Core Glossary
Core Glossary: 2 Kings (2 Reis)
| # | Term (EN) | Original (Hebrew / LXX Greek) | Transliteration | Portuguese Rendering | Risk Tier | Doctrine | Chapters | Brazilian Context Risk Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | God | אֱלֹהִים / יהוה — θεός | Elohim / YHWH — theos | Deus [TM] | Critical | Covenant Judgment; all doctrines | All | Reused from baseline exactly; retains warning re: Candomblé/Umbanda syncretism of God/orixás |
| 2 | LORD (covenant name) | יהוה — κύριος | YHWH — kyrios | SENHOR (versalete, per Almeida convention) [TM: “Senhor”] | Critical | Lordship; Covenant Judgment | All | 2 Kings uses YHWH as proper name, not generic κύριος title as in Romans; typographic small-caps convention must be preserved to mark the divine name distinctly |
| 3 | sin | חָטָא / חֲטָאָה — ἁμαρτία | chata / chata’ah — hamartia | pecado [TM] | High (elevated from baseline Medium) | Fall of Israel/Judah as Covenant Consequence | 1, 3, 14, 17 (core), 21-24 | Personal transgression against a personal God within this life; not karmic “erro” resolved across future lives (Kardecist framing) |
| 4 | covenant | בְּרִית — διαθήκη | berit — diathēkē | aliança [TM] | Critical (elevated from baseline High) | Covenant Judgment and the Exile | 11, 13, 15, 17 (core), 23 | The entire book’s judgment logic is a covenant-lawsuit structure; must never read as an impersonal legal contract or karmic mechanism |
| 5 | exile / carried away captive | גָּלָה / הִגְלָה — μετοικίζω | galah / higlah — metoikizō | exílio / levar cativo | Critical (new term) | Covenant Judgment and the Exile | 6, 15 (deportations begin), 17 (core), 18 (foreshadow), 20 (foretold), 24-25 | Must be framed as personal covenantal judgment by a personal God, never as impersonal “lei de causa e efeito” (karma) — directly extends the baseline’s Providence risk note |
| 6 | faith / believe | אָמַן — πιστεύω | aman — pisteuō | crer / fé [TM] | High [TM] | Faith; Universal Human Accountability | 17 (core), 18 | Personal trust in the LORD’s character and word, not generic belief in “the spirit world” |
| 7 | grace / compassion | חֶסֶד / רַחֲמִים — χάρις / ἔλεος | chesed / rachamim — charis / eleos | graça / compaixão [TM: “graça”] | High [TM] | Hope amid Judgment; Grace | 13 | Unmerited covenant favor, never merit accumulated across reincarnations |
| 8 | David | דָּוִד — Δαυίδ | David — Dauid | Davi [TM] | Low [TM] | Davidic Covenant; Hope amid Judgment | 8, 17 (core), 19-20, 22 | Standard proper name |
| 9 | Israel | יִשְׂרָאֵל — Ἰσραήλ | Yisra’el — Israēl | Israel [TM] | Low [TM] | Fall of Israel and Judah | All | Standard proper name |
| 10 | law / Book of the Law | תּוֹרָה / סֵפֶר הַתּוֹרָה — νόμος | torah / sefer hatorah — nomos | lei / Livro da Lei [TM: “lei”] | Critical (elevated from baseline High) | Josiah’s Reforms and the Rediscovered Law | 17 (core), 22-23 | Fixed, already-given revelation rediscovered, not ongoing revelation as in Kardecist mediumistic “psicografia” (already flagged in baseline for “prophecy”/“inspiration of Scripture”) |
| 11 | prophet | נָבִיא — προφήτης | navi — prophētēs | profeta [TM] | High (elevated from baseline Low for this curriculum) | Prophetic Ministry and Miraculous Power; God’s Patience through Repeated Prophetic Warning | 1-10, 13, 17 (core), 19, 22-23 | Elijah/Elisha’s miracle-working ministry risks conflation with Kardecist mediums or Candomblé/Umbanda spirit-incorporation figures who also perform healings/wonders; must be framed as exclusive divine commissioning, not personal or evolved spiritual power |
| 12 | seer | חֹזֶה — ὁ ὁρῶν / βλέπων | chozeh — ho horōn | vidente | Critical (new term) | Prophetic Ministry; God’s Patience through Repeated Prophetic Warning | 17 (core) | Direct, acute lexical collision: “vidente” is the standard contemporary Portuguese/Brazilian term for psychics, fortune-tellers, and mediums claiming clairvoyance; requires translator note in every occurrence |
| 13 | mediums and necromancers | אוֹב וְיִדְּעֹנִי — ἐγγαστρίμυθος / γνώστης | ov ve-yidde’oni — engastrimythos / gnōstēs | médiuns e necromantes | CRITICAL — highest-risk term in this Language Package (new term) | Fall of Israel and Judah as Covenant Consequence; Josiah’s Reforms | 21, 23 | Established Portuguese Bible tradition renders this condemned practice using the literal word “médium” — identical to the modern Kardecist self-designation. This is the single most acute lexical collision in the entire package; mandatory theologian review on every occurrence |
| 14 | divination | קֶסֶם — μαντεία | qesem — manteia | adivinhação | High (new term) | Fall of Israel and Judah; Prophetic Ministry | 17 (core), 21 | Collision with widespread Brazilian tarot, búzios, horoscope, and mediumistic future-telling practices |
| 15 | omens / sorcery | נַחֵשׁ — οἰωνισμός | nicheish — oiōnismos | agouros / presságios | High (new term) | Fall of Israel and Judah | 17 (core), 21 | Same collision family as divination |
| 16 | inquire / consult | דָּרַשׁ — ἐπιζητέω / ἐπερωτάω | darash — epizēteō | inquirir / consultar | High (new term) | Prophetic Ministry; Covenant Judgment | 1 | Collision with the common Brazilian practice of “consulting” mediums, card-readers, or spiritual entities for guidance |
| 17 | high places | בָּמָה / בָּמוֹת — ὑψηλά / βωμοί | bamah / bamot — hypsēla | lugares altos | High (new term) | Fall of Israel and Judah; Josiah’s Reforms | 17 (core), 18, 21, 23 | Requires cultural explanatory note; no exact contemporary Brazilian parallel, but represents institutionalized syncretism |
| 18 | idols | גִּלּוּלִים — εἴδωλα | gillulim — eidōla | ídolos | Critical (new term) | Fall of Israel and Judah | 17 (core), and throughout | Hebrew term is deliberately contemptuous (“dung-idols”); must preserve tone of absolute condemnation without implying direct equivalence to specific modern Afro-Brazilian or Catholic devotional objects |
| 19 | Asherah / Asherah pole | אֲשֵׁרָה — ἄλσος | asherah — alsos | Aserá | High (new term) | Fall of Israel and Judah | 17 (core), 18, 21, 23 | Preserve as proper name of the rival Canaanite deity/cult object; do not generalize as “nature idol” |
| 20 | Baal | בַּעַל — Βααλ | Ba’al | Baal | High (new term) | Fall of Israel and Judah; Prophetic Ministry | 1, 10, 17 (core), 21 | Preserve as proper divine name, not generic “lord” |
| 21 | host of heaven (astral worship) | צְבָא הַשָּׁמַיִם — ἡ στρατιὰ τοῦ οὐρανοῦ | tseva hashamayim — hē stratia tou ouranou | exército do céu | High (new term) | Fall of Israel and Judah | 17 (core), 21, 23 | Collision with widespread Brazilian astrology/horoscope culture and Afro-Brazilian/spiritist cosmologies of celestial spirit planes |
| 22 | golden calves | עֲגָלִים — μόσχοι | agalim — moschoi | bezerros (de ouro) | High (new term) | Fall of Israel and Judah | 17 (core), and recurring refrain | Requires OT background note (1 Kings 12) for readers without catechesis in Old Testament history |
| 23 | pass through the fire (child sacrifice) | הֶעֱבִיר בָּאֵשׁ — διάγω διὰ πυρός | he’evir ba’esh — diagō dia pyros | fez passar pelo fogo | Critical (new term) | Fall of Israel and Judah | 16, 17 (core), 21 | Preserve full moral horror; explicitly avoid implying equivalence with any contemporary Afro-Brazilian religious practice (no child sacrifice exists in Candomblé/Umbanda) |
| 24 | teraphim / household idols | תְּרָפִים — θεραφιν (transliterated in LXX) | teraphim | ídolos domésticos (terafins) | High (new term) | Josiah’s Reforms | 23 | Cultural parallel to household protective images/amulets in Brazilian popular and Afro-Brazilian religiosity; handle with care, non-accusatory framing |
| 25 | turn / repent | שׁוּב — ἐπιστρέφω | shuv — epistrephō | converter-se / voltar-se / arrepender-se | High (new term) | God’s Patience through Repeated Prophetic Warning | 17 (core), 22-23 | Must be an immediate relational turning to a personal God, not gradual moral self-improvement across lifetimes (Kardecist framing already flagged in baseline for “sanctification”/“salvation”) |
| 26 | servants the prophets (collective) | עֲבָדָיו הַנְּבִיאִים | avadav hanevi’im | seus servos, os profetas | High (new term) | God’s Patience through Repeated Prophetic Warning | 17 (core), 21, 23-24 | Reinforces “profeta” risk note; must not be equated with mediumship figures |
| 27 | warn / testify | הֵעִיד — διαμαρτύρομαι | he’id — diamartyromai | advertir / testificar | High (new term) | God’s Patience through Repeated Prophetic Warning | 17 (core) | Legal, solemn covenant-lawsuit language; not a casual suggestion |
| 28 | stubborn / stiff-necked | הִקְשָׁה עֹרֶף | hiqshah oreph | endurecer a cerviz / ser obstinado | Medium (new term) | Fall of Israel and Judah | 17 (core) | Idiom for deliberate, willful resistance to correction |
| 29 | wrath / anger of the LORD | אָנַף / אַף — ὀργή | anaf / aph — orgē | ira do SENHOR | High (new term) | Covenant Judgment and the Exile | 17 (core), 22 | Personal, judicial, morally-grounded divine response — not an impersonal retributive cosmic force |
| 30 | remnant | שְׁאֵרִית — κατάλειμμα / ὑπόλειμμα | she’erit — kataleimma | remanescente | High (new term) | Hope amid Judgment | 19, and implicit throughout 17-25 | Gracious, sovereign preservation by God, not survival earned by merit or “spiritual evolution” |
| 31 | angel of the LORD | מַלְאַךְ יְהוָה — ἄγγελος κυρίου | mal’akh YHWH — angelos kyriou | anjo do SENHOR | High (new term) | Prophetic Ministry and Miraculous Power; Hope amid Judgment | 19 | Distinguish sharply from spirit guides/orixás consulted as intermediaries in Umbanda cosmology |
| 32 | resurrection / revived (temporary, mortal) | חָיָה — ζάω / ἀνίστημι | chayah — zaō | reviver / voltar a viver (cf. ressurreição [TM] reserved for Christ’s definitive resurrection) | Critical [TM principle applies] | Prophetic Ministry and Miraculous Power | 4, 13 | NEVER “reencarnação”; these are temporary restorations to the same mortal life, distinct both from Christ’s final resurrection and from reincarnation |
| 33 | taken up (bodily translation to heaven) | עָלָה בַּסְעָרָה הַשָּׁמַיִם | alah ba-se’arah hashamayim | foi arrebatado ao céu num redemoinho | Critical (new term) | Prophetic Ministry and Miraculous Power | 2 | Unique, non-repeatable event without prior death; must not be conflated with Kardecist “desencarne” or spiritual evolution to a higher plane |
| 34 | double portion of the spirit | פִּי־שְׁנַיִם בְּרוּחֲךָ | pi-shnayim be-ruchakha | porção dobrada do teu espírito | High (new term) | Prophetic Ministry and Miraculous Power | 2 | God’s sovereign grant of prophetic empowerment for office, not a transferable impersonal energy as in mediumistic “passe”/incorporation rites |
| 35 | opened his eyes (spiritual discernment) | פָּקַח עֵינַיִם | paqach enayim | abrir os olhos | High (new term) | Prophetic Ministry and Miraculous Power | 6 | Sovereign, one-time divine gift of perception, not a cultivated mediumistic “abertura espiritual” or psychic development |
| 36 | man of God | אִישׁ הָאֱלֹהִים | ish ha-Elohim | homem de Deus | Medium-High (new term) | Prophetic Ministry and Miraculous Power | 1, 4-8, 13 | Avoid connotations of an autonomous guru or “evolved” spiritual master |
| 37 | fire from heaven | אֵשׁ מִן־הַשָּׁמַיִם | esh min-hashamayim | fogo do céu | High (new term) | Prophetic Ministry and Miraculous Power | 1 | Sovereign act of the one true God, not evidence of the prophet’s own paranormal/mediumistic power |
| 38 | leprosy | צָרַעַת | tsara’at | lepra | Medium (new term) | Prophetic Ministry and Miraculous Power | 5, 15 | Physical/ritual impurity and divine discipline/healing sign; distinguish from psychic/energetic “healing” framings |
| 39 | clean / cleansed | טָהוֹר / טָהֵר | tahor / taher | limpo / purificado | Medium (new term) | Prophetic Ministry and Miraculous Power | 5 | Distinguish from Kardecist “purificação cármica” already flagged in baseline for “sanctification” |
| 40 | anoint / anointed | מָשַׁח | mashach | ungir | High (new term) | Davidic Covenant; Messianic typology | 8-9, 11 | Same root as “Messias” [TM Critical]; royal anointing here is typological/limited, must not dilute the unique title reserved for Christ |
| 41 | lamp for David | נִיר / נֵר לְדָוִד | nir/ner le-David | lâmpada para Davi | High (new term) | Hope amid Judgment; Davidic Covenant | 8 | Ties to baseline’s “seed_of_david”/“davidic_covenant” entries; God’s preserving faithfulness despite covenant infidelity |
| 42 | zeal | קִנְאָה | qin’ah | zelo | Medium-High (new term) | Fall of Israel and Judah; Josiah’s Reforms (by contrast) | 10 | Preserve moral ambiguity — external zeal without full reform is explicitly critiqued by the narrator |
| 43 | trust | בָּטַח — πείθω / ἐλπίζω | batach — peithō | confiar | High (new term) | Covenant Judgment; Faith | 18 | Personal trust in the LORD alone, not in “spiritual powers” or human strength |
| 44 | bones (posthumous miracle) | עֶצֶם | etsem | ossos | Critical (new term) | Prophetic Ministry and Miraculous Power | 13 | Double collision risk: necromantic/mediumistic misreading (a prophet’s spirit still acting after death) and relic-veneration misreading; must clarify God’s sovereignty as the acting cause |
| 45 | Nehushtan (bronze serpent) | נְחֻשְׁתָּן | Nechushtan | Neustã (a serpente de bronze) | High (new term) | Josiah’s/Hezekiah’s Reforms | 18 | A God-given object corrupted into an idol; sensitive parallel to devotional-object veneration debates in Brazilian Catholic and Afro-Brazilian religiosity |
| 46 | Book of the Law / covenant renewal | סֵפֶר הַתּוֹרָה / כָּרַת בְּרִית | sefer hatorah / karat berit | Livro da Lei / renovação da aliança | Critical (new term, ties to “aliança” [TM]) | Josiah’s Reforms and the Rediscovered Law | 11, 22-23 | Fixed, once-given revelation rediscovered and publicly renewed, not ongoing mediumistic revelation |
| 47 | Passover | פֶּסַח — πάσχα | Pesach — pascha | Páscoa | Medium (new term) | Josiah’s Reforms and the Rediscovered Law | 23 | Well-established term; low direct collision risk, but requires Exodus background note |
| 48 | prophetess | נְבִיאָה — προφῆτις | nevi’ah — prophētis | profetisa | Medium (new term) | Josiah’s Reforms; Prophetic Ministry | 22 | Same collision family as “profeta”/“vidente”; distinguish from female mediums/spiritual leaders prominent in Brazilian folk religiosity |
| 49 | humble oneself | נִכְנַע | nikhna | humilhar-se | Medium (new term) | Josiah’s Reforms; God’s Patience | 22 | Positive covenant response modeled by Josiah, contrasted with Israel’s stubbornness (17:14) |
| 50 | conspire | קָשַׁר | qashar | conspirar | Low-Medium (new term) | Fall of Israel and Judah | 15, 17 (core) | Standard political term; illustrates societal disintegration as covenant consequence |
| 51 | did evil / right in the eyes of the LORD (regnal formula) | עָשָׂה הָרַע / הַיָּשָׁר בְּעֵינֵי יְהוָה | asah hara/hayashar be’einei YHWH | fez o que era mau/reto aos olhos do SENHOR | Medium (new term) | Fall of Israel and Judah as Covenant Consequence | 3, and recurring throughout | Recurring narrative-evaluation formula; must remain lexically consistent across all occurrences for the reader to perceive the book’s cumulative argument |
| 52 | modeled/copied altar pattern (religious syncretism) | תַּבְנִית הַמִּזְבֵּחַ | tavnit hamizbe’ach | modelo/padrão do altar | High (new term) | Fall of Israel and Judah | 16 | Concrete case study in institutional religious syncretism, directly applicable to Brazilian syncretic religious practice |
| 53 | house of the LORD / temple | בֵּית יְהוָה — ναός / οἶκος κυρίου | beit YHWH — naos | casa do SENHOR / templo | Medium (new term) | Church as God’s People (typological); Covenant Judgment | 12, 18, 22-23, 25 | The one legitimate central place of worship, in contrast to the multiplied “high places” |
| 54 | burned the house of the LORD (temple destruction) | שָׂרַף אֶת־בֵּית יְהוָה | saraf et-beit YHWH | queimou a casa do SENHOR | High (new term) | Covenant Judgment and the Exile | 25 | The lowest point of covenant judgment; no institution is exempt |
| 55 | lifted up his head (restoration idiom) | נָשָׂא רֹאשׁ | nasa rosh | levantar a cabeça (de alguém) / mostrar favor | High (new term) | Hope amid Judgment | 25 | Final note of hope for the Davidic line closing the book; must not be flattened into a neutral historical detail nor overstated beyond the text’s restraint |
| 56 | great sin (Jeroboam’s calves refrain) | חֲטָאָה גְדוֹלָה | chata’ah gedolah | grande pecado | Medium (new term) | Fall of Israel and Judah | 17 (core), recurring refrain | Identifies the specific institutional/state-sponsored root of Israel’s apostasy |
| 57 | vanity / worthless idols | הֶבֶל | hevel | vaidade / coisas vãs | Medium (new term) | Fall of Israel and Judah | 17 (core) | Idols are empty and powerless in contrast to the living God |
| 58 | tribute / vassal servant | מִנְחָה / עֶבֶד | minchah / eved | tributo / servo (vassalo) | Low (new term) | Covenant Judgment and the Exile | 3, 17 (core) | Political-economic term; note the ironic word-play with “servants the prophets” |
Summary of Risk Escalations Relative to Baseline
Several baseline Romans terms carry elevated risk when applied to 2 Kings’ specific narrative content, because this curriculum foregrounds themes (mediumship, necromancy, astral worship, prophetic miracle-working) that Romans does not:
| Term | Baseline Risk | 2 Kings Risk | Reason for Escalation |
|---|---|---|---|
| prophet (profeta) | Low | High | Elijah/Elisha’s extensive miracle-working ministry directly parallels claims made for Kardecist mediums and Candomblé/Umbanda spirit-incorporation figures |
| covenant (aliança) | High | Critical | The entire book’s judgment logic (and the core passage specifically) is structured as a formal covenant lawsuit; the doctrine cannot be preserved if “aliança” is read as a mere legal contract |
| sin (pecado) | Medium | High | 2 Kings’ cumulative, generational, institutionalized sin (the recurring “sin of Jeroboam” refrain) carries more doctrinal weight than isolated individual transgression |
| law (lei) | High | Critical | The rediscovered “Livro da Lei” (chs. 22-23) is a load-bearing plot element and doctrinal anchor for “Josiah’s Reforms,” not only background vocabulary |
New Critical-Tier Terms Requiring Mandatory Theologian Review (not present in baseline)
- médiuns e necromantes (2 Kings 21:6; 23:24) — the most acute lexical collision identified in this entire Language Package extension
- vidente (2 Kings 17:13) — direct collision with the standard Portuguese/Brazilian term for psychics
- exílio / levar cativo (throughout) — must never be read through a karmic/impersonal lens
- fez passar pelo fogo (child sacrifice; chs. 16, 17, 21)
- foi arrebatado ao céu num redemoinho (Elijah’s translation, ch. 2) — must not be conflated with “desencarne”
- ossos (Elisha’s posthumous miracle, ch. 13) — double collision (necromancy / relic veneration)
- ídolos (throughout)
- Livro da Lei / renovação da aliança (chs. 22-23)
These eight terms/phrases should be added to translation_memory.json and doctrine_risk_registry.json before Phase 2 processing of 2 Kings begins, following the versioning and enforcement procedures defined in 12_ai_translation_requirements.md.
This glossary extends, and does not contradict, the baseline Romans Language Package. All terms marked [TM] reuse the baseline translation_memory.json rendering exactly. All new terms follow the same Critical/High/Medium/Low risk methodology defined in doctrine_risk_registry.json.
Critical Risk Terms
God
Approved rendering: Deus
Transliteration: Elohim / YHWH — theos
Doctrine: Covenant Judgment and the Exile; Idolatry and Religious Syncretism
Original: אֱלֹהִים / יהוה
Category: God
Inherited from Romans package; reused exactly. 2 Kings intensifies the baseline’s Candomblé/Umbanda syncretism warning: the entire argument of ch. 17 is that Israel’s disaster came from blending worship of this God with rival cultic figures — directly relevant pastoral background for readers whose own households may mix Catholic saints, orixás, or spirit guides with faith in Deus.
Lord
Approved rendering: Senhor
Transliteration: kyrios (LXX) / Adonai (Hebrew honorific)
Doctrine: Lordship of Christ (typological background)
Rejected alternatives: Senhor apenas em sentido devocional, sem reivindicação de senhorio total
Inherited from Romans package; reused exactly for the generic honorific ‘Adonai/lord’ sense. See the separate ‘yhwh’ entry below for 2 Kings’ dominant usage, where ‘SENHOR’ renders the covenant proper name, not this generic title.
Yhwh
Approved rendering: SENHOR (versalete)
Transliteration: YHWH — kyrios (LXX)
Doctrine: Covenant Judgment and the Exile; Sovereignty of God over the Nations
Rejected alternatives: Senhor genérico sem versalete (perderia a distinção do nome próprio), Javé/Yahweh transliterado (rompe com a convenção Almeida)
Original: יהוה — κύριος (LXX)
Category: God
New entry required for 2 Kings: nearly every ‘SENHOR’ in this book renders the personal covenant name YHWH, not the generic κύριος title applied to Christ as in Romans. Preserve the Almeida-tradition small-capitals typographic convention throughout so readers can distinguish the covenant name from generic ‘senhor’; the covenant-lawsuit argument of ch. 17 depends on YHWH as Israel’s proper-name covenant partner.
Covenant
Approved rendering: aliança
Transliteration: berit — diathēkē
Doctrine: Covenant Judgment and the Exile; Covenant Renewal Ceremony
Rejected alternatives: contrato legal
Original: בְּרִית — διαθήκη
Category: Covenant
Inherited from Romans package; reused exactly. Elevated from the baseline’s High to Critical for this curriculum because 2 Kings 17 is structurally a covenant lawsuit: the exile is presented as the judicial consequence of a broken relational bond, never an impersonal legal contract or karmic mechanism.
Law
Approved rendering: lei / Livro da Lei
Transliteration: torah / sefer hatorah — nomos
Doctrine: Josiah’s Reforms and the Rediscovered Law
Inherited from Romans package; reused exactly. Elevated from the baseline’s High to Critical for this curriculum because the rediscovered ‘Livro da Lei’ (chs. 22-23) is a load-bearing plot element and doctrinal anchor, not only background vocabulary.
Messiah
Approved rendering: Messias
Transliteration: Christos / Mashiach
Doctrine: Davidic Covenant Preservation and Anointing (typological contrast)
Rejected alternatives: um espírito superior ou mais evoluído (leitura espírita de Jesus como ‘o mais evoluído dos espíritos’)
Inherited from Romans package; reused exactly. Referenced in this curriculum by contrast: the routine royal ‘ungir’ (anoint) of human kings in 2 Kings 8-11 is typological and historically limited, and must never dilute or be confused with this unique, eternally divine title reserved exclusively for Jesus Christ.
Resurrection
Approved rendering: ressurreição
Transliteration: anastasis
Doctrine: Miracle-Working Prophetic Authority and Temporary Resuscitation (contrast term)
Rejected alternatives: reencarnação
Inherited from Romans package; reused exactly. NEVER apply this word to the temporary mortal revivals in 2 Kings 4 and 13 (see ‘revived_temporary’ below); ‘ressurreição’ remains reserved exclusively for Christ’s bodily, historical, once-for-all resurrection.
Holy Spirit
Approved rendering: Espírito Santo
Transliteration: pneuma hagion
Doctrine: Prophetic Succession and Spirit Empowerment (contrast term)
Rejected alternatives: espíritos guias ou mentores espirituais (espiritismo), orixás e guias (Candomblé/Umbanda)
Inherited from Romans package; reused exactly. Referenced by contrast with Elisha’s ‘porção dobrada do teu espírito’ (2 Kings 2:9), which denotes prophetic-office empowerment for a specific ministry succession, not a direct textual occurrence of the personal third Person of the Trinity; care must be taken not to conflate the two nor to import mediumistic ‘transferable energy’ readings into either.
Exile
Approved rendering: exílio / levar cativo
Transliteration: galah / higlah — metoikizō
Doctrine: Covenant Judgment and the Exile
Rejected alternatives: reencarnação (leitura cármica), lei de causa e efeito espírita (regência cármica das reencarnações), infortúnio político aleatório
Original: גָּלָה / הִגְלָה — μετοικίζω
Category: Covenant
New term. Must be framed as personal covenantal judgment by a personal God acting within a single historical timeline, never through the Kardecist ‘lei de causa e efeito’ — a karma-like law governing a spirit’s progress across reincarnations, already flagged Critical for ‘providence’ in the baseline. Never render with any term suggesting a repeatable cycle. Frames 2 Kings 17:6, 23 and 24-25.
Seer
Approved rendering: vidente
Transliteration: chozeh — ho horōn
Doctrine: Prophetic Ministry and Miraculous Power; God’s Patience through Repeated Prophetic Warning
Rejected alternatives: clarividente, médium clarividente
Original: חֹזֶה — ὁ ὁρῶν
Category: Prophetic Ministry
New term; direct, acute lexical collision with the standard contemporary Brazilian Portuguese term for psychics, tarot readers, and mediums claiming clairvoyance. Mandatory translator note on every occurrence (2 Kings 17:13) clarifying this ‘vidente’ is an authorized spokesperson of the one true God, not an independent practitioner of divination.
Mediums And Necromancers
Approved rendering: médiuns e necromantes
Transliteration: ov ve-yidde’oni — engastrimythos
Doctrine: Occult Practices Condemned (Mediums, Necromancy, Divination)
Rejected alternatives: consulentes de espíritos (eufemismo que suaviza a condenação), adivinhos populares (perde o sentido específico de necromancia)
Original: אוֹב וְיִדְּעֹנִי — ἐγγαστρίμυθος
Category: Occult Practices
New term; the single most acute lexical collision in this entire Language Package extension. Established Portuguese Bible tradition (Almeida, NVI) already renders this condemned practice with the literal word ‘médium’ — the identical term Kardecist Spiritism uses today as its own neutral, central self-designation, in the country with the world’s largest self-declared Spiritist population. Mandatory theologian review and an explicit, non-accusatory translator note on every occurrence (2 Kings 21:6; 23:24).
Idols
Approved rendering: ídolos
Transliteration: gillulim — eidōla
Doctrine: Fall of Israel and Judah as Covenant Consequence; Idolatry and Religious Syncretism
Rejected alternatives: imagens religiosas (termo neutro demais), representações espirituais (suavizaria a condenação)
Original: גִּלּוּלִים — εἴδωλα
Category: Idolatry
New term; the Hebrew is deliberately contemptuous (‘dung-idols’). Must preserve absolute condemnation without implying direct equivalence to specific modern Afro-Brazilian devotional objects or Catholic devotional images — the historical target is Canaanite idolatry, but the exclusivity principle applies universally.
Pass Through The Fire
Approved rendering: fez passar pelo fogo
Transliteration: he’evir ba’esh — diagō dia pyros
Doctrine: Child Sacrifice Condemnation
Rejected alternatives: consagração ritual (eufemismo que apagaria o horror moral), oferenda simbólica (suavização inaceitável)
Original: הֶעֱבִיר בָּאֵשׁ — διάγω διὰ πυρός
Category: Idolatry
New term; preserve full moral horror without any implication of equivalence to contemporary Afro-Brazilian religious practice (no child sacrifice exists in Candomblé or Umbanda). Occurs 2 Kings 16:3; 17:17; 21:6.
Revived Temporary
Approved rendering: reviver / voltar a viver
Transliteration: chayah — zaō
Doctrine: Miracle-Working Prophetic Authority and Temporary Resuscitation
Rejected alternatives: reencarnação, ressuscitar (sem qualificação, o que colidiria com ‘ressurreição’ reservado a Cristo)
Original: חָיָה — ζάω
Category: Miracles
New term; a one-time return to the same mortal life (ch. 4; 13:20-21), which will end again in death. NEVER ‘reencarnação’; distinct from Christ’s final ‘ressurreição’ [reserved].
Taken Up Bodily
Approved rendering: foi arrebatado ao céu num redemoinho
Transliteration: alah ba-se’arah hashamayim
Doctrine: Elijah’s Bodily Translation to Heaven
Rejected alternatives: desencarnou (termo técnico espírita para a separação natural do espírito no momento da morte), foi arrebatado (forma abreviada, que colidiria com a doutrina evangélica do Arrebatamento escatológico)
Original: עָלָה בַּסְעָרָה הַשָּׁמַיִם
Category: Miracles
New term; unique, non-repeatable event without prior death (2:11). Never abbreviate to bare ‘foi arrebatado’ — this collides with the Brazilian Evangelical eschatological Rapture doctrine (‘o Arrebatamento’). Also must not be conflated with Kardecist ‘desencarne.’ Always retain the full phrase with ‘num redemoinho.‘
Bones Posthumous Miracle
Approved rendering: ossos
Transliteration: etsem
Doctrine: Miracle-Working Prophetic Authority and Temporary Resuscitation
Rejected alternatives: relíquia sagrada com poder inerente, espírito de Eliseu ainda atuante de forma independente (leitura necromântica)
Original: עֶצֶם
Category: Miracles
New term; double collision risk (necromantic misreading and relic-veneration misreading). Translation and notes must make clear God’s own sovereignty, not the bones or Elisha’s continuing agency, is the acting cause (13:20-21).
Book Of The Law Covenant Renewal
Approved rendering: Livro da Lei / renovação da aliança
Transliteration: sefer hatorah / karat berit
Doctrine: Josiah’s Reforms and the Rediscovered Law; Covenant Renewal Ceremony
Rejected alternatives: nova revelação recebida (equipararia à psicografia mediúnica espírita)
Original: סֵפֶר הַתּוֹרָה / כָּרַת בְּרִית
Category: Covenant
New term; the physical scroll rediscovered (ch. 22) and publicly used to renew the covenant (ch. 23). Must be fixed, previously-given revelation rediscovered, not ongoing/new revelation as Kardecism claims for its own texts.
High Risk Terms
Sin
Approved rendering: pecado
Transliteration: chata / chata’ah — hamartia
Doctrine: Deuteronomistic Theology of Sin and Consequence; Fall of Israel and Judah as Covenant Consequence
Rejected alternatives: erro a ser corrigido em vidas futuras (leitura espírita)
Original: חָטָא / חֲטָאָה
Category: Sin
Inherited from Romans package; reused exactly. Elevated from the baseline’s Medium to High for this curriculum because 2 Kings’ sin is cumulative, generational, and state-institutionalized (the recurring ‘sin of Jeroboam’ refrain), not merely individual transgression.
Faith
Approved rendering: crer / fé
Transliteration: aman — pisteuō
Doctrine: Faith; Human Confession and Repentance
Rejected alternatives: convicção espírita, fé genérica em forças espirituais
Inherited from Romans package; reused exactly. 2 Kings 17:14’s ‘não creram’ describes Israel’s stubborn refusal to trust the LORD’s character and word, personal relational trust, not intellectual doubt or generic belief in the spirit world.
Grace
Approved rendering: graça
Transliteration: chesed / rachamim — charis / eleos
Doctrine: Hope amid Judgment
Rejected alternatives: mérito espiritual acumulado ao longo de vidas sucessivas
Inherited from Romans package; reused exactly, applied here to chesed/rachamim in 2 Kings 13:23 (‘graça / compaixão’). Unmerited covenant favor rooted in God’s own character and prior promise to the patriarchs, never merit accumulated across reincarnations.
Providence
Approved rendering: providência
Transliteration: pronoia
Doctrine: Sovereignty of God over the Nations
Rejected alternatives: lei de causa e efeito espírita (regência cármica das reencarnações)
Inherited from Romans package; reused exactly. Extended in 2 Kings to God’s personal, purposive governance over the nations (Assyria and Babylon as instruments of his judgment, 17:5-6; 18:13-19:37; 24-25), never impersonal fate, karma, or a ‘law of the universe.‘
Sanctification
Approved rendering: santificação
Transliteration: hagiasmos
Doctrine: Universal Scope of God’s Healing Power (Naaman) (contrast term)
Rejected alternatives: purificação cármica ao longo de reencarnações (leitura espírita)
Inherited from Romans package; reused exactly. Referenced by contrast with Naaman’s ritual/physical ‘limpo / purificado’ (2 Kings 5), which is a decisive act of God, not gradual karmic purification.
Prophet
Approved rendering: profeta
Transliteration: navi — prophētēs
Doctrine: Prophetic Ministry and Miraculous Power (Elijah and Elisha)
Rejected alternatives: médium (canalizador de mensagens espirituais), guia espiritual evoluído, título pessoal autoproclamado no sentido neopentecostal contemporâneo
Original: נָבִיא — προφήτης
Category: Prophetic Ministry
Elevated from the baseline’s Low to High for this curriculum. Elijah/Elisha’s extensive miracle-working ministry directly parallels claims made for Kardecist mediums and Candomblé/Umbanda spirit-incorporation figures; additionally collides with self-titled contemporary ‘profetas’ in Brazilian Neo-Pentecostal culture claiming open, personal, ongoing revelatory authority. Must always be framed as a closed, historically-bounded, divinely-commissioned office.
Divination
Approved rendering: adivinhação
Transliteration: qesem — manteia
Doctrine: Occult Practices Condemned (Mediums, Necromancy, Divination)
Rejected alternatives: prática cultural neutra de conhecimento do futuro
Original: קֶסֶם — μαντεία
Category: Occult Practices
New term; collides with widespread Brazilian tarot, búzios, horoscope, and mediumistic future-telling practices. Must convey that legitimate revelation comes exclusively through the LORD’s authorized prophet (2 Kings 17:17).
Omens Sorcery
Approved rendering: agouros / presságios
Transliteration: nicheish — oiōnismos
Doctrine: Occult Practices Condemned (Mediums, Necromancy, Divination)
Rejected alternatives: superstição inofensiva
Original: נַחֵשׁ — οἰωνισμός
Category: Occult Practices
New term; same collision family as ‘adivinhação.’ Paired in the triple listing of forbidden practices, 2 Kings 17:17.
Inquire Consult
Approved rendering: inquirir / consultar
Transliteration: darash — epizēteō
Doctrine: Prophetic Ministry and Miraculous Power; Covenant Judgment and the Exile
Rejected alternatives: buscar orientação espiritual (termo neutro demais)
Original: דָּרַשׁ — ἐπιζητέω
Category: Occult Practices
New term; direct collision with the common Brazilian practice of ‘consulting’ mediums, card-readers, or spiritual entities for guidance. Ahaziah’s consultation of Baal-Zebub (2 Kings 1) is the central negative example.
High Places
Approved rendering: lugares altos
Transliteration: bamah / bamot — hypsēla
Doctrine: Idolatry and Religious Syncretism; Temple as Sole Legitimate Worship Site
Rejected alternatives: santuários locais (perderia a conotação de ilegitimidade)
Original: בָּמָה / בָּמוֹת — ὑψηλά
Category: Idolatry
New term; requires a cultural explanatory note, since ‘a local shrine apart from the authorized central temple’ has no exact contemporary Brazilian parallel. Central symbol of institutionalized religious syncretism (chs. 17, 18, 21, 23).
Asherah
Approved rendering: Aserá
Transliteration: asherah — alsos
Doctrine: Idolatry and Religious Syncretism
Rejected alternatives: ídolo da natureza (generalização que perderia a identidade da divindade rival), poste sagrado (perde o nome próprio)
Original: אֲשֵׁרָה — ἄλσος
Category: Idolatry
New term; preserve as the proper name of a specific rival Canaanite deity/cult object (2 Kings 17:10; 18; 21; 23).
Baal
Approved rendering: Baal
Transliteration: Ba’al
Doctrine: Idolatry and Religious Syncretism; Prophetic Ministry and Miraculous Power
Rejected alternatives: senhor (tradução genérica que apagaria o nome próprio da divindade rival)
Original: בַּעַל — Βααλ
Category: Idolatry
New term; preserve as a proper divine name, never generic ‘senhor,’ throughout the Elijah-Elisha narratives and 2 Kings 17:16.
Host Of Heaven
Approved rendering: exército do céu
Transliteration: tseva hashamayim — hē stratia tou ouranou
Doctrine: Astral Worship (Host of Heaven)
Rejected alternatives: corpos celestes (tradução neutra que apagaria o sentido de culto idólatra)
Original: צְבָא הַשָּׁמַיִם — ἡ στρατιὰ τοῦ οὐρανοῦ
Category: Idolatry
New term; collides with mainstream Brazilian astrology/horoscope culture and Afro-Brazilian/spiritist cosmologies of celestial spirit planes (2 Kings 17:16; 21:3-5; 23:4-5).
Golden Calves
Approved rendering: bezerros (de ouro)
Transliteration: agalim — moschoi
Doctrine: Fall of Israel and Judah as Covenant Consequence
Original: עֲגָלִים — μόσχοι
Category: Idolatry
New term; requires an Old Testament background note (1 Kings 12) for readers without prior catechesis. Identifies the state-sponsored idolatry sustained roughly two centuries.
Teraphim
Approved rendering: ídolos domésticos (terafins)
Transliteration: teraphim
Doctrine: Josiah’s Reforms and the Rediscovered Law
Rejected alternatives: amuletos de proteção (tradução neutra demais)
Original: תְּרָפִים — θεραφιν
Category: Idolatry
New term; cultural parallel to household protective images/amulets in Brazilian popular and Afro-Brazilian religiosity; handle with careful, non-accusatory framing (2 Kings 23:24).
Turn Repent
Approved rendering: converter-se / voltar-se / arrepender-se
Transliteration: shuv — epistrephō
Doctrine: God’s Patience through Repeated Prophetic Warning; Human Confession and Repentance
Rejected alternatives: evoluir moralmente ao longo de sucessivas existências (leitura espírita), aperfeiçoamento gradual do caráter
Original: שׁוּב — ἐπιστρέφω
Category: Faith
New term; must be an immediate relational turning to a personal God (17:13), never gradual moral self-improvement across lifetimes, the risk already excluded in the baseline for ‘sanctification’/‘salvation.‘
Servants The Prophets
Approved rendering: seus servos, os profetas
Transliteration: avadav hanevi’im
Doctrine: God’s Patience through Repeated Prophetic Warning
Rejected alternatives: médiuns e guias espirituais enviados por Deus (equipararia à mediunidade)
Original: עֲבָדָיו הַנְּבִיאִים
Category: Prophetic Ministry
New term; collective, honorific designation for the full prophetic succession (17:13, 23). Reinforces the ‘profeta’/‘vidente’ risk note above.
Warn Testify
Approved rendering: advertir / testificar
Transliteration: he’id — diamartyromai
Doctrine: God’s Patience through Repeated Prophetic Warning
Rejected alternatives: sugerir (enfraqueceria o peso jurídico-pactual do termo)
Original: הֵעִיד — διαμαρτύρομαι
Category: Prophetic Ministry
New term; formal, legal covenant-lawsuit warning (17:13), not a casual suggestion.
Wrath Of The Lord
Approved rendering: ira do SENHOR
Transliteration: anaf / aph — orgē
Doctrine: Covenant Judgment and the Exile
Rejected alternatives: força retributiva cósmica impessoal, carma coletivo
Original: אָנַף / אַף — ὀργή
Category: God
New term; personal, judicial, morally-grounded divine response (17:18), never an impersonal retributive cosmic force or karmic backlash.
Remnant
Approved rendering: remanescente
Transliteration: she’erit — kataleimma
Doctrine: Hope amid Judgment; Remnant and Divine Preservation
Rejected alternatives: sobreviventes por mérito próprio, evolução espiritual dos que restaram
Original: שְׁאֵרִית — κατάλειμμα
Category: Hope
New term; gracious, sovereign preservation by God’s own initiative (19:30-31), not survival earned by human merit or ‘spiritual evolution.‘
Angel Of The Lord
Approved rendering: anjo do SENHOR
Transliteration: mal’akh YHWH — angelos kyriou
Doctrine: Sovereignty of God over the Nations; Hope amid Judgment
Rejected alternatives: guia espiritual ou mentor (cosmologia umbandista), orixá mensageiro
Original: מַלְאַךְ יְהוָה — ἄγγελος κυρίου
Category: Miracles
New term; personal celestial agent exclusively commissioned by God (19:35), sharply distinguished from consultable spirit guides/orixás in Umbanda cosmology.
Double Portion Of Spirit
Approved rendering: porção dobrada do teu espírito
Transliteration: pi-shnayim be-ruchakha
Doctrine: Prophetic Succession and Spirit Empowerment
Rejected alternatives: transferência de energia espiritual (leitura mediúnica de incorporação/passe)
Original: פִּי־שְׁנַיִם בְּרוּחֲךָ
Category: Prophetic Ministry
New term; God’s sovereign grant of prophetic empowerment for an office (2:9), not a transferable impersonal energy exchanged between people as in mediumistic ‘passe’ or incorporation rites.
Opened His Eyes
Approved rendering: abrir os olhos
Transliteration: paqach enayim
Doctrine: Prophetic Ministry and Miraculous Power
Rejected alternatives: abertura espiritual desenvolvida (linguagem de desenvolvimento mediúnico)
Original: פָּקַח עֵינַיִם
Category: Miracles
New term; a sovereign, one-time divine gift of perception (6:17), not a cultivated mediumistic ‘abertura espiritual’ or psychic development achieved through personal practice.
Man Of God
Approved rendering: homem de Deus
Transliteration: ish ha-Elohim
Doctrine: Prophetic Ministry and Miraculous Power
Rejected alternatives: mestre espiritual evoluído, guru
Original: אִישׁ הָאֱלֹהִים
Category: Prophetic Ministry
New term; honorific title conveying divine commissioning and message-bearing (chs. 1, 4-8, 13), not inherent personal or ‘evolved’ spiritual power.
Fire From Heaven
Approved rendering: fogo do céu
Transliteration: esh min-hashamayim
Doctrine: Prophetic Ministry and Miraculous Power
Rejected alternatives: poder paranormal do profeta
Original: אֵשׁ מִן־הַשָּׁמַיִם
Category: Miracles
New term; the sovereign act of the one true God vindicating his prophet (ch. 1), not evidence of the prophet’s own paranormal or mediumistic power.
Anoint
Approved rendering: ungir
Transliteration: mashach
Doctrine: Davidic Covenant Preservation and Anointing
Rejected alternatives: unção como energia carismática transferível e comercializável (uso neopentecostal/prosperidade popular)
Original: מָשַׁח
Category: Christology (Typological)
New term; shares its root with ‘Messias’ [Critical]. Routine royal anointing (chs. 8, 9, 11) is typological and limited; must not dilute the unique title reserved for Christ, nor be read through the high-frequency Brazilian Pentecostal buzzword ‘unção’ as personal spiritual capital.
Lamp For David
Approved rendering: lâmpada para Davi
Transliteration: nir/ner le-David
Doctrine: Hope amid Judgment; Davidic Covenant Preservation and Anointing
Original: נִיר / נֵר לְדָוִד
Category: Hope
New term; idiom for God’s preservation of the Davidic dynasty despite covenant infidelity (8:19); ties directly to baseline’s ‘seed_of_david’/‘davidic_covenant’ entries.
Zeal
Approved rendering: zelo
Transliteration: qin’ah
Doctrine: Zeal versus Genuine Covenant Reform
Rejected alternatives: fidelidade plena (apagaria a ambiguidade moral intencional do texto)
Original: קִנְאָה
Category: Reform
New term; Jehu’s claimed zeal (10:16) is narratively exposed as incomplete; preserve the text’s own moral ambiguity rather than presenting it as unqualified righteousness.
Trust
Approved rendering: confiar
Transliteration: batach — peithō
Doctrine: Sovereignty of God over the Nations; Faith
Rejected alternatives: autoconfiança (uso motivacional secular)
Original: בָּטַח — πείθω
Category: Faith
New term; personal trust placed in the LORD alone (18:19-25), not generic confidence in ‘spiritual powers’ or human strength.
Nehushtan
Approved rendering: Neustã (a serpente de bronze)
Transliteration: Nechushtan
Doctrine: Temple as Sole Legitimate Worship Site (vs. High Places)
Rejected alternatives: ídolo pagão comum (apagaria a origem legítima do objeto)
Original: נְחֻשְׁתָּן
Category: Idolatry
New term; a God-given object (Numbers 21:8-9) corrupted through veneration into an idol, destroyed by Hezekiah (18:4). Sensitive relevance to devotional-object veneration debates in Brazilian popular Catholic and Afro-Brazilian piety.
Altar Pattern Syncretism
Approved rendering: modelo / padrão do altar
Transliteration: tavnit hamizbe’ach
Doctrine: Idolatry and Religious Syncretism
Original: תַּבְנִית הַמִּזְבֵּחַ
Category: Idolatry
New term; a pagan altar design copied by Ahaz and installed in the temple (16:10-16); concrete case study in royally-sponsored institutional syncretism.
Burned House Of The Lord
Approved rendering: queimou a casa do SENHOR
Transliteration: saraf et-beit YHWH
Doctrine: Temple Destruction and Covenant Curse Fulfillment
Original: שָׂרַף אֶת־בֵּית יְהוָה
Category: Covenant
New term; the Babylonian destruction of the temple by fire (25:9), the lowest point of covenant judgment — no institution is exempt.
Lifted Up His Head
Approved rendering: levantar a cabeça (de alguém) / mostrar favor
Transliteration: nasa rosh
Doctrine: Hope amid Judgment
Rejected alternatives: levantar a cabeça no sentido coloquial de desafio/orgulho (inverteria o sentido do texto)
Original: נָשָׂא רֹאשׁ
Category: Hope
New term; idiom for restoring status/favor, describing Jehoiachin’s release (25:27-30), the book’s final, deliberately understated note of hope.
Burnt Offering
Approved rendering: holocausto
Transliteration: olah
Doctrine: Idolatry and Religious Syncretism
Original: עֹלָה
Category: Worship
New term; used in the disputed, disturbing context of the Moabite king’s child sacrifice (3:27). Exegetically disputed passage; requires a translator note flagging the interpretive dispute and mandatory human theologian review rather than silently resolving it.
Medium Risk Terms
Stubborn Stiff Necked
Approved rendering: endurecer a cerviz / ser obstinado
Transliteration: hiqshah oreph
Doctrine: Fall of Israel and Judah as Covenant Consequence
Rejected alternatives: ignorância inocente (perderia o sentido de resistência deliberada)
Original: הִקְשָׁה עֹרֶף
Category: Sin
New term; idiom for deliberate, willful resistance to correction (17:14).
Leprosy
Approved rendering: lepra
Transliteration: tsara’at
Doctrine: Universal Scope of God’s Healing Power (Naaman)
Original: צָרַעַת
Category: Miracles
New term; physical/ritual impurity healed as a sovereign act of the LORD (ch. 5) or imposed as judgment (ch. 15); distinguish from psychic/‘energetic’ healing framings.
Clean Cleansed
Approved rendering: limpo / purificado
Transliteration: tahor / taher
Doctrine: Universal Scope of God’s Healing Power (Naaman)
Rejected alternatives: purificação cármica (leitura espírita)
Original: טָהוֹר / טָהֵר
Category: Miracles
New term; a decisive act of God (5:15), never gradual karmic purification, the risk already flagged in the baseline for ‘santificação.‘
Passover
Approved rendering: Páscoa
Transliteration: Pesach — pascha
Doctrine: Josiah’s Reforms and the Rediscovered Law
Rejected alternatives: Pessach transliterado (romperia com o uso já naturalizado na tradição bíblica lusófona)
Original: פֶּסַח — πάσχα
Category: Worship
New term; well-established term with low direct collision risk; requires an Exodus-background note (23:22).
Prophetess
Approved rendering: profetisa
Transliteration: nevi’ah — prophētis
Doctrine: Josiah’s Reforms and the Rediscovered Law; Prophetic Ministry and Miraculous Power
Rejected alternatives: médium ou vidente do sexo feminino
Original: נְבִיאָה — προφῆτις
Category: Prophetic Ministry
New term; Huldah (22:14), a woman formally recognized in the authentic prophetic office; same collision family as ‘profeta’/‘vidente.‘
Humble Oneself
Approved rendering: humilhar-se
Transliteration: nikhna
Doctrine: Human Confession and Repentance
Original: נִכְנַע
Category: Reform
New term; Josiah’s penitent response (22:19), the positive covenant response modeled against Israel’s stubbornness (17:14).
Regnal Evaluation Formula
Approved rendering: fez o que era mau / reto aos olhos do SENHOR
Transliteration: asah hara/hayashar be’einei YHWH
Doctrine: Deuteronomistic Regnal Evaluation Formula
Original: עָשָׂה הָרַע / הַיָּשָׁר בְּעֵינֵי יְהוָה
Category: History
New term; recurring narrative-evaluation formula (ch. 3, and throughout). Must remain lexically invariant across all ~40+ occurrences so readers perceive the cumulative structural argument.
House Of The Lord Temple
Approved rendering: casa do SENHOR / templo
Transliteration: beit YHWH — naos
Doctrine: Temple as Sole Legitimate Worship Site (vs. High Places)
Original: בֵּית יְהוָה — ναός
Category: Worship
New term; the one legitimate central place of worship, in implicit contrast to the multiplied ‘high places.‘
Great Sin Jeroboam Refrain
Approved rendering: grande pecado
Transliteration: chata’ah gedolah
Doctrine: Deuteronomistic Theology of Sin and Consequence
Original: חֲטָאָה גְדוֹלָה
Category: Sin
New term; the recurring designation for Jeroboam’s golden-calf idolatry as the specific, institutional root of Israel’s apostasy (17:21).
Vanity Worthless Idols
Approved rendering: vaidade / coisas vãs
Transliteration: hevel
Doctrine: Deuteronomistic Theology of Sin and Consequence
Original: הֶבֶל
Category: Idolatry
New term; theological irony that idols promising power are, in fact, empty and impotent (17:15), contrasted with the living, active LORD.
Statutes Customs
Approved rendering: estatutos / costumes
Transliteration: chuqqah
Doctrine: Fall of Israel and Judah as Covenant Consequence
Original: חֻקָּה
Category: Covenant
New term; the same Portuguese word must serve both the LORD’s good statutes (17:13, 15, 19) and the nations’ condemned customs (17:8); context, not vocabulary substitution, carries the moral contrast.
Sacred Pillars
Approved rendering: colunas sagradas
Transliteration: matsevah
Doctrine: Idolatry and Religious Syncretism
Original: מַצֵּבָה
Category: Idolatry
New term; standing stone pillars for Canaanite cult worship (17:10), distinct from lawful memorial pillars elsewhere in Scripture.
Sign Confirmation
Approved rendering: sinal
Transliteration: ot
Doctrine: Divine Sign and Confirmation of the Prophetic Word
Original: אוֹת
Category: Prophetic Ministry
New term; visible confirmation of an already-spoken prophetic word (20:8-11), not an isolated marvel or entertainment-oriented spiritual demonstration.
Low Risk Terms
David
Approved rendering: Davi
Transliteration: David — Dauid
Doctrine: Davidic Covenant Preservation and Anointing
Original: דָּוִד — Δαυίδ
Category: Covenant
Inherited from Romans package; reused exactly. Standard proper name.
Israel
Approved rendering: Israel
Transliteration: Yisra’el — Israēl
Doctrine: Fall of Israel and Judah as Covenant Consequence
Original: יִשְׂרָאֵל — Ἰσραήλ
Category: Covenant
Inherited from Romans package; reused exactly. Note the book’s dual use: the covenant people generally, and specifically the northern kingdom whose fall is narrated in the core passage.
Conspiracy Conspire
Approved rendering: conspiração / conspirar
Transliteration: qesher / qashar
Doctrine: Fall of Israel and Judah as Covenant Consequence (background)
Original: קֶשֶׁר / קָשַׁר
Category: History
New term; standard political-narrative term (15; 17:4); illustrates societal disintegration as a downstream covenant consequence.
Tribute Vassal Servant
Approved rendering: tributo / servo (vassalo)
Transliteration: minchah / eved
Doctrine: Covenant Judgment and the Exile (background)
Original: מִנְחָה / עֶבֶד
Category: History
New term; standard political-economic term (17:3-4); note the deliberate narrative irony with ‘seus servos, os profetas’ (17:13, 23) — Israel serves a foreign king rather than serving the LORD.
Reign
Approved rendering: reinar
Transliteration: malakh
Doctrine: Regnal Chronology and Synchronism
Original: מָלַךְ
Category: History
New term; standard political-narrative term opening the regnal formula that structures the synchronized chronology of Israel and Judah.
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