Core Glossary
Core Glossary: Proverbs (English → Spanish)
Curriculum: Proverbs
Core passage: Proverbs 3:1-12
Derived from: analysis/07_semantic_analysis.md
Baseline authority: Terms already fixed in the Romans translation_memory.json / bible_term_registry.json are reused exactly and marked “(baseline reuse)” below. All other terms are new entries proposed for this curriculum’s translation memory, using the same schema and risk conventions as the baseline.
Risk tier definitions (identical to baseline doctrine_risk_registry.json):
- Critical — Mistranslation alters or 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 or imprecision. Automated review sufficient.
1. Terms Reused Exactly from the Baseline Romans Package
| English Term | Spanish Rendering | Risk | Doctrine | Proverbs Occurrences | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| God | Dios | Critical | Deity of Christ / God | Throughout (esp. 2:5, 3:4, 30:5, 30:9) | Reuse exactly. Distinguish from “Jehová” (YHWH, new entry below) — Elohim/Eloah (generic divine title) vs. YHWH (personal covenant name), both rendered differently in careful exposition though colloquially both may surface as “Dios.” |
| Righteousness / Righteous | justicia / justo | Critical | Salvation (Romans) / Practical Righteousness in Daily Life (Proverbs) | 2:9, 2:20, 8:8, 8:15, 8:18, 10:2, 10:6-7, 11:4-6, 11:18-19, 21:3, 29:2, etc. | Reuse exactly, but layer an additional Proverbs-specific note: Proverbs’ tsedaqah/tsaddiq describes the practical, observable fruit of a wisdom-shaped life, not the forensic legal standing Romans 3-5 describes. Both are rendered with the identical Spanish word “justicia/justo.” Every Proverbs lesson touching this term must explicitly clarify it does not teach righteousness-by-works as the ground of justification before God. |
| Grace / favor | gracia | High | Grace | 3:4 (chen), 3:34, 13:15 | Reuse exactly, with a mandatory disambiguating teaching note every occurrence: Proverbs’ chen is relational favor/goodwill won through wise living (a description of social consequence), not the soteriological doctrine of unmerited saving grace received apart from works (Romans 3-5, 11:5-6). Never let Proverbs’ use imply favor before God is earned by wise conduct. |
| Peace | paz | Medium | Peace with God (Romans) / general well-being (Proverbs) | 3:2, 3:17 | Reuse exactly, with a contextual note: Proverbs’ shalom is broader covenantal well-being/wholeness (health, household, life), not narrowly the relational peace-through-justification doctrine of Romans 5:1. Related, not identical, senses of the same word. |
| Sin | pecado | Medium | Universal Human Accountability | Implicit throughout via “wicked/rasha” material; explicit at 14:9, 14:34, 21:4, 24:9 | Reuse exactly. Never soften to “falta,” per baseline rule. |
| Wicked (person) | impío / malvado | Medium | Universal Human Accountability | Throughout, esp. 2:22, 10:3, 10:6-7, 11:5-11, 28:1 | Reuse the baseline’s general convention for rasha-type vocabulary; prefer “impío” to preserve the God-relational (not merely social) dimension of wickedness. |
| Word of God | palabra de Dios | Medium | Inspiration of Scripture | 30:5 | Reuse baseline’s existing doctrinal caution on Scripture’s self-attested, unique inspiration and reliability, taught on its own terms. |
| Prophecy / Vision | profecía / visión | Low/Medium | Fulfillment of Prophecy (Romans) / general revelatory guidance (Proverbs) | 29:18 (chazon) | Reuse baseline’s caution: distinguish from astrology, esoteric “vidente” prediction, or horoscope culture. |
| David | David | Low | (background reference) | Not directly named, but Solomonic/Davidic authorship context (1:1) | Reuse exactly, standard proper name. |
| Israel | Israel | Low | (background reference) | Implicit covenant-people background | Reuse exactly, standard proper name. |
2. New Terms Proposed for This Curriculum (Proverbs-Specific)
| English Term | Hebrew / Transliteration | Spanish Rendering | Risk | Doctrine | Proverbs Occurrences | Alternatives Rejected | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| LORD (YHWH, the Tetragrammaton) | יהוה / YHWH | Jehová | Critical | Fear of the Lord; Trust in the Lord’s Providence; all doctrines | Throughout, hundreds of occurrences (first at 1:7) | “el Eterno”; generic unqualified “Dios” (erases the personal-name distinction the text intentionally makes) | Extends the baseline “lord” entry (which governs κύριος/NT usage) into the Hebrew OT. Follows RV1960/RVA2015 register per this Language Package’s own anchor. Grounded risk: strong contemporary association with “Testigos de Jehová” (Jehovah’s Witnesses), a large non-Trinitarian movement across the Spanish-speaking world. Every occurrence requires a clarifying note that this is the same triune God who is Father, Son, and Holy Spirit per the baseline package, not the Watchtower’s unitarian construal. |
| Fear of the LORD | יִרְאַת יְהוָה / yirat YHWH | el temor de Jehová | Critical | The Fear of the Lord as the Beginning of Wisdom | 1:7; 3:7; 9:10; 31:30 (book’s thesis inclusio) | “miedo a Dios” (reduces to servile terror); “respeto a Dios” (too weak, loses holy awe) | The book’s programmatic doctrine and the core-passage anchor concept. Must be rendered identically at all four inclusio occurrences, held to the same cross-document consistency discipline the baseline applies to Romans 1:16-17 and 10:9-10. Teach as reverential awe combined with trust and moral submission — not servile dread, not mere politeness. |
| Wisdom (general) | חָכְמָה / chokmah | sabiduría | High | Fear of the Lord / Contrast of Wise and Fool | Throughout, foundational from 1:2 | — | Everyday Spanish “sabiduría” skews toward cleverness/erudition; must be taught as God-oriented skillfulness for righteous living rooted in 1:7’s fear of the LORD, not autonomous or secular cleverness. |
| Wisdom Personified | חָכְמוֹת / chokmot (plural/personification form) | la Sabiduría (capitalized) | Critical | Wisdom Personified | 1:20-33; 3:19-20; 8:1-36; 9:1-6 | Rendering 8:22’s “qanani” with “crear” (create) | Two converging grounded risks: (1) the Arian controversy historically exploited the LXX’s “created me” language at 8:22; teaching must affirm the eternal, uncreated Son fulfills/completes this figure (John 1:1-3), never that Christ is a created being. (2) Catholic Marian liturgical tradition applies Proverbs 8:22-31/9:1-6 typologically to the Virgin Mary (e.g., “Sedes Sapientiae” devotion, Marian feast lectionary readings); this curriculum teaches a Christological fulfillment (1 Corinthians 1:24; Colossians 1:15-17) and must state this explicitly without disparaging learners’ prior catechesis. Mandatory human theologian review for every occurrence, parallel to the baseline’s “sainthood” and “intercession” Critical entries. |
| Folly Personified | אִוֶּלֶת / אֵשֶׁת כְּסִילוּת / ivveleth / eshet kesiluth | la Necedad / la mujer necia | High | Contrast of the Wise and the Fool | 9:13-18 | — | The deliberate negative counterpart to Wisdom Personified; teach the two-invitations structure (Wisdom vs. Folly, ch. 1-9) as the book’s foundational “two ways” framework. |
| Fool (obstinate) | כְּסִיל / kesil | necio | High | Contrast of the Wise and the Fool | Very frequent throughout, esp. 1:22, 10:1, 13:19-20, 26:1-12 | ”tonto,” “estúpido” (register too casual/insulting, loses moral-theological weight) | A moral-theological category (rejection of the fear of the LORD, resistance to correction), not an intelligence or insult category. Distinguish consistently from “simple/peti” (teachable) and “burlador/lets” (defiantly hardened). |
| Simple / naive person | פֶּתִי / peti | simple / ingenuo | Medium | Contrast of the Wise and the Fool | 1:4, 1:22, 1:32, 7:7, 9:4, 9:16, 14:15 | — | Untaught and morally unformed, but still teachable — distinct from and less hardened than “necio” (kesil) or “burlador” (letsim). Maintain the three-tier distinction consistently. |
| Scoffer / mocker | לֵץ / לֵצִים / lets / letsim | burlador / escarnecedor | Medium | Contrast of the Wise and the Fool | 1:22, 9:7-8, 13:1, 14:6, 15:12, 19:25, 19:29, 20:1, 21:24, 22:10, 24:9 | — | The most hardened folly-type: contemptuous rejection of correction itself. |
| Understanding / discernment | בִּינָה / תְּבוּנָה / binah / tebunah | entendimiento / discernimiento | Medium | Fear of the Lord as Beginning of Wisdom | 1:2, 2:2-6, 3:5, 3:19, 4:5, 4:7, 8:14, 9:10 | — | Companion virtue to wisdom; in 3:5 specifically contrasted with trust in YHWH as autonomous self-reliance, not devalued as such elsewhere (2:6 names it a gift from God). |
| Knowledge | דַּעַת / da’ath | conocimiento | Medium | Fear of the Lord as Beginning of Wisdom | 1:4, 1:7, 1:22, 2:5-6, 8:9-10, 9:10, 30:3 | ”información,” “datos” (too flat/secular) | Experiential, relational knowing, not mere data acquisition. |
| Instruction / Discipline (formative) | מוּסָר / musar | instrucción (teaching contexts) / disciplina (corrective contexts) | High | Fear of the Lord as Beginning of Wisdom; Practical Righteousness | 1:2-3, 1:8, 3:11, 4:1, 4:13, 6:23, 8:10, 8:33, 12:1, 13:1, 13:18, 15:5, 15:32-33, 19:20, 19:27, 22:15, 23:12-13 | ”castigo” alone (RV1960; skews to pure punishment in modern usage) | Context-sensitive: general teaching sense (“instrucción,” 1:2-3) vs. corrective/punitive sense (“disciplina,” 3:11 and child-rearing texts). Must convey formative, loving correction, not penitential/merit-based punishment nor abusive discipline. Cultural sensitivity required in child-rearing contexts (23:13-14, etc.) given corporal-punishment debates. |
| Reproof / Rebuke | תּוֹכֵחָה / tokhechah | reprensión / corrección | Medium | Fear of the Lord as Beginning of Wisdom | 3:11, 5:12, 6:23, 10:17, 12:1, 13:18, 15:5, 15:10, 15:31-32, 27:5, 29:1, 29:15 | — | Verbal component of formative correction; pairs with musar. Same non-punitive teaching caution applies. |
| Trust (in the LORD) | בָּטַח / batach | confiar | High | Trust in the Lord’s Providence | 3:5, 16:20, 28:25, 29:25, 31:11 | — | Distinct lexeme from baseline’s “fe” (πίστις) but theologically continuous — whole-hearted reliance on God rather than self or circumstance. Avoid fatalistic vernacular register; avoid treating as a “lesser” synonym for saving faith. |
| Steadfast love / covenant loyalty | חֶסֶד / chesed | misericordia | High | Practical Righteousness in Daily Life | 3:3, 11:17, 14:22, 16:6, 19:22, 20:6, 20:28, 21:21 | ”compasión” alone (loses covenant-loyalty dimension) | RV tradition rendering; must be taught as covenant-faithful loyal love, not mere emotional pity/compassion — distinct from, but resonant with, baseline’s “grace” entry. |
| Truth / faithfulness | אֶמֶת / emet | verdad / fidelidad | Low/Medium | Practical Righteousness in Daily Life | 3:3, 8:7, 12:19, 14:22, 16:13, 20:28, 23:23 | — | Includes relational reliability, not only propositional accuracy. |
| Heart | לֵב / lev | corazón | Medium | Practical Righteousness in Daily Life | Extremely frequent, foundational at 3:1, 3:5, 4:23 | — | Everyday Spanish “corazón” skews sentimental/emotional; must be taught as the biblical whole-person faculty of will, mind, and moral center. |
| Way / Path | דֶּרֶךְ / אֹרַח / derek / orach | camino / senda | Low/Medium | Contrast of the Wise and the Fool | Extremely frequent, foundational at 2:8, 2:12-13, 2:20, 3:6, 4:11, 4:14, 4:18-19 | — | The book’s dominant metaphor for a person’s whole pattern of conduct and moral direction; keep rendering consistent across all 31 chapters. |
| Firstfruits | רֵאשִׁית / reshith | primicias | High | Practical Righteousness in Daily Life | 3:9 | — | Grounded contemporary risk: a favorite proof-text of “teología de la prosperidad” / “siembra de fe” (prosperity gospel / seed-faith giving) movements widespread across Latin American and Hispanic neo-Pentecostal contexts. Must be taught as worshipful trust and right priority, explicitly against a transactional “give-to-get-more” formula reading. |
| Abomination | תּוֹעֵבָה / to’ebah | abominación | High | Practical Righteousness in Daily Life | 3:32, 6:16-19, 8:7, 11:1, 11:20, 12:22, 15:8-9, 15:26, 16:5, 20:10, 20:23, 21:27, 24:9, 28:9, 29:27 | ”algo que no le agrada a Dios” (too weak) | Must retain full force of strong moral repugnance to God, not softened to mild displeasure. |
| Sluggard | עָצֵל / atsel | perezoso | Medium | Diligence versus Sloth | 6:6-11, 10:26, 12:24, 12:27, 13:4, 15:19, 19:15, 19:24, 20:4, 21:25, 22:13, 24:30-34, 26:13-16 | — | Grounded cultural caution: avoid reinforcing regional/national stereotypes about work ethic; keep focus on the individual moral-theological pattern (self-discipline, provision, honoring God through labor). |
| Rod (of discipline) | שֵׁבֶט / shevet | vara | High (cultural/pastoral) | Diligence versus Sloth / Practical Righteousness | 13:24, 22:15, 23:13-14, 29:15 | — | Given active corporal-punishment debates across Spain and Latin America, requires explicit pastoral framing distinguishing committed parental engagement/correction from a mandate for specific physical methods irrespective of law, context, or child welfare. Route for native speaker/pastoral review. |
| Strange / forbidden woman | אִשָּׁה זָרָה / נָכְרִיָּה / ishah zarah / nokriyah | mujer extraña / mujer ajena | High (cultural sensitivity) | Practical Righteousness in Daily Life | 2:16, 5:3-20, 6:24-35, 7:5-27, 23:27 | ”mujer pagana” (imports unrelated ethnic/religious connotation) | Warning against sexual infidelity and folly, not against foreign/immigrant women. Given honor/shame and machismo-inflected cultural dynamics in parts of the Spanish-speaking world, keep focus on the hearer’s moral responsibility and covenant faithfulness. Route for native speaker cultural review. |
| Tree of life | עֵץ חַיִּים / etz chayim | árbol de la vida | High (cultural collision) | Wisdom Personified | 3:18; also 11:30, 13:12, 15:4 | — | Grounded collision with the widely known Mexican/Latin American folk-art “árbol de la vida” decorative motif (e.g., Metepec ceramics). Must anchor learners in the specific biblical-theological sense (wisdom as source of covenant life, Eden echo, Revelation 22 anticipation), not generic folklore/décor associations. |
| Casting lots / “the lot” | גּוֹרָל / goral | suerte(s) (echadas) | High | Trust in the Lord’s Providence | 16:33; 18:18 | Fully avoiding “suerte” (loses the text’s own idiom) | Direct lexical overlap with the baseline’s own flagged fatalistic-vernacular risk (“destino/suerte”) for providence/election. The text itself uses lot-casting terminology to teach the opposite of fatalism — God’s sovereignty even over apparently random procedures. Mandatory disambiguating note distinguishing the ancient decision-making practice from modern “tener suerte” (luck) usage. |
| Sacrifice (ritual) | זֶבַח / zevach | sacrificio | High | Practical Righteousness in Daily Life | 21:3; 15:8; 21:27 | — | Grounded Catholic-context risk: strong association with the Mass and personal penitential “sacrificios” (merit-based penance). The text’s contrast (ethics over ritual) must not be absorbed into a merit/penance framework nor read as devaluing corporate worship. |
| Vision / prophetic word | חָזוֹן / chazon | visión | Medium | Fulfillment of Prophecy (cross-reference to baseline) | 29:18 | — | See baseline “prophecy” reuse note above; avoid esoteric/fortune-telling “vidente” associations. |
| Word of God (tested/pure) | אִמְרַת אֱלוֹהַ / imrat Eloah | palabra de Dios | Medium-High | Inspiration of Scripture | 30:5-6 | — | See baseline reuse note above; Scripture’s self-attested reliability taught on its own terms. |
| Capable / excellent wife | אֵשֶׁת חַיִל / eshet chayil | mujer de virtud y fortaleza / mujer capaz | High (cultural collision) | Practical Righteousness in Daily Life | 12:4; 31:10-31 | ”mujer virtuosa” alone (loses the strength/capability sense of chayil and risks reinforcing a passive self-abnegation ideal) | Grounded collision with Hispanic “marianismo” gender-role norms (idealized self-sacrificing womanhood). “Chayil” connotes strength/capability/substance, not mere passive virtue. Must not be taught in a way that pressures women toward unsustainable self-sacrifice or silence about mistreatment. Route for native speaker cultural review. |
| Sheol / realm of the dead | שְׁאוֹל / sheol | el Seol | Medium | (background eschatological term) | 1:12, 5:5, 7:27, 9:18, 15:11, 15:24, 23:14, 27:20 | — | Do not equate with the fully developed NT doctrine of hell/Gehenna; this is the OT’s more general realm/state of death. |
| Ransom (general) | כֹּפֶר / kofer | rescate | Medium | (background atonement echo) | 6:35, 13:8, 21:18 | — | General wisdom-observation term (wealth buying safety); must not be conflated with Christ’s specific atoning ransom (Romans 3:25; Mark 10:45). |
| False balance / just weight | מֹאזְנֵי מִרְמָה / פֶּלֶס | balanza falsa / peso justo | Low/Medium | Practical Righteousness in Daily Life | 11:1, 16:11, 20:10, 20:23 | — | Honest-commerce ethics, a concrete application of practical righteousness. |
| Coals of fire (kindness to enemy) | גֶּחֶלִים / gechalim | brasas de fuego | Medium | Practical Righteousness in Daily Life | 25:21-22 | — | Directly quoted at Romans 12:20; must match the rendering used in the Romans corpus for this quotation — verify cross-document consistency before finalizing. |
| Agur (proper name) | אָגוּר | Agur | Low | (background attribution) | 30:1 | — | Standard proper name. |
| Lemuel (proper name) | לְמוּאֵל | Lemuel | Low | (background attribution) | 31:1 | — | Standard proper name. |
| Righteous person / Wicked person contrast pair | צַדִּיק / רָשָׁע / tsaddiq / rasha | justo / impío | Critical / Medium | Contrast of the Wise and the Fool; Practical Righteousness | Pervasive throughout ch. 10-29 | — | See “Righteousness” baseline-reuse entry above for the Critical practical-vs-forensic disambiguation note; “impío” itself (the wicked pole) carries only Medium risk on its own. |
| Guard the heart | נָצַר לֵב / natsar lev | guarda tu corazón | Medium | Practical Righteousness in Daily Life | 4:23 | — | One of the book’s most quoted verses; teach as guarding the whole-person moral center (will, mind), not “protecting your feelings.” |
3. Doctrine-to-Term Cross-Reference Summary
| Curriculum Doctrine | Primary Terms | Highest Risk Tier Present |
|---|---|---|
| The Fear of the Lord as the Beginning of Wisdom | el temor de Jehová, Jehová, sabiduría, entendimiento, conocimiento, musar/disciplina | Critical |
| Wisdom Personified | la Sabiduría, la Necedad/mujer necia, árbol de la vida | Critical |
| Practical Righteousness in Daily Life | justicia/justo, impío, abominación, primicias, sacrificio, guarda tu corazón, balanza falsa, mujer de virtud y fortaleza, chesed/misericordia | Critical |
| The Contrast of the Wise and the Fool | necio, simple/ingenuo, burlador/escarnecedor, camino/senda, justo/impío | High |
| Speech and Self-Control | lengua de los sabios, boca perversa, lenguaje throughout ch. 10-26 | Medium |
| Diligence versus Sloth | perezoso, hormiga, vara (rod) | High |
| Trust in the Lord’s Providence | confiar, Jehová, el corazón del rey está en la mano de Jehová, las suertes se echan (goral) | High |
4. Escalation Notes for Phase 2
The following terms require mandatory human theologian review on every occurrence, consistent with the baseline’s Critical-tier routing rule:
- Jehová (YHWH) — every occurrence
- el temor de Jehová — every occurrence, especially 1:7, 3:7, 9:10, 31:30
- la Sabiduría (Wisdom Personified) — especially chapters 1, 8, 9
- justicia/justo in any passage that could be read as works-righteousness — especially ch. 2, 10-11, 21
- primicias (3:9-10) — prosperity-gospel disambiguation
- las suertes se echan (goral, 16:33) — fatalism disambiguation
The following require native speaker / cultural review (not necessarily theologian-level):
- mujer extraña / mujer ajena (strange woman passages)
- vara (rod of discipline)
- mujer de virtud y fortaleza (eshet chayil, ch. 31)
- perezoso (sluggard) — stereotype sensitivity
- sacrificio (21:3) — Catholic ritual-association sensitivity
End of core glossary. See analysis/07_semantic_analysis.md for the full verse-by-verse and chapter-by-chapter analysis underlying these entries.
Critical Risk Terms
God
Approved rendering: Dios
Transliteration: theos / Elohim / Eloah
Doctrine: Deity of Christ / God
Original: אֱלֹהִים / אֱלוֹהַ
Category: God
Inherited from Romans package. In Proverbs this generic divine title (Elohim/Eloah, e.g. 2:5, 3:4, 30:5, 30:9) is grammatically and lexically distinct from the personal covenant name YHWH (‘Jehová,’ see lord_yhwh below), though both are conventionally rendered with related Spanish forms. Careful exposition, especially chapter 30, should preserve the personal-name/generic-title distinction even though colloquial usage flattens it.
Righteousness
Approved rendering: justicia
Transliteration: dikaiosynē
Doctrine: Salvation / Practical Righteousness in Daily Life
Rejected alternatives: rectitud moral autónoma, mérito acumulado
Inherited from Romans package EXACTLY (no substitute rendering permitted). CRITICAL EXTENSION for Proverbs: tsaddiq/tsedaqah (see righteous_person below) is spelled identically in Spanish but describes the practical, observable fruit of a wisdom-shaped life, not the forensic legal standing Romans 3-5 describes as received by faith apart from works. Every Proverbs lesson touching ‘justicia/justo’ must explicitly state that Proverbs describes what a godly life looks like and does not qualify or contradict the baseline’s forensic justification doctrine.
Justification
Approved rendering: justificación
Transliteration: dikaiōsis
Doctrine: Salvation
Rejected alternatives: proceso gradual de purificación interior
Inherited from Romans package. Cross-referenced (not directly used) in Proverbs teaching notes to keep the forensic/practical distinction explicit whenever ‘justicia/justo’ occurs in Proverbs; the term itself rarely if ever needs to be used in Proverbs segments, but the doctrine it protects must be safeguarded.
Imputed Righteousness
Approved rendering: justicia imputada
Transliteration: elogisthē autō eis dikaiosynēn
Doctrine: Justification by Faith
Rejected alternatives: justicia infundida (Tridentine category of righteousness progressively infused and increased through merit)
Inherited from Romans package EXACTLY. Never render as ‘justicia infundida.’ Cross-referenced in Proverbs teaching notes on practical righteousness (Doctrine 3) to prevent learners from reading Proverbs’ tsaddiq-conduct as the means by which righteousness is earned or infused, rather than credited by faith per the baseline.
Jesus
Approved rendering: Jesús
Transliteration: Iēsous / Yeshua
Doctrine: Lordship of Christ
Inherited from Romans package EXACTLY. Relevant to Proverbs teaching on Wisdom Personified (ch. 8-9): the eternal, uncreated Son whom the New Testament identifies as fulfilling the Wisdom figure (1 Corinthians 1:24; Colossians 1:15-17) is Jesús. Every Wisdom Personified teaching note must name him explicitly.
Lord
Approved rendering: Señor
Transliteration: kyrios
Doctrine: Lordship of Christ
Rejected alternatives: Señor mío (devotional-only, without lordship claim over the whole of life)
Inherited from Romans package EXACTLY. Reserved for kyrios/NT Lordship contexts. Proverbs’ overwhelming use of the personal covenant name YHWH is rendered ‘Jehová,’ NOT ‘Señor’ (see lord_yhwh below) — keep these two distinct even though both refer to the same God, to preserve the text’s own deliberate use of God’s personal name.
Son Of God
Approved rendering: Hijo de Dios
Transliteration: huios theou
Doctrine: Sonship of Christ
Rejected alternatives: hijo de Dios en el sentido genérico aplicado a todo creyente
Inherited from Romans package EXACTLY. Directly relevant to teaching Proverbs 8:22-31: the eternal, unique, co-equal Sonship of Christ is the curriculum’s stated fulfillment of Wisdom Personified, guarding against both the Arian ‘created being’ misreading and the Marian typological reading of this figure.
High Risk Terms
Father
Approved rendering: Padre
Transliteration: patēr
Doctrine: Adoption into God’s Family
Inherited from Romans package (God as personal Father). Proverbs 3:12 applies the human-fatherhood metaphor (‘padre,’ lowercase, see father_teacher below) explicitly to divine correction, so the two senses touch directly at the core passage. Given that many learners’ lived experience of fatherhood may be marked by absence, harshness, or abuse, teaching requires pastoral sensitivity even though the lexical rendering is straightforward.
Grace
Approved rendering: gracia
Transliteration: charis
Doctrine: Grace
Rejected alternatives: favor merecido, recompensa por buenas obras
Inherited from Romans package EXACTLY. DIRECT COLLISION IN PROVERBS: 3:4’s chen (‘hallarás gracia,’ see favor below) reuses this identical Spanish word for a different, non-soteriological sense (relational/social favor won through wisdom). Every Proverbs occurrence of ‘gracia/favor’ requires a mandatory disambiguating note distinguishing it from this baseline’s unmerited saving grace.
Faith
Approved rendering: fe
Transliteration: pistis
Doctrine: Faith
Rejected alternatives: devoción religiosa general, creencia cultural heredada
Inherited from Romans package. Proverbs uses a distinct Hebrew lexeme (batach, see trust below, rendered ‘confiar’) for whole-hearted reliance on YHWH; theologically continuous with ‘fe’ but lexically distinct. Do not substitute ‘fe’ for ‘confiar’ in Proverbs 3:5 and related passages, and do not let ‘confiar’ be treated as a lesser synonym for saving faith.
Law
Approved rendering: ley
Transliteration: nomos
Doctrine: Fulfillment of Prophecy
Inherited from Romans package, reserved for the Mosaic Law/Torah as Paul discusses it. Proverbs 3:1’s torah (father’s/sage’s instruction) is a distinct referent sharing the same root authority; render Proverbs 3:1 as ‘enseñanza,’ NOT ‘ley,’ to prevent learners assuming every biblical ‘ley’ reference is the Sinai code (see law_teaching below).
Covenant
Approved rendering: pacto
Transliteration: diathēkē
Doctrine: Davidic Covenant
Rejected alternatives: contrato legal
Inherited from Romans package EXACTLY. Relevant as background for Proverbs’ Davidic/Solomonic authorship framing (1:1) and the covenant concepts (chesed, emet) at 3:3. Never reduce to a mere legal contract in Proverbs either.
Election
Approved rendering: elección
Transliteration: eklogē
Doctrine: Effectual Calling
Rejected alternatives: destino, suerte
Inherited from Romans package EXACTLY, including its explicit rejection of ‘destino/suerte’ framing. Directly cross-referenced by Proverbs 16:33’s lot-casting language (see lot_casting below), which forces the use of ‘suerte’ as a lexical item even though the baseline flags that exact word as a fatalism risk; the disambiguating note required there must reinforce, not contradict, this entry’s caution.
Incarnation
Approved rendering: encarnación
Transliteration: ho logos sarx egeneto
Doctrine: Incarnation
Inherited from Romans package EXACTLY. Cross-referenced in Wisdom Personified teaching: the eternal Wisdom/Word who was ‘with God’ at creation (Proverbs 8:22-31; John 1:1-3) is the same person who was later incarnate — a canonical bridge worth making explicit for learners moving between Proverbs and the Gospels/Romans.
Medium Risk Terms
Peace
Approved rendering: paz
Transliteration: eirēnē
Doctrine: Peace with God
Rejected alternatives: tranquilidad emocional
Original: שָׁלוֹם
Category: Blessing
Inherited from Romans package EXACTLY. Proverbs’ shalom (3:2, 3:17) is broader covenantal well-being/wholeness (health, household, life) than Romans 5:1’s specific relational peace through justification. Related, not identical, senses of the same Spanish word; teach the distinction explicitly wherever both curricula are studied together.
Sin
Approved rendering: pecado
Transliteration: hamartia
Doctrine: Universal Human Accountability
Rejected alternatives: falta (minimizing euphemism common in pastoral speech)
Original: חַטָּאָה / חטא (root)
Category: Sin
Inherited from Romans package EXACTLY. Never soften to ‘falta’ in Proverbs either (14:9, 14:34, 21:4, 24:9 and throughout the wicked/righteous contrast).
Providence
Approved rendering: providencia
Transliteration: pronoia
Doctrine: Providence
Rejected alternatives: destino, la suerte
Inherited from Romans package EXACTLY. This doctrine is far more pervasive in Proverbs than in Romans (3:5-6, 16:1-3, 16:9, 16:33, 19:21, 20:24, 21:1, 21:30-31, 29:25, 31:11) and anchors the curriculum doctrine ‘Trust in the Lord’s Providence.’ Avoid fatalistic ‘destino/suerte’ framing throughout, especially at 16:33 and 21:1.
Glory
Approved rendering: gloria
Transliteration: doxa
Doctrine: Deity of Christ
Inherited from Romans package EXACTLY. Occurs in Proverbs in reference to the honor/glory of kings and God’s honor in concealing/revealing matters (25:2); standard usage, no new risk introduced.
Low Risk Terms
Prophet
Approved rendering: profeta
Transliteration: prophētēs
Doctrine: Inspiration of Scripture
Rejected alternatives: vidente, adivino
Inherited from Romans package EXACTLY. Distinguish from fortune-teller/new-age ‘vidente,’ a live risk reinforced in Proverbs by 29:18’s ‘vision’ (see vision_prophecy below).
Prophecy
Approved rendering: profecía
Transliteration: prophēteia
Doctrine: Fulfillment of Prophecy
Rejected alternatives: horóscopo, predicción esotérica
Inherited from Romans package EXACTLY. Relevant cross-reference for Proverbs 29:18’s chazon (‘visión’), which must likewise avoid astrological/esoteric-prediction associations.
David
Approved rendering: David
Transliteration: Dawid
Doctrine: Davidic Covenant
Original: דָּוִד
Category: Covenant
Inherited from Romans package EXACTLY. Standard proper name; relevant to Proverbs’ Solomonic/Davidic authorship framing (1:1).
Israel
Approved rendering: Israel
Transliteration: Yisra’el
Doctrine: Unity of Jews and Gentiles
Original: יִשְׂרָאֵל
Category: Covenant
Inherited from Romans package EXACTLY. Standard proper name; implicit covenant-people background audience of Proverbs.