Core Glossary
Core Glossary — Revelation (Apocalipse)
This glossary consolidates every load-bearing term identified in 07_semantic_analysis.md, across all 22 chapters of Revelation, with its Portuguese rendering, risk tier, associated doctrine, and translation-risk notes. Terms marked (reused) carry forward the exact rendering and risk tier fixed in the baseline Romans translation_memory.json / bible_term_registry.json and must not be altered. New terms are proposed here for addition to translation memory at the next version increment, per the pipeline’s term-discovery procedure.
A. Terms Reused Exactly from the Romans Baseline
| Term (EN) | Portuguese | Original (Greek) | Risk | Doctrine | Key Chapters | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| God | Deus | θεός (theos) | Critical | Sovereignty of God over History | 1–22 | Unchanged from baseline. |
| Jesus | Jesus | Ἰησοῦς (Iēsous) | Critical | Return and Reign of Christ | 1,12,14,17,19,20,22 | Unchanged from baseline. |
| Christ | Cristo | Χριστός (Christos) | Critical | Return and Reign of Christ | 1,11,12,20 | Standard established Portuguese Bible form; reuses baseline messiah/Christology risk logic. |
| Lord | Senhor | κύριος (kyrios) | Critical | Return and Reign of Christ / Lordship of Christ | 1,4,11,17,19,22 | ”Rei dos reis e Senhor dos senhores” (19:16) is the book’s capstone Lordship statement; render without dilution. |
| Holy Spirit | Espírito Santo | πνεῦμα (τὸ Ἅγιον) | Critical | Worship of the Lamb / Sanctification | 1–3,4,14,19,21,22 | Distinguish from Kardecist “espíritos guias” and Candomblé/Umbanda spirit-incorporation, per baseline note. |
| Father | Pai | πατήρ (patēr) | Critical | Church as Bride of Christ | 1,2,3,14 | Unchanged. |
| Holy | santo | ἅγιος (hagios) | Medium–High | Sanctification | 21 (holy city) | Elevated within Revelation given “cidade santa” and repeated angelic worship contexts. |
| Saints | santos | ἅγιοι (hagioi) | Critical | Judgment of the Wicked and Vindication of the Saints | 5,8,11,13,14,16,17,18,19,20 | Prayers “of the saints” (8:3-4) depict ordinary believers’ own prayers heard directly by God — a direct corrective to intercessory-saint veneration. |
| Church | igreja | ἐκκλησία (ekklēsia) | Medium | The Church as Bride of Christ | 1–3 | Only explicit in chs. 1–3 (seven churches); the Bride/New Jerusalem imagery (chs. 19,21–22) is the same referent under different imagery. |
| Salvation | salvação | σωτηρία (sōtēria) | Critical | Assurance of God’s Final Victory over Evil | 7,12,19 | Doxological “salvation belongs to our God” (7:10; 19:1). |
| Resurrection | ressurreição | ἀνάστασις (anastasis) | Critical | Judgment of the Wicked and Vindication of the Saints | 1,11,20 | NEVER “reencarnação.” “First resurrection” (20:5-6) is a Critical-risk phrase requiring the same guard. |
| Faith / faithful (adj.) | fé | πίστις (pistis) | High | Perseverance and Faithful Witness under Persecution | 2,13,14,17 | ”Faithful unto death” (2:10) anchors the persecution doctrine. |
| Grace | graça | χάρις (charis) | High | Assurance of God’s Final Victory over Evil | 1,21,22 | Rev 21:6 “de graça” (freely) is a strong anchor against merit-across-lifetimes readings. |
| Glory | glória | δόξα (doxa) | Medium–High | The New Heaven and New Earth | 1,4,5,7,15,18,19,21 | 21:23-24 makes glory/light exclusivity explicit. |
| Kingdom of God | reino de Deus | βασιλεία (basileia) | Medium | The Return and Reign of Christ | 1,11,12 | ”Kingdom and priests” (1:6) ties to universal priesthood. |
| Covenant | aliança | διαθήκη (diathēkē) | High | Sovereignty of God over History | 11 | ”Ark of the covenant” (11:19). |
| Sin | pecado | ἁμαρτία (hamartia) | Medium | Judgment of the Wicked | (implicit throughout; explicit vice-lists) | See idolater/sorcerer/liar entries below for Revelation’s specific vice catalog. |
| Prophet / Prophecy | profeta / profecia | προφήτης / προφητεία | Elevated to High for this curriculum | Inspiration of Scripture | 1,10,11,16,19,20,22 | Baseline set this Low; elevated here because Revelation makes explicit, repeated closed-canon claims (1:3; 22:18-19) directly rebutting Kardecist psicografia’s claim of ongoing mediumistic revelation. |
| Israel | Israel | Ἰσραήλ | Low | Unity of Jews and Gentiles | 7,21 | Twelve tribes named (7:4-8; 21:12). |
| David | Davi | Δαβίδ / Δαυίδ | Low | Return and Reign of Christ | 3,5,22 | ”Key of David” (3:7); “Root of David” (5:5; 22:16). |
| Called / Election | chamado / eleição | κλητός / ἐκλεκτός | High | Perseverance and Faithful Witness | 17 | ”Called and chosen and faithful” (17:14) — triad echoing the baseline’s calling/election Critical-adjacent logic. |
B. New Terms for This Curriculum (proposed translation-memory additions)
| Term (EN) | Portuguese | Original (Greek) | Transliteration | Risk | Doctrine | Key Chapters | Rejected alternatives / collision notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revelation / Apocalypse | revelação / Apocalipse | ἀποκάλυψις | apokalypsis | Medium | Symbolic and Apocalyptic Interpretation | 1 | Clarify the book title and the doctrinal concept coexist without conflict. |
| Witness / Testimony | testemunho / testemunha (mártir where death is explicit) | μαρτυρία / μάρτυς | martyria / martys | High | Perseverance and Faithful Witness under Persecution | 1,2,6,11,12,17,20 | Avoid reading the fully-developed “martyr = killed for faith” sense into every occurrence; reserve “mártir” for explicit death contexts (2:13; 6:9; 17:6). |
| Almighty | Todo-Poderoso | παντοκράτωρ | pantokrator | High | Sovereignty of God over History | 1,4,11,15,16,19,21 | Must retain full active sovereignty, not “a powerful being among others.” |
| Who is, who was, who is to come | aquele que é, e que era, e que há de vir | ὁ ὢν καὶ ὁ ἦν καὶ ὁ ἐρχόμενος | ho ōn kai ho ēn kai ho erchomenos | High | Sovereignty of God over History | 1,4 | Render identically at every occurrence; deity-identity title (Exodus 3:14 echo). |
| Alpha and Omega | Alfa e Ômega | Ἄλφα, Ὦ | Alpha, Ō | High | Return and Reign of Christ | 1,21,22 | Never a mere literary flourish; applied to Christ (22:13) it is a direct deity claim. |
| The first and the last | o primeiro e o último | ὁ πρῶτος καὶ ὁ ἔσχατος | ho prōtos kai ho eschatos | High | Return and Reign of Christ | 1,2,22 | Synonym of Alpha/Omega; same force. |
| Overcomer / to overcome | vencedor / vencer | νικάω, ὁ νικῶν | nikaō, ho nikōn | High | Perseverance and Faithful Witness under Persecution | 2,3,12,15,21 | Rejected: framing as self-earned merit or Kardecist spiritual-evolution-across-lives; victory is grace-received (21:6) and blood-of-the-Lamb-based (12:11), not self-achieved. |
| Tribulation | tribulação | θλῖψις | thlipsis | High | Perseverance and Faithful Witness under Persecution | 2,7 | ”Great tribulation” (7:14) intensified form; avoid embedding a specific millennial/dispensational schema in the base translation. |
| Lamb | Cordeiro | ἀρνίον | arnion | Critical | Worship of the Lamb | 5,6,7,12,13,14,15,17,19,21,22 | Always capitalized for Christ. Rejected: generic gentle-animal metaphor; must retain sacrificial-and-triumphant fusion. Distinguish from ongoing ritual animal-offering practices (orixá offerings) — Christ’s sacrifice is unique, historical, complete, non-repeated. |
| Slain (of the Lamb) | morto / como morto | ἐσφαγμένον | esphagmenon | High | Worship of the Lamb | 5,13 | Rejected: “imolado” (Catholic liturgical/Eucharistic resonance implying re-presented sacrifice); Almeida-consistent “morto” preserves the once-for-all sense. |
| Worship | adorar | προσκυνέω | proskyneō | Critical | Worship of the Lamb | 4,5,7,9,11,13,14,15,16,19,22 | Explicit textual prohibition on worshiping angels/intermediaries (19:10; 22:8-9) — direct corrective to saint veneration, Kardecist spirit-guide reverence, and orixá worship. |
| Living creature | ser vivente | ζῷον | zōon | Medium–High | Worship of the Lamb | 4,5,6,7,14,15,19 | Must be lexically distinct from besta (thērion); never render with the same Portuguese word. |
| Elder (heavenly) | ancião | πρεσβύτερος | presbyteros | Medium–High | Worship of the Lamb | 4,5,7,11,14,19 | Distinguish from local church office and from Catholic ordained “presbítero.” |
| Worthy | digno | ἄξιος | axios | Medium | Worship of the Lamb | 4,5 | Exclusivity claim: only God/Lamb are “worthy.” |
| Redeemed / purchased | redimiu / comprou | ἀγοράζω | agorazō | High | Worship of the Lamb / Assurance | 5,14 | A real price paid (the Lamb’s blood); never a metaphor without payment; contrast merit-across-lifetimes. |
| Seal (noun/verb) | selo / selar | σφραγίς / σφραγίζω | sphragis / sphragizō | Medium–High | Sovereignty of God over History | 5,6,7,8,9,10,20,22 | Avoid occult/magical “sigilo” connotations; this is an act of divine ownership/authority. |
| Book of Life | livro da vida | βιβλίον τῆς ζωῆς | biblion tēs zōēs | High | Judgment of the Wicked and Vindication of the Saints | 3,13,17,20,21 | Contrast with Kardecist “registros akáshicos”; a settled gracious verdict, not an amendable karmic ledger. |
| Beast | besta | θηρίον | thērion | Critical | Judgment of the Wicked / Symbolic and Apocalyptic Interpretation | 11,13,14,15,16,17,19,20 | High risk of sensationalized speculative identification in Brazilian folk-prophecy media; teach within the apocalyptic-symbolic genre. |
| Mark (of the beast) | marca | χάραγμα | charagma | Critical | Judgment of the Wicked | 13,14,16,19,20 | Do not encourage or imply specific modern-technology identifications (barcodes, biometrics, digital currency, etc.). |
| Number / 666 | número / 666 | ἀριθμός, χξϛ | arithmos | Medium | Symbolic and Apocalyptic Interpretation | 13 | Avoid embedding modern gematria schemes in translation/footnotes. |
| Dragon | dragão | δράκων | drakōn | High | Sovereignty of God over History / Assurance of Final Victory | 12,20 | Collision with syncretized “São Jorge e o Dragão”/Ogum devotional tradition; must preserve the text’s own explicit identification (12:9) and final, decisive (not cyclically recurring) defeat (20:10). |
| Diadem (royal crown) | diadema | διάδημα | diadēma | Medium | Return and Reign of Christ | 12,13,19 | Keep lexically distinct from coroa (stephanos, the victor’s wreath) to preserve the counterfeit-vs-true-kingship contrast. |
| Crown (victor’s wreath) | coroa | στέφανος | stephanos | Medium | Perseverance and Faithful Witness | 2,3,4,6,9,12,14 | Distinct word/referent from diadema; never collapse the two. |
| Prostitute / Harlot | prostituta | πόρνη | pornē | High | Judgment of the Wicked | 17,19 | Prophetic-symbolic covenant-unfaithfulness idiom; avoid both a misogynistic literal reading and endorsement of sectarian Babylon-identification polemics (e.g., equating with a specific modern institution). |
| Babylon the Great | Babilônia, a Grande | Βαβυλὼν ἡ μεγάλη | Babylōn hē megalē | High | Judgment of the Wicked / Assurance of Final Victory | 14,16,17,18 | Same sectarian-identification sensitivity as above. |
| Bride | noiva | νύμφη | nymphē | High | The Church as Bride of Christ | 19,21 | Rejected: narrowing to consecrated-religious “esposas de Cristo” (nuns); the whole Church corporately is the Bride. |
| Marriage supper of the Lamb | ceia das bodas do Cordeiro | δεῖπνον τοῦ γάμου τοῦ ἀρνίου | deipnon tou gamou tou arniou | Medium–High | The Church as Bride of Christ | 19 | Preserve the ironic contrast with “the great supper of God” (19:17, judgment feast). |
| King of kings and Lord of lords | Rei dos reis e Senhor dos senhores | βασιλεὺς βασιλέων καὶ κύριος κυρίων | basileus basileōn kai kyrios kyriōn | Critical | The Return and Reign of Christ | 17,19 | Absolute, exclusive-sovereignty claim; never “a king among kings.” |
| The Word of God (title) | o Verbo de Deus | ὁ Λόγος τοῦ θεοῦ | ho Logos tou theou | High | The Return and Reign of Christ | 19 | ”Verbo” (not generic “palavra”) preserves continuity with João 1:1 and the Incarnation doctrine. |
| New heaven and new earth | novo céu e nova terra | καινὸς οὐρανὸς καὶ καινὴ γῆ | kainos ouranos kai kainē gē | Critical | The New Heaven and New Earth | 21 | Critical contrast with Kardecist cosmology of successive “colônias espirituais”/astral planes; this is a definitive, bodily, once-for-all renewal, not an indefinite evolutionary ascent through spiritual planes. |
| Holy city / New Jerusalem | cidade santa / nova Jerusalém | πόλις ἁγία, Ἰερουσαλὴμ καινή | polis hagia, Ierousalēm kainē | Medium | The New Heaven and New Earth | 21 | Requires OT background (Isaiah 65; Ezekiel 40-48) many readers lack. |
| Tabernacle / dwell | tabernáculo / habitará | σκηνή / σκηνώσει | skēnē / skēnōsei | Medium | The New Heaven and New Earth | 21 | Direct echo of João 1:14 (“encarnação”); surface this Incarnation link explicitly in teaching. |
| Second death | segunda morte | θάνατος δεύτερος | thanatos deuteros | Critical | Judgment of the Wicked and Vindication of the Saints | 2,20,21 | No conceptual analogue in Kardecism, which denies any final, irrevocable judgment; must be taught with maximal clarity. |
| Lake of fire (and sulfur) | lago de fogo (e enxofre) | λίμνη τοῦ πυρός (καὶ θείου) | limnē tou pyros (kai theiou) | Critical | Judgment of the Wicked and Vindication of the Saints | 19,20,21 | Direct, sharp contrast with Kardecism’s denial of eternal conscious punishment; never soften into a temporary purifying state. |
| Millennium / thousand years | mil anos / milênio | χίλια ἔτη | chilia etē | Medium | The Return and Reign of Christ | 20 | Denominational neutrality required; render literally, do not encode a specific millennial-view interpretation. |
| Great white throne | grande trono branco | θρόνος μέγας λευκός | thronos megas leukos | Medium–High | Judgment of the Wicked and Vindication of the Saints | 20 | Climactic judgment-scene image. |
| 144,000 | cento e quarenta e mil / cento e quarenta e quatro mil | ἑκατὸν τεσσεράκοντα τέσσαρες χιλιάδες | — | High | Judgment of the Wicked / Vindication of the Saints | 7,14 | Must be distinguished from Jehovah’s Witnesses’ distinctive literal 144,000-anointed-class doctrine, a recognizable rival claim in Brazil. |
| Tree of life | árvore da vida | ξύλον τῆς ζωῆς | xylon tēs zōēs | High | The New Heaven and New Earth | 2,22 | Collision with the Kabbalistic “Árvore da Vida” sold/taught in Brazilian esoteric/New Age retail and publishing; anchor explicitly to Genesis–Revelation narrative, not the sephirotic diagram. |
| River / spring of the water of life | rio / fonte da água da vida | ποταμὸς / πηγὴ ὕδατος τῆς ζωῆς | potamos / pēgē hydatos tēs zōēs | Medium | The New Heaven and New Earth | 21,22 | Ties to eternal life and the Spirit; “de graça” (freely) qualifier in 21:6 is the sharper doctrinal point. |
| Freely / without cost | de graça / gratuitamente | δωρεάν | dōrean | High | Assurance of God’s Final Victory over Evil | 21,22 | Strong anchor text against reading eternal life as earned through accumulated merit across reincarnations. |
| Faithful (of God’s words) | fiel | πιστός | pistos | Medium | Assurance of God’s Final Victory over Evil | 1,2,3,19,21,22 | Same root family as baseline faith; add to translation memory alongside it. |
| True (authentic, not counterfeit) | verdadeiro | ἀληθινός | alēthinos | Medium | Symbolic and Apocalyptic Interpretation | 3,6,15,16,19,21,22 | Signals ultimate/non-counterfeit reality, contrasted with the beast/false prophet/Babylon’s illusory splendor — not mere factual correctness. |
| Wrath (of God) | ira de Deus / furor de Deus | θυμός / ὀργή | thymos / orgē | High | Sovereignty of God over History / Judgment of the Wicked | 6,14,15,16,19 | Must be God’s personal, righteous, judicial response — never an impersonal karmic “lei de causa e efeito” (cf. baseline providence rejection). |
| I am coming soon | venho sem demora / venho em breve | ἔρχομαι ταχύ | erchomai tachy | Medium–High | The Return and Reign of Christ | 2,3,16,22 | Preserve certainty-plus-unknown-timing tension; avoid over-literalizing a strict chronological “soon.” |
| Come, Lord Jesus | Vem, Senhor Jesus | ἔρχου, Κύριε Ἰησοῦ | erchou, Kyrie Iēsou | High | The Return and Reign of Christ / Assurance of Final Victory | 22 | Fixed liturgical formula across Brazilian Christian traditions (cf. Marana tha, 1 Cor 16:22); render exactly and consistently. |
| Do not add or take away (canon warning) | não acrescentar / não tirar | μὴ ἐπιθῇ … μὴ ἀφέλῃ | — | High | Inspiration of Scripture | 22 | Direct textual rebuttal of ongoing mediumistic “revelation” claims (psicografia); closed-canon self-authentication. |
| Sorcerer / sorcery | feiticeiro / feitiçaria | φάρμακος / φαρμακεία | pharmakos / pharmakeia | High | Judgment of the Wicked and Vindication of the Saints | 9,18,21,22 | Explicit condemnation of occult practice; teach the doctrinal point without inflammatory targeting of living Afro-Brazilian religious communities. |
| Idolater / idolatry | idólatra / idolatria | εἰδωλολάτρης / εἰδωλολατρία | eidōlolatrēs | High | Worship of the Lamb (by exclusion) | 21,22 | Direct doctrinal complement to proskyneō (worship) entry above. |
| Two witnesses | as duas testemunhas | οἱ δύο μάρτυρες | hoi dyo martyres | High | Perseverance and Faithful Witness under Persecution | 11 | Fullest narrative embodiment of costly witness vindicated by resurrection. |
| Sign | sinal | σημεῖον | sēmeion | Medium | Symbolic and Apocalyptic Interpretation | 12,13,15,16,19 | Distinguish authentic divine signs from deceptive counterfeit signs (13:13-14; 19:20) — relevant given Brazilian charismatic emphasis on signs and wonders. |
| Book of Life / Second death / Lake of fire | (see above) | — | — | Critical | Judgment of the Wicked and Vindication of the Saints | 20,21 | Cross-reference cluster; teach together as a unit. |
| Servant(s) of God | servo(s) de Deus | δοῦλος (doulos) | — | Medium | Perseverance and Faithful Witness | 1,7,19,22 | ”Servo” (not literal “escravo”) is the established covenantal-loyalty register. |
| Reign (of the redeemed with Christ) | reinarão | βασιλεύω (basileuō) | — | Medium | The Return and Reign of Christ | 5,20,22 | Applied to believers sharing Christ’s reign; distinct from any this-worldly political triumphalism. |
| Every tribe, tongue, people, nation | toda tribo, língua, povo e nação | πᾶσα φυλή, γλῶσσα, λαός, ἔθνος | — | Medium | Unity of Jews and Gentiles (cross-curriculum doctrine) | 5,7,11,13,14,17 | Retain full, unqualified universality; carries direct social weight given Brazil’s own racial/social stratification history. |
C. Cross-Reference Notes for Phase 2
- Terms in Section A must be pulled verbatim from the existing baseline
translation_memory.json; do not re-derive renderings for them. - Terms in Section B must be added to
translation_memory.jsonandbible_term_registry.jsonat the next version increment before any Phase 2 segment translation proceeds, per the Translation Memory Load and Enforcement Instructions in12_ai_translation_requirements.md. - The following term pairs must never be collapsed into a single Portuguese word, per the literary/theological distinctions documented in
07_semantic_analysis.md:- ζῷον (ser vivente) vs. θηρίον (besta)
- στέφανος (coroa) vs. διάδημα (diadema)
- θάνατος (morte, ordinary) vs. θάνατος δεύτερος (segunda morte, technical apocalyptic term)
- Risk tier elevated above Romans baseline for this curriculum: Prophet/Prophecy (Low → High), given Revelation’s explicit, repeated closed-canon self-authentication claims and their direct relevance to psicografia.
- All Critical-risk terms in Section B route to human theologian review per the doctrine risk registry conventions established in the Romans baseline; this routing must be replicated in the Revelation-specific
doctrine_risk_registry.json(Phase 1 Step 2).
Critical Risk Terms
God
Approved rendering: Deus
Transliteration: theos
Doctrine: Sovereignty of God over History
Original: θεός
Category: God
Inherited from Romans package, unchanged. In Revelation, God’s exclusive worthiness of worship (chs. 4-5, 19:10, 22:8-9) makes this term’s precision especially load-bearing.
Jesus
Approved rendering: Jesus
Transliteration: Iēsous
Doctrine: Return and Reign of Christ
Original: Ἰησοῦς
Category: Christology
Inherited from Romans package, unchanged. Occurs in the closing liturgical formula ‘Vem, Senhor Jesus’ (22:20), which must be rendered with maximal consistency.
Christ Title
Approved rendering: Cristo
Transliteration: Christos
Doctrine: Deity and Eternal Sovereignty of Christ
Rejected alternatives: um dos espíritos mais evoluídos (leitura cristológica kardecista)
New key for this curriculum (not present as a standalone entry in the Romans baseline TM), but extends and reuses the baseline ‘messiah’ entry’s Critical-risk logic exactly. Standard established Portuguese Bible form; used throughout Revelation (11:15; 12:10; 20:4,6) of Jesus reigning with the Father.
Lord
Approved rendering: Senhor
Transliteration: kyrios
Doctrine: Return and Reign of Christ / Lordship of Christ
Original: κύριος
Category: Christology
Inherited from Romans package, unchanged. Culminates in ‘Rei dos reis e Senhor dos senhores’ (19:16); must never be a devotional title shared alongside spirit guides or orixás.
Holy Spirit
Approved rendering: Espírito Santo
Transliteration: pneuma hagion
Doctrine: Worship of the Lamb / Sanctification
Rejected alternatives: espíritos guias ou mentores espirituais (espiritismo), orixás e guias (Candomblé/Umbanda)
Original: πνεῦμα ἅγιον
Category: God
Inherited from Romans package, unchanged. Addressed to the seven churches (chs. 2-3) and present throughout the book’s visions.
Father
Approved rendering: Pai
Transliteration: patēr
Doctrine: Church as Bride of Christ
Original: πατήρ
Category: God
Inherited from Romans package, unchanged. Source of the believer’s inheritance (21:7) and of Christ’s authority (2:27; 3:5,21).
Saints
Approved rendering: santos
Transliteration: hagioi
Doctrine: Sainthood and Corporate Intercession
Rejected alternatives: santos venerados e invocados como intercessores
Original: ἅγιοι
Category: Church
Inherited from Romans package, unchanged risk tier. Revelation 8:3-4 depicts ordinary believers’ own prayers heard by God directly — the opposite of the popular Luso-Brazilian Catholic devotional pattern of praying to canonized saints for their intercession. Requires an explanatory note at every occurrence.
Salvation
Approved rendering: salvação
Transliteration: sōtēria
Doctrine: Assurance of God’s Final Victory over Evil
Rejected alternatives: evolução espiritual através de reencarnações sucessivas
Original: σωτηρία
Category: Salvation
Inherited from Romans package, unchanged. Declared doxologically as belonging to God and the Lamb (7:10; 19:1).
Resurrection
Approved rendering: ressurreição
Transliteration: anastasis
Doctrine: Resurrection of Christ and the Dead
Rejected alternatives: reencarnação
Original: ἀνάστασις
Category: Eschatology
Inherited from Romans package, unchanged. NEVER ‘reencarnação.’ Christ’s own resurrection (1:5,18) and the ‘first resurrection’ of the redeemed (20:5-6, a Critical-risk phrase requiring the identical guard).
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
Inherited from Romans package, unchanged. Must be sharply distinguished from the adoptive ‘filho’ language applied to believing overcomers in 21:7.
Lamb
Approved rendering: Cordeiro
Transliteration: arnion
Doctrine: Worship of the Lamb
Rejected alternatives: cordeirinho (metáfora genérica e apenas pastoral), imagem meramente ilustrativa sem sentido sacrificial-e-triunfante
Original: ἀρνίον
Category: Christology
New term for this curriculum; always capitalized when referring to Christ. Occurs 28 times, more than any other Christological title in the book. Given the live devotional practice of animal offerings to orixás in some Brazilian religious contexts, the uniqueness, historicity, and non-repeatability of Christ’s sacrifice must be taught explicitly.
King Of Kings Lord Of Lords
Approved rendering: Rei dos reis e Senhor dos senhores
Transliteration: basileus basileōn kai kyrios kyriōn
Doctrine: Return and Reign of Christ
Rejected alternatives: um rei entre outros reis
Original: βασιλεὺς βασιλέων καὶ κύριος κυρίων
Category: Christology
New term for this curriculum. Christ’s supreme, unrivaled sovereignty (17:14; 19:16); absolute, exclusive-sovereignty claim, directly continuous with the baseline ‘lord’ entry.
New Heaven New Earth
Approved rendering: novo céu e nova terra
Transliteration: kainos ouranos kai kainē gē
Doctrine: The New Heaven and New Earth
Rejected alternatives: evolução através de colônias espirituais/planos astrais sucessivos (cosmologia kardecista)
Original: καινὸς οὐρανὸς καὶ καινὴ γῆ
Category: Eschatology
New term for this curriculum. The definitive, qualitative renewal of the created order (21:1), ‘kainos’ (new in kind) rather than ‘neos’ (new in time). Never annihilation-and-replacement, never an indefinite evolutionary ascent.
Second Death
Approved rendering: segunda morte
Transliteration: ho thanatos ho deuteros
Doctrine: Second Death and Eternal Judgment
Rejected alternatives: apenas uma transição espiritual (leitura kardecista de ‘desincarnação’)
Original: ὁ θάνατος ὁ δεύτερος
Category: Eschatology
New term for this curriculum. A technical apocalyptic term unique to Revelation (2:11; 20:6,14; 21:8). Kardecism has no category of a definitive ‘second death’; must be taught with maximal doctrinal clarity.
Lake Of Fire
Approved rendering: lago de fogo (e enxofre)
Transliteration: hē limnē hē kaiomenē pyri kai theiō
Doctrine: Judgment of the Wicked and Vindication of the Saints
Rejected alternatives: estado temporário de purificação cármica
Original: ἡ λίμνη ἡ καιομένη πυρὶ καὶ θείῳ
Category: Eschatology
New term for this curriculum. The place of final, conscious, eternal judgment for the unrepentant (19:20; 20:10,14-15; 21:8). Kardecist Spiritism explicitly denies eternal conscious punishment; must never be softened.
Beast
Approved rendering: besta
Transliteration: thērion
Doctrine: Mark of the Beast and Idolatrous Allegiance
Rejected alternatives: ser vivente (jamais - confundiria com zōon, ch. 4)
Original: θηρίον
Category: Judgment
New term for this curriculum. Symbolic representation of anti-God imperial/political power demanding counterfeit worship (chs. 11,13-20). Must never be lexically collapsed with ‘ser vivente’ (zōon).
Mark Of The Beast
Approved rendering: marca
Transliteration: charagma
Doctrine: Mark of the Beast and Idolatrous Allegiance
Rejected alternatives: identificação específica com tecnologias modernas (códigos de barras, biometria, moeda digital, vacinas)
Original: χάραγμα
Category: Judgment
New term for this curriculum. The most sensationalized apocalyptic term in Brazilian popular Christian culture; preserve the real warning (ultimate allegiance/worship) without endorsing specific modern technological identifications.
Worship
Approved rendering: adorar
Transliteration: proskyneō
Doctrine: Worship of the Lamb
Rejected alternatives: venerar (poderia sugerir a distinção católica dulia/hiperdulia dada aos santos e a Maria)
Original: προσκυνέω
Category: Worship
New term for this curriculum. John twice attempts to worship an angel and is sharply rebuked, ‘Worship God!’ (19:10; 22:8-9). The most direct textual anchor in the whole book for its own doctrine, directly relevant to saint veneration, Kardecist spirit-guide reverence, and Candomblé/Umbanda orixá veneration.
High Risk Terms
Holy
Approved rendering: santo
Transliteration: hagios
Doctrine: Sanctification / Worship of the Lamb
Rejected alternatives: puro em sentido apenas ritual
Original: ἅγιος
Category: Sanctification
Inherited from Romans package (there Medium risk) but ELEVATED to High for this curriculum: ‘cidade santa’ (21:2) and repeated angelic-worship contexts (‘santo, santo, santo,’ 4:8) intensify the risk of a ritual-purity-only reading rather than moral and relational set-apartness.
Faith
Approved rendering: fé
Transliteration: pistis
Doctrine: Perseverance and Faithful Witness under Persecution
Rejected alternatives: convicção espírita, fé genérica em forças espirituais
Original: πίστις
Category: Faith
Inherited from Romans package, unchanged. ‘Faithful unto death’ (2:10) anchors the persecution doctrine rather than generic belief.
Grace
Approved rendering: graça
Transliteration: charis
Doctrine: Grace and the Free Gift of Eternal Life
Rejected alternatives: mérito espiritual acumulado ao longo de vidas sucessivas
Original: χάρις
Category: Salvation
Inherited from Romans package, unchanged. The closing benediction (22:21) and the ‘freely’ gift of the water of life (21:6; 22:17) are strong anchors against merit-across-reincarnations readings.
Glory
Approved rendering: glória
Transliteration: doxa
Doctrine: The New Heaven and New Earth
Original: δόξα
Category: God
Inherited from Romans package (there Medium) but ELEVATED to High for this curriculum: 21:23-24 makes an explicit exclusivity claim (no rival source of illumination or mediation is needed), directly reinforcing Worship of the Lamb.
Covenant
Approved rendering: aliança
Transliteration: diathēkē
Doctrine: Sovereignty of God over History
Rejected alternatives: contrato legal
Original: διαθήκη
Category: Covenant
Inherited from Romans package, unchanged. Visualized in the ark of the covenant seen in the heavenly temple (11:19).
Prophet
Approved rendering: profeta
Transliteration: prophētēs
Doctrine: Inspiration and Closed Canon of Scripture
Rejected alternatives: médium (canalizador de mensagens espirituais)
Original: προφήτης
Category: Scripture
Inherited from Romans package but ELEVATED from Low to High for this curriculum, since Revelation’s own closed-canon claims (1:3; 22:18-19) directly confront Kardecism’s mainstream Brazilian practice of psicografia. Applied to John himself (22:9) and, negatively, to the ‘false prophet’ (16:13; 19:20; 20:10).
Prophecy
Approved rendering: profecia
Transliteration: prophēteia
Doctrine: Inspiration and Closed Canon of Scripture
Rejected alternatives: psicografia (mensagens espirituais transcritas por médiuns)
Original: προφητεία
Category: Scripture
Inherited from Romans package but ELEVATED from Low to High for this curriculum, for the same closed-canon/psicografia reason as ‘prophet.’ The book explicitly identifies itself as ‘the words of the prophecy of this book’ (22:18-19).
Called
Approved rendering: chamado
Transliteration: klētos
Doctrine: Perseverance and Faithful Witness under Persecution
Rejected alternatives: convocado (registro burocrático)
Original: κλητός
Category: Salvation
Inherited from Romans package, unchanged. Part of the triad describing those with the Lamb: ‘called and chosen and faithful’ (17:14).
Election
Approved rendering: eleição
Transliteration: eklektos
Doctrine: Book of Life and Election
Rejected alternatives: mérito conquistado ao longo de reencarnações
Original: ἐκλεκτός
Category: Salvation
Inherited from Romans package, unchanged. The ‘chosen’ in the triad of 17:14, and those written in the book of life ‘from the foundation of the world’ (13:8).
Providence
Approved rendering: providência
Transliteration: pronoia
Doctrine: Sovereignty of God over History
Rejected alternatives: lei de causa e efeito espírita (regência cármica das reencarnações)
Inherited from Romans package, unchanged. Underlies the doctrinal logic guarding ‘ira de Deus,’ ‘selo,’ and ‘aquele que é, e que era, e que há de vir’ against an impersonal karmic reading throughout Revelation.
Almighty
Approved rendering: Todo-Poderoso
Transliteration: pantokrator
Doctrine: Sovereignty of God over History
Rejected alternatives: um ser espiritual poderoso entre outros (orixás, guias)
Original: παντοκράτωρ
Category: God
New term for this curriculum. A title of God as ruler of all, occurring repeatedly (1:8; 4:8; 11:17; 15:3; 16:7,14; 19:6,15; 21:22). Must retain full, active, universal sovereignty, not softened to a generic ‘powerful being’ among Brazil’s populated spiritual cosmologies.
Who Is Who Was Who Is To Come
Approved rendering: aquele que é, e que era, e que há de vir
Transliteration: ho ōn kai ho ēn kai ho erchomenos
Doctrine: Sovereignty of God over History
Original: ὁ ὢν καὶ ὁ ἦν καὶ ὁ ἐρχόμενος
Category: God
New term for this curriculum. A threefold divine self-existence title (1:4,8; 4:8) echoing Exodus 3:14’s ‘I AM.’ Must be rendered identically at every occurrence; any drift risks reducing a deity-identity claim to a vague description of permanence.
Wrath Of God
Approved rendering: ira de Deus / furor de Deus
Transliteration: thymos / orgē
Doctrine: Divine Wrath and Righteous Judgment
Rejected alternatives: lei de causa e efeito espírita (leitura cármica impessoal)
Original: θυμός / ὀργή
Category: Judgment
New term for this curriculum. God’s settled, righteous judicial response to persistent evil (6:16-17; 14:10,19; 15:1,7; 16:1,19; 19:15). Never an impersonal karmic backlash; never mere disappointment.
Slain
Approved rendering: morto / como morto
Transliteration: esphagmenon
Doctrine: Worship of the Lamb
Rejected alternatives: imolado (ressonância litúrgica católica de sacrifício re-apresentado na Missa)
Original: ἐσφαγμένον
Category: Christology
New term for this curriculum. Describes the Lamb bearing permanently the marks of a real, historical, completed sacrificial death (5:6,9,12; 13:8). ‘Morto/como morto’ preserves the once-for-all, completed-in-history sense consistent with the Almeida tradition.
Alpha And Omega
Approved rendering: Alfa e Ômega
Transliteration: to Alpha kai to Ō
Doctrine: Deity and Eternal Sovereignty of Christ
Rejected alternatives: floreio literário equivalente a ‘de A a Z’
Original: τὸ Ἄλφα καὶ τὸ Ὦ
Category: Christology
New term for this curriculum. Divine self-designation of absolute eternity and sovereignty, used of the Father (1:8; 21:6) and of Christ alike (22:13). Never a mere literary flourish.
First And Last
Approved rendering: o primeiro e o último
Transliteration: ho prōtos kai ho eschatos
Doctrine: Deity and Eternal Sovereignty of Christ
Original: ὁ πρῶτος καὶ ὁ ἔσχατος
Category: Christology
New term for this curriculum. Synonymous restatement of Alpha and Omega (1:17; 2:8; 22:13); same deity-claim force; render consistently at every occurrence.
Word Of God Title
Approved rendering: o Verbo de Deus
Transliteration: ho Logos tou theou
Doctrine: Return and Reign of Christ
Rejected alternatives: a palavra de Deus (perderia a continuidade com João 1:1)
Original: ὁ Λόγος τοῦ θεοῦ
Category: Christology
New term for this curriculum. A Christological title (19:13) echoing João 1:1,14. ‘Verbo’ (not generic ‘palavra’) preserves continuity with the baseline Incarnation doctrine.
Living One
Approved rendering: aquele que vive
Transliteration: ho zōn
Doctrine: Resurrection of Christ and the Dead
Original: ὁ ζῶν
Category: Christology
New term for this curriculum. Christ’s self-declaration following his resurrection: ‘I died, and behold I am alive forevermore’ (1:18). Must not be softened into a metaphor of ongoing spiritual presence detached from bodily resurrection.
Freely Without Cost
Approved rendering: de graça / gratuitamente
Transliteration: dōrean
Doctrine: Grace and the Free Gift of Eternal Life
Rejected alternatives: mérito espiritual acumulado ao longo de vidas sucessivas
Original: δωρεάν
Category: Salvation
New term for this curriculum. Eternal life given freely (21:6; 22:17); strong anchor text against any framing of eternal life as a reward for gradually accumulated spiritual merit across reincarnations.
Overcomer
Approved rendering: vencedor / aquele que vence
Transliteration: ho nikōn
Doctrine: Perseverance and Faithful Witness under Persecution
Rejected alternatives: vencedor no sentido de sucesso pessoal/prosperidade (registro de marketing motivacional/teologia da prosperidade), evolução espiritual autoconquistada ao longo de vidas sucessivas
Original: ὁ νικῶν
Category: Faith
New term for this curriculum. The refrain closing each of the seven letters (2:7,11,17,26; 3:5,12,21) and recurring throughout (12:11; 15:2; 21:7). Every occurrence must anchor victory to Christ’s finished work, not self-achieved merit or success.
Redeemed Purchased
Approved rendering: redimiu / comprou
Transliteration: agorazō
Doctrine: Worship of the Lamb
Rejected alternatives: metáfora sem pagamento real de preço
Original: ἀγοράζω
Category: Salvation
New term for this curriculum. A real price paid securing redemption ‘from every tribe and tongue and people and nation’ (5:9; 14:3-4); stands against any framing of redemption as self-purchased through accumulated merit.
Book Of Life
Approved rendering: livro da vida
Transliteration: biblion tēs zōēs
Doctrine: Book of Life and Election
Rejected alternatives: registros akáshicos (leitura kardecista de um registro cármico continuamente emendado)
Original: τὸ βιβλίον τῆς ζωῆς
Category: Eschatology
New term for this curriculum. God’s definitive, complete, unamendable record of those graciously granted eternal life through the Lamb (3:5; 13:8; 17:8; 20:12,15; 21:27).
Witness Testimony
Approved rendering: testemunho / testemunha
Transliteration: martyria / martys
Doctrine: Perseverance and Faithful Witness under Persecution
Rejected alternatives: mártir em toda ocorrência (leitura anacrônica que force o sentido plenamente desenvolvido de martírio)
Original: μαρτυρία / μάρτυς
Category: Faith
New term for this curriculum. Reserve ‘mártir’ strictly for contexts of literal death for the faith (2:13; 6:9; 17:6); use ‘testemunho/testemunha’ elsewhere.
Two Witnesses
Approved rendering: as duas testemunhas
Transliteration: hoi dyo martyres
Doctrine: Perseverance and Faithful Witness under Persecution
Original: οἱ δύο μάρτυρες
Category: Faith
New term for this curriculum. Two figures whose faithful testimony leads to their death and vindicating resurrection (11:3-13); central embodiment of the doctrine.
Tribulation
Approved rendering: tribulação
Transliteration: thlipsis
Doctrine: Perseverance and Faithful Witness under Persecution
Original: θλῖψις
Category: Faith
New term for this curriculum. Distress and persecution for the faith (2:9-10), intensified as ‘great tribulation’ (7:14). Avoid embedding a specific millennial/dispensational schema in the base translation.
Hundred Forty Four Thousand
Approved rendering: cento e quarenta e quatro mil
Transliteration: hekaton tesserakonta tessares chiliades
Doctrine: Symbolic Completeness of the Redeemed (144,000)
Rejected alternatives: classe literal dos 144.000 ungidos rumo ao céu (doutrina das Testemunhas de Jeová)
Original: ἑκατὸν τεσσεράκοντα τέσσαρες χιλιάδες
Category: Church
New term for this curriculum. A symbolic number (12 tribes x 12,000) representing the complete, redeemed people of God (7:4-8; 14:1,3), distinct from the Watchtower’s literal-class doctrine.
Tabernacle Dwell
Approved rendering: tabernáculo / habitará
Transliteration: skēnē / skēnōsei
Doctrine: God’s Dwelling with Humanity (Incarnation Echo)
Original: σκηνή / σκηνώσει
Category: Eschatology
New term for this curriculum. Deliberately echoes João 1:14’s ‘the Word became flesh and dwelt among us’ (21:3; cf. 7:15). The theological bridge to the Incarnation doctrine must be surfaced explicitly.
Great White Throne
Approved rendering: grande trono branco
Transliteration: thronos megas leukos
Doctrine: Judgment of the Wicked and Vindication of the Saints
Original: θρόνος μέγας λευκός
Category: Judgment
New term for this curriculum. The climactic judgment-seat scene (20:11-12); anchors Judgment of the Wicked together with Sovereignty of God at the book’s decisive turning point.
Tree Of Life
Approved rendering: árvore da vida
Transliteration: to xylon tēs zōēs
Doctrine: The New Heaven and New Earth
Rejected alternatives: diagrama sefirótico cabalístico (símbolo esotérico comercializado no mercado brasileiro de produtos New Age)
Original: τὸ ξύλον τῆς ζωῆς
Category: Eschatology
New term for this curriculum. Full restoration of Eden’s lost access to life (2:7; 22:2,14,19); must be explicitly anchored to the Genesis-to-Revelation narrative, never presented without that anchor.
I Am Coming Soon
Approved rendering: venho sem demora / venho em breve
Transliteration: erchomai tachy
Doctrine: Hope of Christ’s Imminent Return
Original: ἔρχομαι ταχύ
Category: Eschatology
New term for this curriculum. The certainty and nearness of Christ’s return (2:16; 3:11; 16:15; 22:7,12,20); must preserve the certainty-plus-unknown-timing tension.
Come Lord Jesus
Approved rendering: Vem, Senhor Jesus
Transliteration: erchou, Kyrie Iēsou
Doctrine: Return and Reign of Christ
Original: ἔρχου, Κύριε Ἰησοῦ
Category: Eschatology
New term for this curriculum. The closing liturgical cry of confident hope for Christ’s return (22:20), echoing ‘Marana tha’ (1 Cor 16:22); a fixed, beloved formula across Brazilian Christian traditions. Render exactly and consistently.
Dragon
Approved rendering: dragão
Transliteration: drakōn
Doctrine: Defeat of Satan the Dragon
Original: δράκων
Category: Judgment
New term for this curriculum. Explicitly identified by the text as ‘the ancient serpent…the devil and Satan’ (12:9), defeated decisively (20:2-3,10). Collision with the syncretized ‘São Jorge e o Dragão’/Ogum devotional festival tradition, which frames the dragon as recurring rather than finally defeated.
Prostitute Harlot
Approved rendering: prostituta
Transliteration: pornē
Doctrine: Babylon and Corrupt Worldly Power
Original: πόρνη
Category: Judgment
New term for this curriculum. A prophetic-tradition metaphor for covenant unfaithfulness/idolatry applied to a corrupt imperial power (ch. 17; 19:2). Avoid both a misogynistic literal reading and endorsement of sectarian Babylon-identification polemics.
Babylon The Great
Approved rendering: Babilônia, a Grande
Transliteration: Babylōn hē megalē
Doctrine: Babylon and Corrupt Worldly Power
Original: Βαβυλὼν ἡ μεγάλη
Category: Judgment
New term for this curriculum. Symbolic name for the corrupt world-system opposed to God (14:8; chs. 17-18). Present the text’s own symbolic-apocalyptic character without adjudicating modern sectarian identifications (e.g., historic Brazilian Protestant polemics against the Roman Catholic Church).
Bride
Approved rendering: noiva
Transliteration: nymphē
Doctrine: Church as Bride of Christ
Rejected alternatives: esposa de Cristo (frase técnica católica fixa para religiosas consagradas/freiras)
Original: νύμφη
Category: Church
New term for this curriculum. The New Jerusalem/redeemed people presented to Christ as his bride (19:7-9; 21:2,9). Every occurrence requires a clarifying note that the whole Church, not a consecrated subset, is the Bride.
Marriage Supper Of The Lamb
Approved rendering: ceia das bodas do Cordeiro
Transliteration: to deipnon tou gamou tou arniou
Doctrine: Church as Bride of Christ
Original: τὸ δεῖπνον τοῦ γάμου τοῦ ἀρνίου
Category: Church
New term for this curriculum. The consummating wedding feast of the redeemed (19:7,9), deliberately contrasted with ‘the great supper of God’ (19:17). Preserve the ironic literary contrast.
Elder Heavenly
Approved rendering: ancião
Transliteration: presbyteros
Doctrine: Worship of the Lamb
Rejected alternatives: presbítero (ofício ordenado católico)
Original: πρεσβύτερος
Category: Worship
New term for this curriculum. One of the 24 heavenly elders surrounding God’s throne (4:4,10; 5:6,8,11,14; etc.). Must be clarified as a heavenly worship-order distinct from local church office and Catholic ordained clergy.
Living Creature
Approved rendering: ser vivente
Transliteration: zōon
Doctrine: Worship of the Lamb
Rejected alternatives: besta (jamais - confundiria com thērion, ch. 13)
Original: ζῷον
Category: Worship
New term for this curriculum. Exalted heavenly beings surrounding God’s throne, perpetual worship-leaders (ch. 4; 5,6,7,14,15,19). Must never share a Portuguese word with ‘besta.‘
Seal
Approved rendering: selo / selar
Transliteration: sphragis / sphragizō
Doctrine: Sovereignty of God over History
Rejected alternatives: sigilo mágico (registro esotérico/ocultista)
Original: σφραγίς / σφραγίζω
Category: God
New term for this curriculum. An official mark of authentication, ownership, or security; God’s sovereign control over history, both as protective mark (7:3; 9:4) and as opened scroll-seals (chs. 5-8). Avoid occult ‘sigilo’ connotations.
Canon Warning
Approved rendering: não acrescentar / não tirar
Transliteration: mē epithē … mē aphelē
Doctrine: Inspiration and Closed Canon of Scripture
Rejected alternatives: psicografia como fonte legítima de revelação contínua
Original: μὴ ἐπιθῇ … μὴ ἀφέλῃ
Category: Scripture
New term for this curriculum. An explicit closing seal on the book’s own textual integrity (22:18-19), a direct rebuttal to Kardecism’s mainstream Brazilian practice of psicografia (mediums transcribing purportedly ongoing spirit-dictated revelation).
Synagogue Of Satan
Approved rendering: sinagoga de Satanás
Transliteration: synagōgē tou Satana
Doctrine: Perseverance and Faithful Witness under Persecution
Original: συναγωγὴ τοῦ Σατανᾶ
Category: Church
New term for this curriculum. A polemical designation of a hostile local community opposing the church at Smyrna and Philadelphia (2:9; 3:9). Requires a careful historical-contextual note to prevent anti-Jewish misapplication; a specific first-century local-context statement, not a blanket claim about Judaism.
Sorcerer Sorcery
Approved rendering: feiticeiro / feitiçaria
Transliteration: pharmakos / pharmakeia
Doctrine: Occult Practices and Sorcery Condemned
Original: φάρμακος / φαρμακεία
Category: Judgment
New term for this curriculum. Practitioners of occult/magic arts, explicitly condemned (9:21; 18:23; 21:8; 22:15). Given the prevalence of Umbanda/Candomblé ritual practice and Kardecist mediumship in Brazil, teach the doctrinal point without targeting living religious communities.
Idolater Idolatry
Approved rendering: idólatra / idolatria
Transliteration: eidōlolatrēs / eidōlolatria
Doctrine: Worship of the Lamb
Original: εἰδωλολάτρης / εἰδωλολατρία
Category: Worship
New term for this curriculum. Idol-worshipers excluded from the New Jerusalem (21:8; 22:15); direct doctrinal complement to ‘worship’ (proskyneō), reinforcing Worship of the Lamb by exclusion.
Medium Risk Terms
Church
Approved rendering: igreja
Transliteration: ekklēsia
Doctrine: Church as Bride of Christ
Rejected alternatives: a Igreja (sentido institucional-hierárquico)
Original: ἐκκλησία
Category: Church
Inherited from Romans package, unchanged. Explicit in chs. 1-3 (seven churches); the same referent later appears under bridal/city imagery (chs. 19, 21-22).
Kingdom Of God
Approved rendering: reino de Deus
Transliteration: basileia tou theou
Doctrine: Return and Reign of Christ
Original: βασιλεία τοῦ θεοῦ
Category: God
Inherited from Romans package, unchanged. Announced climactically at 11:15; ties to 1:6’s ‘kingdom and priests,’ every believer’s royal-priestly status.
Sin
Approved rendering: pecado
Transliteration: hamartia
Doctrine: Judgment of the Wicked and Vindication of the Saints
Rejected alternatives: erro a ser corrigido em vidas futuras (leitura espírita)
Original: ἁμαρτία
Category: Judgment
Inherited from Romans package, unchanged. Underlies the vice-lists of 9:21, 21:8, and 22:15.
Peace
Approved rendering: paz
Transliteration: eirēnē
Doctrine: Sovereignty of God over History
Rejected alternatives: tranquilidade emocional
Inherited from Romans package, unchanged. Occurs in John’s opening greeting, ‘Graça e paz a vós…’ (1:4), echoing the Pauline-epistolary greeting pattern this Language Package already anchors.
Adoption
Approved rendering: adoção
Transliteration: huiothesia
Doctrine: Book of Life and Election
Inherited from Romans package, unchanged. Relevant background for Revelation 21:7’s ‘he will be my son,’ extending full heir-status to every overcomer, distinct from Christ’s unique Sonship.
Faithful Pistos
Approved rendering: fiel
Transliteration: pistos
Doctrine: Assurance of God’s Final Victory over Evil
Original: πιστός
Category: Faith
New term for this curriculum; same root family as the baseline ‘faith’ entry. Of God’s own words (21:5; 22:6) and of believers (‘faithful unto death,’ 2:10).
True Alethinos
Approved rendering: verdadeiro
Transliteration: alēthinos
Doctrine: Symbolic and Apocalyptic Interpretation
Original: ἀληθινός
Category: Faith
New term for this curriculum. ‘True, genuine, real’ as opposed to counterfeit, contrasted with the illusory splendor of the beast, false prophet, and Babylon (3:7,14; 6:10; 15:3; 16:7; 19:2,9,11; 21:5; 22:6).
Every Tribe Tongue People Nation
Approved rendering: toda tribo, língua, povo e nação
Transliteration: pasa phylē, glōssa, laos, ethnos
Doctrine: Universal Ingathering of the Nations
Original: πᾶσα φυλή, γλῶσσα, λαός, ἔθνος
Category: Church
New term for this curriculum. The fourfold universal formula for the redeemed community (5:9; 7:9; 11:9; 13:7; 14:6; 17:15); carries direct social weight given Brazil’s own history of racial and social stratification.
Holy City New Jerusalem
Approved rendering: cidade santa / nova Jerusalém
Transliteration: polis hagia, Ierousalēm kainē
Doctrine: The New Heaven and New Earth
Original: πόλις ἁγία, Ἰερουσαλὴμ καινή
Category: Eschatology
New term for this curriculum. The eschatological dwelling of the redeemed community, fulfilling Isaiah 65 and Ezekiel 40-48 (21:2,10); requires Old Testament background many readers lack.
Millennium
Approved rendering: mil anos / milênio
Transliteration: chilia etē
Doctrine: Millennial Reign of Christ
Original: χίλια ἔτη
Category: Eschatology
New term for this curriculum. A specific, bounded thousand-year period of Christ’s reign (20:2-7). Base translation must remain strictly literal and denominationally neutral given Brazilian evangelicalism’s millennial-view diversity.
River Water Of Life
Approved rendering: rio / fonte da água da vida
Transliteration: potamos / pēgē hydatos tēs zōēs
Doctrine: The New Heaven and New Earth
Original: ποταμὸς / πηγὴ ὕδατος τῆς ζωῆς
Category: Eschatology
New term for this curriculum. Eternal life as God’s own gift, sourced in himself (21:6; 22:1,17); the sharper doctrinal risk lies in the accompanying ‘freely’ qualifier.
Reign Basileuo
Approved rendering: reinarão
Transliteration: basileuō
Doctrine: Millennial Reign of Christ
Original: βασιλεύω
Category: Eschatology
New term for this curriculum. The redeemed sharing Christ’s reign (20:6; 22:5); distinct from any this-worldly political triumphalism.
Number 666
Approved rendering: número / 666
Transliteration: ho arithmos autou, chi xi stigma
Doctrine: Symbolic and Apocalyptic Interpretation
Rejected alternatives: esquemas modernos de gematria numerológica
Original: ὁ ἀριθμὸς αὐτοῦ, χξϛ
Category: Judgment
New term for this curriculum. Retain the number as given (13:18); avoid embedding a specific modern identification scheme in translation or footnotes.
Diadem
Approved rendering: diadema
Transliteration: diadēma
Doctrine: Return and Reign of Christ
Rejected alternatives: coroa (colapsaria a distinção literária com stephanos)
Original: διάδημα
Category: Judgment
New term for this curriculum. Royal headband/crown worn by the dragon (12:3) and the beast (13:1), contrasted with Christ’s many diadems (19:12). Must be kept lexically distinct from ‘coroa.‘
Crown Stephanos
Approved rendering: coroa
Transliteration: stephanos
Doctrine: Perseverance and Faithful Witness under Persecution
Rejected alternatives: diadema (colapsaria a distinção literária)
Original: στέφανος
Category: Faith
New term for this curriculum. The victor’s wreath, reward of faithful endurance (2:10; 3:11; 4:4,10; 6:2; 9:7; 12:1; 14:14). Never collapse with ‘diadema.‘
Servant Of God
Approved rendering: servo(s) de Deus
Transliteration: doulos
Doctrine: Perseverance and Faithful Witness under Persecution
Rejected alternatives: escravo (literal, mas com conotação negativa indesejada)
Original: δοῦλος
Category: Church
New term for this curriculum. ‘Slave/servant,’ used covenantally of believers dedicated to God’s service (1:1; 7:3; 19:2,5; 22:3). ‘Servo’ is the established devotional register.
Worthy
Approved rendering: digno
Transliteration: axios
Doctrine: Worship of the Lamb
Original: ἄξιος
Category: Worship
New term for this curriculum. The throne-room’s declaration that only God (4:11) and the Lamb (5:9,12) are worthy of worship and of opening the scroll.
Sign
Approved rendering: sinal
Transliteration: sēmeion
Doctrine: Spiritual Warfare and Discernment of True versus Counterfeit Signs
Original: σημεῖον
Category: Judgment
New term for this curriculum. Both authentic divine signs (12:1) and deceptive counterfeit signs performed by the beast/false prophet (13:13-14; 16:14; 19:20). Must not lose the text’s own warning.
Key Of David
Approved rendering: chave de Davi
Transliteration: hē kleis Dauid
Doctrine: Return and Reign of Christ
Original: ἡ κλεὶς Δαυίδ
Category: Covenant
New term for this curriculum. Christ’s messianic authority to open/shut access to God’s kingdom, echoing Isaiah 22:22 (3:7). Requires the same OT-background note as the baseline’s Davidic Covenant entries.
Temple Naos
Approved rendering: santuário / templo
Transliteration: naos
Doctrine: Church as Bride of Christ
Original: ναός
Category: Church
New term for this curriculum. The inner shrine/sanctuary, either the heavenly true sanctuary (11:1-2,19) or its explicit absence in the New Jerusalem (21:22) because God and the Lamb are themselves its sanctuary.
Ark Of Covenant
Approved rendering: arca da aliança
Transliteration: hē kibōtos tēs diathēkēs autou
Doctrine: Sovereignty of God over History
Original: ἡ κιβωτὸς τῆς διαθήκης αὐτοῦ
Category: Covenant
New term for this curriculum. Seen in the heavenly temple (11:19), reinforcing God’s covenant faithfulness across redemptive history.
Revelation Apocalypse
Approved rendering: revelação / Apocalipse
Transliteration: apokalypsis
Doctrine: Symbolic and Apocalyptic Interpretation
Original: ἀποκάλυψις
Category: Scripture
New term for this curriculum. ‘Unveiling, uncovering’; the book’s own self-description of its genre (1:1). Clarify to learners that ‘revelação’ (doctrinal concept) and ‘Apocalipse’ (book title) coexist without conflict.
Mystery
Approved rendering: mistério
Transliteration: mystērion
Doctrine: Symbolic and Apocalyptic Interpretation
Original: μυστήριον
Category: Scripture
New term for this curriculum. A hidden truth now disclosed through interpretation, applied to Babylon and the beast (17:5,7). Not the Catholic sacramental ‘mistério.‘
Armageddon
Approved rendering: Armagedom
Transliteration: Armagedōn
Doctrine: Symbolic and Apocalyptic Interpretation
Original: Ἁρμαγεδών
Category: Judgment
New term for this curriculum. A place-name of uncertain precise identification (16:16); has passed into secular Brazilian pop-culture as a generic term for cataclysmic battle, diluting its specific theological force.
Abyss
Approved rendering: abismo
Transliteration: abyssos
Doctrine: Judgment of the Wicked and Vindication of the Saints
Rejected alternatives: plano espiritual inferior (leitura cosmológica kardecista)
Original: ἄβυσσος
Category: Judgment
New term for this curriculum. ‘The bottomless pit,’ the place of imprisonment for demonic/hostile powers under God’s sovereign lock and key (9:1-2,11; 20:1,3).
Demon
Approved rendering: demônio
Transliteration: daimonion
Doctrine: Judgment of the Wicked and Vindication of the Saints
Original: δαιμόνιον
Category: Judgment
New term for this curriculum. Malevolent spiritual beings behind idolatry and deception (9:20; 16:14; 18:2). Keep the term’s actual textual weight rather than amplifying it beyond the book’s own emphasis, given its heightened resonance in Brazilian Pentecostal spiritual-warfare culture.
Low Risk Terms
Israel
Approved rendering: Israel
Transliteration: Israēl
Doctrine: Unity of Jews and Gentiles
Original: Ἰσραήλ
Category: Covenant
Inherited from Romans package, unchanged. The twelve tribes are named in the sealing of the 144,000 (7:4-8) and on the gates of the New Jerusalem (21:12).
David
Approved rendering: Davi
Transliteration: Dabid / Dauid
Doctrine: Return and Reign of Christ
Original: Δαβίδ / Δαυίδ
Category: Covenant
Inherited from Romans package, unchanged. Christ is the ‘Root of David’ (5:5; 22:16) who holds the ‘key of David’ (3:7).
Apostle
Approved rendering: apóstolo
Transliteration: apostolos
Doctrine: Church as Bride of Christ
Original: ἀπόστολος
Category: Church
Inherited from Romans package, unchanged. The New Jerusalem’s twelve foundations bear the apostles’ names (21:14); false apostles exposed at Ephesus (2:2).
Gog And Magog
Approved rendering: Gogue e Magogue
Transliteration: ho Gōg kai ho Magōg
Doctrine: Assurance of God’s Final Victory over Evil
Original: ὁ Γὼγ καὶ ὁ Μαγώγ
Category: Eschatology
New term for this curriculum. Ezekiel 38-39 imagery reused for the final gathering of hostile nations (20:8); requires OT background note; low doctrinal-collision risk in itself.
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