Core Glossary

Core Glossary — Matthew | English → Portuguese

This glossary consolidates every load-bearing term identified across the full-book semantic analysis (07_semantic_analysis.md), organized by section. Section A lists terms already fixed in the baseline Romans translation_memory.json; these renderings MUST be reused exactly, unchanged, with only the Matthew-specific doctrinal note added where relevant. Section B lists new terms introduced by Matthew’s curriculum, each assigned a Portuguese rendering and a risk tier consistent with the baseline’s Critical/High/Medium/Low framework. Chapter references indicate first or primary occurrence(s), not every occurrence.

Risk tier definitions (unchanged from baseline doctrine_risk_registry.json):

Critical — Mistranslation destroys essential doctrine. Human theologian review required for every occurrence.
High — Mistranslation creates significant theological confusion or syncretism risk. Human theologian review required.
Medium — Mistranslation reduces clarity but preserves essential meaning. Native speaker review recommended.
Low — Mistranslation causes minor misunderstanding. Automated review sufficient.

Section A — Baseline Terms Reused Exactly (from Romans `translation_memory.json`)

Term (EN)	Portuguese	Risk (baseline)	Matthew Chapters	Matthew-Specific Note
gospel	evangelho	High	4, 9, 11, 24, 26	Combines with new term “reino” (kingdom) in Matthew’s characteristic phrase “evangelho do reino” (4:23; 9:35; 24:14); Kardecist “O Evangelho Segundo o Espiritismo” collision risk applies identically.
grace	graça	High	(implicit throughout parables of vineyard/wages, ch.20)	Not a frequent explicit noun in Matthew but theologically load-bearing in the wages/reward parables (ch.20, 25); grace/merit distinction must be preserved against Kardecist reincarnational merit.
faith	fé	High	8, 9, 14, 15, 17, 21	The centurion (8:10) and Canaanite woman (15:28) narratives extend “great faith” explicitly to Gentiles, reinforcing Universal Scope of the Gospel.
righteousness	justiça	Critical	3, 5, 6, 21	Central to Righteousness Exceeding the Pharisees doctrine (5:20; 6:1,33); double collision risk (Pharisaic legalism + Kardecist merit) unique to Matthew’s framing.
salvation	salvação	Critical	1, 18 (implicit), 19	1:21, “he will save his people from their sins” — the book’s opening statement of purpose; ties name “Jesus” (see below) directly to this doctrine.
apostle	apóstolo	Low	10	First formal naming of the Twelve as apostles (10:2).
called	chamado	Medium/High	4, 9, 20, 22	20:16/22:14 “many are called, few are chosen” combines with `election` below.
calling	chamado	High	(general discipleship-call passages, ch. 4, 9)	Same rendering as “called”; context-sensitive per baseline note.
holy	santo	Medium/High	(implicit; Holy Spirit occurrences)	No standalone “holy” noun-form crisis distinct from Holy Spirit entry below.
church	igreja	Medium (elevated to Critical in ch.16, 18 context)	16, 18	Matthew 16:18 and 18:15-17 give “igreja” unprecedented doctrinal freight (Petrine-primacy debate; church discipline authority) not present in Romans’ more general usage — see Section B note on Church Founding/Discipline below.
kingdom_of_god	reino de Deus	Medium (elevated to High in Matthew, see Section B)	6, 12, 19, 21	Matthew mostly prefers “reino dos céus” (see Section B new entry) but uses “reino de Deus” interchangeably at 6:33; 12:28; 19:24; 21:31,43.
law	lei	High	5, 7, 22, 23	5:17-20, “fulfill the Law,” is the interpretive key for the whole Sermon on the Mount and for Righteousness Exceeding the Pharisees.
sin	pecado	Medium	1, 3, 9, 26	1:21 and 26:28 (blood “for the forgiveness of sins”) bracket the book with atonement purpose.
gentiles	gentios	Low	4, 10, 12, 20	Matthew reserves “gentios” for Jew/Gentile distinction contexts; do NOT use for the inclusive “πάντα τὰ ἔθνη” of the Great Commission (28:19) — see Section B.
glory	glória	Medium	6, 16, 19, 24, 25	Recurs in Son of Man’s future glorious coming (16:27; 24:30; 25:31), tying Christology to eschatology.
messiah	Messias	Critical	1, 2, 16, 22, 23, 24, 26, 27	The book’s single most pervasive Critical term; also rendered “Cristo” per Almeida proper-name convention — see 16:16 note in Section A below.
prophet	profeta	Low	1, 2, 5, 7, 11, 13, 21, 23	Extremely frequent given Matthew’s fulfillment-citation structure; risk remains Low per baseline, but volume of occurrence is far higher than in Romans.
prophecy	profecia	Low	1, 2, 13	Ties directly to the new “fulfillment formula” term — see Section B.
covenant	aliança	High	26	26:28, “my blood of the covenant” — direct atonement application not present in this form in Romans.
election	eleição	High	20, 22	”Many called, few chosen” (20:16; 22:14) combines with `called` above.
mission	missão	Medium	10, 28	10:5-15 (sending of the Twelve) anticipates 28:19-20 (Great Commission); see Section B for the Commission’s own composite entry.
david	Davi	Low	1, 21, 22	Foundation for the new “Son of David” title — see Section B.
israel	Israel	Low/Medium	2, 8, 10, 15	8:10, 10:6, 15:24 — mission initially bounded to Israel before Great Commission’s universal extension.
jesus	Jesus	Critical	throughout	Name itself carries doctrinal weight at 1:21 (“Jesus,” from Hebrew “Yeshua,” “YHWH saves”) — etymological note may aid catechesis though not required in the rendering itself.
god	Deus	Critical	throughout	No new collision beyond baseline; Afro-Brazilian syncretism caution remains relevant throughout.
holy_spirit	Espírito Santo	Critical	1, 3, 12, 28	12:31-32 (unforgivable sin) and 28:19 (baptismal formula) add new Matthew-specific doctrinal weight to the existing Critical entry.
father	Pai	Critical	3, 6, 17, 23, 28	23:9 (“call no one father”) creates a notable, culturally sensitive Catholic-heritage collision — see Section B chapter-23 note.
exhort	exortar	Low	(general teaching contexts)	No significant new usage pattern.
seed_of_david	descendência de Davi	Medium	1	Basis for the new, more prominent “Son of David” title — see Section B.
power_of_god	poder de Deus	Medium	(implicit in miracle narratives)	Must remain terminologically distinct from the new `ἐξουσία`/“autoridade” entry — see Section B.

Section B — New Matthew-Specific Terms

Term (EN)	Greek	Portuguese Rendering	Risk	Doctrine	Matthew Chapters (primary)	Rationale / Brazilian-Context Collision Risk
Kingdom of Heaven	βασιλεία τῶν οὐρανῶν	reino dos céus	High	The Kingdom of Heaven	3, 4, 5, 10, 13, 18, 19, 23	Matthew’s signature phrase (~32 occurrences), functionally equivalent to “reino de Deus.” Risk: assimilation into the Kardecist doctrine of hierarchical spiritual “planos”/“colônias espirituais” ascended through by reincarnational merit. Must be taught as God’s singular, Christ-inaugurated sovereign reign entered by grace through faith, not a tier in a ladder of spirit-world advancement.
Son of David	υἱὸς Δαυίδ	filho de Davi	High	Jesus as the Promised Messiah and Son of David	1, 9, 12, 15, 20, 21, 22	Royal-messianic title rooted in the Davidic covenant (2 Sam 7), not incidental genealogy. Risk: (a) low OT literacy leading to a merely genealogical, non-messianic reading; (b) dilution of messianic force if rendered generically. Requires explicit 2 Samuel 7 background teaching.
Son of Man	ὁ υἱὸς τοῦ ἀνθρώπου	Filho do Homem	Critical	Jesus as the Promised Messiah and Son of David; Judgment and the End of the Age	8, 9, 12, 16, 17, 19, 20, 24, 25, 26	Jesus’ most frequent self-designation (~30x), drawing on Daniel 7’s exalted judging figure while affirming full humanity. Risk: flattening to mere “human being,” or reading through the Kardecist lens of Jesus as “the most evolved spirit” temporarily incarnate — directly parallel to the baseline’s Critical `messiah` collision note.
Disciple	μαθητής	discípulo	Medium	Discipleship and the Cost of Following Jesus	5, 8, 10, 27, 28	Must retain full apprenticeship/allegiance sense, not merely “student.” Foundational vocabulary for the whole Discipleship doctrine and the Great Commission’s “make disciples” (28:19).
Repent / Repentance	μετανοέω / μετάνοια	arrepender-se / arrependimento	High	(feeds into Righteousness Exceeding the Pharisees and Kingdom of Heaven doctrines)	3, 4, 11, 12	Must be sharply distinguished from the Kardecist “reforma íntima,” a gradual self-directed moral improvement pursued across successive reincarnations. Repentance is a decisive, grace-enabled turning, not incremental self-perfection.
Baptize / Baptism	βαπτίζω	batizar / batismo	Medium	The Great Commission	3, 28	Standard term; distinguish John’s preparatory water baptism (repentance) from Christian baptism (28:19, incorporation into the triune name) in surrounding teaching, not in the lexeme itself.
Devil / Satan	διάβολος / Σατανᾶς	diabo / Satanás	High	(background to Kingdom of Heaven’s opposition; exorcism narratives)	4, 8, 12, 13, 25	Real, personal, defeated-but-active spiritual enemy — must be distinguished from the Kardecist category of “espíritos obsessores” (troubled, redeemable, evolving spirits addressed via mediumistic “desobsessão”), a mainstream Brazilian religious practice.
Worship	προσκυνέω	adorar	High	Jesus as the Promised Messiah and Son of David; Deity of Christ (inherited baseline doctrine)	2, 4, 14, 28	Must be distinguished from veneration of saints, orixás, or spirit guides in Brazilian Catholic and Afro-Brazilian religious practice; belongs to Christ alone as God.
Fulfillment formula (“that it might be fulfilled”)	πληρωθῇ / πληρόω	cumprir-se / cumprir	High	Fulfillment of Old Testament Prophecy	1, 2, 4, 5, 8, 12, 13, 21, 26, 27	Matthew’s structural device (~16 occurrences) grounding the whole Fulfillment doctrine. Must convey a single, linear historical fulfillment, not cyclical recurrence or gradual “evolução” of revealed truth across ages. Two distinct senses require care: citation-formula fulfillment (chs.1-2 etc.) versus “fulfilling the Law’s intent” (5:17).
Authority	ἐξουσία	autoridade	High	The Authority of Jesus’ Teaching	7, 9, 10, 21, 28	Must remain terminologically distinct from baseline’s “poder de Deus” (δύναμις): ἐξουσία is delegated/inherent right to act; δύναμις is raw capability. Both matter to Christology but must not collapse into one Portuguese word. Reaches unqualified, universal (Critical-level) weight at 28:18.
Virgin	παρθένος	virgem	Critical	Incarnation (extends baseline Critical entry)	1	Historical, miraculous, non-repeatable conception; must be sharply distinguished from any Kardecist/Umbanda spiritual-paternity or mediumistic-conception framework, and never assimilated to reincarnation.
Immanuel	Ἐμμανουήλ	Emanuel — “Deus conosco”	Critical	Incarnation (extends baseline Critical entry)	1, 28 (envelope with “I am with you always”)	Must always retain the explanatory gloss “Deus conosco”; reinforces the baseline’s absolute prohibition on any incarnation-as-routine-reincarnation reading.
Take up the cross / Lose one’s life to find it	ἄρας τὸν σταυρὸν / ἀπολέσει τὴν ψυχὴν… εὑρήσει	tomar a sua cruz / perder a vida… achá-la	High	Discipleship and the Cost of Following Jesus	10, 16	Must not be flattened into generic suffering or a karmic burden being “worked off”; this is willing, costly, Christ-centered allegiance. “Life/soul” (ψυχή) must not be rendered in a way importing the Kardecist doctrine of a pre-existent, evolving spirit passing through many bodies.
Church (founding & discipline sense)	ἐκκλησία	igreja	Critical (elevated from baseline Medium)	The Church and Church Discipline	16, 18	Two Matthew-specific collisions beyond the baseline’s general note: (1) 16:18 is the classical Catholic proof-text for Petrine/papal primacy, requiring neutral, literal translation plus explicit teaching-note engagement rather than silent resolution; (2) the disciplinary procedure of 18:15-17 gives “igreja” real exercised authority that must be taught as redemptive/restorative, not punitive.
Bind and loose / Keys of the kingdom	δέω / λύω, κλεῖδας τῆς βασιλείας	ligar / desligar (or atar / desatar); as chaves do reino	Critical	The Church and Church Discipline	16, 18	Sharp, Brazil-specific lexical collision: “ligar/desligar” is the everyday vocabulary of Kardecist and Umbanda “desobsessão” rites (mediums binding/releasing troubled spirits). Retain the historic Almeida-tradition rendering but require an explicit teaching note distinguishing apostolic/ecclesial authority to declare God’s forgiveness and discipline from mediumistic spirit-binding. Also carries the Petrine-primacy collision noted above.
Mysteries of the kingdom	τὰ μυστήρια τῆς βασιλείας	mistérios do reino	Medium-High	The Kingdom of Heaven	13	Risk of resonance with esoteric/initiatory claims to hidden spiritual knowledge (spiritist, occult, or esoteric movements active in Brazil); must be taught as truth graciously revealed in Christ to all who receive him by faith, not privileged gnosis reserved for initiates or mediums.
Ransom	λύτρον	resgate	Critical	(Atonement, background to Judgment and the End of the Age / Righteousness doctrines)	20	Substitutionary atonement term parallel in weight to the baseline’s mandatory-escalation atonement/propitiation category (Romans 3:25). Must convey a decisive, once-for-all price paid by Christ, sharply distinct from a debt gradually paid off through a spirit’s own moral effort across reincarnations.
End of the age	συντέλεια τοῦ αἰῶνος	fim dos tempos / consumação do século	Critical	Judgment and the End of the Age	13, 24, 28	Must be distinguished from cyclical-age cosmology, including the Kardecist doctrine of successive planetary/spiritual “evolutionary” epochs; Matthew presents a single linear history moving to one definitive consummation.
Coming / Parousia	παρουσία	vinda / parusia	Critical	Judgment and the End of the Age	24	Christ’s future, visible, personal, glorious return — must be distinguished from Kardecist claims of ongoing mediumistic “returns”/apparitions of the dead, a mainstream Brazilian practice already flagged for the baseline’s `intercession` entry.
Eternal punishment / Eternal life	κόλασις αἰώνιος / ζωὴ αἰώνιος	castigo eterno / vida eterna	Critical	Judgment and the End of the Age	25	The sharpest direct confrontation with Kardecism’s denial of a final, unalterable judgment in favor of indefinite reincarnational opportunity for moral advancement. Requires mandatory human theologian review at every occurrence, parallel to the baseline’s `salvation` and `resurrection` entries.
Blood of the covenant	τὸ αἷμα… τῆς διαθήκης	o sangue da aliança	Critical	(Atonement; feeds Righteousness and Judgment doctrines)	26	Combines baseline “aliança” (High) with sacrificial atonement force (“for the forgiveness of sins,” 26:28); must not be diluted into a symbolic gesture, and must be distinguished from any gradually self-managed karmic debt framework.
Great Commission (composite: make disciples of all nations, baptizing, teaching, trinitarian name)	μαθητεύσατε πάντα τὰ ἔθνη, βαπτίζοντες, διδάσκοντες, εἰς τὸ ὄνομα τοῦ Πατρὸς καὶ τοῦ Υἱοῦ καὶ τοῦ Ἁγίου Πνεύματος	fazei discípulos de todas as nações, batizando-os… ensinando-lhes… em nome do Pai, e do Filho, e do Espírito Santo	Critical	The Great Commission	28	Capstone verse of the entire curriculum. “Todas as nações” (all the nations) must be used here rather than reusing baseline “gentios,” since πάντα τὰ ἔθνη is deliberately all-inclusive (including Israel), unlike the Jew/Gentile distinction “gentios” addresses elsewhere. The singular “nome” (not “nomes”) for the three Persons should be preserved and taught.
Call no one “father”	πατέρα μὴ καλέσητε	não chameis a ninguém… pai	High	The Authority of Jesus’ Teaching (negative counter-example); background to Church doctrine	23	Known cross-tradition exegetical tension given “Padre” as the standard Luso-Brazilian Catholic clerical address. Translation must remain literal; the accompanying doctrinal note (not the rendering) should clarify the warning is against elevating any human teacher to God’s unique paternal authority, applicable across traditions.
Woe	οὐαί	ai de vós	Low-Medium	Righteousness Exceeding the Pharisees	11, 18, 23, 24	Standard prophetic-judgment idiom; low ambiguity.
Hypocrite	ὑποκριτής	hipócrita	Low-Medium	Righteousness Exceeding the Pharisees	6, 7, 15, 22, 23, 24	Standard, culturally well understood; no significant Brazil-specific collision.
Blessed (Beatitude)	μακάριος	bem-aventurado	High	The core passage; Kingdom of Heaven	5	Declarative pronouncement of divine favor, not subjective happiness or worldly fortune; “bem-aventurados” (established Almeida-tradition form) preserves the eschatological register that plain “felizes” would lose.
Poor in spirit	πτωχοὶ τῷ πνεύματι	pobres em espírito	High	The core passage; Kingdom of Heaven	5	Must not be confused with Kardecist/Umbanda discourse about weak, afflicted, or unenlightened “espíritos”; this is spiritual humility and dependence on God, not a statement about disembodied spirits.
Sons of God (plural, believers)	υἱοὶ Θεοῦ	filhos de Deus (lowercase, plural)	High	The core passage; Adoption (baseline doctrine)	5	Must be kept terminologically distinct from the baseline’s Critical, capitalized, singular “Filho de Deus” (Christ’s unique Sonship).
Persecuted for righteousness / falsely for my sake	δεδιωγμένοι ἕνεκεν δικαιοσύνης / ψευδόμενοι ἕνεκεν ἐμοῦ	perseguidos por causa da justiça / falsamente, por minha causa	High	The core passage; Discipleship and the Cost of Following Jesus	5	The Christ-centered qualifier (“por minha causa”) must never be dropped or generalized; only suffering that is false/undeserved and specifically for Christ’s sake is beatified.
Reward	μισθός	recompensa	High	The core passage; (recurs in wages parables)	5, 6, 10, 20, 25	Wage-language repurposed for grace-based recompense; must not be read as strict earned payment, which would collapse the grace/merit distinction and echo Kardecist reincarnational merit accumulation.

Cross-Reference Notes for Phase 2

Consistency with baseline: Every Section A term must be rendered identically to its translation_memory.json entry across all Matthew curriculum documents; no Matthew-specific nuance justifies deviation from the fixed baseline Portuguese term.
New terms requiring translation memory registration: All Section B terms must be added to an updated translation_memory.json (version increment) and bible_term_registry.json before Phase 2 segment translation begins, per the 12_ai_translation_requirements.md protocol inherited from the Romans package.
Highest-priority Critical terms for theologian review routing: Son of Man, Church (founding/discipline sense), Bind and loose/Keys of the kingdom, Ransom, End of the age, Parousia, Eternal punishment/Eternal life, Blood of the covenant, Great Commission composite, Virgin, Immanuel — all require mandatory human theologian review at every occurrence, consistent with the baseline’s escalation rules.
Core passage (Matthew 5:1-12) priority terms: Blessed, Kingdom of heaven, Poor in spirit, Justiça (hunger/thirst for righteousness — baseline reuse), Filhos de Deus, Perseguidos por causa da justiça, Recompensa — all High risk, all require theologian or native-speaker review per the escalation matrix before Phase 2 finalization.

Critical Risk Terms

Righteousness

Approved rendering: justiça
Transliteration: dikaiosynē
Doctrine: Salvation; Righteousness Exceeding the Pharisees
Rejected alternatives: mérito conquistado por esforço moral próprio
Original: δικαιοσύνη
Category: Salvation

Inherited from Romans package. Carries a double collision unique to Matthew: must be distinguished both from Pharisaic external legalism (5:20; the text’s own explicit contrast) and from the baseline’s Kardecist reincarnational-merit reading. A single Portuguese word must carry both the forensic ‘right standing’ sense and the Sermon’s ‘surpassing conduct’ sense; disambiguate by context at every occurrence (5:6,10,20; 6:1,33).

Salvation

Approved rendering: salvação
Transliteration: sōzō / sōtēria
Doctrine: Salvation
Rejected alternatives: evolução espiritual através de reencarnações sucessivas
Original: σῴζω / σωτηρία
Category: Salvation

Inherited from Romans package. Matthew 1:21, ‘ele salvará o seu povo dos seus pecados,’ ties the name Jesus itself to this doctrine at the book’s opening. Never conflate with Kardecist ‘evolução espiritual’ achieved across reincarnations.

Church

Approved rendering: igreja
Transliteration: ekklēsia
Doctrine: Church as God’s People; The Church and Church Discipline
Rejected alternatives: a Igreja (institutional-hierarchical sense resolved unilaterally in translation)
Original: ἐκκλησία
Category: Church

Inherited from Romans package (Medium) but ELEVATED to Critical for Matthew: 16:18 is the classical Catholic Petrine/papal-primacy proof-text in a majority Catholic-heritage culture, and 18:15-20 gives ‘igreja’ real, exercised disciplinary authority that must be taught as redemptive, not punitive. Translation must remain neutral and literal; the historic debate is addressed in teaching notes, never resolved by translation choice.

Messiah

Approved rendering: Messias / Cristo
Transliteration: Christos / Mashiach
Doctrine: Messianic Promise
Rejected alternatives: um espírito superior ou mais evoluído (leitura espírita de Jesus como ‘o mais evoluído dos espíritos’)
Original: Χριστός / מָשִׁיחַ
Category: Christology

Inherited from Romans package. The book’s single most pervasive Critical term (chs. 1, 2, 16, 22, 23, 24, 26, 27). Use ‘Messias’ where OT-fulfillment sense is foregrounded (1:1; 16:16; 22:42), ‘Cristo’ as the Almeida proper-name-title elsewhere. Must never soften to the Kardecist ‘most evolved spirit’ framing.

Jesus

Approved rendering: Jesus
Transliteration: Iēsous / Yeshua
Doctrine: Lordship of Christ
Original: Ἰησοῦς
Category: Christology

Inherited from Romans package. The name itself carries doctrinal weight at 1:21 (‘YHWH salva’); the etymological note may aid catechesis though it is not required in the rendering itself.

God

Approved rendering: Deus
Transliteration: theos
Doctrine: Deity of Christ
Original: θεός
Category: God

Inherited from Romans package. The Afro-Brazilian orixá-syncretism caution documented there remains relevant throughout Matthew.

Holy Spirit

Approved rendering: Espírito Santo
Transliteration: pneuma hagion
Doctrine: Sanctification; Blasphemy Against the Holy Spirit
Rejected alternatives: espíritos guias ou mentores espirituais (espiritismo), orixás e guias (Candomblé/Umbanda)
Original: πνεῦμα ἅγιον
Category: God

Inherited from Romans package. Matthew 12:31-32 (the unforgivable sin) and 28:19 (baptismal formula) add new doctrinal weight; must be taught as the personal third Person of the Trinity, distinguished from Kardecist spirit guides and Candomblé/Umbanda orixás.

Father

Approved rendering: Pai
Transliteration: patēr
Doctrine: Adoption into God’s Family; “Call No One Father”
Original: πατήρ
Category: God

Inherited from Romans package. Matthew 23:9 (‘não chameis a ninguém… pai’) creates a culturally sensitive collision with the standard Luso-Brazilian Catholic clerical address ‘Padre’; see ‘call_no_one_father’ entry.

Lord

Approved rendering: Senhor
Transliteration: kyrios
Doctrine: Lordship of Christ
Rejected alternatives: Senhor apenas em sentido devocional, sem reivindicação de senhorio total
Original: κύριος
Category: Christology

Inherited from Romans package. Matthew 12:8 (‘Senhor do sábado’) and 22:43-45 (‘Davi lhe chama Senhor’) extend the Romans 10:9 confession into direct claims of authority over Mosaic institutions and Davidic sonship simultaneously; 28:18 makes the claim unqualified and universal.

Son Of God

Approved rendering: Filho de Deus
Transliteration: huios Theou
Doctrine: Sonship of Christ
Rejected alternatives: filho de Deus no sentido genérico aplicado a todo crente
Original: υἱὸς Θεοῦ
Category: Christology

Inherited from Romans package. Confirmed at Jesus’ baptism (3:17), Peter’s confession (16:16), and the Transfiguration (17:5); must remain terminologically distinct, in capitalization and number, from the plural ‘filhos de Deus’ applied to believers at 5:9.

Incarnation

Approved rendering: encarnação
Transliteration: ho logos sarx egeneto
Doctrine: The Incarnation and Virgin Birth of Christ
Rejected alternatives: encarnação como uma entre muitas vidas sucessivas de um espírito (sentido espírita)
Original: ὁ λόγος σὰρξ ἐγένετο (theological category; cf. Matthew 1:20-23)
Category: Christology

Inherited from Romans package. Matthew 1 grounds this doctrine in specific historical narrative (the virgin conception, the Immanuel title); see ‘virgin’ and ‘immanuel’ entries for Matthew-specific reinforcement of the absolute prohibition on the Kardecist reincarnation collision.

Resurrection

Approved rendering: ressurreição
Transliteration: anastasis / egeirō
Doctrine: Resurrection of Christ
Rejected alternatives: reencarnação
Original: ἀνάστασις / ἐγείρω
Category: Eschatology

Inherited from Romans package. NEVER reencarnação. Matthew 28:6, ‘não está aqui, pois ressuscitou,’ is the single most important passage in the book for enforcing this absolute prohibition, given Brazil’s world-leading self-identified Spiritist population. Anticipated typologically at 12:40 (sinal de Jonas).

Son Of Man

Approved rendering: Filho do Homem
Transliteration: ho huios tou anthrōpou
Doctrine: The Son of Man Title
Rejected alternatives: um simples ser humano, um espírito temporariamente vestido de carne (leitura espírita)
Original: ὁ υἱὸς τοῦ ἀνθρώπου
Category: Christology

New Matthew term. Jesus’ most frequent self-designation (~30 occurrences: chs. 8, 9, 12, 16, 17, 19, 20, 24, 25, 26), drawing on Daniel 7’s exalted judging figure while affirming full, permanent humanity. Retain as a fixed literal calque; supply Daniel 7 background in teaching, not in the lexeme.

Virgin

Approved rendering: virgem
Transliteration: parthenos
Doctrine: The Incarnation and Virgin Birth of Christ
Rejected alternatives: paternidade espiritual ou conceição mediúnica (leitura espírita/umbandista)
Original: παρθένος
Category: Christology

New Matthew term. Matthew 1:23 (citing Isaiah 7:14 LXX). Must be taught as a unique, historical, miraculous, non-repeatable conception, sharply distinguished from Kardecist/Umbanda spiritual-paternity or mediumistic-conception frameworks, and never assimilated to reincarnation.

Immanuel

Approved rendering: Emanuel — “Deus conosco”
Transliteration: Emmanouēl
Doctrine: “God With Us” — The Immanuel Motif
Rejected alternatives: presença temporária ou repetível de um espírito evoluído
Original: Ἐμμανουήλ
Category: Christology

New Matthew term. Must always retain the explanatory gloss ‘Deus conosco’ (1:23; envelope-closed at 28:20, ‘estou com vocês todos os dias’). God himself, not a highly evolved spirit, has taken on flesh once, permanently, uniquely.

Bind And Loose

Approved rendering: ligar / desligar (ou atar / desatar)
Transliteration: deō / lyō
Doctrine: Keys of the Kingdom and Binding/Loosing Authority
Rejected alternatives: ligar/desligar espíritos obsessores em sessão de desobsessão (leitura espírita/umbandista)
Original: δέω / λύω
Category: Church

New Matthew term. The single sharpest Brazil-specific lexical collision in the package: ‘ligar/desligar’ is the everyday vocabulary of Kardecist and Umbanda ‘desobsessão’ rites in which mediums bind or release troubled spirits — a mainstream, not fringe, practice. Retain the historic Almeida rendering (16:19; 18:18) but require a mandatory teaching note distinguishing apostolic/ecclesial authority to declare God’s forgiveness and discipline from mediumistic spirit-binding.

Ransom

Approved rendering: resgate
Transliteration: lytron
Doctrine: The Atonement (Ransom and Blood of the Covenant)
Rejected alternatives: dívida cármica paga gradualmente ao longo de reencarnações
Original: λύτρον
Category: Salvation

New Matthew term. 20:28. Parallel in doctrinal weight to the baseline’s mandatory-escalation atonement/propitiation category (Romans 3:25). A decisive, once-for-all price paid by Christ, sharply distinct from a debt gradually paid off across reincarnations.

End Of Age

Approved rendering: fim dos tempos / consumação do século
Transliteration: synteleia tou aiōnos
Doctrine: Judgment and the End of the Age
Rejected alternatives: épocas evolutivas cíclicas do planeta e da humanidade (cosmologia espírita)
Original: συντέλεια τοῦ αἰῶνος
Category: Eschatology

New Matthew term. 13:39-40; 24:3; 28:20. Must be sharply distinguished from any cyclical-age cosmology, including Kardecist successive planetary/spiritual ‘evolutionary’ epochs; Matthew presents a single, linear history moving to one definitive consummation.

Parousia

Approved rendering: vinda / parusia
Transliteration: parousia
Doctrine: Judgment and the End of the Age
Rejected alternatives: retorno ou aparição mediúnica de espíritos falecidos
Original: παρουσία
Category: Eschatology

New Matthew term. 24:3,27,37,39. Christ’s future, visible, personal, glorious return — must be distinguished from mainstream Kardecist claims of ongoing mediumistic ‘returns’/apparitions of the dead. ‘Parusia’ offered as a secondary technical gloss; ‘vinda’ is primary for reading-level compliance.

Eternal Punishment Eternal Life

Approved rendering: castigo eterno / vida eterna
Transliteration: kolasis aiōnios / zōē aiōnios
Doctrine: Judgment and the End of the Age
Rejected alternatives: sofrimento temporário e pedagógico, sempre corrigível (doutrina espírita)
Original: κόλασις αἰώνιος / ζωὴ αἰώνιος
Category: Eschatology

New Matthew term. 25:46. The sharpest direct confrontation with Kardecism’s explicit denial of a final, unalterable judgment in favor of indefinite reincarnational opportunity. Must preserve the binary, final language without softening.

Blood Of Covenant

Approved rendering: o sangue da aliança
Transliteration: to haima mou tēs diathēkēs
Doctrine: The Atonement (Ransom and Blood of the Covenant)
Rejected alternatives: gesto simbólico sem força expiatória real, dívida cármica autogerenciada
Original: τὸ αἷμά μου τῆς διαθήκης
Category: Salvation

New Matthew term. 26:26-28. Combines baseline ‘aliança’ with sacrificial atonement force (‘para remissão dos pecados’); must not be diluted into a symbolic gesture.

Great Commission

Approved rendering: ide, portanto, e fazei discípulos de todas as nações, batizando-os… ensinando-lhes
Transliteration: poreuthentes mathēteusate panta ta ethnē…
Doctrine: The Great Commission
Original: πορευθέντες μαθητεύσατε πάντα τὰ ἔθνη…
Category: Church

New Matthew term. Capstone verse (28:19-20) combining ‘discípulo,’ ‘batizar,’ ‘autoridade,’ and ‘todas as nações’ under the singular divine ‘nome’ (não ‘nomes’) for the three Persons — a subtle but doctrinally important grammatical point requiring a teaching note.

All Nations

Approved rendering: todas as nações
Transliteration: panta ta ethnē
Doctrine: The Great Commission; Mission to All Nations
Rejected alternatives: gentios (would wrongly narrow the deliberately all-inclusive scope)
Original: πάντα τὰ ἔθνη
Category: Church

New Matthew term. 28:19. Must be used rather than reusing baseline ‘gentios,’ since πάντα τὰ ἔθνη here is deliberately all-inclusive (encompassing Israel too).

Blasphemy Against Holy Spirit

Approved rendering: blasfêmia contra o Espírito Santo
Transliteration: blasphēmia… tou Pneumatos
Doctrine: Blasphemy Against the Holy Spirit
Original: βλασφημία… τοῦ Πνεύματος
Category: God

New Matthew term. 12:31-32. Combines the baseline’s Critical ‘Espírito Santo’ entry with an unusually severe warning; must be taught as describing deliberate, hardened rejection, not casual doubt or ordinary sin, given competing Kardecist/Umbanda spirit frameworks.

High Risk Terms

Gospel

Approved rendering: evangelho
Transliteration: euangelion
Doctrine: Gospel
Rejected alternatives: mensagem de evolução moral (Kardecist ethical-progress framing)
Original: εὐαγγέλιον
Category: Salvation

Inherited from Romans package. In Matthew appears in the composite phrase ‘evangelho do reino’ (4:23; 9:35; 24:14). The Allan Kardec ‘O Evangelho Segundo o Espiritismo’ collision applies identically; must be taught as the proclamation of God’s saving reign in Christ, not ethical teaching compatible with reincarnation.

Grace

Approved rendering: graça
Transliteration: charis
Doctrine: Grace
Rejected alternatives: mérito espiritual acumulado ao longo de vidas sucessivas
Original: χάρις
Category: Salvation

Inherited from Romans package. Not a frequent explicit noun in Matthew but theologically load-bearing in the wages/reward parables (20:1-16; 25:14-30); the grace/merit distinction must be preserved against Kardecist reincarnational merit accumulation.

Faith

Approved rendering: fé
Transliteration: pistis
Doctrine: Faith
Rejected alternatives: convicção espírita, fé genérica em forças espirituais
Original: πίστις
Category: Faith

Inherited from Romans package. The centurion (8:10) and the Canaanite woman (15:28) extend ‘grande fé’ explicitly to Gentiles, reinforcing the Great Commission’s universal scope.

Called

Approved rendering: chamado
Transliteration: klētos / kaleō
Doctrine: Divine Calling; Effectual Calling
Rejected alternatives: convocado (bureaucratic register)
Original: κλητός / καλέω
Category: Salvation

Inherited from Romans package; risk harmonized to High for Matthew consistency with bible_term_registry.json. Context-sensitive across at least three Matthean senses: call to discipleship (chs. 4, 9), invitation to the kingdom banquet (22:1-14), and effectual election (20:16, ‘muitos chamados, poucos escolhidos’).

Calling

Approved rendering: chamado
Transliteration: klēsis
Doctrine: Divine Calling
Rejected alternatives: vocação (narrow sense of a call to priesthood or religious life)
Original: κλῆσις
Category: Salvation

Inherited from Romans package. Same Portuguese rendering as ‘chamado’; must convey a sovereign summons, not the narrow Catholic-culture sense of ‘vocação’ as a call to priesthood or religious life.

Holy

Approved rendering: santo
Transliteration: hagios
Doctrine: Sanctification
Rejected alternatives: puro em sentido ritual
Original: ἅγιος
Category: Sanctification

Inherited from Romans package; risk harmonized to High for Matthew consistency with bible_term_registry.json. No standalone ‘holy’ noun-form crisis distinct from the Holy Spirit entry in Matthew.

Kingdom Of God

Approved rendering: reino de Deus
Transliteration: basileia tou Theou
Doctrine: Kingdom Mission; The Kingdom of Heaven
Original: βασιλεία τοῦ Θεοῦ
Category: Kingdom

Inherited from Romans package (Medium) but ELEVATED to High for Matthew. Used interchangeably with ‘reino dos céus’ at 6:33; 12:28; 19:24; 21:31,43. Readers must recognize both Portuguese phrases as referring to the same reality; do not introduce an artificial theological distinction beyond the lexical difference.

Law

Approved rendering: lei
Transliteration: nomos
Doctrine: Fulfillment of Prophecy; Righteousness Exceeding the Pharisees
Original: νόμος
Category: Covenant

Inherited from Romans package. Matthew 5:17-20, ‘cumprir a Lei,’ is the interpretive key for the whole Sermon on the Mount; must not be rendered with a term suggesting a dharma-like cosmic duty or the Kardecist ‘lei de causa e efeito.‘

Covenant

Approved rendering: aliança
Transliteration: diathēkē
Doctrine: Davidic Covenant
Rejected alternatives: contrato legal
Original: διαθήκη
Category: Covenant

Inherited from Romans package. Matthew 26:28, ‘o meu sangue da aliança,’ gives this term direct atonement application; see ‘blood_of_covenant’ composite entry.

Election

Approved rendering: eleição
Transliteration: eklogē / eklektos
Doctrine: Effectual Calling
Rejected alternatives: mérito conquistado ao longo de reencarnações
Original: ἐκλογή / ἐκλεκτός
Category: Salvation

Inherited from Romans package. ‘Muitos chamados, poucos escolhidos’ (20:16; 22:14) combines this term with ‘chamado’; addresses the vineyard parable’s grace-versus-entitlement point, not limited-atonement scope.

Kingdom Of Heaven

Approved rendering: reino dos céus
Transliteration: basileia tōn ouranōn
Doctrine: The Kingdom of Heaven
Rejected alternatives: um plano ou colônia espiritual ascendido por mérito reencarnacional (leitura espírita)
Original: βασιλεία τῶν οὐρανῶν
Category: Kingdom

New Matthew term. Matthew’s signature phrase (~32 occurrences: chs. 3, 4, 5, 10, 13, 18, 19, 23). Risk: assimilation into the Kardecist hierarchical ‘planos’/‘colônias espirituais’ cosmology. Must be taught as God’s singular, Christ-inaugurated reign entered by grace through faith, not a tier reached by accumulated merit.

Son Of David

Approved rendering: filho de Davi
Transliteration: huios Dauid
Doctrine: Jesus as the Promised Messiah and Son of David
Rejected alternatives: descendente genérico de Davi sem força messiânica
Original: υἱὸς Δαυίδ
Category: Christology

New Matthew term. Royal-messianic title rooted in the Davidic covenant (2 Samuel 7), not incidental genealogy (chs. 1, 9, 12, 15, 20, 21, 22). Requires explicit 2 Samuel 7 background teaching given low OT literacy among Brazilian readers of all backgrounds.

Repentance

Approved rendering: arrepender-se / arrependimento
Transliteration: metanoeō / metanoia
Doctrine: Repentance
Rejected alternatives: reforma íntima (gradual self-directed moral improvement across reincarnations, Kardecist doctrine)
Original: μετανοέω / μετάνοια
Category: Sanctification

New Matthew term. A decisive, God-oriented turning of the whole person enabled by the in-breaking kingdom (3:2; 4:17; 11:20-21; 12:41), not a project of self-perfection spread across lifetimes.

Devil Satan

Approved rendering: diabo / Satanás
Transliteration: diabolos / Satanas
Doctrine: Spiritual Warfare and Exorcism
Rejected alternatives: espírito obsessor (troubled, redeemable, evolving spirit per Kardecist/Umbanda ‘desobsessão’)
Original: διάβολος / Σατανᾶς
Category: Spiritual Realm

New Matthew term. A real, personal, defeated-but-active spiritual enemy (chs. 4, 8, 12, 13, 25), distinct from the Kardecist/Umbanda category of ‘espíritos obsessores’ addressed through ‘desobsessão’ rites, a mainstream Brazilian religious practice.

Demons Unclean Spirits

Approved rendering: demônios / espíritos imundos
Transliteration: daimonia / pneumata akatharta
Doctrine: Spiritual Warfare and Exorcism
Rejected alternatives: espíritos obsessores em processo de evolução (leitura espírita/umbandista)
Original: δαιμόνια / πνεύματα ἀκάθαρτα
Category: Spiritual Realm

New Matthew term. Christ’s exorcistic authority (8:28-34; 12:22-29; 17:14-20) is immediate, complete, and non-repeatable — distinct from ongoing mediumistic ‘desobsessão.‘

Worship

Approved rendering: adorar
Transliteration: proskyneō
Doctrine: Worship of Christ
Rejected alternatives: veneração compartilhada entre Cristo, santos, orixás ou guias espirituais
Original: προσκυνέω
Category: Christology

New Matthew term. Must be distinguished from veneration of saints, orixás, or spirit guides (chs. 2, 4, 14, 28); the narrative arc from ambiguous homage (ch. 2) to unambiguous worship of the risen Christ (ch. 28) resolves that worship belongs to Christ alone as God.

Fulfillment Formula

Approved rendering: cumprir-se / cumprir
Transliteration: hina/hopōs plērōthē
Doctrine: Fulfillment of Old Testament Prophecy
Rejected alternatives: evolução gradual da revelação através das eras, psicografia (mediumistic transcription)
Original: ἵνα/ὅπως πληρωθῇ
Category: Covenant

New Matthew term. Matthew’s structural citation formula (~16 occurrences: chs. 1, 2, 4, 5, 8, 12, 13, 21, 26, 27). Use passive ‘cumprir-se’ for the citation formula; reserve active ‘cumprir’ for 5:17’s distinct ‘fulfilling the Law’s intent’ sense. Must convey linear historical fulfillment, never psicografia.

Authority

Approved rendering: autoridade
Transliteration: exousia
Doctrine: The Authority of Jesus’ Teaching
Rejected alternatives: poder (δύναμις, raw capability — must not collapse into this word)
Original: ἐξουσία
Category: Christology

New Matthew term. Must remain lexically distinct from ‘poder de Deus’: ἐξουσία is the delegated/inherent right to act, δύναμις is raw capability (7:29; 9:6-8; 21:23-27). Reaches unqualified, universal, Critical-level weight at 28:18.

Take Up Cross

Approved rendering: tomar a sua cruz
Transliteration: aras ton stauron autou
Doctrine: Discipleship and the Cost of Following Jesus
Rejected alternatives: carregar um fardo cármico a ser resolvido ao longo da vida
Original: ἄρας τὸν σταυρὸν αὐτοῦ
Category: Discipleship

New Matthew term. Must not be flattened into generic suffering, misfortune, or a karmic burden being worked off across a lifetime (10:38; 16:24); this is willing, costly identification with the crucified Christ specifically.

Lose Life Find It

Approved rendering: perder a sua vida… achá-la
Transliteration: apolesei tēn psychēn… heurēsei autēn
Doctrine: Discipleship and the Cost of Following Jesus
Rejected alternatives: espírito pré-existente que evolui através de muitos corpos
Original: ἀπολέσει τὴν ψυχὴν… εὑρήσει αὐτήν
Category: Discipleship

New Matthew term. ψυχή must be rendered as ‘vida’ (whole-life self), never ‘espírito,’ to avoid importing the Kardecist doctrine of a pre-existent, evolving soul passing through many bodies (10:39; 16:25).

Mysteries Of Kingdom

Approved rendering: mistérios do reino
Transliteration: ta mystēria tēs basileias
Doctrine: Mysteries of the Kingdom (Revelation, Not Esoteric Knowledge)
Rejected alternatives: conhecimento esotérico reservado a iniciados ou médiuns
Original: τὰ μυστήρια τῆς βασιλείας
Category: Kingdom

New Matthew term. 13:11. ‘Mistérios’ risks resonance with esoteric, initiatory, or spiritist claims to hidden knowledge; must be taught as truth graciously revealed in Christ to all who receive him by faith.

Call No One Father

Approved rendering: não chameis a ninguém… pai
Transliteration: patera mē kalesēte
Doctrine: “Call No One Father” — Christ’s Unique Paternal Authority
Original: πατέρα μὴ καλέσητε
Category: Church

New Matthew term. 23:9. Known cross-tradition tension given ‘Padre’ as the standard Luso-Brazilian Catholic clerical address. Translation must remain literal; the doctrinal note (not the rendering) clarifies the warning applies across all traditions.

Blessed

Approved rendering: bem-aventurados
Transliteration: makarios
Doctrine: The Beatitudes and Kingdom Ethics
Rejected alternatives: felizes (mere subjective happiness or worldly good fortune)
Original: μακάριος
Category: Kingdom

Core-passage term (5:1-12). ‘Bem-aventurados’ (established Almeida-tradition form) preserves the declarative, eschatological register that plain ‘felizes’ would lose.

Poor In Spirit

Approved rendering: pobres em espírito
Transliteration: ptōchoi tō pneumati
Doctrine: The Beatitudes and Kingdom Ethics
Rejected alternatives: espíritos fracos, aflitos ou não desenvolvidos (leitura espírita/umbandista)
Original: πτωχοὶ τῷ πνεύματι
Category: Kingdom

Core-passage term (5:3). Must not be confused with Kardecist/Umbanda discourse about weak, afflicted, or unenlightened ‘espíritos’; this is spiritual humility and dependence on God. Requires an explicit teaching note at every occurrence.

Sons Of God Plural

Approved rendering: filhos de Deus
Transliteration: huioi Theou
Doctrine: Adoption as Sons of God (Believers)
Original: υἱοὶ Θεοῦ
Category: Salvation

Core-passage term (5:9; also 5:45). Must be kept terminologically distinct, in capitalization and number, from the baseline’s Critical, capitalized, singular ‘Filho de Deus’ reserved for Christ’s unique Sonship. Render lowercase and plural.

Persecuted For Righteousness

Approved rendering: perseguidos por causa da justiça / falsamente, por minha causa
Transliteration: dediōgmenoi heneken dikaiosynēs / pseudomenoi heneken emou
Doctrine: The Beatitudes and Kingdom Ethics; Discipleship and the Cost of Following Jesus
Rejected alternatives: sofrimento genérico desvinculado da fidelidade a Cristo
Original: δεδιωγμένοι ἕνεκεν δικαιοσύνης / ψευδόμενοι ἕνεκεν ἐμοῦ
Category: Discipleship

Core-passage term (5:10-11). The Christ-centered qualifier ‘por minha causa’ must never be dropped or generalized; only suffering that is false/undeserved and specifically for Christ’s sake is beatified.

Reward

Approved rendering: recompensa
Transliteration: misthos
Doctrine: Grace-Based Reward
Rejected alternatives: salário estritamente ganho por mérito próprio, inclusive mérito acumulado ao longo de reencarnações
Original: μισθός
Category: Kingdom

Core-passage term (5:12), recurring in the wages parables (5:46; 6:1-6,16-18; 10:41-42; 20:1-16; 25:14-30). Commercial wage-language repurposed for grace; must not be read as strict earned payment. Teaching note required wherever this term appears.

Transfiguration

Approved rendering: transfigurou-se
Transliteration: metemorphōthē
Doctrine: The Transfiguration and the Glory of Christ
Rejected alternatives: manifestação temporária de um espírito em outro envoltório espiritual (leitura espírita)
Original: μετεμορφώθη
Category: Christology

New Matthew term. 17:2. A temporary, visible manifestation of Christ’s own permanent divine glory, not a shift between bodies or lives.

Sign Of Jonah

Approved rendering: sinal de Jonas
Transliteration: sēmeion Iōna
Doctrine: Resurrection of Christ; Fulfillment of Old Testament Prophecy
Original: σημεῖον Ἰωνᾶ
Category: Eschatology

New Matthew term. 12:39-40. Requires the OT Jonah narrative as background and must clearly anticipate literal, bodily resurrection — never reincarnation.

Medium Risk Terms

Sin

Approved rendering: pecado
Transliteration: hamartia
Doctrine: Universal Human Accountability
Rejected alternatives: erro a ser corrigido em vidas futuras (leitura espírita)
Original: ἁμαρτία
Category: Sin

Inherited from Romans package. Matthew 1:21 and 26:28 (‘para remissão dos pecados’) bracket the whole book with atonement purpose; must be distinguished from the Kardecist framing of moral failure as a correctable ‘erro’ worked off across future incarnations.

Glory

Approved rendering: glória
Transliteration: doxa
Doctrine: Deity of Christ
Original: δόξα
Category: God

Inherited from Romans package. Recurs in the Son of Man’s future glorious coming (16:27; 24:30; 25:31), tying Christology directly to eschatology.

Mission

Approved rendering: missão
Transliteration: apostolē / pempō
Doctrine: Mission to the Nations
Original: ἀποστολή / πέμπω
Category: Church

Inherited from Romans package. Sending of the Twelve (10:5-15) anticipates the Great Commission (28:19-20); see composite entry.

Israel

Approved rendering: Israel
Transliteration: Israēl
Doctrine: Unity of Jews and Gentiles
Original: Ἰσραήλ
Category: Covenant

Inherited from Romans package (Low), elevated to Medium for Matthew given 8:10; 10:6; 15:24 bounding the mission initially to Israel before the Great Commission’s universal extension.

Seed Of David

Approved rendering: descendência de Davi
Transliteration: sperma Dauid
Doctrine: Davidic Covenant
Original: σπέρμα Δαυίδ
Category: Covenant

Inherited from Romans package. Basis for the more prominent ‘filho de Davi’ title developed throughout Matthew.

Power Of God

Approved rendering: poder de Deus
Transliteration: dynamis theou
Doctrine: Power of God for Salvation
Original: δύναμις θεοῦ
Category: God

Inherited from Romans package. Must remain terminologically distinct from the new ‘autoridade’ (ἐξουσία) entry: δύναμις is capability, ἐξουσία is the right to act.

Disciple

Approved rendering: discípulo
Transliteration: mathētēs
Doctrine: Discipleship and the Cost of Following Jesus
Rejected alternatives: estudante (academic-pupil sense)
Original: μαθητής
Category: Church

New Matthew term. Must retain the full apprenticeship/allegiance sense (5:1; 8; 10; 27; 28), not merely ‘student.’ Foundational vocabulary for the Great Commission’s ‘fazei discípulos’ (28:19).

Baptism

Approved rendering: batizar / batismo
Transliteration: baptizō / baptisma
Doctrine: Baptism
Original: βαπτίζω / βάπτισμα
Category: Church

New Matthew term. Standard vocabulary; distinguish John’s preparatory water baptism (3:11) from Christian baptism into the triune name (28:19) in surrounding teaching, not the lexeme.

Woe

Approved rendering: ai de vós
Transliteration: ouai
Doctrine: Prophetic Woe and Judgment Pronouncement
Original: οὐαί
Category: Sanctification

New Matthew term. Standard prophetic-judgment idiom (chs. 11, 18, 23, 24); severity should not be softened in surrounding teaching.

Hypocrite

Approved rendering: hipócrita
Transliteration: hypokritēs
Doctrine: Hypocrisy and True Piety
Original: ὑποκριτής
Category: Sanctification

New Matthew term. Recurring critique (6:2,5,16; 15; 22; 23; 24) reinforcing the Righteousness Exceeding the Pharisees doctrine; standard, culturally well understood.

Meek

Approved rendering: mansos
Transliteration: praeis
Doctrine: The Beatitudes and Kingdom Ethics
Rejected alternatives: passivos ou tímidos
Original: πραεῖς
Category: Kingdom

Core-passage term (5:5). Strength held under submitted control, not weakness or passivity; echoes Jesus himself (11:29) and Moses in the LXX.

Merciful

Approved rendering: misericordiosos
Transliteration: eleēmones
Doctrine: The Beatitudes and Kingdom Ethics
Rejected alternatives: transação de mérito recíproco (leitura cármica)
Original: ἐλεήμονες
Category: Kingdom

Core-passage term (5:7). Must be taught as fruit of grace received, not a merit-earning transaction, avoiding drift toward karmic reciprocity.

Pure In Heart

Approved rendering: puros de coração
Transliteration: katharoi tē kardia
Doctrine: The Beatitudes and Kingdom Ethics
Rejected alternatives: pureza ritual externa
Original: καθαροὶ τῇ καρδίᾳ
Category: Kingdom

Core-passage term (5:8), reinforced at 15:11-20. Must not carry only ritual-purity connotations; this is inward moral integrity enabling the eschatological vision of God.

Peacemakers

Approved rendering: pacificadores
Transliteration: eirēnopoioi
Doctrine: The Beatitudes and Kingdom Ethics
Rejected alternatives: pessoas pacíficas (merely calm/non-confrontational)
Original: εἰρηνοποιοί
Category: Kingdom

Core-passage term (5:9). Active reconcilers who reflect the character of the reconciling God, not merely calm or conflict-avoidant people.

Parable

Approved rendering: parábola
Transliteration: parabolē
Doctrine: The Kingdom of Heaven
Original: παραβολή
Category: Kingdom

New Matthew term. Standard term, low lexical ambiguity; Matthew 13’s recurring formula ‘o reino dos céus é semelhante a’ should be rendered identically at every occurrence (13:24,31,33,44,45,47; 18:23; 20:1; 22:2; 25:1).

Low Risk Terms

Apostle

Approved rendering: apóstolo
Transliteration: apostolos
Doctrine: Apostleship
Original: ἀπόστολος
Category: Church

Inherited from Romans package. First formal naming of the Twelve as apóstolos occurs at 10:2, given delegated ἐξουσία (autoridade) to heal and cast out demons.

Gentiles

Approved rendering: gentios
Transliteration: ethnē
Doctrine: Unity of Jews and Gentiles
Rejected alternatives: pagãos (pejorative)
Original: ἔθνη
Category: Church

Inherited from Romans package. Reserve for genuine Jew/Gentile-distinction contexts (4:15; 10:5,18; 12:18,21; 20:19). Do NOT use for the deliberately all-inclusive ‘πάντα τὰ ἔθνη’ of the Great Commission (28:19) — see ‘all_nations’ entry.

Prophet

Approved rendering: profeta
Transliteration: prophētēs
Doctrine: Inspiration of Scripture
Rejected alternatives: médium (channeler of spirit messages)
Original: προφήτης
Category: Covenant

Inherited from Romans package. Extremely frequent given Matthew’s fulfillment-citation structure (chs. 1, 2, 5, 7, 11, 13, 21, 23); risk remains Low but volume of occurrence increases the importance of consistent rendering.

Prophecy

Approved rendering: profecia
Transliteration: prophēteia
Doctrine: Fulfillment of Prophecy
Rejected alternatives: psicografia (spirit messages transcribed through mediums)
Original: προφητεία
Category: Covenant

Inherited from Romans package. Ties directly to the new fulfillment-formula term (chs. 1, 2, 13); must not be equated with ‘psicografia.‘

David

Approved rendering: Davi
Transliteration: Dauid
Doctrine: Davidic Covenant
Original: Δαυίδ
Category: Covenant

Inherited from Romans package. Foundation for the new ‘filho de Davi’ title (chs. 1, 21, 22).

Exhort

Approved rendering: exortar
Transliteration: parakaleō
Doctrine: Mutual Edification
Original: παρακαλέω
Category: Faith

Inherited from Romans package. No significant new usage pattern in Matthew.

Referenced passages

MAT.1.21 MAT.18.11 MAT.19.25-26 MAT.7.21-22 MAT.12.8 MAT.22.43-45 MAT.28.18 MAT.1.23 MAT.14.33 MAT.16.16 MAT.28.17-18 MAT.3.17 MAT.17.5 MAT.1.18-25 MAT.12.40 MAT.16.21 MAT.17.23 MAT.20.19 MAT.27.63 MAT.28.1-10 MAT.8.20 MAT.9.6 MAT.16.27-28 MAT.24.30 MAT.25.31 MAT.26.64 MAT.28.20 MAT.16.19 MAT.18.18 MAT.20.28 MAT.26.26-28 MAT.27.46 MAT.13.36-43 MAT.13.49-50 MAT.24.1-51 MAT.25.1-46 MAT.28.16-20 MAT.12.31-32 MAT.20.1-16 MAT.25.14-30 MAT.8.10 MAT.9.22 MAT.14.31 MAT.15.28 MAT.17.20 MAT.21.21 MAT.3.2 MAT.4.17 MAT.5.3 MAT.5.10 MAT.13.24-52 MAT.18.1-4 MAT.23.13 MAT.1.1 MAT.1.17 MAT.9.27 MAT.12.23 MAT.15.22 MAT.20.30-31 MAT.21.9 MAT.22.41-46 MAT.3.8 MAT.11.20-21 MAT.12.41 MAT.4.1-11 MAT.8.28-34 MAT.12.22-29 MAT.17.14-20 MAT.2.11 MAT.8.2 MAT.9.18 MAT.15.25 MAT.28.9 MAT.28.17 MAT.1.22-23 MAT.2.15 MAT.2.17-18 MAT.2.23 MAT.4.14-16 MAT.8.17 MAT.12.17-21 MAT.13.35 MAT.21.4-5 MAT.26.56 MAT.27.9-10 MAT.7.28-29 MAT.9.6-8 MAT.21.23-27 MAT.4.18-22 MAT.8.18-22 MAT.10.37-39 MAT.16.24-26 MAT.19.16-30 MAT.13.11-17 MAT.23.8-10 MAT.5.1-12 MAT.5.9 MAT.5.45 MAT.5.12 MAT.5.46 MAT.6.1-6 MAT.6.16-18 MAT.10.41-42 MAT.17.1-8 MAT.3.1-17 MAT.28.19 MAT.11.20-24 MAT.23.13-29 MAT.6.2 MAT.6.5 MAT.6.16 MAT.15.1-20 MAT.10.1-4

Library content is free and openly licensed under CC BY-NC-SA 4.0 — share and adapt it for non-commercial use, with attribution to tri-bible.ai.