heavenly calling’; the direction of address (God calling believers) must be made explicit as in Romans.
Holy
Approved rendering: Pîroz
Transliteration: pîroz
Doctrine: Sanctification
Original: ἅγιος
Category: Sanctification
Inherited from Romans package. In Hebrews additionally names the sanctuary spaces (ta hagia, 9:12,24-25) alongside its general adjectival use (‘holy brothers,’ 3:1); translators must distinguish the architectural referent from the general adjective.
Peace
Approved rendering: Aştî
Transliteration: aştî
Doctrine: Peace with God
Original: εἰρήνη
Category: Salvation
Inherited from Romans package. Occurs at Hebrews 7:2 (Melchizedek, ‘king of Salem’/peace), 12:14, and the closing benediction 13:20; retains the same asset-resonance with regional peace-process vocabulary once explicitly anchored.
Spiritual Gifts
Approved rendering: Diyariyên Giyanî
Transliteration: diyariyên giyanî
Doctrine: Spiritual Gifts
Inherited from Romans package. Relevant to Hebrews 2:4, ‘God testifying… with gifts of the Holy Spirit’; must retain giyanî so the phrase is not read as ordinary talent.
Fellowship
Approved rendering: Hevaltî
Transliteration: hevaltî
Doctrine: Christian Fellowship
Original: κοινωνία
Category: Church
Inherited from Romans package. Relevant to Hebrews 10:24-25 (not neglecting meeting together) and 13:16; retains the secular ‘comrade’ political-movement echo requiring context to disambiguate.
Glory
Approved rendering: Rûmet
Transliteration: rûmet
Doctrine: Deity of Christ
Original: δόξα
Category: Christology
Inherited from Romans package. Occurs at Hebrews 1:3 (radiance of glory, see the new term of the same name), 2:7,9-10, 3:3, 13:21; anchor explicitly to Christ’s specific glory against Sufi Nur-Muhammad light-emanation assimilation.
Providence
Approved rendering: Rêveberiya Xwedê
Transliteration: rêveberiya Xwedê
Doctrine: Providence
Original: φέρων (cf. Hebrews 1:3, ‘upholding all things’)
Category: God
Inherited from Romans package. Applied Christologically at Hebrews 1:3 (‘upholding all things’), reinforcing the Son’s full deity rather than merely delegated agency; keep distinct from folk qadar fatalism.
Israel
Approved rendering: Îsraîl
Transliteration: Îsraîl
Doctrine: Unity of Jews and Gentiles
Original: Ἰσραήλ
Category: Covenant
Inherited from Romans package. Addressed in the Jeremiah 31 new-covenant citation (Hebrews 8:8,10) and named in the Exodus account (11:22); Kurdish popular sentiment toward Israel remains generally more favorable than the regional norm, per baseline note.
Moses
Approved rendering: Mûsa
Transliteration: Mûsa
Doctrine: Superiority of Christ over Moses
Original: Μωϋσῆς
Category: Covenant
New Hebrews entry. Occurs chs. 3, 7-9, 11-12. Mûsa is a shared, honored Quranic prophetic figure; readers may default to Quranic narrative details. Hebrews’ specific point — a faithful servant, not the Son who built the house (3:1-6) — must be taught deliberately, since Islamic tradition does not subordinate Moses to a divine-Son figure.
Abraham
Approved rendering: Îbrahîm
Transliteration: Îbrahîm
Doctrine: Faith of the Old Testament Saints
Original: Ἀβραάμ
Category: Covenant
New Hebrews entry. Occurs at 2:16; 6:13-15; 7:1-9; 11:8-19. Îbrahîm is a shared, honored Quranic figure; the Genesis 22/Hebrews 11:17-19 near-sacrifice of Isaac (not Ishmael, as in the dominant Islamic reading) is a specific narrative divergence that must be flagged for teaching, not assumed identical to the regionally familiar account.
Cleanse Purify
Approved rendering: Paqijkirin
Transliteration: paqijkirin
Doctrine: The Once-for-All Atoning Sacrifice
Rejected alternatives: Pakkirin
Original: καθαρίζω / καθαρότης
Category: Priesthood
New Hebrews entry, at 9:13-14,22-23; 10:2. Deliberately a different word from Teqdîs (sanctification), since Hebrews itself distinguishes ceremonial cleanness of flesh from the deeper conscience-cleansing of 9:14 and 10:2. Do not treat as equivalent to the baseline’s rejected sanctification-substitute; this is the narrower ritual sense the baseline note anticipated.
Conscience
Approved rendering: Wîjdan
Transliteration: wîjdan
Doctrine: The Once-for-All Atoning Sacrifice
Original: συνείδησις
Category: Priesthood
New Hebrews entry, at 9:9,14; 10:2,22; 13:18. Common loanword; the doctrinal point to protect is that this cleansing is received, not achieved by the conscience’s own effort — a contrast with the region’s works-oriented moral self-accounting.
Serve Cultic
Approved rendering: Xizmet kirin
Transliteration: xizmet kirin
Doctrine: Christ as the Great High Priest
Original: λατρεύω
Category: Priesthood
New Hebrews entry, at 8:5; 9:9,14; 10:2; 12:28; 13:10. Kept distinct from Perizîn (bow down and worship, προσκυνέω) so translators preserve the service/homage distinction Hebrews’ vocabulary draws.
Shedding Of Blood
Approved rendering: Rêtina Xwînê
Transliteration: rêtina xwînê
Doctrine: The Once-for-All Atoning Sacrifice
Original: αἱματεκχυσία
Category: Priesthood
New Hebrews entry, at 9:22, underlying the maxim ‘without the shedding of blood there is no forgiveness.’ Straightforward compound; doctrinal weight rests on the paired ‘forgiveness’ term.
Sacrifice Of Praise
Approved rendering: Goriya Pesindanê
Transliteration: goriya pesindanê
Doctrine: The Once-for-All Atoning Sacrifice
Original: θυσία αἰνέσεως
Category: Priesthood
New Hebrews entry, at 13:15. Uses Goriyan (Critical term) in its now fully metaphorical, non-atoning sense — the only ongoing ‘sacrifice’ believers now offer. Must be flagged so readers do not infer believers still offer atoning sacrifices.
Promise
Approved rendering: Soz
Transliteration: soz
Doctrine: The New Covenant versus the Old
Original: ἐπαγγελία
Category: Covenant
New Hebrews entry, at 4:1; 6:12-17; 8:6; 9:15; 10:23,36; 11:9,13,17,33,39. Kept distinct from Peyman (covenant, the larger relational bond) and Sond (oath, a formal guarantee).
Better
Approved rendering: Çêtir
Transliteration: çêtir
Doctrine: The Superiority of Christ over Angels, Moses, and the Levitical Priesthood
Original: κρείττων
Category: Covenant
New Hebrews entry, the book’s pervasive comparative term (roughly 13 occurrences: 1:4; 6:9; 7:7,19,22; 8:6; 9:23; 10:34; 11:16,35,40; 12:24). Low independent risk, but consistency across every occurrence is essential to the book’s driving rhetorical thread.
Shadow
Approved rendering: Sî
Transliteration: sî
Doctrine: The New Covenant versus the Old
Original: σκιά
Category: Typology
New Hebrews entry, at 8:5; 10:1. This typological reading (earthly shadow → heavenly reality) has no ready Quranic-hermeneutic parallel and must be actively taught, not assumed intuitive.
Copy Pattern
Approved rendering: Nimûne
Transliteration: nimûne
Doctrine: The New Covenant versus the Old
Original: ὑπόδειγμα / ἀντίτυπον
Category: Typology
New Hebrews entry, at 8:5; 9:9,23-24 (also rendered Wêne, ‘image/likeness,’ for antitypa). Same typological cluster as Sî; requires deliberate teaching of the copy/original structure.
Unchangeable
Approved rendering: Neguherbar
Transliteration: neguherbar
Doctrine: Christ as the Great High Priest
Original: ἀπαράβατος
Category: Priesthood
New Hebrews entry, at 7:24. Christ’s priesthood, unlike Aaron’s line, has no successor because he ‘continues forever.‘
Melchizedek
Approved rendering: Melkîsedeq
Transliteration: Melkîsedeq
Doctrine: The Superiority of Christ over Angels, Moses, and the Levitical Priesthood
Original: Μελχισέδεκ
Category: Priesthood
New Hebrews entry, at 5:6,10; 6:20; 7:1-17. Proper name transliterated per method; the doctrinal weight lies in the typology (priest-king without succession, without genealogy), not the name itself.
Anchor Of The Soul
Approved rendering: Lengerê Giyanî
Transliteration: lengerê giyanî
Doctrine: Perseverance and Assurance
Original: ἄγκυρα
Category: Perseverance
New Hebrews entry, at 6:19. Primarily an asset image; the anchor’s firmness must be tied explicitly to God’s unbreakable oath and promise, not to the believer’s own effort.
Conviction
Approved rendering: Delîl
Transliteration: delîl
Doctrine: Faith of the Old Testament Saints
Original: ἔλεγχος
Category: Faith
New Hebrews entry, at 11:1 (ἔλεγχος). Completes the definition of faith as confident conviction, not blind assertion.
Without Blemish
Approved rendering: Bêqusûr
Transliteration: bêqusûr
Doctrine: The Once-for-All Atoning Sacrifice
Original: ἄμωμος
Category: Priesthood
New Hebrews entry, at 9:14. Native compound (bê- ‘without’ + qusûr ‘fault’); low collision, reinforces Christ’s sinlessness as the perfect sacrificial victim.
Consummation Of Ages
Approved rendering: Temambûna Deman
Transliteration: temambûna deman
Doctrine: The Once-for-All Atoning Sacrifice
Original: συντέλεια τῶν αἰώνων
Category: Eschatology
New Hebrews entry, at 9:26. Shares surface-level resonance with Islamic eschatological Day-of-Judgment (Qiyamah, Akhirah) framing; an asset if the specific referent (Christ’s first coming and atoning work) is made explicit, a risk if left to default to the Islamic end-times narrative.
Judgment
Approved rendering: Dadgehkirin
Transliteration: dadgehkirin
Doctrine: The Danger of Apostasy and Warning Passages
Original: κρίσις
Category: Eschatology
New Hebrews entry, at 9:27; 10:27,30-31. A genuine point of overlap with Islamic Yevmü’l-Qiyamah theology; the specific referent (each person’s judgment following death, with Christ’s return in view for believers) should be made explicit, not left generic.
Those Who Await Him
Approved rendering: Ewên ku bi hêvî li benda wî ne
Transliteration: ewên ku bi hêvî li benda wî ne
Doctrine: Perseverance and Assurance
Original: τοῖς προσδοκῶσιν αὐτὸν
Category: Eschatology
New Hebrews entry, at 9:28. Reuses baseline Hêvî (hope); describes active, confident anticipation, not fatalistic resignation.
Faithful
Approved rendering: Dilsoz
Transliteration: dilsoz
Doctrine: Faith of the Old Testament Saints
Original: πιστός
Category: Faith
New Hebrews entry, at 2:17; 3:2,5-6; 10:23; 11:11. Kept distinct from Îman (faith, the noun) and the bawer- verb family; Moses was faithful as a servant, Christ as the Son who built the house.
House Household
Approved rendering: Malbata Xwedê
Transliteration: malbata Xwedê
Doctrine: The New Covenant versus the Old
Original: οἶκος
Category: Church
New Hebrews entry, at 3:2-6; 10:21. God’s household/people, not a physical building — a direct Christological superiority claim over Moses.
Baptisms
Approved rendering: Îmad / Şuştin
Transliteration: îmad / şuştin
Doctrine: The New Covenant versus the Old
Original: βαπτισμῶν
Category: Church
New Hebrews entry, at 6:2, an ambiguous plural (various Jewish ceremonial washings, or less likely, Christian baptism). Îmad (established Kurdish Christian rite-term, reflecting historic Assyrian/Chaldean heritage) is reserved for the Christian rite specifically; Şuştin for general ceremonial washing. The ambiguity itself should be flagged for native-speaker resolution in context.
Brotherly Love
Approved rendering: Evîna Bira-Xwîşkan
Transliteration: evîna bira-xwîşkan
Doctrine: Christian Fellowship
Original: φιλαδελφία
Category: Church
New Hebrews entry, at 13:1. Reuses the adoption/family-of-God vocabulary cluster already flagged in the baseline.
Devil
Approved rendering: Şeytan
Transliteration: şeytan
Doctrine: The Once-for-All Atoning Sacrifice
Original: διάβολος
Category: Angelology
New Hebrews entry, at 2:14, the adversary who holds the power of death, disarmed by Christ’s death. Established, shared vocabulary across Islamic and Christian tradition; broadly compatible concept, low pastoral risk.
Tabernacle
Approved rendering: Kon / Kona Pîroz
Transliteration: kon / kona pîroz
Doctrine: Christ as the Great High Priest
Original: σκηνή
Category: Typology
New Hebrews entry, at 9:11 and throughout chs. 8-9. The reader must not picture a literal building; the heavenly tabernacle must be understood as belonging to God’s own uncreated realm, not a superior man-made structure.
Low Risk Terms
Thanksgiving
Approved rendering: Spasî
Transliteration: spasî
Doctrine: Thanksgiving
Original: εὐχαριστία / αἴνεσις
Category: Faith
Inherited from Romans package. Relevant to the 13:15 ‘sacrifice of praise’ cluster; low independent risk.
Prophecy
Approved rendering: Pêxemberî
Transliteration: pêxemberî
Doctrine: Fulfillment of Prophecy
Inherited from Romans package. Contextually present alongside ‘prophet’ at Hebrews 1:1; low independent risk beyond that entry’s own note.
David
Approved rendering: Dawid
Transliteration: Dawid
Doctrine: Davidic Covenant
Original: Δαυίδ
Category: Covenant
Inherited from Romans package. Named among the faithful at Hebrews 11:32 and cited at 4:7; shared, positively-regarded Quranic prophet-king figure.
Exhort
Approved rendering: Handan kirin
Transliteration: handan kirin
Doctrine: Mutual Edification
Original: παρακαλέω
Category: Faith
Inherited from Romans package. Occurs at Hebrews 3:13; 10:25; 13:22; context-sensitive between beseeching and encouraging as in the baseline.
Sprinkle
Approved rendering: Reşandin
Transliteration: reşandin
Doctrine: The Once-for-All Atoning Sacrifice
Original: ῥαντίζω
Category: Priesthood
New Hebrews entry, at 9:13,19,21; 10:22; 12:24. Concrete ritual action; low collision, mainly needs to stay linked to the ‘how much more’ comparative argument.
Inaugurate Ratify
Approved rendering: Bicîhkirin
Transliteration: bicîhkirin
Doctrine: The New Covenant versus the Old
Original: ἐγκαινίζω
Category: Covenant
New Hebrews entry, at 9:18; 10:20. Establishes that even the first covenant required blood to take effect, the pattern Christ fulfills.
Hospitality
Approved rendering: Mêvanperwerî
Transliteration: mêvanperwerî
Doctrine: Christian Fellowship
Original: φιλοξενία
Category: Church
New Hebrews entry, at 13:2. A significant cultural asset: hospitality is a deeply celebrated Kurdish tribal virtue; minimal doctrinal risk beyond avoiding excessive folkloric speculation about literal angel encounters.
Creation
Approved rendering: Afirandin
Transliteration: afirandin
Doctrine: Christ as the Great High Priest
Original: κτίσις
Category: Typology
New Hebrews entry, at 9:11. Standard native Kurdish term for the created order, as opposed to the heavenly, uncreated realm; no significant collision.
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