Core Glossary
Core Glossary: Hebrews (English → Odia)
This glossary consolidates every load-bearing term identified in 07_semantic_analysis.md, across all 13 chapters of Hebrews. Terms already fixed in the baseline Romans translation_memory.json are marked [BASELINE — REUSE EXACTLY] and must not be altered. New terms specific to Hebrews’ doctrinal content are marked [NEW] and are proposed here for adoption into the extended translation memory, following the same risk-tier discipline as the baseline.
Section 1 — Reused Baseline Terms Appearing in Hebrews
| Term | Odia Rendering | Risk | Chapters (Hebrews) | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| God | ପରମେଶ୍ୱର | Critical | 1–13 (pervasive) | Never ଠାকুর/ভগবান. |
| Lord | ପ୍ରভু | Critical | 1, 2, 7, 13 | Never ଠାকুর. |
| Jesus | ଯୀশু | Critical | 2, 3, 4, 6, 7, 10, 12, 13 | Established form. |
| Son of God / the Son | ପরমেশ্বরঙ্ক পুত্র | Critical | 1, 4, 5, 6, 7, 10 | Full phrase required. |
| Holy Spirit | ପবিত্র আত্মা | Critical | 2, 3, 6, 9, 10 | Never পরমাত্মা. |
| Father | পিতা | Critical | 1, 12 | Never সৃষ্টিকর্ত্তା. |
| resurrection | পুনরুত্থান | Critical | 6, 11, 13 | Never পুনর্জন্ম. |
| salvation | পরিত্রাণ | Critical | 1, 2, 5, 6, 7, 9 | Never মোক্ষ/মুক্তি. |
| righteousness | ধার্মিকতা | Critical | 1, 5, 7, 11, 12 | Never ধর্ম. |
| law | ব্যবস্থা | High | 7, 8, 9, 10 | Never ধর্ম. |
| sin | পাप | High | 1–12 (pervasive) | Standard. |
| faith | বিশ্বাস | High | 3, 4, 6, 10, 11, 12, 13 | Never ভক্তি. |
| grace | কৃপা | High | 2, 4, 12, 13 | Never কর্মফল/পুণ্য. |
| covenant | নিয়ম | High | 7, 8, 9, 10, 12, 13 | Never চুক্তি. |
| called / calling | আহূত / আহ্বান | High | 3, 9, 11 | Context-sensitive per baseline note. |
| holy | পবিত্র | High | 2, 3, 9, 10, 12, 13 | Never শুদ্ধ (except the deliberate exception noted at 9:13, flesh-purification). |
| sanctification / sanctify | পবিত্রীকরণ | High | 2, 9, 10, 13 | Distinct from ritual purity. |
| church | মণ্ডলী | Medium | 2, 12 | Never মন্দির/দেউল. |
| kingdom of God | পরমেশ্বরঙ্ক রাজ্য | Medium | 1, 12 | Qualified “unshakeable” in ch.12. |
| glory | মহিমा | High | 1, 2, 3, 9 | Avoid light-only imagery; see [NEW] “radiance” entry below. |
| power of God | পরমেশ্বরঙ্ক সামর্থ্য | High | 1, 6, 7, 11 | Never শক্তি. |
| apostle | প্রেরিত | Medium | 3 | ”Apostle and high priest of our confession.” |
| David | দাউদ | Low | 4, 11 | Established form. |
| exhort | উত্সাহিত করিবा | Low | 3, 10, 13 | Context-sensitive per baseline note. |
| christ | ଖ্রୀষ্ট | Critical | 3, 5, 6, 9, 10, 11, 13 | Established transliteration. |
| peace | ଶান্তি | Medium | 7, 12, 13 | Reused for “God of peace,” “king of peace” (Melchizedek). |
| thanksgiving | ধন্যবাদ স্তুতি | Low | 13 | Connects to “sacrifice of praise.” |
| fellowship | সহভাগিতা | Low | 3, 6, 10, 12, 13 | Basis for [NEW] “partakers.” |
| gentiles | অন্যজাতি | Medium | (implicit; universal-scope framing) | Consistency with Romans usage. |
Section 2 — New Terms Introduced by Hebrews
| Term (English) | Greek (transliteration) | Odia Rendering | Odia Transliteration | Risk | Doctrine Category | Chapters | Rejected Alternatives | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| high priest | ἀρχιερεύς (archiereus) | ମহাযাজক | mahāyājaka | Critical | Christ as Great High Priest | 2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10 | ପণ্ডা, ସেবাযত | Central title; never conflated with Puri’s hereditary temple functionary roles. |
| priest | ἱερεύς (hiereus) | যাজক | yājaka | High | Levitical Priesthood / Christ as High Priest | 5,7,8,9,10 | পুরোহিত | Distinguish generic ritual officiant from biblical priestly office. |
| priesthood | ἱερωσύνη (hierōsynē) | যাজকত্ব | yājakatva | High | Levitical Priesthood | 7 | — | Abstract office noun. |
| Levitical priesthood | (contextual) | লেবীয় যাজকত্ব | Lebīya yājakatva | Medium | Superiority over Levitical Priesthood | 7 | — | Proper-noun-qualified compound. |
| tabernacle / tent | σκηνή (skēnē) | তম্বু | tambu | Medium | New Covenant vs Old | 8,9,13 | মন্দির, দেউল | Portable sanctuary; never the Puri temple word. |
| holy places / sanctuary | ἅγια (hagia) | পবিত্র স্থান | pabitra sthāna | Medium | Access to God through Christ’s Blood | 8,9,10 | — | Disambiguate outer vs. Most Holy Place per occurrence. |
| Most Holy Place | ἅγια ἁγίων (hagia hagiōn) | মহাপবিত্র স্থান | mahāpabitra sthāna | Medium | Access to God through Christ’s Blood | 9 | — | Distinct from general “holy places.” |
| veil / curtain | καταπέτασμα (katapetasma) | পর্দা | paradā | High | Access to God / Once-for-All Sacrifice | 6,9,10 | — | “Veil = his flesh” (10:20) requires translator note. |
| blood | αἷμα (haima) | রক্ত | rakta | High | Once-for-All Atoning Sacrifice | 9,10,12,13 | — | Distinguish from Shakta goat-sacrifice blood-offering economy. |
| sacrifice | θυσία (thysia) | বলিদান | balidāna | High | Once-for-All Atoning Sacrifice | 5,7,9,10,13 | — | Collision with Shakta ritual animal sacrifice tradition (Tarini, Samaleswari); teach the once-for-all contrast explicitly. |
| offering | προσφορά / προσφέρω (prosphora/prospherō) | অর্পণ | arpaṇa | High | Once-for-All Atoning Sacrifice | 5,9,10 | নৈবেদ্য | Avoid নৈবেদ্য, the term for Jagannath bhoga/mahaprasad food-offerings. |
| propitiation / atonement | ἱλάσκομαι / ἱλασμός (hilaskomai/hilasmos) | প্রায়শ্চিত্ত (বলিদান) | prāyaścitta (balidāna) | Critical | Once-for-All Atoning Sacrifice | 2,9 | — | Sanskrit/Hindu term for self-performed penance; mandatory note that this is Christ’s completed work, not repeatable human penance. |
| redemption | λύτρωσις / ἀπολύτρωσις (lytrōsis/apolytrōsis) | উদ্ধার | uddhāra | Critical | Once-for-All Atoning Sacrifice | 9,11 | মুক্তি, মোক্ষ | Ransom-based deliverance; avoid mukti-rooted terms per baseline’s moksha caution, even more acute here than for “salvation.” |
| mediator | μεσίτης (mesitēs) | মধ্যস্থ | madhyastha | High | New Covenant vs Old | 8,9,12 | — | Builds on baseline’s “intercession” (মধ্যস্থতা); Christ as unique, sufficient mediator. |
| testament / will (wordplay on covenant) | διαθήκη (diathēkē) | নিয়ম | niyama | High | New Covenant vs Old | 9 | — | Odia cannot reproduce Greek’s dual covenant/will sense; mandatory translator note at 9:16–17. |
| once for all | ἐφάπαξ / ἅπαξ (ephapax/hapax) | চিরকাল পাইঁ এক থর | chirakāla pāin̆ eka thara | Critical | Once-for-All Atoning Sacrifice | 7,9,10 | — | Contrast with Nabakalebara’s periodic renewal cycle; never rendered ambiguously as merely “one time” without the “for all time” force. |
| conscience | συνείδησις (syneidēsis) | বিবেক | bibeka | Medium | Access to God through Christ’s Blood | 9,10,13 | — | Standard term; ensure moral-faculty sense, not generic prudence. |
| perfect / perfection | τελειόω / τέλειος (teleioō/teleios) | সম্পূর্ণ / পূর্ণ করিবा | sampūrṇa / pūrṇa karibā | Critical | Christ as Great High Priest / Perseverance | 2,5,6,7,9,10,11,12 | সিদ্ধ, সিদ্ধি | Never ସିদ্ধ/সিদ্ধি — the Odisha yogic/Nath-tradition term for self-attained spiritual perfection; the exact opposite of Christ-conferred completeness. |
| repentance | μετάνοια (metanoia) | মন পরিবর্তন | mana paribartana | High | Danger of Apostasy | 6 | পশ্চাত্তাप | Avoid the more penance-flavored paścāttāpa. |
| falling away / apostasy | παραπίπτω / ἀφίστημι | বিশ্বাস ত্যাগ করিবा | biśwāsa tyāga karibā | Critical | Danger of Apostasy and Warning Passages | 3,6,10,12 | — | Render plainly; do not resolve the theological debate on possibility/nature of apostasy through word choice. |
| author / pioneer / founder | ἀρχηγός (archēgos) | প্রবর্তক | pravartaka | High | Christ as Great High Priest | 2,12 | — | Distinct from ସৃষ্টিকর্ত্তা (creator), reserved by baseline for “Father” contrast. |
| forerunner | πρόδρομος (prodromos) | অগ্রগামী | agragāmī | Low | Access to God through Christ’s Blood | 6 | — | — |
| anchor (of the soul) | ἄγκυρα (ankyra) | আঙ্কর | ankara | Low | Perseverance and Assurance | 6 | — | Loanword; culturally resonant coastal/maritime image. |
| radiance / effulgence | ἀπαύγασμα (apaugasma) | মহিমার উজ্জ্বল প্রকাশ | mahimāra ujjwala prakāśa | High | Superiority of Christ over Angels | 1 | — | Extends baseline’s glory/light caution; avoid Vedantic effulgence (tejas) associations. |
| exact imprint / representation | χαρακτήρ (charaktēr) | পরমেশ্বরঙ্ক স্বরূপর প্রকাশ | Parameśwaraṅka swarūpara prakāśa | Critical | Superiority of Christ over Angels / Deity of Christ | 1 | প্রতিমা, প্রতিমূর্তি | Never প্রতিমা/প্রতিমূর্তি — the exact word for Jagannath’s carved temple image. |
| angel | ἄγγελος (angelos) | দূত (স্বর্গদূত) | dūta (swargadūta) | Medium | Superiority of Christ over Angels | 1,2,12,13 | — | Ensure not read as a minor deity class. |
| worship | προσκυνέω (proskyneō) | উপাসনা করিবा | upāsanā karibā | High | Superiority of Christ over Angels / Deity of Christ | 1 | পূজা | Never পूজা — Odia/Hindu ritual image-worship term. |
| serve (cultic) | λατρεύω (latreuō) | উপাসনা / আরাধনা করিবा | upāsanā / ārādhanā karibā | High | Access to God through Christ’s Blood | 9,12,13 | সেবা (alone) | Avoid unqualified সেবা — the Jagannath temple hereditary ritual-service term. |
| minister / ministry (cultic) | λειτουργός / λειτουργία | সেবক / সেবকার্য্য (qualified) | sebaka / sebākāryya | Medium | Levitical Priesthood | 8,9 | — | Acceptable only when clearly describing OT tabernacle service, per baseline precedent (Christ-Centered Ministry doctrine). |
| altar | θυσιαστήριον (thysiastērion) | বেদী | bedī | Medium | Levitical Priesthood | 13 | যজ্ঞবেদী | Avoid the Vedic fire-sacrifice-altar term. |
| mercy seat | ἱλαστήριον (hilastērion) | দয়া আসন | dayā āsana | High | Once-for-All Atoning Sacrifice | 9 | — | Tied to প্রায়শ্চিত্ত collision; teach as God’s mercy toward sinners, not a ritual object with independent power. |
| ark of the covenant | κιβωτός (kibōtos) | নিয়ম সিন্দুক | niyama sinduka | Low | Levitical Priesthood | 9 | — | — |
| cherubim | χερουβίν (cheroubin) | করুব | karuba | Low | Levitical Priesthood | 9 | — | Transliterated proper term. |
| manna | μάννα (manna) | মান্না | mānnā | Low | Levitical Priesthood | 9 | — | Transliterated. |
| better / superior | κρείσσων / κρείττων (kreissōn/kreittōn) | শ্রেষ্ঠ / উৎকৃষ্ট | śreṣṭha / utkṣṣṭa | Medium | Superiority of Christ (structural) | 1,6,7,8,9,10,11,12 | — | No caste-hierarchy connotation permitted. |
| Melchizedek | Μελχισέδεκ | মল্কীষেদক | Malkīṣedaka | Medium | Christ as Great High Priest | 5,6,7 | — | Proper name; typological significance requires theologian review. |
| without genealogy | ἀγενεαλόγητος (agenealogētos) | বংশাवली রहিত | banśāvaḷī rahita | Medium | Christ as Great High Priest | 7 | — | Positive contrast with caste/lineage-based priestly qualification. |
| hope | ἐλπίς (elpis) | আশা | āśā | Medium | Perseverance and Assurance | 3,6,7,10,11 | — | Not in Romans baseline; adopted here as load-bearing Hebrews term. |
| endurance / perseverance | ὑπομονή (hypomonē) | সহিষ্ণুতা | sahiṣṇutā | Medium | Perseverance and Assurance | 10,12 | — | — |
| assurance / evidence (of faith) | ὑπόστασις / ἔλεγχος (hypostasis/elenchos) | নিশ্চিততা / প্রমাণ | niścitatā / pramāṇa | High | Faith of the Old Testament Saints | 11 | — | Preserve both nouns distinctly in Hebrews’ definitional verse (11:1). |
| strangers and exiles | ξένοι καὶ παρεπίδημοι | প্রবাসী ও অতিথি | prabāsī o atithi | Medium | Faith of the OT Saints / Christian Identity | 11 | বিদেশী (alone) | Broader than mere national foreignness. |
| discipline / chastening | παιδεία (paideia) | শাসন | śāsana | Medium | Perseverance and Assurance | 12 | — | Loving fatherly training, not punitive rejection. |
| firstborn | πρωτότοκος (prōtotokos) | প্রথমজাত | prathamajāta | Medium | Church as God’s People (Hebrews extension) | 1,12 | — | Echoes baseline’s adoption/inheritance doctrine. |
| unshakeable kingdom | βασιλεία ἀσάλευτος | অটळ রাজ্য | aṭaḷa rājya | Medium | Kingdom doctrine (Hebrews extension) | 12 | — | Qualifies baseline’s “kingdom of God.” |
| consuming fire | πῦρ καταναλίσκον | গ্রাসকারী অগ্নি | grāsakārī agni | Medium-High | Perseverance and Assurance (holiness/judgment) | 12 | — | Distinguish from Vedic Agni fire-deity associations. |
| hospitality | φιλοξενία (philoxenia) | অতিথি সৎকার | atithi satkāra | Low | Mutual Edification (Hebrews extension) | 13 | — | Avoid সেবা-based phrasing. |
| sacrifice of praise | θυσία αἰνέσεως | প্রশংসার বলিদান | praśansāra balidāna | Medium | Once-for-All Atoning Sacrifice (contrast) | 13 | — | Reframes “sacrifice” as verbal thanksgiving, not blood-offering. |
| great Shepherd | ποιμὴν μέγας | মহান মেষপালক | mahān meṣapālaka | Low | Perseverance and Assurance | 13 | — | — |
| eternal covenant | διαθήκη αἰώνιος | অনন্ত নিয়ম | ananta niyama | High | New Covenant vs Old | 13 | — | Reuse নিয়ম exactly; qualifier অনন্ত. |
| forgiveness | ἄφεσις (aphesis) | ক্ষমা | kṣamā | Medium | Once-for-All Atoning Sacrifice | 9,10 | — | Distinct from justification’s compound phrase (ধার্মিক বোলি গণা যিবা). |
| shadow / copy / true (typology set) | σκιά / ὑπόδειγμα / τύπος / ἀληθινός | ছায়া / প্রতিরূप / প্রকৃত | chāyā / pratirūpa / prakṣta | Medium | New Covenant vs Old | 8,9,10 | — | Copies must not appear to carry independent sacred power. |
| die once / appointed | ἅπαξ ἀποθανεῖν / ἀπόκειται | এক থর মরিবा / নির্ধারিত | eka thara maribā / nirdhārita | Medium | Once-for-All Atoning Sacrifice | 9 | ভাগ্য, নিয়তি | Avoid fate/destiny framing; this is God’s fixed appointment. |
| bear the sins of many | ἀναφέρω ἁμαρτίας (πολλῶν) | অনেকর পাप বहन করিবा | anekara pāpa bahana karibā | Critical | Once-for-All Atoning Sacrifice | 9 | — | Full substitutionary force; never merely exemplary. |
| appear a second time | ἐκ δευτέρου ὀφθήσεται | দ্বিতীয় থর দেখা দেবे | dwitīya thara dekhā debe | High | Perseverance and Assurance | 9 | — | Singular future return; never periodic-renewal imagery. |
Section 3 — Proper Names (Established Odia Bible Forms; Reuse for Consistency)
| Name | Odia | Chapters | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Moses | মোশা | 3,4,7,8,9,10,11,12 | Reuse baseline requirements-doc form exactly. |
| Aaron | আরোण | 5,7,9 | — |
| Melchizedek | মল্কীষেদক | 5,6,7 | See Section 2. |
| Abraham | অব্রাহাম | 6,7,11 | Reuse baseline requirements-doc form exactly. |
| Isaac | ইস্হাক | 11 | — |
| Jacob | যাকুব | 11 | — |
| Sarah | সারা | 11 | — |
| Noah | নোহ | 11 | — |
| Abel | হাবিল | 11,12 | — |
| Enoch | হনোক | 11 | — |
| Rahab | রাহাব | 11 | — |
| Gideon | গিদিয়োন | 11 | — |
| Samson | শাম্শোন | 11 | — |
| Jephthah | যিপ্তহ | 11 | — |
| Samuel | শামুয়েল | 11 | — |
| David | দাউদ | 4,11 | Reuse baseline TM exactly. |
| Esau | এষৌ | 12 | — |
| Jerusalem | যিরূশালেম | 12 | — |
Risk Summary for Hebrews New Terms
| Risk Tier | Count (new Hebrews terms) | Review Routing |
|---|---|---|
| Critical | 9 | Human theologian — mandatory |
| High | 15 | Human theologian — mandatory |
| Medium | 22 | Native speaker review |
| Low | 12 | Automated review sufficient |
Most significant new Odisha-specific collision findings for this curriculum (flagged for priority theologian attention in Phase 2):
- τελειόω (perfect/perfection) — must never use ସিদ্ধ/সিদ্ধি (Odisha yogic self-attainment vocabulary).
- χαρακτήρ (exact imprint) — must never use প্রতিমা/প্রতিমূর্তি (Jagannath temple idol-image vocabulary).
- θυσία / ἱλασμός (sacrifice/atonement/propitiation) — collision with both Shakta blood-sacrifice tradition and the Hindu penance concept প্রায়শ্চিত্ত; requires mandatory translator notes throughout chs. 9–10.
- ἐφάπαξ/ἅπαξ (once for all) — must be sharply distinguished from Nabakalebara’s periodic ritual renewal pattern, extending the same collision the baseline already documented for incarnation/resurrection into the heart of Hebrews’ central argument.
- λύτρωσις (redemption) — extends baseline’s mukti/moksha caution beyond “salvation” into the “ransom paid” concept, which is, if anything, more exposed to that collision than σωτηρία itself.
This glossary must be merged into an updated translation_memory.json (version increment required) before Phase 2 segment translation of Hebrews begins, per the enforcement instructions in 12_ai_translation_requirements.md.
Critical Risk Terms
God
Approved rendering: ପରମେଶ୍ୱର
Transliteration: Parameśwara
Doctrine: Deity of Christ
Rejected alternatives: ଠାକୁର, ଭଗବାନ
Original: θεός
Category: God
Inherited from Romans package; reused exactly. Never ଠାକୁର or ଭଗବାନ. Pervasive throughout Hebrews 1-13.
Lord
Approved rendering: ପ୍ରଭୁ
Transliteration: prabhu
Doctrine: Lordship of Christ
Rejected alternatives: ଠାକୁର
Original: κύριος
Category: Christology
Inherited from Romans package; reused exactly. Never ଠାକୁର, the everyday devotional name for Jagannath.
Jesus
Approved rendering: ଯୀଶୁ
Transliteration: Yīśu
Doctrine: Lordship of Christ
Rejected alternatives: ଈସା
Original: Ἰησοῦς
Category: Christology
Inherited from Romans package; reused exactly.
Christ
Approved rendering: ଖ୍ରୀଷ୍ଟ
Transliteration: Khrīṣṭa
Doctrine: Christ as the Great High Priest
Rejected alternatives: ମସୀହା (kept distinct, not interchangeable)
Original: Χριστός
Category: Christology
Inherited from Romans package; reused exactly. Kept distinct from ମସୀହା (Messiah) though referring to the same person.
Son Of God
Approved rendering: ପରମେଶ୍ୱରଙ୍କ ପୁତ୍ର
Transliteration: Parameśwaraṅka Putra
Doctrine: Deity of Christ
Rejected alternatives: ଅବତାରୀ ପୁରୁଷ
Original: υἱὸς θεοῦ
Category: Christology
Inherited from Romans package; reused exactly. Central to Hebrews 1’s argument for Christ’s superiority over angels.
Holy Spirit
Approved rendering: ପବିତ୍ର ଆତ୍ମା
Transliteration: Pabitra Ātmā
Doctrine: Access to God through Christ’s Blood
Rejected alternatives: ପରମାତ୍ମା
Original: πνεῦμα ἅγιον
Category: God
Inherited from Romans package; reused exactly. Never ପରମାତ୍ମା.
Father
Approved rendering: ପିତା
Transliteration: Pitā
Doctrine: God’s Fatherly Discipline of Believers
Rejected alternatives: ସୃଷ୍ଟିକର୍ତ୍ତା
Original: πατήρ
Category: God
Inherited from Romans package; reused exactly. Never ସୃଷ୍ଟିକର୍ତ୍ତା. Also governs Hebrews 12’s discipline doctrine.
Resurrection
Approved rendering: ପୁନରୁତ୍ଥାନ
Transliteration: punarutthāna
Doctrine: Christ’s Unchanging, Permanent Nature
Rejected alternatives: ପୁନର୍ଜନ୍ମ
Original: ἀνάστασις
Category: Eschatology
Inherited from Romans package; reused exactly. Never ପୁନର୍ଜନ୍ମ. In Hebrews extended to the future ‘better resurrection’ (11:35).
Salvation
Approved rendering: ପରିତ୍ରାଣ
Transliteration: paritrāṇa
Doctrine: Redemption and Forgiveness through Christ’s Blood
Rejected alternatives: ମୋକ୍ଷ, ମୁକ୍ତି
Original: σωτηρία
Category: Salvation
Inherited from Romans package; reused exactly. Never ମୋକ୍ଷ/ମୁକ୍ତି. Keep visibly distinct from ଉଦ୍ଧାର (redemption) at 9:28.
Righteousness
Approved rendering: ଧାର୍ମିକତା
Transliteration: dhārmikatā
Doctrine: Christ as the Great High Priest
Rejected alternatives: ଧର୍ମ, ପୁଣ୍ୟ
Original: δικαιοσύνη
Category: Salvation
Inherited from Romans package; reused exactly. Also the meaning of Melchizedek’s name (‘king of righteousness’).
High Priest
Approved rendering: ମହାଯାଜକ
Transliteration: mahāyājaka
Doctrine: Christ as the Great High Priest
Rejected alternatives: ପଣ୍ଡା, ସେବାୟତ
Original: ἀρχιερεύς
Category: Priesthood
NEW. Central Christological title of Hebrews. Never ପଣ୍ଡା/ସେବାୟତ (Puri’s hereditary, caste-linked temple functionary roles) or generic ପୁରୋହିତ. Christ’s high priesthood is once-for-all and self-sacrificing, not inherited or repeatable.
Propitiation
Approved rendering: ପ୍ରାୟଶ୍ଚିତ୍ତ (ପାପର ପ୍ରାୟଶ୍ଚିତ୍ତ ବଲିଦାନ)
Transliteration: prāyaścitta (pāpara prāyaścitta balidāna)
Doctrine: Propitiation and Atonement
Original: ἱλάσκομαι / ἱλασμός
Category: Sacrifice
NEW. No safe native alternative exists; ପ୍ରାୟଶ୍ଚିତ୍ତ is the standard Sanskrit-derived Hindu term for self-performed penance to cancel karma. MANDATORY translator note required at every occurrence (2:17, 9:5, 9:22) clarifying this is Christ’s completed act done FOR sinners, never a repeatable human penitential practice BY the sinner.
Redemption
Approved rendering: ଉଦ୍ଧାର
Transliteration: uddhāra
Doctrine: Redemption and Forgiveness through Christ’s Blood
Rejected alternatives: ମୁକ୍ତି, ମୋକ୍ଷ
Original: λύτρωσις / ἀπολύτρωσις
Category: Sacrifice
NEW. Never ମୁକ୍ତି/ମୋକ୍ଷ. Because ‘redemption’ specifically names a ransom PAID, it is even more exposed than ‘salvation’ to a moksha-adjacent release-from-rebirth reading. Keep visibly distinct from ପରିତ୍ରାଣ where both co-occur (9:28).
Once For All
Approved rendering: ଚିରକାଳ ପାଇଁ ଏକ ଥର
Transliteration: chirakāla pāin̆ eka thara
Doctrine: Once-for-All Atoning Sacrifice
Rejected alternatives: ଗୋଟିଏ ଥର (bare ‘one time’, insufficient force)
Original: ἐφάπαξ / ἅπαξ
Category: Sacrifice
NEW. Must be sharply distinguished from Nabakalebara’s periodic ritual renewal of Jagannath’s sacred wooden images. Never rendered ambiguously as merely ‘one time’ without the ‘for all time, unrepeatable’ force. Highest-frequency, highest-severity new coinage in the curriculum (7:27, 9:12, 9:26, 9:28, 10:10).
Perfection
Approved rendering: ସମ୍ପୂର୍ଣ୍ଣ / ପୂର୍ଣ୍ଣ କରିବା
Transliteration: sampūrṇa / pūrṇa karibā
Doctrine: Christ as the Great High Priest
Rejected alternatives: ସିଦ୍ଧ, ସିଦ୍ଧି
Original: τελειόω / τέλειος
Category: Priesthood
NEW. ZERO-TOLERANCE forbidden term: never ସିଦ୍ଧ/ସିଦ୍ଧି, Odisha’s yogic/Nath-tradition term for self-attained spiritual perfection. Highest-frequency new term (11 occurrences: 2:10, 5:9, 6:1, 7:19, 7:28, 9:9, 10:1, 10:14, 11:40, 12:2, 12:23). Perfection is conferred by Christ, never self-achieved.
Apostasy
Approved rendering: ବିଶ୍ୱାସ ତ୍ୟାଗ କରିବା
Transliteration: biśwāsa tyāga karibā
Doctrine: Danger of Apostasy and Warning Passages
Original: παραπίπτω / ἀφίστημι
Category: Apostasy
NEW. The sharpest pastoral-theological term in the book; render plainly and with full seriousness, without the Odia wording itself resolving the interpretive debate on the nature/possibility of true apostasy.
Exact Imprint
Approved rendering: ପରମେଶ୍ୱରଙ୍କ ସ୍ୱରୂପର ପ୍ରକାଶ
Transliteration: Parameśwaraṅka swarūpara prakāśa
Doctrine: Deity of Christ
Rejected alternatives: ପ୍ରତିମା, ପ୍ରତିମୂର୍ତ୍ତି
Original: χαρακτήρ
Category: Christology
NEW. The sharpest, most concrete Odisha-specific collision risk in the entire book. Never ପ୍ରତିମା/ପ୍ରତିମୂର୍ତ୍ତି, the exact words for Jagannath’s carved temple image (Hebrews 1:3).
Bear Sins Of Many
Approved rendering: ଅନେକର ପାପ ବହନ କରିବା
Transliteration: anekara pāpa bahana karibā
Doctrine: Once-for-All Atoning Sacrifice
Original: ἀναφέρω ἁμαρτίας πολλῶν
Category: Sacrifice
NEW. A direct statement of substitutionary atonement (Hebrews 9:28, echoing Isaiah 53); must never be softened into a merely representative or exemplary sense.
High Risk Terms
Law
Approved rendering: ବ୍ୟବସ୍ଥା
Transliteration: byabasthā
Doctrine: Superiority over the Levitical Priesthood
Rejected alternatives: ଧର୍ମ
Original: νόμος
Category: Covenant
Inherited from Romans package; reused exactly. Never ଧର୍ମ.
Sin
Approved rendering: ପାପ
Transliteration: pāpa
Doctrine: Once-for-All Atoning Sacrifice
Rejected alternatives: ଅଧର୍ମ
Original: ἁμαρτία
Category: Sin
Inherited from Romans package; reused exactly.
Faith
Approved rendering: ବିଶ୍ୱାସ
Transliteration: biśwāsa
Doctrine: Faith of the Old Testament Saints
Rejected alternatives: ଭକ୍ତି
Original: πίστις
Category: Faith
Inherited from Romans package; reused exactly. Given its own working definition in Hebrews 11:1.
Grace
Approved rendering: କୃପା
Transliteration: kṛpā
Doctrine: Access to God through Christ’s Blood
Rejected alternatives: କର୍ମଫଳ, ପୁଣ୍ୟ
Original: χάρις
Category: Salvation
Inherited from Romans package; reused exactly. Dispensed from the ‘throne of grace’ (Hebrews 4:16).
Covenant
Approved rendering: ନିୟମ
Transliteration: niyama
Doctrine: New Covenant versus the Old
Rejected alternatives: ଚୁକ୍ତି
Original: διαθήκη
Category: Covenant
Inherited from Romans package; reused exactly. Hebrews’ central structural term; cannot reproduce the Greek διαθήκη ‘testament’ wordplay at 9:16-17 (see covenant_will_wordplay).
Called
Approved rendering: ଆହୂତ
Transliteration: āhūta
Doctrine: Redemption and Forgiveness through Christ’s Blood
Rejected alternatives: ନିମନ୍ତ୍ରିତ
Original: κλητός / κεκλημένοι
Category: Salvation
Inherited from Romans package; reused exactly. Hebrews 9:15: summoned to receive the promised eternal inheritance.
Calling
Approved rendering: ଆହ୍ୱାନ
Transliteration: āhwāna
Doctrine: Redemption and Forgiveness through Christ’s Blood
Original: κλῆσις
Category: Salvation
Inherited from Romans package; reused exactly.
Holy
Approved rendering: ପବିତ୍ର
Transliteration: pabitra
Doctrine: Access to God through Christ’s Blood
Rejected alternatives: ଶୁଦ୍ଧ
Original: ἅγιος
Category: Sanctification
Inherited from Romans package; reused exactly. Never ଶୁଦ୍ଧ, EXCEPT the single deliberate exception at Hebrews 9:13 where ଶୁଦ୍ଧ correctly names mere ceremonial flesh-purification, contrasted with true conscience-cleansing in 9:14. Flag this verse for translator note.
Sanctification
Approved rendering: ପବିତ୍ରୀକରଣ
Transliteration: pabitrīkaraṇa
Doctrine: Access to God through Christ’s Blood
Rejected alternatives: ଶୁଦ୍ଧିକରଣ
Original: ἁγιασμός / ἁγιάζω
Category: Sanctification
Inherited from Romans package; reused exactly. In Hebrews, accomplished through Christ’s single offering (10:10, 10:14).
Glory
Approved rendering: ମହିମା
Transliteration: mahimā
Doctrine: Deity of Christ
Rejected alternatives: ତେଜ
Original: δόξα
Category: God
Inherited from Romans package; reused exactly. The Son is the ଅପାଉଗାସ୍ମ (radiance) of this glory, Hebrews 1:3; avoid light-only imagery.
Power Of God
Approved rendering: ପରମେଶ୍ୱରଙ୍କ ସାମର୍ଥ୍ୟ
Transliteration: Parameśwaraṅka Sāmarthya
Doctrine: Deity of Christ
Rejected alternatives: ଶକ୍ତି
Original: δύναμις
Category: God
Inherited from Romans package; reused exactly. Never ଶକ୍ତି.
Priest
Approved rendering: ଯାଜକ
Transliteration: yājaka
Doctrine: Superiority over the Levitical Priesthood
Rejected alternatives: ପୁରୋହିତ
Original: ἱερεύς
Category: Priesthood
NEW. Ordinary Levitical officiant offering sacrifices repeatedly; distinguish from generic Hindu ritual-officiant category.
Priesthood
Approved rendering: ଯାଜକତ୍ୱ
Transliteration: yājakatva
Doctrine: Melchizedekian Order of Priesthood
Original: ἱερωσύνη
Category: Priesthood
NEW. Abstract office noun; must not carry caste/hereditary lineage connotation when applied to Christ’s non-Levitical priesthood.
Veil
Approved rendering: ପରଦା
Transliteration: paradā
Doctrine: Access to God through Christ’s Blood
Original: καταπέτασμα
Category: Priesthood
NEW. Curtain separating Holy Place from Most Holy Place. Hebrews 10:20’s identification ‘the veil, that is, his flesh’ requires a MANDATORY translator note, since a literal rendering will not convey the typological link.
Blood
Approved rendering: ରକ୍ତ
Transliteration: rakta
Doctrine: Once-for-All Atoning Sacrifice
Original: αἷμα
Category: Sacrifice
NEW. Sacrificial life-substance. Must be distinguished from Odisha’s Shakta blood-sacrifice traditions (Maa Tarini, Maa Samaleswari), where blood is offered repeatedly to appease a goddess’s power; Christ’s blood is offered once, ending all further need.
Shedding Of Blood
Approved rendering: ରକ୍ତପାତ
Transliteration: raktapāta
Doctrine: Once-for-All Atoning Sacrifice
Original: αἱματεκχυσία
Category: Sacrifice
NEW. Hebrews 9:22’s rare compound, the most quoted verse in Hebrews on atonement theology; must never be softened.
Sacrifice
Approved rendering: ବଲିଦାନ
Transliteration: balidāna
Doctrine: Once-for-All Atoning Sacrifice
Original: θυσία
Category: Sacrifice
NEW. Collides with Odisha’s Shakta ritual animal-sacrifice tradition; the once-for-all contrast with repeated animal sacrifice must be taught explicitly wherever this term recurs (chs. 5, 7, 9, 10, 13).
Offering
Approved rendering: ଅର୍ପଣ
Transliteration: arpaṇa
Doctrine: Once-for-All Atoning Sacrifice
Rejected alternatives: ନୈବେଦ୍ୟ
Original: προσφορά / προσφέρω
Category: Sacrifice
NEW. Never ନୈବେଦ୍ୟ, the specific Odia term for food offered to Jagannath’s image (bhoga/mahaprasad), which would concretely evoke temple offering ritual.
Mercy Seat
Approved rendering: ଦୟା ଆସନ
Transliteration: dayā āsana
Doctrine: Propitiation and Atonement
Original: ἱλαστήριον
Category: Priesthood
NEW. Tied to the propitiation collision above; teach as the place of God’s mercy toward sinners, not a ritual object with independent sacred power.
Mediator
Approved rendering: ମଧ୍ୟସ୍ଥ
Transliteration: madhyastha
Doctrine: Christ’s Unique Mediatorial Role
Original: μεσίτης
Category: Covenant
NEW. Builds on baseline’s ମଧ୍ୟସ୍ଥତା (intercession). Must convey a unique, sufficient mediator, never a human ritual intermediary such as a ପଣ୍ଡା presenting offerings on a devotee’s behalf.
Covenant Will Wordplay
Approved rendering: ନିୟମ
Transliteration: niyama
Doctrine: New Covenant versus the Old
Original: διαθήκη (dual sense)
Category: Covenant
NEW. Odia ନିୟମ cannot reproduce Greek διαθήκη’s dual covenant/last-will-testament sense exploited at Hebrews 9:16-17. MANDATORY translator note required at this passage explaining the untranslatable wordplay.
Repentance
Approved rendering: ମନ ପରିବର୍ତ୍ତନ
Transliteration: mana paribartana
Doctrine: Danger of Apostasy and Warning Passages
Rejected alternatives: ପଶ୍ଚାତ୍ତାପ
Original: μετάνοια
Category: Salvation
NEW. Never ପଶ୍ଚାତ୍ତାପ, which leans toward remorse performed as its own ritual/moral act, closer to the Hindu penance idea flagged for ପ୍ରାୟଶ୍ଚିତ୍ତ.
Pioneer Founder
Approved rendering: ପ୍ରବର୍ତ୍ତକ
Transliteration: pravartaka
Doctrine: Humanity and High-Priestly Sympathy of Christ
Rejected alternatives: ସୃଷ୍ଟିକର୍ତ୍ତା
Original: ἀρχηγός
Category: Christology
NEW. Distinct from ସୃଷ୍ଟିକର୍ତ୍ତା (creator), reserved by baseline for the Father-contrast; occurs at 2:10 and 12:2, track consistently.
Radiance
Approved rendering: ମହିମାର ଉଜ୍ଜ୍ୱଳ ପ୍ରକାଶ
Transliteration: mahimāra ujjwala prakāśa
Doctrine: Deity of Christ
Original: ἀπαύγασμα
Category: Christology
NEW. Extends baseline’s ମହିମା light-imagery caution; must be anchored to the Son’s personal, relational deity, not read as impersonal Vedantic effulgence (tejas).
Worship
Approved rendering: ଉପାସନା କରିବା
Transliteration: upāsanā karibā
Doctrine: Deity of Christ
Rejected alternatives: ପୂଜା
Original: προσκυνέω
Category: Christology
NEW. Never ପୂଜା, the Odia/Hindu term for ritual image-worship. Angels worshipping the Son (1:6) is a direct deity claim.
Cultic Service
Approved rendering: ଉପାସନା / ଆରାଧନା କରିବା
Transliteration: upāsanā / ārādhanā karibā
Doctrine: Access to God through Christ’s Blood
Rejected alternatives: ସେବା (unqualified)
Original: λατρεύω
Category: Priesthood
NEW. Never unqualified ସେବା, the term for hereditary, caste-linked ritual service by Jagannath temple functionaries. Names the free, Spirit-enabled worship Hebrews describes (9:14, 12:28, 13:10).
Melchizedek
Approved rendering: ମଲ୍କୀଷେଦକ
Transliteration: Malkīṣedaka
Doctrine: Melchizedekian Order of Priesthood
Original: Μελχισέδεκ
Category: Priesthood
NEW. Proper name; typological significance establishing Christ’s non-Levitical priesthood (chs. 5-7); flag for theologian review.
Assurance Evidence
Approved rendering: ନିଶ୍ଚିତତା / ପ୍ରମାଣ
Transliteration: niścitatā / pramāṇa
Doctrine: Faith of the Old Testament Saints
Original: ὑπόστασις / ἔλεγχος
Category: Faith
NEW. Hebrews 11:1’s twin-noun definition of faith; both nouns must remain distinct, never collapsed into one vague synonym for trust.
Consuming Fire
Approved rendering: ଗ୍ରାସକାରୀ ଅଗ୍ନି
Transliteration: grāsakārī agni
Doctrine: The Holiness and Judgment of God
Original: πῦρ καταναλίσκον
Category: God
NEW. Fire (ଅଗ୍ନି) carries independent religious weight as the Vedic deity Agni, recipient of yajna offerings; teach as God’s own holiness and judgment, not a fire-deity to be propitiated (Hebrews 12:29).
Eternal Covenant
Approved rendering: ଅନନ୍ତ ନିୟମ
Transliteration: ananta niyama
Doctrine: New Covenant versus the Old
Original: διαθήκη αἰώνιος
Category: Covenant
NEW. Reuse ନିୟମ exactly with qualifier ଅନନ୍ତ; closes the covenant argument of chs. 7-8 (Hebrews 13:20).
Appear Second Time
Approved rendering: ଦ୍ୱିତୀୟ ଥର ଦେଖା ଦେବେ
Transliteration: dwitīya thara dekhā debe
Doctrine: Perseverance and Assurance
Original: ἐκ δευτέρου ὀφθήσεται
Category: Eschatology
NEW. Christ’s singular future second coming (Hebrews 9:28); must never be assimilated to Nabakalebara-style periodic renewal imagery.
Eternal Spirit
Approved rendering: ଅନନ୍ତ ଆତ୍ମା (ବିକଳ୍ପ: ପବିତ୍ର ଆତ୍ମା)
Transliteration: ananta ātmā (bikalpa: Pabitra Ātmā)
Doctrine: Christ as the Great High Priest
Original: πνεῦμα αἰώνιον
Category: Christology
NEW. Hebrews 9:14’s genuinely ambiguous phrase — Holy Spirit or Christ’s own eternal nature. Flag for theologian review; record both readings as alternatives_considered per ambiguity-handling protocol.
Dead Works
Approved rendering: ମୃତ କର୍ମ
Transliteration: mṣta karma
Doctrine: Danger of Apostasy and Warning Passages
Original: νεκρὰ ἔργα
Category: Sin
NEW. କର୍ମ (karma) is doctrinally loaded in Odia religious environment; MANDATORY translator note required (6:1, 9:14) clarifying this names futile religious works without saving power, not an endorsement of the karma framework.
Rest
Approved rendering: ବିଶ୍ରାମ
Transliteration: biśrāma
Doctrine: Danger of Unbelief and the Promised Rest
Original: κατάπαυσις / σαββατισμός
Category: Perseverance
NEW. Relational rest in God’s presence secured by faith; must not collapse into literal weekly-Sabbath legalism nor a moksha-adjacent cessation of striving (chs. 3-4).
Unbelief
Approved rendering: ଅବିଶ୍ୱାସ
Transliteration: abiśwāsa
Doctrine: Danger of Unbelief and the Promised Rest
Original: ἀπιστία
Category: Faith
NEW. Reuse baseline’s ବିଶ୍ୱାସ root exactly as its negation (3:12, 3:19).
Medium Risk Terms
Church
Approved rendering: ମଣ୍ଡଳୀ
Transliteration: maṇḍaḷī
Doctrine: The Unshakeable Kingdom
Rejected alternatives: ମନ୍ଦିର, ଦେଉଳ
Original: ἐκκλησία
Category: Church
Inherited from Romans package; reused exactly. Never ମନ୍ଦିର/ଦେଉଳ. Hebrews 12:23: ‘the assembly of the firstborn.‘
Kingdom Of God
Approved rendering: ପରମେଶ୍ୱରଙ୍କ ରାଜ୍ୟ
Transliteration: Parameśwaraṅka Rājya
Doctrine: The Unshakeable Kingdom
Original: βασιλεία
Category: Kingdom
Inherited from Romans package; reused exactly. Qualified ‘unshakeable’ (ଅଟଳ) in Hebrews 12:28.
Apostle
Approved rendering: ପ୍ରେରିତ
Transliteration: prerita
Doctrine: Superiority of Christ over Moses
Rejected alternatives: ଗୁରୁ
Original: ἀπόστολος
Category: Church
Inherited from Romans package; reused exactly. Hebrews 3:1 names Christ himself ‘the apostle and high priest of our confession’ — both titles must retain distinct senses.
Peace
Approved rendering: ଶାନ୍ତି
Transliteration: śānti
Doctrine: Melchizedekian Order of Priesthood
Rejected alternatives: ମନ ଶାନ୍ତି
Original: εἰρήνη
Category: Salvation
Inherited from Romans package; reused exactly. Part of Melchizedek’s title ‘king of peace’ (Hebrews 7:2).
Gentiles
Approved rendering: ଅନ୍ୟଜାତି
Transliteration: anyajāti
Doctrine: Access to God through Christ’s Blood
Rejected alternatives: ବିଦେଶୀ
Original: ἔθνη
Category: Church
Inherited from Romans package; reused exactly. Relevant to Hebrews’ universal-scope framing of the gospel to ‘many’ (9:28) and ‘every’ (2:9).
Levitical Priesthood
Approved rendering: ଲେବୀୟ ଯାଜକତ୍ୱ
Transliteration: Lebīya yājakatva
Doctrine: Superiority over the Levitical Priesthood
Original: ἱερωσύνη κατὰ τάξιν Λευΐ (contextual)
Category: Priesthood
NEW. Proper-noun-qualified compound naming the hereditary Aaronic order Hebrews 7 argues Christ’s priesthood surpasses.
Tabernacle
Approved rendering: ତମ୍ବୁ
Transliteration: tambu
Doctrine: New Covenant versus the Old
Rejected alternatives: ମନ୍ଦିର, ଦେଉଳ
Original: σκηνή
Category: Covenant
NEW. Portable OT sanctuary; by extension, the heavenly true sanctuary Christ entered. Never ମନ୍ଦିର/ଦେଉଳ, which specifically names the Puri Jagannath temple.
Holy Places
Approved rendering: ପବିତ୍ର ସ୍ଥାନ
Transliteration: pabitra sthāna
Doctrine: Access to God through Christ’s Blood
Original: ἅγια
Category: Priesthood
NEW. Genuinely ambiguous in Greek (ta hagia); disambiguate per occurrence whether the outer sanctuary or the Most Holy Place is meant (9:8, 9:12, 9:24, 9:25).
Most Holy Place
Approved rendering: ମହାପବିତ୍ର ସ୍ଥାନ
Transliteration: mahāpabitra sthāna
Doctrine: Access to God through Christ’s Blood
Original: ἅγια ἁγίων
Category: Priesthood
NEW. Innermost chamber, entered only once a year by the high priest; keep lexically distinct from ‘holy places’ generally.
Conscience
Approved rendering: ବିବେକ
Transliteration: bibeka
Doctrine: Access to God through Christ’s Blood
Original: συνείδησις
Category: Sanctification
NEW. Standard established Christian usage; ensure it is not read as generic secular ‘good sense/discernment.‘
Angel
Approved rendering: ଦୂତ (ସ୍ୱର୍ଗଦୂତ)
Transliteration: dūta (swargadūta)
Doctrine: Superiority of Christ over Angels
Rejected alternatives: ଦେବତା
Original: ἄγγελος
Category: Christology
NEW. A created spiritual messenger-being, subordinate to the Son. Ensure not assimilated to a class of minor deities (ଦେବତା) in the popular Hindu pantheon.
Ministry Cultic
Approved rendering: ସେବକ / ସେବକାର୍ଯ୍ୟ (ଯୋଗ୍ୟ ପ୍ରସଙ୍ଗରେ)
Transliteration: sebaka / sebākāryya (yogya prasaṅgare)
Doctrine: Superiority over the Levitical Priesthood
Original: λειτουργός / λειτουργία
Category: Priesthood
NEW. Acceptable only when clearly describing completed, superseded OT tabernacle service (8:2, 9:21), not an ongoing institution to be emulated.
Altar
Approved rendering: ବେଦୀ
Transliteration: bedī
Doctrine: The Sacrifice of Praise and Ethical Christian Living
Rejected alternatives: ଯଜ୍ଞବେଦୀ
Original: θυσιαστήριον
Category: Priesthood
NEW. Avoid ଯଜ୍ଞବେଦୀ (Vedic fire-sacrifice altar); the conventional OT-altar term ବେଦୀ alone is safer (Hebrews 13:10).
Better Superior
Approved rendering: ଶ୍ରେଷ୍ଠ / ଉତ୍କୃଷ୍ଟ
Transliteration: śreṣṭha / utkṣṣṭa
Doctrine: Superiority over the Levitical Priesthood
Original: κρείσσων / κρείττων
Category: Christology
NEW. Hebrews’ own structural vocabulary, repeated ~13 times. Must carry no caste-hierarchy connotation (higher/lower jāti).
Without Genealogy
Approved rendering: ବଂଶାବଳୀ ରହିତ
Transliteration: banśāvaḷī rahita
Doctrine: Melchizedekian Order of Priesthood
Original: ἀγενεαλόγητος
Category: Priesthood
NEW. The direct positive opposite of the caste-and-lineage basis for Puri’s hereditary sevayat/pandaa priestly service; avoid words built on ଜାତି/ବର୍ଣ୍ଣ.
Hope
Approved rendering: ଆଶା
Transliteration: āśā
Doctrine: Perseverance and Assurance
Original: ἐλπίς
Category: Perseverance
NEW. Confident expectation anchored in Christ, not present in the Romans baseline as a standalone entry; adopted here as load-bearing.
Endurance
Approved rendering: ସହିଷ୍ଣୁତା
Transliteration: sahiṣṇutā
Doctrine: Perseverance and Assurance
Original: ὑπομονή
Category: Perseverance
NEW. Must convey active perseverance, not passive resignation (10:36, 12:1).
Strangers And Exiles
Approved rendering: ପ୍ରବାସୀ ଓ ଅତିଥି
Transliteration: prabāsī o atithi
Doctrine: Christian Identity as Pilgrims Seeking a Heavenly Homeland
Rejected alternatives: ବିଦେଶୀ (alone)
Original: ξένοι καὶ παρεπίδημοι
Category: Faith
NEW. Must not be flattened into ordinary national ‘foreigner’; describes believers’ relationship to any earthly homeland (Hebrews 11:13).
Discipline
Approved rendering: ଶାସନ
Transliteration: śāsana
Doctrine: God’s Fatherly Discipline of Believers
Original: παιδεία
Category: Perseverance
NEW. Must be read as loving fatherly training paired with ପିତା, never punitive rejection or karmic consequence (12:5-11).
Firstborn
Approved rendering: ପ୍ରଥମଜାତ
Transliteration: prathamajāta
Doctrine: The Unshakeable Kingdom
Original: πρωτότοκος
Category: Church
NEW. Applied to Christ (1:6) and to the church, ‘the assembly of the firstborn’ (12:23). Echoes baseline’s adoption/inheritance doctrine.
Unshakeable Kingdom
Approved rendering: ଅଟଳ ରାଜ୍ୟ
Transliteration: aṭaḷa rājya
Doctrine: The Unshakeable Kingdom
Original: βασιλεία ἀσάλευτος
Category: Kingdom
NEW. Qualifies baseline’s ପରମେଶ୍ୱରଙ୍କ ରାଜ୍ୟ with permanence, in contrast to Mount Sinai’s shaking (Hebrews 12:28).
Sacrifice Of Praise
Approved rendering: ପ୍ରଶଂସାର ବଲିଦାନ
Transliteration: praśansāra balidāna
Doctrine: The Sacrifice of Praise and Ethical Christian Living
Original: θυσία αἰνέσεως
Category: Sacrifice
NEW. Reframes ‘sacrifice’ as verbal thanksgiving after the atoning sacrifice is complete; connects to baseline’s ଧନ୍ୟବାଦ ସ୍ତୁତି (Hebrews 13:15).
Forgiveness
Approved rendering: କ୍ଷମା
Transliteration: kṣamā
Doctrine: Redemption and Forgiveness through Christ’s Blood
Original: ἄφεσις
Category: Sacrifice
NEW. Distinct from justification’s compound phrase (ଧାର୍ମିକ ବୋଲି ଗଣା ଯିବା, fixed in baseline); forgiveness cancels the debt, justification declares righteous — not to be collapsed together.
Typology Shadow Copy True
Approved rendering: ଛାୟା / ପ୍ରତିରୂପ / ପ୍ରକୃତ
Transliteration: chāyā / pratirūpa / prakṣta
Doctrine: New Covenant versus the Old
Original: σκιά / ὑπόδειγμα / τύπος / ἀληθινός
Category: Covenant
NEW. Copies must not appear to carry independent sacred power; these are provisional pointers, inferior to the heavenly reality (8:5, 9:23-24, 10:1).
Living God
Approved rendering: ଜୀବିତ ପରମେଶ୍ୱର
Transliteration: jībita Parameśwara
Doctrine: The Holiness and Judgment of God
Original: θεὸς ζῶν
Category: God
NEW. Contrast with lifeless idols/images; retain the qualifier ‘living’ consistently across all four occurrences (3:12, 9:14, 10:31, 12:22).
Eternal Inheritance
Approved rendering: ଅନନ୍ତ ଉତ୍ତରାଧିକାର
Transliteration: ananta uttarādhikāra
Doctrine: Redemption and Forgiveness through Christ’s Blood
Original: αἰώνιος κληρονομία
Category: Salvation
NEW. Pairs naturally with baseline’s adoption doctrine (ପୋଷ୍ୟ ପୁତ୍ରତ୍ୱ); received by right of sonship (Hebrews 9:15).
Transgressions
Approved rendering: ଅପରାଧ
Transliteration: aparādha
Doctrine: Once-for-All Atoning Sacrifice
Original: παραβάσεις
Category: Sin
NEW. Specific violations of a known law/command, distinct from generic ପାପ (sin) as a general moral condition (2:2, 9:15).
First Covenant
Approved rendering: ପ୍ରଥମ ନିୟମ
Transliteration: prathama niyama
Doctrine: New Covenant versus the Old
Original: ἡ πρώτη διαθήκη
Category: Covenant
NEW. Must be understood as genuinely God-given though provisional, never dismissed as illegitimate (8:7, 9:15, 9:18).
Sprinkling
Approved rendering: ଛିଟାଇ ଦେବା
Transliteration: chiṭāi debā
Doctrine: Access to God through Christ’s Blood
Original: ῥαντισμός / ῥαντίζω
Category: Priesthood
NEW. Ritual application of blood or water for consecration/cleansing (9:13, 9:19, 9:21, 12:24); track alongside the sanctifies/purifies distinction at 9:13-14.
Obsolete Covenant
Approved rendering: ପୁରାତନ ହୋଇ ଯାଇ / ଅଚଳ ହୋଇ ଯାଇ
Transliteration: purātana hoi jāi / achaḷa hoi jāi
Doctrine: New Covenant versus the Old
Original: παλαιόω
Category: Covenant
NEW. Must communicate provisional, superseded status without implying the first covenant was ever illegitimate or God’s earlier revelation false (Hebrews 8:13).
Throne Of Grace
Approved rendering: କୃପାର ସିଂହାସନ
Transliteration: kṛpāra sinhāsana
Doctrine: Access to God through Christ’s Blood
Original: θρόνος τῆς χάριτος
Category: Salvation
NEW. Reuse କୃପା exactly; a pastoral anchor-verse (Hebrews 4:16).
Boldness Confidence
Approved rendering: ଦୃଢ଼ ସାହସ
Transliteration: dṣḍha sāhasa
Doctrine: Access to God through Christ’s Blood
Original: παρρησία
Category: Perseverance
NEW. Must convey confident access to God’s presence, not presumption (4:16, 10:19, 10:35).
Partakers
Approved rendering: ସହଭାଗୀ
Transliteration: sahabhāgī
Doctrine: Superiority of Christ over Moses
Original: μέτοχοι
Category: Church
NEW. Sharers together in Christ, the Holy Spirit, and God’s discipline (3:14, 6:4, 12:8); builds on baseline’s ସହଭାଗିତା root.
Judgment
Approved rendering: ବିଚାର
Transliteration: bicāra
Doctrine: The Holiness and Judgment of God
Original: κρίσις
Category: Eschatology
NEW. God’s final, personal judgment (9:27, 10:27); must convey a personal God’s judgment, not impersonal karmic reckoning.
Low Risk Terms
David
Approved rendering: ଦାଉଦ
Transliteration: Dāuda
Doctrine: New Covenant versus the Old
Original: Δαυίδ
Category: Covenant
Inherited from Romans package; reused exactly. Referenced in Hebrews 4:7 and 11:32.
Exhort
Approved rendering: ଉତ୍ସାହିତ କରିବା
Transliteration: utsāhita karibā
Doctrine: Perseverance and Assurance
Original: παρακαλέω
Category: Faith
Inherited from Romans package; reused exactly.
Thanksgiving
Approved rendering: ଧନ୍ୟବାଦ ସ୍ତୁତି
Transliteration: dhanyabāda stuti
Doctrine: The Sacrifice of Praise and Ethical Christian Living
Original: εὐχαριστία
Category: Faith
Inherited from Romans package; reused exactly. Connects to Hebrews 13:15’s ‘sacrifice of praise.‘
Fellowship
Approved rendering: ସହଭାଗିତା
Transliteration: sahabhāgitā
Doctrine: Superiority of Christ over Moses
Rejected alternatives: ମିତ୍ରତା
Original: κοινωνία
Category: Church
Inherited from Romans package; reused exactly. Basis for the new Hebrews term ‘partakers’ (ସହଭାଗୀ).
Forerunner
Approved rendering: ଅଗ୍ରଗାମୀ
Transliteration: agragāmī
Doctrine: Anchor of Hope in God’s Unchanging Promise
Original: πρόδρομος
Category: Priesthood
NEW. Christ entering heaven ahead of believers (Hebrews 6:20).
Anchor
Approved rendering: ଆଙ୍କର
Transliteration: ankara
Doctrine: Anchor of Hope in God’s Unchanging Promise
Original: ἄγκυρα
Category: Perseverance
NEW. Loanword; culturally resonant coastal-Odisha nautical image (Hebrews 6:19); retain the metaphor.
Ark Of Covenant
Approved rendering: ନିୟମ ସିନ୍ଦୁକ
Transliteration: niyama sinduka
Doctrine: New Covenant versus the Old
Original: κιβωτός
Category: Priesthood
NEW. Descriptive OT-background term (Hebrews 9:4).
Cherubim
Approved rendering: କରୁବ
Transliteration: karuba
Doctrine: New Covenant versus the Old
Original: χερουβίν
Category: Priesthood
NEW. Transliterated proper term (Hebrews 9:5).
Manna
Approved rendering: ମାନ୍ନା
Transliteration: mānnā
Doctrine: New Covenant versus the Old
Original: μάννα
Category: Priesthood
NEW. Established transliterated loanword (Hebrews 9:4).
Hospitality
Approved rendering: ଅତିଥି ସତ୍କାର
Transliteration: atithi satkāra
Doctrine: The Sacrifice of Praise and Ethical Christian Living
Original: φιλοξενία
Category: Church
NEW. Prefer over any ସେବା-based phrasing to avoid the hereditary-ritual-service collision (Hebrews 13:2).
Great Shepherd
Approved rendering: ମହାନ ମେଷପାଳକ
Transliteration: mahān meṣapālaka
Doctrine: Perseverance and Assurance
Original: ποιμὴν μέγας
Category: Christology
NEW. Christ raised from the dead as the great Shepherd (Hebrews 13:20).
Tithes
Approved rendering: ଦଶମାଂଶ
Transliteration: daśamānśa
Doctrine: Melchizedekian Order of Priesthood
Original: δεκάται
Category: Priesthood
NEW. Standard descriptive OT term (Hebrews 7:2, 7:8-9).
Heir
Approved rendering: ଉତ୍ତରାଧିକାରୀ
Transliteration: uttarādhikārī
Doctrine: Redemption and Forgiveness through Christ’s Blood
Original: κληρονόμος
Category: Salvation
NEW. Applied to Christ (1:2) and believers (6:17, 11:7); consistent with baseline’s adoption doctrine framing.
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