Core Glossary
Core Glossary — Acts (Elçilerin İşleri)
Per-Term Glossary Table with Translation Risk, Citing Terms from Every Chapter
Legend: [TM-REUSE] = term already fixed in the baseline Romans/Galatians/Ephesians/Philippians/Colossians/Matthew/Mark/Luke/John translation_memory.json; rendering reused exactly, no deviation permitted. [NEW] = term first analyzed for this Acts package; proposed for addition to translation memory at the version increment following theologian review. Risk tiers: Critical / High / Medium / Low, per baseline definitions.
Terms Reused Exactly from Baseline Translation Memory
| Term (EN) | Turkish Rendering | Risk | Doctrine | Acts Occurrences | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gospel | Müjde | High | The Gospel to Jews and Gentiles | 8:25; 14:7, 21; 15:7; 20:24 | Reuse exactly; never bare İncil. |
| Grace | Lütuf | High | Justification apart from the Law | 4:33; 11:23; 13:43; 14:3, 26; 15:11, 40; 18:27; 20:24, 32 | Contrast with amel/works discipline extends fully into Acts 13, 15. |
| Faith | İman | High | Repentance and Baptism; Conversion of Paul | 3:16; 6:5, 7; 11:24; 13:8; 14:9, 22, 27; 15:9; 16:5, 31; 20:21; 24:24; 26:18 | Object of faith (İsa/Rab) always stated explicitly. |
| Righteousness | Doğruluk | Critical | Justification apart from the Law | 10:35; 13:10; 17:31; 24:25 | Never salih amel. |
| Justification | Aklanma | Critical | Justification apart from the Law | 13:39 | First occurrence of the verb δικαιόω in Acts; central named doctrine of this curriculum. |
| Salvation | Kurtuluş | Critical | Repentance and Baptism | 2:21, 40, 47; 4:12; 11:14; 13:26, 47; 15:11; 16:17, 30-31; 27:34; 28:28 | Never “hoping to enter cennet.” |
| Apostle | Elçi | Medium | Apostolic Authority and Miracles | 1:2, 25-26; 2:37, 42-43; 4:33, 35-37; 5:2, 12, 18, 29, 34, 40; 6:6; 8:1, 14, 18; 9:27; 11:1; 14:4, 14; 15:2, 4, 6, 22-23; 16:4 | Never resul/peygamber. |
| Called / Calling | Çağrılmış / Çağrı | High | The Holy Spirit and Pentecost | 2:39 | Effectual, sovereign divine summons. |
| Holy | Kutsal | High | The Holy Spirit and Pentecost | throughout (Kutsal Ruh) | See Kutsal Ruh entry below. |
| Saints | Kutsallar | High | The Church as Community | 9:13, 32, 41; 26:10 | Corporate, not an ascetic elite. |
| Sanctification | Kutsallaşma | High | The Church as Community | (implied register, e.g. 20:32 “inheritance among the sanctified”) | Ongoing Spirit-work, not ritual purification. |
| Adoption | Evlatlığa alınma | High | (background register) | — | No direct occurrence in Acts; retained for cross-document consistency where relevant teaching material connects to Romans 8. |
| Resurrection | Diriliş | Critical | Conversion of Paul; core Pentecost sermon | 1:22; 2:24, 31-32; 4:2, 33; 17:18, 31-32; 23:6, 8; 24:15, 21; 26:8, 23 | Never a no-death ascension; real bodily death presupposed. |
| Lord | Rab | Critical | The Holy Spirit and Pentecost | 2:21, 25, 34, 36, 39, 47; 4:26, 29, 33; 8:16, 22, 24-25; 9:1, 5, 10-11, 15, 17, 27-28, 31, 35, 42; 10:36, 48; 11:8, 16-17, 20-21, 23-24; 13:2, 10-12, 44, 47-49; 14:3, 23; 15:11, 26, 35-36; 16:31-32; 18:8-9, 25; 19:5, 10, 13, 17, 20; 20:19, 21, 24, 35; 21:13; 22:8, 10, 19; 26:15; 28:31 | ”İsa Rab’dir”-pattern confessions must match Romans 10:9 exactly. |
| Son of God | Tanrı’nın Oğlu | Critical | (adjacent register, via Christ’s exaltation) | 9:20; 13:33 | Full phrase, never softened. |
| Incarnation | Beden alma | Critical | (background doctrine informing Christological titles) | — | No direct term-occurrence; relevant to teaching on Jesus of Nazareth’s full humanity/deity throughout. |
| Peace | Esenlik | Medium | The Church as Community | 9:31; 10:36; 15:33; 16:36 | Relational, not merely political calm. |
| Spiritual Gifts | Ruhsal armağanlar | Medium | The Holy Spirit and Pentecost | (register for 2:38’s dōrea, 10:45) | See “Gift of the Holy Spirit” [NEW] entry below for the specific Acts phrase. |
| Thanksgiving | Şükran | Low | (background) | 24:3; 27:35; 28:15 | Standard term. |
| Fellowship | Paydaşlık | Low | The Church as Community | 2:42 | Shared participation, not mere social community. |
| Church | Kilise | Medium | The Church as Community | 2:47 (v.l.); 5:11; 8:1, 3; 9:31; 11:22, 26; 12:1, 5; 13:1; 14:23, 27; 15:3-4, 22, 41; 16:5; 18:22; 20:17, 28 | Never cemaat in the politically loaded contemporary sense. |
| Kingdom of God | Tanrı’nın Egemenliği | Medium | The Great Commission Fulfilled | 1:3, 6; 8:12; 14:22; 19:8; 20:25; 28:23, 31 | Never devlet (political state). |
| Law | Kutsal Yasa | High | Justification apart from the Law | 6:13; 7:53; 13:15, 39; 15:5, 24; 18:13, 15; 21:20, 24, 28; 22:3, 12; 23:29; 24:14; 25:8; 28:23 | Never şeriat. |
| Sin | Günah | High | Repentance and Baptism | 2:38; 3:19; 5:31; 7:60; 10:43; 13:38; 22:16; 26:18 | Universal accountability register. |
| Gentiles | Uluslar | Medium | The Gospel to Jews and Gentiles | 4:25, 27; 9:15; 10:45; 11:1, 18; 13:46-48; 14:2, 5, 27; 15:3, 7, 12, 14, 17, 19, 23; 18:6; 21:11, 19, 21, 25; 22:21; 26:17, 20, 23; 28:28 | Ethnically neutral, never kafirler. |
| Glory | Yücelik | High | (background exaltation register) | 7:2, 55; 12:23; 22:11 | Avoid nur. |
| Obedience of Faith | İmanın getirdiği itaat | High | Repentance and Baptism | 6:7 (register); 26:19 (autobiographical) | Flows from grace, not merit-earning submission. |
| Power of God | Tanrı’nın gücü | High | The Holy Spirit and Pentecost | 1:8; 3:12; 4:7, 33; 6:8; 8:10, 13, 19; 10:38 | Never kudret. |
| Messiah / Christ | Mesih | Critical | Conversion of Paul; core Pentecost sermon | 2:31, 36, 38; 3:6, 18, 20; 4:10, 26; 5:42; 8:5, 12, 37; 9:20, 22, 34; 10:36, 48; 11:17, 26; 13:23, 33, 38; 15:11, 26; 16:18, 31; 17:3; 18:5, 28; 19:5, 13, 17; 20:21; 24:24; 26:23, 28; 28:31 | Never “merely a prophet.” |
| Prophet | Peygamber | High | Fulfillment of Prophecy register | 2:16, 30; 3:18, 21-25; 7:37, 42, 48, 52; 8:28, 30, 34; 10:43; 11:27; 13:1, 6, 15, 20, 27, 40; 15:15, 32; 19:6; 21:9-10; 24:14; 26:22, 27; 28:23 | See baseline caution re: Jesus’ own identity exceeding “prophet.” |
| Prophecy | Peygamberlik sözü | Medium | Fulfillment of Prophecy | 2:17-18 (register); cf. “peygamberlik edecekler” [NEW verb-form, see below] | Never kehanet (except when describing a genuinely occult counterfeit, cf. 16:16). |
| Covenant | Antlaşma | Medium | The Gospel to Jews and Gentiles | 3:25; 7:8 | Relational-promise sense retained. |
| Election | Tanrı’nın seçimi | High | Conversion of Paul | 9:15 (register, via “chosen instrument”) | Never kader. |
| Intercession | Aracılık | High | (background register) | — | No direct occurrence; relevant to teaching on prayer throughout Acts (1:14; 4:24-31; 12:5; 13:3). |
| Providence | Tanrı’nın yönetimi | High | Persecution and Bold Witness | 2:23; 5:38-39; 27:34 (register) | Never kader/kısmet. |
| Mission | Müjdeleme görevi | Medium | The Great Commission Fulfilled | 1:8; 13:2-3, 47; 22:21 | Never misyonerlik. |
| David | Davut | Medium | Fulfillment of Prophecy | 1:16; 2:25, 29, 34; 4:25; 7:45; 13:22, 34, 36; 15:16 | Established form. |
| Israel | İsrail | Medium | The Gospel to Jews and Gentiles | 1:6; 2:36; 4:10, 27; 5:21, 31; 7:23, 37, 42; 9:15; 10:36; 13:16-17, 23-24; 28:20 | Contemporary-geopolitics sensitivity noted. |
| Jesus | İsa | Critical | throughout | throughout, always paired İsa Mesih in doctrinal contexts | Never bare İsa in doctrinally significant references. |
| God | Tanrı | Critical | throughout | throughout | Never Allah, per established convention. |
| Holy Spirit | Kutsal Ruh | Critical | The Holy Spirit and Pentecost | throughout, 50+ occurrences | Never Cebrail; third Person of the Trinity. |
| Father | Baba | Critical | (background, re: Pentecost promise) | 1:4, 7 | Full relational weight retained. |
| Abba | Abba | Medium | (background) | — | No direct occurrence in Acts. |
| Exhort | Teşvik etmek | Low | The Church as Community | 2:40; 11:23; 14:22; 15:32; 16:40; 20:1-2 | Context-sensitive encouragement/entreaty. |
| Baptism | Vaftiz | Medium | Repentance and Baptism | 1:5, 22; 2:38, 41; 8:12-13, 16, 36, 38; 9:18; 10:47-48; 11:16; 13:24; 16:15, 33; 18:8, 25; 19:3-5; 22:16 | Never abdest-adjacent vocabulary. |
| Circumcision | Sünnet | Critical | Justification apart from the Law | 7:8; 10:45; 11:2-3; 15:1, 5, 24; 16:3; 21:21 | Qualify “bedensel sünnet” on first use per lesson. |
| Works of the Law | Kutsal Yasa’nın işleri | Critical | Justification apart from the Law | 13:39; 15:5, 10-11, 24 (register) | Never amel/ameller. |
| Cross | Çarmıh | Medium | Conversion of Paul; core Pentecost sermon | 2:23, 36; 4:10; 5:30; 10:39; 13:29 | Established term. |
| Amen | Amin | Low | (background) | — | No direct occurrence in Acts narrative; retained for consistency. |
| Repentance | tövbe / Tövbe edin | High | Repentance and Baptism | 2:38; 3:19; 5:31; 8:22; 11:18; 13:24; 17:30; 19:4; 20:21; 26:20 | Grounded in Christ’s atoning work. |
| Impartiality of God | Tanrı kimseye ayrıcalık tanımaz | Medium | The Gospel to Jews and Gentiles | 10:34 | Reuse exactly from Galatians package. |
| Sorcery | Büyücülük | Medium | (Simon Magus; Ephesus) | 8:9, 11; 13:6, 8; 19:19 | Descriptive, not sensationalized. |
| Idolatry | Putperestlik | High | (Lystra; Ephesus) | 14:15 (register); 15:20, 29; 17:16, 22-23, 29; 19:26, 35 | Handle pastorally, do not soften. |
| Filled with the Spirit | Ruh’la dolun (Eph. ongoing sense) | High | The Holy Spirit and Pentecost | cf. distinct aorist “Kutsal Ruh’la doldular” [NEW below] | Distinguish Acts’ completed-event sense from Ephesians’ ongoing-imperative sense. |
New Terms Introduced in Acts — Proposed for Translation Memory
| Term (EN) | Original (Greek) | Transliteration | Turkish Rendering | Risk | Doctrine | Key Passage(s) | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pentecost | Πεντηκοστή | Pentēkostē | Pentikost | Medium | The Holy Spirit and Pentecost | 2:1; 20:16 | Gloss on first use with Shavuot/Hasat Bayramı background. |
| Filled with the Holy Spirit (event) | ἐπλήσθησαν πνεύματος ἁγίου | eplēsthēsan pneumatos hagiou | Kutsal Ruh’la doldular | Critical | The Holy Spirit and Pentecost | 2:4; 4:8, 31; 9:17; 13:9 | Aorist/completed sense; distinct from Ephesians’ present-imperative “Ruh’la dolun.” |
| Other tongues | ἑτέραις γλώσσαις | heterais glōssais | başka dillerle | High | The Holy Spirit and Pentecost | 2:4; 10:46; 19:6 | Real known human languages, confirmed by 2:6-11; not unintelligible ecstatic speech. |
| Tongues as of fire | γλῶσσαι ὡσεὶ πυρός | glōssai hōsei pyros | ateşten diller gibi | High | The Holy Spirit and Pentecost | 2:3 | Turkish “dil” shares Greek’s tongue/language double sense; keep narrative-concrete, not mystical. |
| Last days | ἐσχάταις ἡμέραις | eschatais hēmerais | son günlerde | High | The Holy Spirit and Pentecost | 2:17 | Inaugurated era beginning at Pentecost; distinguish from kıyamet (single terminal event). |
| Pour out (the Spirit) | ἐκχέω | ekcheō | dökmek | High | The Holy Spirit and Pentecost | 2:17-18, 33 | Same verb root at promise (2:17) and fulfillment (2:33); total self-giving, not portioned substance. |
| Signs and wonders | σημεῖα καὶ τέρατα | sēmeia kai terata | belirtiler ve harikalar | High | Apostolic Authority and Miracles | 2:19, 22, 43; 4:30; 5:12; 6:8; 7:36; 8:13; 14:3; 15:12 | Broader distribution than the Islamic mu’jize (prophet-only) category. |
| Witness | μάρτυς | martys | tanık | High | Persecution and Bold Witness | 1:8, 22; 2:32; 3:15; 5:32; 10:39, 41; 13:31; 22:15, 20; 26:16 | NEVER “şehit” — avoid the Islamic martial-martyrdom frame, including for Stephen. |
| Determined plan and foreknowledge of God | ὡρισμένῃ βουλῇ καὶ προγνώσει τοῦ θεοῦ | hōrismenē boulē kai prognōsei tou theou | Tanrı’nın önceden belirlediği tasarısı ve önceden bildiği bilgisi | Critical | Persecution and Bold Witness / Conversion of Paul (providence register) | 2:23 | Never kader; retain simultaneous human culpability. |
| Loosing the pangs of death | λύσας τὰς ὠδῖνας τοῦ θανάτου | lysas tas ōdinas tou thanatou | ölümün bağlarını çözerek | Critical | core Pentecost sermon (Resurrection) | 2:24 | Affirms a real prior death now loosed; never a no-death ascension. |
| Hades | ᾅδης | hadēs | ölüler diyarı | High | core Pentecost sermon | 2:27, 31 | Never “cehennem” (which reads as Islamic Jahannam/eternal punishment). |
| Witnesses (of the resurrection) | μάρτυρες | martyres | tanıklar | High | Conversion of Paul; Apostolic Authority | 1:8, 22; 2:32; 3:15; 10:39 | See “witness” entry above; foundational for apostolic qualification. |
| Cut to the heart | κατενύγησαν τὴν καρδίαν | katenygēsan tēn kardian | yürekleri sızladı | Medium | Repentance and Baptism | 2:37 | Visceral conviction, not mere intellectual assent. |
| Gift of the Holy Spirit | δωρεὰ τοῦ ἁγίου πνεύματος | dōrea tou hagiou pneumatos | Kutsal Ruh armağanı | High | The Holy Spirit and Pentecost | 2:38; 8:20; 10:45; 11:17 | Consistent with established “Ruhsal armağanlar” family; gratuitous, not merit-earned. |
| Forgiveness of sins | ἄφεσις τῶν ἁμαρτιῶν | aphesis tōn hamartiōn | günahların bağışlanması | Critical | Repentance and Baptism | 2:38; 5:31; 10:43; 13:38; 26:18 | Distinct from but related to Aklanma (justification); escalate to avoid works/baptismal-merit misreading. |
| Added (to the church) | προσετέθησαν | prosetethēsan | topluluğa eklendi | Medium | The Church as Community | 2:41, 47; 5:14 | Divine-passive; God is the acting agent of numerical growth, not human recruitment alone. |
| Sanhedrin / Council | συνέδριον | synedrion | Yüksek Kurul | Medium | Apostolic Authority and Miracles | 4:15; 5:21, 27, 34, 41; 6:12, 15; 22:30; 23:1, 6, 15, 20, 28; 24:20 | Specific first-century Jewish judicial body; not equated with contemporary religious authority structures. |
| Boldness | παρρησία | parrēsia | cesaret / açıkça (çekinmeden) konuşmak | High | Persecution and Bold Witness | 4:13, 29, 31; 9:27-28; 13:46; 14:3; 18:26; 19:8; 26:26; 28:31 | Structural motif bookending the whole book (4:13 to 28:31); render consistently. |
| No other name | οὐδὲ … ἄλλο ὄνομα | oude… allo onoma | başka hiçbir ad yoktur | Critical | The Gospel to Jews and Gentiles | 4:12 | Even stronger exclusivity than the ἕτερος/false_gospel distinction; pair with pastoral/interfaith framing. |
| All things in common | ἅπαντα κοινά | hapanta koina | her şeyi ortaklaşa | High | The Church as Community | 2:44; 4:32 | κοινός here = “shared”; distinguish sharply from its ritual “unclean” sense at 10:14-15. |
| Great grace | χάρις μεγάλη | charis megalē | büyük lütuf | Medium | The Church as Community | 4:33 | Extends Lütuf’s unmerited-favor sense to social/communal reception. |
| Lying to the Holy Spirit | ψεύσασθαι τὸ πνεῦμα τὸ ἅγιον | pseusasthai to pneuma to hagion | Kutsal Ruh’a yalan söylemek | Critical | The Holy Spirit and Pentecost | 5:3 | Reinforces the Spirit as a full divine Person who can be personally sinned against. |
| Testing the Spirit of the Lord | πειράσαι τὸ πνεῦμα κυρίου | peirasai to pneuma kyriou | Rab’bin Ruhu’nu sınamak | High | The Holy Spirit and Pentecost | 5:9 | Parallel construction to 5:3; same personal-deity implication. |
| Considered worthy to be dishonored | κατηξιώθησαν ἀτιμασθῆναι | katēxiōthēsan atimasthēnai | utandırılmaya değer görüldüler | High | Persecution and Bold Witness | 5:41 | Preserve the honor-in-shame paradox; do not flatten. |
| Full of the Spirit and wisdom | πλήρεις πνεύματος καὶ σοφίας | plēreis pneumatos kai sophias | Ruh’la ve bilgelikle dolu | Medium | Apostolic Authority and Miracles / The Church as Community | 6:3, 5 | Dignifies practical ministry equally with preaching. |
| Ministry of the word / serving tables | διακονία τοῦ λόγου / διακονεῖν τραπέζαις | diakonia tou logou / diakonein trapezais | sözün hizmeti / sofralarda hizmet etmek | Medium | The Church as Community | 6:2, 4 | Avoid anachronistic “deacon” office title. |
| Hellenists | Ἑλληνισταί | Hellēnistai | Grekçe konuşan Yahudiler | Medium | The Church as Community / The Gospel to Jews and Gentiles | 6:1; 9:29; 11:20 | Descriptive phrase, not bare transliteration. |
| Stiff-necked | σκληροτράχηλοι | sklērotrachēloi | dik başlı | Medium | Persecution and Bold Witness | 7:51 | OT covenant-rebellion idiom. |
| Uncircumcised in heart and ears | ἀπερίτμητοι καρδίαις καὶ τοῖς ὠσίν | aperitmētoi kardiais kai tois ōsin | yürekleri ve kulakları sünnetsiz | High | Persecution and Bold Witness | 7:51 | Metaphorical extension of the Sünnet homonym-risk term; disambiguate even figuratively. |
| Fell asleep (died) | ἐκοιμήθη | ekoimēthē | uyudu | Medium | Persecution and Bold Witness | 7:60 | Resurrection-hope euphemism; distinguish from bare “öldü.” |
| Son of Man standing at God’s right hand | τὸν υἱὸν τοῦ ἀνθρώπου ἑστῶτα ἐκ δεξιῶν τοῦ θεοῦ | ton huion tou anthrōpou hestōta ek dexiōn tou theou | Tanrı’nın sağında duran İnsanoğlu | Critical | Persecution and Bold Witness (Christology) | 7:56 | Direct blasphemy-provoking divine-enthronement claim; continues tawhid-engagement thread. |
| Author/Pioneer of Life | ἀρχηγὸς τῆς ζωῆς | archēgos tēs zōēs | yaşamın öncüsü | High | Apostolic Authority and Miracles (Christology) | 3:15 | Unique originating role in resurrection-life. |
| The Holy and Righteous One | τὸν ἅγιον καὶ δίκαιον | ton hagion kai dikaion | Kutsal ve Doğru Olan | High | (Christology) | 3:14 | Applies established Kutsal/Doğru vocabulary as titles for Jesus personally. |
| Times of refreshing | καιροὶ ἀναψύξεως | kairoi anapsyxeōs | yenilenme zamanları | Medium | Repentance and Baptism | 3:19 | Eschatological, not this-worldly prosperity. |
| Restoration of all things | ἀποκατάστασις | apokatastasis | her şeyin eski durumuna getirilmesi | Medium | (eschatology register) | 3:21 | Contested-referent note; do not adjudicate universalism question in text. |
| Servant (of God, Christological title) | παῖς | pais | Kulu (title, qualified) | High | Conversion of Paul / core Pentecost register (Christology) | 3:13, 26 | MUST qualify as Isaiah 53 Suffering-Servant title; never bare “Allah’ın kulu” devotional register. |
| Common/unclean | κοινὸν ἢ ἀκάθαρτον | koinon ē akatharton | bayağı ya da kirli | Critical | The Gospel to Jews and Gentiles | 10:14-15, 28; 11:8 | Distinguish sharply from κοινός’s “shared possessions” sense at 2:44/4:32. |
| God-fearer | φοβούμενος τὸν θεόν | phoboumenos ton theon | Tanrı’dan korkan biri | Medium | The Gospel to Jews and Gentiles | 10:2, 22, 35; 13:16, 26 | Technical category: Gentile synagogue-adherent short of full proselyte conversion. |
| Christians (proper name) | Χριστιανοί | Christianoi | Hristiyanlar | Medium | The Gospel to Jews and Gentiles | 11:26; 26:28 | First NT occurrence at Antioch; marks decisive Gentile expansion. |
| Set apart (for ministry) | ἀφορίσατε | aphorisate | ayırın | High | Apostolic Authority and Miracles / Great Commission | 13:2 | Extends baseline separation-unto-God’s-service doctrine into missionary commissioning. |
| Justified (verb, first Acts occurrence) | δικαιωθῆναι / δικαιοῦται | dikaiōthēnai / dikaioutai | aklanamadınız / aklanır | Critical | Justification apart from the Law | 13:38-39 | Verb form of established Aklanma; central named curriculum doctrine. |
| Light for the Gentiles | φῶς ἐθνῶν | phōs ethnōn | Ulusları aydınlatan bir ışık | High | The Gospel to Jews and Gentiles | 13:47 | Parallel to Luke 2:32 Nunc Dimittis; cite connection explicitly. |
| It seemed good to the Holy Spirit and to us | ἔδοξεν τῷ πνεύματι τῷ ἁγίῳ καὶ ἡμῖν | edoxen tō pneumati tō hagiō kai hēmin | Kutsal Ruh’a ve bize uygun göründü | High | Apostolic Authority and Miracles | 15:28 | Joint divine-human conciliar decision formula. |
| Yoke | ζυγός | zygos | boyunduruk | High | Justification apart from the Law | 15:10 | Parallels Galatians’ Law-as-guardian doctrine; cross-teach together. |
| Spirit of divination (Python spirit) | πνεῦμα πύθωνα | pneuma pythōna | falcılık ruhu | Medium | (Ephesus/Philippi narrative) | 16:16 | Genuinely occult/counterfeit source; kehanet register correctly retained here (unlike for true prophecy). |
| What must I do to be saved? | τί με δεῖ ποιεῖν ἵνα σωθῶ | ti me dei poiein hina sōthō | Kurtulmak için ne yapmalıyım? | Critical | Repentance and Baptism | 16:30 | Pair with Paul’s faith-alone answer (16:31) in the same teaching unit. |
| To an Unknown God | Ἀγνώστῳ Θεῷ | Agnōstō Theō | Bilinmeyen Tanrı’ya | High | The Gospel to Jews and Gentiles | 17:23 | Model for respectful engagement with religious pluralism. |
| Times of ignorance | χρόνοι τῆς ἀγνοίας | chronoi tēs agnoias | bilgisizlik dönemleri | Medium | (universal accountability register) | 17:30 | Superseded by universal repentance call post-resurrection. |
| Whole counsel of God | πᾶσα ἡ βουλὴ τοῦ θεοῦ | pasa hē boulē tou theou | Tanrı’nın bütün tasarısı | High | Apostolic Authority and Miracles | 20:27 | Model for comprehensive, non-truncated doctrinal teaching. |
| Overseers / Elders | ἐπίσκοποι / πρεσβύτεροι | episkopoi / presbyteroi | gözetmenler / ihtiyarlar | Medium | The Church as Community | 20:17, 28 | Functionally equivalent at this stage; avoid anachronistic hierarchy distinctions. |
| Shepherd the church of God | ποιμαίνειν τὴν ἐκκλησίαν τοῦ θεοῦ | poimainein tēn ekklēsian tou theou | Tanrı’nın kilisesini gütmek | Medium | The Church as Community | 20:28 | Church belongs to God, not human leaders. |
| The heavenly vision | οὐράνιος ὀπτασία | ouranios optasia | gökten gelen görüm | Medium | Conversion of Paul | 26:19 | Reinforces obedience-of-faith register autobiographically. |
| Turn from darkness to light, from Satan’s power to God | ἐπιστρέψαι ἀπὸ σκότους εἰς φῶς καὶ τῆς ἐξουσίας τοῦ Σατανᾶ ἐπὶ τὸν θεόν | epistrepsai apo skotous eis phōs kai tēs exousias tou Satana epi ton theon | karanlıktan ışığa, Şeytan’ın gücünden Tanrı’ya dönmek | High | Conversion of Paul | 26:18 | Compact conversion-theology formula; Şeytan shared term, no special caution needed. |
| Preaching the kingdom… with all boldness, unhindered | κηρύσσων τὴν βασιλείαν τοῦ θεοῦ … μετὰ πάσης παρρησίας ἀκωλύτως | kēryssōn tēn basileian tou theou… meta pasēs parrēsias akōlytōs | Tanrı’nın Egemenliği’ni… tam bir cesaretle, hiçbir engelle karşılaşmadan duyurmak | Critical | The Great Commission Fulfilled | 28:31 | Book’s climactic bookend with 1:8 and 4:13/29; theologian review mandatory. |
| The Way (designation) | ἡ ὁδός | hē hodos | Yol | Medium | The Church as Community / Conversion of Paul | 9:2; 18:25-26 (generic sense); 19:9, 23; 22:4; 24:14, 22 | Capitalize as proper noun; note Sufi tarikat/“yol” resonance without conflating. |
| Roman citizen | πολίτης Ῥωμαῖος | politēs Rhōmaios | Roma vatandaşı | Medium | Persecution and Bold Witness | 22:25-29; 16:37-38 | Concrete legal anchor; connect (without conflating) to Philippians’ heavenly-citizenship metaphor. |
| Chosen instrument/vessel | σκεῦος ἐκλογῆς | skeuos eklogēs | seçilmiş bir araç | High | Conversion of Paul | 9:15 | Ties to established Tanrı’nın seçimi (election) vocabulary; never kader. |
| Saul, Saul, why do you persecute me? | Σαοὺλ Σαούλ, τί με διώκεις | Saoul Saoul, ti me diōkeis | Saul, Saul, neden bana zulmediyorsun? | Critical | Conversion of Paul | 9:4; 22:7; 26:14 | Retain personal “bana” (me); Christ’s identification with the persecuted church. |
Doctrine-to-Term Cross-Reference (Summary)
| Curriculum Doctrine | Primary Terms (this glossary) |
|---|---|
| The Holy Spirit and Pentecost | Pentikost, Kutsal Ruh’la doldular, başka dillerle, ateşten diller gibi, son günlerde, dökmek, Kutsal Ruh armağanı, Kutsal Ruh’a yalan söylemek, Rab’bin Ruhu’nu sınamak, Ruh’la ve bilgelikle dolu |
| The Gospel to Jews and Gentiles | Uluslar, bayağı ya da kirli, Tanrı’dan korkan biri, Tanrı kimseye ayrıcalık tanımaz, Ulusları aydınlatan bir ışık, Bilinmeyen Tanrı’ya, Hristiyanlar |
| Repentance and Baptism | Tövbe edin, Vaftiz, günahların bağışlanması, yürekleri sızladı, Kurtulmak için ne yapmalıyım? |
| The Church as Community | Kilise, Paydaşlık, her şeyi ortaklaşa, topluluğa eklendi, gözetmenler/ihtiyarlar, Tanrı’nın kilisesini gütmek |
| Apostolic Authority and Miracles | Elçi, belirtiler ve harikalar, Yüksek Kurul, Kutsal Ruh’a ve bize uygun göründü, Tanrı’nın bütün tasarısı, yaşamın öncüsü |
| Persecution and Bold Witness | tanık, cesaret, utandırılmaya değer görüldüler, dik başlı, yürekleri ve kulakları sünnetsiz, Tanrı’nın sağında duran İnsanoğlu |
| Conversion of Paul | Saul Saul neden bana zulmediyorsun, seçilmiş bir araç, gökten gelen görüm, karanlıktan ışığa dönmek, Roma vatandaşı |
| Justification apart from the Law | Aklanma, aklanamadınız/aklanır, Kutsal Yasa’nın işleri, boyunduruk, Sünnet, büyük lütuf |
| The Great Commission Fulfilled | Tanrı’nın Egemenliği’ni… duyurmak, ayırın (aphorisate), Müjdeleme görevi, hiçbir engelle karşılaşmadan |
This glossary extends, and never contradicts, the baseline Romans/Galatians/Ephesians/Philippians/Colossians/Matthew/Mark/Luke/John translation_memory.json. All Critical and High risk new terms above require human theologian review before promotion to translation memory, per 12_ai_translation_requirements.md’s new-term protocol.
Critical Risk Terms
Righteousness
Approved rendering: Doğruluk
Transliteration: doh-roo-LOOK
Doctrine: Salvation
Rejected alternatives: salih amel (righteous deeds), adalet (justice, generic)
Original: δικαιοσύνη
Category: Salvation
Inherited from Romans package. CRITICAL: never salih amel. Acts 10:35; 13:10; 17:31; 24:25 must not be read as a deeds-ledger outcome; this is a status/quality granted or exercised through relationship with God.
Justification
Approved rendering: Aklanma
Transliteration: ahk-lahn-MAH
Doctrine: Salvation
Rejected alternatives: günahların affı (forgiveness of sins, alone), temize çıkma (colloquial ‘being cleared’)
Original: δικαιόω (verb; δικαίωσις noun family)
Category: Salvation
Inherited from Romans package. Acts 13:39 is the verb’s first Acts occurrence and this curriculum’s own named central doctrine; teach as the SAME forensic-declaration doctrine as Romans/Galatians, never a lesser category.
Salvation
Approved rendering: Kurtuluş
Transliteration: koor-too-LOOSH
Doctrine: Salvation
Rejected alternatives: cennete girmek (entering paradise, as the whole content), necat (Ottoman/Arabic register)
Original: σωτηρία / σώζω
Category: Salvation
Inherited from Romans package. CRITICAL: Acts 2:21, 40, 47; 4:12; 11:14; 13:26, 47; 15:11; 16:17, 30-31; 27:34; 28:28 anchor present, Christ-secured deliverance; never synonymous with hoping to enter cennet at an undisclosed future judgment.
Resurrection
Approved rendering: Diriliş
Transliteration: dee-ree-LEESH
Doctrine: Resurrection of Christ
Rejected alternatives: göğe yükseliş (ascension, alone), ruhsal diriliş (spiritual-only revival)
Original: ἀνάστασις
Category: Eschatology
Inherited from Romans package. Acts 1:22; 2:24, 31-32; 4:2, 33; 17:18, 31-32; 23:6, 8; 24:15, 21; 26:8, 23. Never a no-death ascension; presupposes a real, historical death.
Lord
Approved rendering: Rab
Transliteration: RAHB
Doctrine: Lordship of Christ
Rejected alternatives: efendi (master, non-divine), üstat (teacher/master)
Original: κύριος
Category: Christology
Inherited from Romans package. Acts 2:36’s climactic ‘God has made him… Lord’ must receive the same cross-document consistency lock as Romans 10:9.
Son Of God
Approved rendering: Tanrı’nın Oğlu
Transliteration: tahn-RUH-nuhn oh-LOO
Doctrine: Sonship of Christ
Rejected alternatives: Tanrı’nın sevgili kulu (God’s beloved servant), kutsal kişi (holy person)
Original: υἱὸς θεοῦ
Category: Christology
Inherited from Romans package. Full phrase required at Acts 9:20 and 13:33, never softened.
Incarnation
Approved rendering: Beden alma
Transliteration: beh-DEN ahl-MAH
Doctrine: Incarnation
Rejected alternatives: Tanrı’nın insan kılığına girmesi (God disguising himself as a human), tecessüm (bare philosophical term without doctrinal framing)
Inherited from Romans package. No direct term-occurrence in Acts; relevant to teaching on Jesus of Nazareth’s full humanity/deity throughout apostolic preaching.
Messiah
Approved rendering: Mesih
Transliteration: meh-SEEH
Doctrine: Messianic Promise
Rejected alternatives: sadece bir peygamber (merely a prophet)
Original: Χριστός
Category: Christology
Inherited from Romans package. Acts 2:31, 36, 38; 3:6, 18, 20; 17:3; 18:5, 28 etc. Always carries full Davidic-covenant, atoning-savior content.
Jesus
Approved rendering: İsa
Transliteration: ee-SAH
Doctrine: Lordship of Christ
Rejected alternatives: bare ‘İsa Peygamber’ (Prophet Jesus, without Mesih)
Original: Ἰησοῦς
Category: Christology
Inherited from Romans package. Always paired İsa Mesih in doctrinally significant references throughout Acts.
God
Approved rendering: Tanrı
Transliteration: tahn-RUH
Doctrine: Deity of Christ
Rejected alternatives: Allah (theologically usable but politically/socially contested for Christian texts in some contexts)
Original: θεός
Category: God
Inherited from Romans package. Retained even in Paul’s Areopagus apologetic to a pagan Athenian audience (17:22-31).
Holy Spirit
Approved rendering: Kutsal Ruh
Transliteration: koot-SAHL ROOH
Doctrine: Sanctification
Rejected alternatives: Cebrail (the archangel Gabriel)
Original: πνεῦμα ἅγιον
Category: God
Inherited from Romans package. Acts 5:3, 9 (lying to/testing the Spirit) reinforce his full, personal divinity most explicitly of any book in this Language Package. Never Cebrail.
Father
Approved rendering: Baba
Transliteration: bah-BAH
Doctrine: Adoption into God’s Family
Rejected alternatives: Yaratıcı (Creator, as a substitute to avoid relational language)
Original: πατήρ
Category: God
Inherited from Romans package. Acts 1:4, 7 names the Father as the source of the promised Spirit.
Circumcision
Approved rendering: Sünnet
Transliteration: soon-NET
Doctrine: Circumcision and the New Creation
Rejected alternatives: no viable alternative word exists; risk is mitigated by mandatory qualification, not substitution
Original: περιτομή
Category: Law and Grace
Inherited from Galatians extension of the package. Central to Acts 7:8; 10:45; 11:2-3; 15:1, 5, 24; 16:3; 21:21. Qualify as ‘bedensel sünnet’ on first use per lesson, without exception, including at 7:51’s metaphorical use.
Works Of The Law
Approved rendering: Kutsal Yasa’nın işleri
Transliteration: koot-SAHL yah-SAH-nuhn eesh-leh-REE
Doctrine: Justification by Faith
Rejected alternatives: amel/ameller (Islamic religious deeds/acts of worship weighed at Judgment), salih amel
Original: ἔργα νόμου (register; cf. 15:5, 10-11, 24; 13:39)
Category: Law and Grace
Inherited from Galatians extension of the package. Acts 13:39; 15:5, 10-11, 24 concentrate this risk at the Jerusalem Council, the book’s central narrative crisis. Never amel/ameller.
Filled With Holy Spirit Event
Approved rendering: Kutsal Ruh’la doldular
Transliteration: koot-SAHL ROOH-lah dohl-doo-LAHR
Doctrine: The Holy Spirit and Pentecost
Rejected alternatives: kendinden geçtiler (lost themselves / were entranced)
Original: ἐπλήσθησαν πνεύματος ἁγίου
Category: Holy Spirit
NEW. Acts 2:4; 4:8, 31; 9:17; 13:9. Aorist/completed sense; explicitly distinguished from Ephesians 5:18’s present-imperative ‘Ruh’la dolun.’ Must never be equated with Sufi zikir/cezbe ecstatic-trance states nor ordinary human excitement; this is the divine Person taking personal possession.
Determined Plan And Foreknowledge
Approved rendering: Tanrı’nın önceden belirlediği tasarısı ve önceden bildiği bilgisi
Transliteration: tahn-RUH-nuhn urn-jeh-dehn beh-leer-leh-dee-EE tah-sah-RUH-suh
Doctrine: Providence and Human Responsibility
Rejected alternatives: kader (forbidden Islamic comprehensive divine-decree concept)
Original: τῇ ὡρισμένῃ βουλῇ καὶ προγνώσει τοῦ θεοῦ
Category: God
NEW. Acts 2:23. Must NOT use kader despite surface resemblance to a predetermination claim; must preserve simultaneous human culpability (‘siz… öldürdünüz,’ ‘you… killed’) so the verse is never read as removing human responsibility.
Loosing The Pangs Of Death
Approved rendering: ölümün bağlarını çözerek
Transliteration: ur-lyoo-MYOON bah-lahr-uh-NUH chur-zeh-REHK
Doctrine: The Resurrection of Christ in Apostolic Preaching
Rejected alternatives: doğum sancıları (literal birth-pang calque, confusing rather than clarifying)
Original: λύσας τὰς ὠδῖνας τοῦ θανάτου
Category: Christology
NEW. Acts 2:24. Prefer the natural bonds/cords image over a literal birth-pang calque. Must affirm a REAL prior death now loosed, never a no-death ascension, per the baseline’s Critical resurrection forbidden-substitution rule.
Forgiveness Of Sins
Approved rendering: günahların bağışlanması
Transliteration: goo-nah-lah-RUHN bah-uhsh-lahn-mah-SUH
Doctrine: Repentance and Baptism
Original: ἄφεσις τῶν ἁμαρτιῶν
Category: Salvation
NEW. Acts 2:38; 5:31; 10:43; 13:38; 26:18. Distinct from but related to Aklanma (justification); must not be taught as identical to it, nor collapsed into a baptismal-regeneration works-based misreading. Escalate every occurrence to theologian review.
No Other Name
Approved rendering: başka hiçbir ad yoktur
Transliteration: bahsh-KAH heech-BEER ahd yohk-TOOR
Doctrine: The Exclusivity of Salvation in Christ
Original: οὐδὲ γὰρ ἄλλο ὄνομά ἐστιν… ἐν ᾧ δεῖ σωθῆναι
Category: Salvation
NEW. Acts 4:12. Uses ἄλλο (another of the same kind), an even stronger exclusivity claim than the ἕτερος-based false_gospel distinction already Critical in Galatians. Never softened; pair with pastoral/interfaith framing per the John 14:6 discipline.
Lying To The Holy Spirit
Approved rendering: Kutsal Ruh’a yalan söylemek
Transliteration: koot-SAHL ROO-ah yah-LAHN sur-leh-MEHK
Doctrine: The Holy Spirit as a Divine Person
Original: ψεύσασθαι τὸ πνεῦμα τὸ ἅγιον
Category: Holy Spirit
NEW. Acts 5:3. Reinforces the mandatory teaching point that the Holy Spirit is a full divine Person who can be personally lied to/sinned against, directly countering the archangel-Gabriel misidentification risk.
Son Of Man At Gods Right Hand
Approved rendering: Tanrı’nın sağında duran İnsanoğlu
Transliteration: tahn-RUH-nuhn sah-uhn-DAH doo-RAHN een-sahn-oh-LOO
Doctrine: The Deity and Lordship of Christ in Acts
Original: τὸν υἱὸν τοῦ ἀνθρώπου ἑστῶτα ἐκ δεξιῶν τοῦ θεοῦ
Category: Christology
NEW. Acts 7:56. Combines the self-designation İnsanoğlu with divine right-hand-enthronement imagery, the direct trigger for the blasphemy charge leading to Stephen’s stoning; continues this Language Package’s tawhid-engagement thread and must be taught, not left implicit.
Common Or Unclean
Approved rendering: bayağı ya da kirli
Transliteration: bah-yah-UH yah dah keer-LEE
Doctrine: Divine Impartiality and Table Fellowship
Original: κοινὸν ἢ ἀκάθαρτον
Category: Law and Grace
NEW. Acts 10:14-15, 28; 11:8. Must be sharply distinguished from the OTHER, unrelated sense of the same Greek root (κοινός) already used positively at 2:44/4:32 (‘her şeyi ortaklaşa,’ shared possessions) — a book-internal false-friend risk. Directly extends Mark 7:15’s teaching to Gentile table-fellowship and mission.
Justified Verb Form
Approved rendering: aklanamadınız / aklanır
Transliteration: ahk-lah-nah-mah-duh-NUHZ / ahk-lah-NUHR
Doctrine: Justification apart from the Law
Original: δικαιωθῆναι / δικαιοῦται
Category: Law and Grace
NEW. Acts 13:38-39, the verb form of the established Aklanma noun, its first occurrence in Acts. Central named curriculum doctrine; escalate every occurrence to theologian review.
What Must I Do To Be Saved
Approved rendering: Kurtulmak için ne yapmalıyım?
Transliteration: koor-tool-MAHK ee-CHEEN neh yahp-mah-luh-YUHM
Doctrine: The Exclusivity of Salvation in Christ
Original: τί με δεῖ ποιεῖν ἵνα σωθῶ
Category: Salvation
NEW. Acts 16:30. Directly parallel to Acts 2:37’s ‘what shall we do?’; must be paired in the same teaching unit with Paul’s answer (16:31, İman et, Rab İsa’ya), reinforcing faith alone as the book’s consistent response-pattern.
Preaching Unhindered
Approved rendering: hiçbir engelle karşılaşmadan duyurmak
Transliteration: heech-BEER ehn-gehl-LEH kahr-shuh-lahsh-mah-DAHN doo-yoor-MAHK
Doctrine: The Great Commission Fulfilled
Original: κηρύσσων τὴν βασιλείαν τοῦ θεοῦ … μετὰ πάσης παρρησίας ἀκωλύτως
Category: Great Commission
NEW. Acts 28:31, the book’s final verse. Forms the deliberate bookend with 1:8’s mission mandate and the 4:13/4:29 boldness theme; preserve the paradox of a bound Paul preaching unhindered. Escalate to theologian review as the book’s climactic statement.
Saul Saul Why Persecute Me
Approved rendering: Saul, Saul, neden bana zulmediyorsun?
Transliteration: sah-OOL, sah-OOL, neh-DEHN bah-NAH zool-meh-dee-yohr-SOON
Doctrine: Conversion of Paul
Rejected alternatives: halkıma/kilisemi zulmediyorsun (softened to ‘my people/my church’)
Original: Σαοὺλ Σαούλ, τί με διώκεις
Category: Conversion of Paul
NEW. Acts 9:4; 22:7; 26:14. Must retain the personal ‘bana’ (me) rather than softening to ‘my people/church,’ preserving Christ’s deliberate personal identification with his persecuted body. Terminologically identical across all three retellings.
Exalted To Gods Right Hand
Approved rendering: Tanrı’nın sağında yüceltildi
Transliteration: tahn-RUH-nuhn sah-uhn-DAH yoo-jehl-teel-DEE
Doctrine: The Deity and Lordship of Christ in Acts
Rejected alternatives: yükseltildi (too weak, loses the intensified exaltation register)
NEW. Acts 2:33-34. Reuses the exaltation register already established as Critical in the Philippians package (‘en yüce yere çıkardı’); keep consistent tawhid-engagement framing — genuine divine enthronement, not honorary status.
Lord And Christ Installation
Approved rendering: Tanrı, … bu İsa’yı Rab ve Mesih yaptı
Transliteration: tahn-RUH, boo ee-sah-YUH rahb veh meh-SEEH yahp-TUH
Doctrine: The Deity and Lordship of Christ in Acts
Rejected alternatives: a rendering implying ‘yaptı’ is the origin of Christ’s deity (adoptionist misreading)
NEW. Acts 2:36, the sermon’s climactic confession. Requires the same cross-document consistency lock as Romans 10:9. ‘Yaptı’ (made/appointed) must be taught as a public, redemptive-historical vindication/installation of an already-eternally-divine Son (cf. Philippians 2:6; Colossians 1:15-17), never the ontological origin of his deity.
High Risk Terms
Gospel
Approved rendering: Müjde
Transliteration: MYUZH-deh
Doctrine: Gospel
Rejected alternatives: İncil (bare, unqualified), iyi haber (generic)
Original: εὐαγγέλιον
Category: Salvation
Inherited from Romans package. Müjde (‘good news’) is the established Turkish Bible term; avoid bare İncil. In Acts (8:25; 14:7, 21; 15:7; 20:24) the term names the apostolic proclamation itself, not the book/collection later called İncil.
Grace
Approved rendering: Lütuf
Transliteration: lyoo-TOOF
Doctrine: Grace
Rejected alternatives: rahmet, keramet, bağış
Original: χάρις
Category: Salvation
Inherited from Romans package. Never rahmet in contexts contrasting grace with works. Acts 4:33; 11:23; 13:43; 14:3, 26; 15:11, 40; 18:27; 20:24, 32 extend the grace/works-of-the-law antithesis narratively, culminating in Peter’s own grace-statement (15:11).
Faith
Approved rendering: İman
Transliteration: ee-MAHN
Doctrine: Faith
Rejected alternatives: inanç (generic belief)
Original: πίστις
Category: Faith
Inherited from Romans package. Object of faith (İsa/Rab) must always be explicit, e.g. Acts 16:31’s ‘İman et, Rab İsa’ya.‘
Called
Approved rendering: Çağrılmış
Transliteration: chah-ruhl-MUSH
Doctrine: Divine Calling
Rejected alternatives: davet edilmiş (invited)
Inherited from Romans package. Relevant to Acts 2:39’s universal-but-sovereign scope.
Calling
Approved rendering: Çağrı
Transliteration: chah-RUH
Doctrine: Divine Calling
Rejected alternatives: davet
Inherited from Romans package. See ‘called’ entry; both apply to Acts 2:39’s ‘ὅσους ἂν προσκαλέσηται κύριος ὁ θεὸς ἡμῶν.‘
Holy
Approved rendering: Kutsal
Transliteration: koot-SAHL
Doctrine: Sanctification
Rejected alternatives: temiz (ritually clean), mübarek (blessed)
Original: ἅγιος
Category: Sanctification
Inherited from Romans package. Acts 3:14 applies this term as a personal title to Jesus (‘the Holy and Righteous One’).
Saints
Approved rendering: Kutsallar
Transliteration: koot-sahl-LAHR
Doctrine: Sainthood
Rejected alternatives: evliyalar (Sufi-tradition holy/saintly figures), azizler (venerated holy figures)
Original: ἅγιοι
Category: Church
Inherited from Romans package. Acts 9:13, 32, 41; 26:10; never evliyalar/azizler.
Sanctification
Approved rendering: Kutsallaşma
Transliteration: koot-sahl-lahsh-MAH
Doctrine: Sanctification
Rejected alternatives: arınma (ritual purification)
Original: ἁγιασμός (register; cf. ἡγιασμένοις, 20:32)
Category: Sanctification
Inherited from Romans package. Relevant register at Acts 20:32’s ‘inheritance among all the sanctified.‘
Adoption
Approved rendering: Evlatlığa alınma
Transliteration: ev-laht-luh-AH ah-luhn-MAH
Doctrine: Adoption into God’s Family
Rejected alternatives: evlat edinme (bare, without doctrinal qualifier)
Inherited from Romans package. No direct occurrence in Acts; retained for cross-document consistency where teaching material connects to Romans 8.
Law
Approved rendering: Kutsal Yasa
Transliteration: koot-SAHL yah-SAH
Doctrine: Fulfillment of Prophecy
Rejected alternatives: şeriat (Islamic religious law), Tevrat Yasası (bare ‘Torah law’)
Original: νόμος
Category: Covenant
Inherited from Romans package. Central to the Jerusalem Council debate (ch. 15) and Paul’s trial charges (chs. 21-25). Never şeriat.
Sin
Approved rendering: Günah
Transliteration: goo-NAH
Doctrine: Universal Human Accountability
Rejected alternatives: hata (mistake/error), kusur (flaw/defect)
Original: ἁμαρτία
Category: Sin
Inherited from Romans package. Acts 2:38; 3:19; 5:31; 7:60; 10:43; 13:38; 22:16; 26:18.
Glory
Approved rendering: Yücelik
Transliteration: yoo-jeh-LEEK
Doctrine: Deity of Christ
Rejected alternatives: nur (divine light, heavily loaded in Islamic and Sufi mysticism as Muhammad’s pre-existent light)
Original: δόξα
Category: God
Inherited from Romans package. Acts 7:2, 55; 12:23; 22:11. Avoid nur.
Obedience Of Faith
Approved rendering: İmanın getirdiği itaat
Transliteration: ee-mahn-UHN geh-teer-DEE-ee ee-tah-AHT
Doctrine: Obedience of Faith
Rejected alternatives: İslam’a (teslimiyet) benzer itaat (submission modeled on Islamic surrender)
Original: ὑπακοή πίστεως (register; cf. 6:7; 26:19)
Category: Faith
Inherited from Romans package. Acts 6:7 (register); 26:19 (Paul’s autobiographical ‘I was not disobedient’).
Power Of God
Approved rendering: Tanrı’nın gücü
Transliteration: tahn-RUH-nuhn goo-JOO
Doctrine: Power of God for Salvation
Rejected alternatives: Tanrı’nın kudreti (used, but often paired with fatalistic qadar language)
Original: δύναμις
Category: God
Inherited from Romans package. Acts 1:8; 3:12; 4:7, 33; 6:8; 8:10, 13, 19; 10:38. Never kudret.
Prophet
Approved rendering: Peygamber
Transliteration: pay-gahm-BEHR
Doctrine: Inspiration of Scripture
Rejected alternatives: kahin (soothsayer/fortune-teller)
Original: προφήτης
Category: Covenant
Inherited from Romans package. David (2:30), Moses (7:37), Agabus (21:10) all named prophētēs; every use must be surrounded by teaching that keeps Jesus’ identity distinct and greater.
Election
Approved rendering: Tanrı’nın seçimi
Transliteration: tahn-RUH-nuhn seh-chee-MEE
Doctrine: Effectual Calling
Rejected alternatives: kader (fate/predestination in the qadar sense), kısmet
Original: ἐκλογή (register; cf. σκεῦος ἐκλογῆς, 9:15)
Category: Salvation
Inherited from Romans package. Applied directly to Paul at Acts 9:15 (‘a chosen instrument’). Never kader/kısmet.
Intercession
Approved rendering: Aracılık
Transliteration: ah-rah-juh-LUHK
Doctrine: Prayer and Intercession
Rejected alternatives: şefaat (Islamic intercession, associated with Muhammad’s role on Judgment Day)
Inherited from Romans package. No direct occurrence in Acts; relevant to the prayer scenes throughout (1:14; 4:24-31; 12:5; 13:3). Never şefaat.
Providence
Approved rendering: Tanrı’nın yönetimi
Transliteration: tahn-RUH-nuhn yur-neh-tee-MEE
Doctrine: Providence
Rejected alternatives: kader (qadar/fatalistic decree), alın yazısı (predetermined fate written on the forehead)
Original: βουλή/πρόνοια register (cf. 2:23; 5:38-39; 27:34)
Category: God
Inherited from Romans package. Acts 2:23; 5:38-39; 27:34. Never kader/kısmet.
Abba
Approved rendering: Abba
Transliteration: AH-bah
Doctrine: Adoption into God’s Family
Inherited from Romans package. No direct occurrence in Acts; retained untransliterated for cross-document consistency.
Repentance
Approved rendering: tövbe / Tövbe edin
Transliteration: turv-BEH
Doctrine: Repentance
Original: μετάνοια / μετανοέω
Category: Salvation
Inherited from Matthew extension of the package. Acts 2:38; 3:19; 5:31; 8:22; 11:18; 13:24; 17:30; 19:4; 20:21; 26:20 form this book’s consistent response-pattern. Affirm tövbe’s positive Islamic resonance while grounding it explicitly in Christ’s atoning work, per its 2:38 coupling with baptism ‘in the name of Jesus Christ.‘
Idolatry
Approved rendering: Putperestlik
Transliteration: poot-peh-rest-LEEK
Doctrine: Flesh versus Spirit
Original: εἰδωλολατρία / εἴδωλον register
Category: Sin
Inherited from Galatians/Colossians extension of the package. Acts 14:15; 15:20, 29; 17:16, 22-23, 29; 19:26, 35. Handle pastorally but do not soften.
Filled With The Spirit
Approved rendering: Ruh’la dolun
Transliteration: ROOH-lah doh-LOON
Doctrine: Filled with the Spirit
Inherited from Ephesians extension of the package (present passive imperative, ongoing state, 5:18). Retained here ONLY to be explicitly contrasted with Acts’ own new, lexically distinct aorist/event term ‘Kutsal Ruh’la doldular’ (see filled_with_holy_spirit_event below); never use interchangeably.
Other Tongues
Approved rendering: başka dillerle
Transliteration: bahsh-KAH deel-LEHR-leh
Doctrine: The Holy Spirit and Pentecost
Rejected alternatives: dillerle dua etmek (ecstatic prayer-language framing)
Original: ἕτεραι γλῶσσαι
Category: Holy Spirit
NEW. Acts 2:4; 10:46; 19:6. Real, distinct known human languages, confirmed by 2:6-11 (‘each one heard in his own language’); never unintelligible ecstatic speech. Do not silently adjudicate the later tongues-cessationism debate; stay faithful to Luke’s own narrative clarification.
Tongues As Of Fire
Approved rendering: ateşten diller gibi
Transliteration: ah-tesh-TEHN deel-LEHR gee-BEE
Doctrine: The Holy Spirit and Pentecost
Original: γλῶσσαι ὡσεὶ πυρός
Category: Holy Spirit
NEW. Acts 2:3. Turkish ‘dil’ shares Greek glōssa’s tongue/language double sense, a genuine translation asset. Keep imagery concretely narrative (visible flame), not mystical illumination, to avoid conflation with Sufi ‘nur’ light-associations already flagged High risk for Yücelik.
Last Days
Approved rendering: son günlerde
Transliteration: sohn gyoon-lehr-DEH
Doctrine: The Holy Spirit and Pentecost
Original: ἐν ταῖς ἐσχάταις ἡμέραις
Category: Eschatology
NEW. Acts 2:17, quoting Joel 2:28. Distinguish from the Islamic eschatological category of kıyamet (a single terminal event); this names an inaugurated era beginning at Pentecost, not exclusively a future end-point.
Pour Out The Spirit
Approved rendering: dökmek
Transliteration: dur-KMEK
Doctrine: The Holy Spirit and Pentecost
Original: ἐκχέω
Category: Holy Spirit
NEW. Acts 2:17-18, 33. Use the identical verb root at both promise and fulfillment to preserve Peter’s own rhetorical link. Never suggest a diminishing/portioned-out substance; this is the total self-giving of a whole, undivided divine Person.
Signs And Wonders
Approved rendering: belirtiler ve harikalar
Transliteration: beh-leer-tee-LEHR veh hah-ree-kah-LAHR
Doctrine: Apostolic Authority and Miracles
Original: σημεῖα καὶ τέρατα
Category: Apostolic Authority
NEW. Acts 2:19, 22, 43; 4:30; 5:12; 6:8; 7:36; 8:13; 14:3; 15:12. Must not be assimilated to the Islamic mu’jize category, which restricts authenticating miracles to a recognized prophet; Luke distributes this authenticating function across the whole early church.
Witness
Approved rendering: tanık
Transliteration: tah-NUHK
Doctrine: Persecution and Bold Witness
Rejected alternatives: şehit (Islamic martial/state-sanctioned martyrdom category)
Original: μάρτυς / μάρτυρες
Category: Persecution and Witness
NEW. Acts 1:8, 22; 2:32; 3:15; 5:32; 10:39, 41; 13:31; 22:15, 20; 26:16. NEVER şehit anywhere in Acts, including for Stephen’s death (ch. 7); this is a legal/experiential eyewitness term, not the developed martyrdom sense. Highest-priority forbidden-substitution addition this package makes.
Hades
Approved rendering: ölüler diyarı
Transliteration: ur-lyoo-LEHR dee-yah-RUH
Doctrine: The Resurrection of Christ in Apostolic Preaching
Rejected alternatives: cehennem (Islamic Jahannam/eternal punishment)
Original: ᾅδης
Category: Eschatology
NEW. Acts 2:27, 31, quoting Psalm 16. Never cehennem, which would import the Islamic eternal-punishment concept; this is the temporary realm/state of the dead, not final judgment.
Gift Of The Holy Spirit
Approved rendering: Kutsal Ruh armağanı
Transliteration: koot-SAHL ROOH ahr-mah-ah-NUH
Doctrine: The Holy Spirit and Pentecost
Original: ἡ δωρεὰ τοῦ ἁγίου πνεύματος
Category: Holy Spirit
NEW. Acts 2:38; 8:20; 10:45; 11:17. Consistent with established Ruhsal armağanlar family; gratuitous, never merit-earned by the preceding repentance-and-baptism.
Boldness
Approved rendering: cesaret / açıkça konuşmak
Transliteration: jeh-sah-RET / ah-chuk-CHAH koh-noosh-MAHK
Doctrine: Persecution and Bold Witness
Original: παρρησία
Category: Persecution and Witness
NEW. Acts 4:13, 29, 31; 9:27-28; 13:46; 14:3; 18:26; 19:8; 26:26; 28:31. A deliberate structural motif bookending the whole book; lock one consistent rendering across every occurrence.
All Things In Common
Approved rendering: her şeyi ortaklaşa
Transliteration: hehr sheh-YEE ohr-tahk-lah-SHAH
Doctrine: The Church as Community
Original: ἅπαντα κοινά / εἶχον ἅπαντα κοινά
Category: Church
NEW. Acts 2:44; 4:32. Must be sharply distinguished from the unrelated ritual-purity sense of the same Greek root (‘common/unclean,’ see common_or_unclean below) — a book-internal false-friend risk. Never read as an enforced communal-property mandate for all churches.
Testing The Spirit Of The Lord
Approved rendering: Rab’bin Ruhu’nu sınamak
Transliteration: RAHB-been roo-hoo-NOO suh-nah-MAHK
Doctrine: The Holy Spirit as a Divine Person
Original: πειράσαι τὸ πνεῦμα κυρίου
Category: Holy Spirit
NEW. Acts 5:9. Parallel construction to 5:3; same personal-deity implication for the Spirit.
Considered Worthy Of Dishonor
Approved rendering: utandırılmaya değer görüldüler
Transliteration: oo-tahn-duh-ruhl-mah-YAH deh-EHR gur-ryool-doo-LEHR
Doctrine: Suffering and Honor in Persecution
Original: κατηξιώθησαν … ἀτιμασθῆναι
Category: Persecution and Witness
NEW. Acts 5:41. Must retain the paradox — rejoicing IN dishonor, not merely despite it — not be flattened into generic resigned endurance.
Uncircumcised In Heart And Ears
Approved rendering: yürekleri ve kulakları sünnetsiz
Transliteration: yoo-rehk-leh-REE veh koo-lahk-lah-RUH soon-net-SEEZ
Doctrine: Persecution and Bold Witness
Original: ἀπερίτμητοι καρδίαις καὶ τοῖς ὠσίν
Category: Law and Grace
NEW. Acts 7:51. Metaphorical extension of the Critical circumcision/Sünnet homonym-risk term; requires the same ‘bedensel’ disambiguation discipline even in figurative use, describing spiritual resistance to God’s word, not a claim about ritual status.
Author Of Life
Approved rendering: yaşamın öncüsü
Transliteration: yah-shah-MUHN urn-joo-SOO
Doctrine: The Deity and Lordship of Christ in Acts
Rejected alternatives: lider (ordinary leader, too weak)
Original: ὁ ἀρχηγὸς τῆς ζωῆς
Category: Christology
NEW. Acts 3:15. Names a unique originating role in resurrection-life, distinct from an ordinary human leader.
Holy And Righteous One
Approved rendering: Kutsal ve Doğru Olan
Transliteration: koot-SAHL veh doh-ROO oh-LAHN
Doctrine: The Deity and Lordship of Christ in Acts
Original: τὸν ἅγιον καὶ δίκαιον
Category: Christology
NEW. Acts 3:14. Applies both established Kutsal and Doğru vocabulary as personal titles for Jesus, continuing the tawhid-engagement thread.
Servant Pais
Approved rendering: Kulu
Transliteration: koo-LOO
Doctrine: Servant Christology (the Suffering Servant Title)
Rejected alternatives: bare, unqualified devotional ‘Allah’ın kulu’ register
Original: παῖς
Category: Christology
NEW. Acts 3:13, 26; 4:27, 30. MUST always carry an explicit qualifying connection to the Isaiah 53 Suffering-Servant songs; never left unqualified, which would risk reducing Jesus to an ordinary devout servant/prophet and undercutting his established deity. Theologian review mandatory on every occurrence.
Set Apart For Ministry
Approved rendering: ayırın
Transliteration: ah-yuh-RUHN
Doctrine: The Great Commission Fulfilled
Rejected alternatives: atamak (appoint, loses the Spirit’s own directive agency)
Original: ἀφορίσατε
Category: Apostolic Authority
NEW. Acts 13:2. Extends the baseline’s separation_unto_gods_service doctrine into a concrete missionary-commissioning event explicitly initiated by ‘the Holy Spirit said.’ Never render as a merely administrative appointment.
Light For The Gentiles
Approved rendering: Ulusları aydınlatan bir ışık
Transliteration: oo-loos-lah-RUH ie-duhn-LAH-tahn beer uh-SHUHK
Doctrine: The Gospel to Jews and Gentiles
Original: φῶς ἐθνῶν
Category: Church
NEW. Acts 13:47, citing Isaiah 49:6. Parallels Luke 2:32’s Nunc Dimittis, already established in this Language Package; cite the connection explicitly in teaching material.
Seemed Good To The Spirit And Us
Approved rendering: Kutsal Ruh’a ve bize uygun göründü
Transliteration: koot-SAHL roo-AH veh bee-ZEH oo-ee-GOON gur-ryoon-DOO
Doctrine: Apostolic Authority and Miracles
Original: ἔδοξεν τῷ πνεύματι τῷ ἁγίῳ καὶ ἡμῖν
Category: Apostolic Authority
NEW. Acts 15:28. Joint divine-human decision-making formula concluding the Jerusalem Council’s decree; models Spirit-guided corporate discernment without overclaiming ongoing conciliar authority for later church structures.
Yoke
Approved rendering: boyunduruk
Transliteration: boh-yoon-doo-ROOK
Doctrine: Justification apart from the Law
Original: ζυγός
Category: Law and Grace
NEW. Acts 15:10. Peter’s image for the burden of the circumcision requirement; directly parallels and extends the Galatians package’s Kutsal Yasa’nın gözetmenliği doctrine — cross-teach together.
Unknown God
Approved rendering: Bilinmeyen Tanrı’ya
Transliteration: bee-leen-meh-YEHN tahn-ruh-YAH
Doctrine: Apologetics to a Religiously Plural Society (the Areopagus Speech)
Original: Ἀγνώστῳ Θεῷ
Category: Apologetics
NEW. Acts 17:23. This curriculum’s primary model for engaging a religiously plural society respectfully while proclaiming exclusive truth; directly relevant to contemporary Turkish religious pluralism.
Whole Counsel Of God
Approved rendering: Tanrı’nın bütün tasarısı
Transliteration: tahn-RUH-nuhn byoo-TYOON tah-sah-ruh-SUH
Doctrine: Apostolic Authority and Miracles
Original: πᾶσα ἡ βουλὴ τοῦ θεοῦ
Category: Apostolic Authority
NEW. Acts 20:27. Paul’s claim to have proclaimed the full scope of God’s plan, not a selectively edited message — a model for comprehensive, non-truncated doctrinal teaching.
Turn From Darkness To Light
Approved rendering: karanlıktan ışığa, Şeytan’ın gücünden Tanrı’ya dönmek
Transliteration: kah-rahn-luhk-TAHN uh-shuh-AH, shay-tah-NUHN goo-jyoon-DEHN tahn-ruh-YAH durn-MEHK
Doctrine: Conversion of Paul
Original: ἐπιστρέψαι ἀπὸ σκότους εἰς φῶς καὶ τῆς ἐξουσίας τοῦ Σατανᾶ ἐπὶ τὸν θεόν
Category: Conversion of Paul
NEW. Acts 26:18. Paul’s compact conversion-theology commissioning formula. Şeytan is a shared term requiring no special caution, since both traditions affirm a real personal adversary.
Chosen Instrument
Approved rendering: seçilmiş bir araç
Transliteration: seh-cheel-MEESH beer ah-RAHCH
Doctrine: Election and Divine Calling in Acts
Original: σκεῦος ἐκλογῆς
Category: Conversion of Paul
NEW. Acts 9:15. Ties Paul’s conversion and commissioning directly to the established Tanrı’nın seçimi vocabulary; never kader.
Medium Risk Terms
Apostle
Approved rendering: Elçi
Transliteration: el-CHEE
Doctrine: Apostleship
Rejected alternatives: resul / peygamber (prophet-messenger)
Original: ἀπόστολος
Category: Church
Inherited from Romans package. Acts 1:21-22’s explicit resurrection-eyewitness qualification reinforces the caution against the resul/peygamber reduction.
Peace
Approved rendering: Esenlik
Transliteration: eh-sen-LEEK
Doctrine: Peace with God
Rejected alternatives: huzur (inner calm), barış (political/interpersonal peace)
Original: εἰρήνη
Category: Salvation
Inherited from Romans package. Acts 9:31; 10:36; 15:33; 16:36 mark relational/missional consolidation, not merely calm circumstances.
Spiritual Gifts
Approved rendering: Ruhsal armağanlar
Transliteration: rooh-SAHL ahr-mah-AHN-lahr
Doctrine: Spiritual Gifts
Rejected alternatives: keramet (Sufi-tradition miraculous gift of a saint)
Original: χαρίσματα (register; cf. δωρεά at 2:38, 10:45)
Category: Holy Spirit
Inherited from Romans package. Register for Acts 2:38’s dōrea and 10:45’s Gentile Spirit-gift; never keramet.
Church
Approved rendering: Kilise
Transliteration: kee-lee-SEH
Doctrine: Church as God’s People
Rejected alternatives: cemaat (religious congregation/community, loaded in Turkish political usage)
Original: ἐκκλησία
Category: Church
Inherited from Romans package. NEVER cemaat, given contemporary Turkish political connotations. Acts 20:28’s ‘church of God’ stresses divine, not human, ownership.
Kingdom Of God
Approved rendering: Tanrı’nın Egemenliği
Transliteration: tahn-RUH-nuhn eh-geh-men-lee-EE
Doctrine: Kingdom Mission
Rejected alternatives: Tanrı’nın devleti (God’s state/nation)
Original: βασιλεία τοῦ θεοῦ
Category: Kingdom
Inherited from Romans package. Acts 1:6’s political-restoration question is explicitly redirected (1:7-8) toward mission, reinforcing the caution against devlet.
Gentiles
Approved rendering: Uluslar
Transliteration: oo-loos-LAHR
Doctrine: Unity of Jews and Gentiles
Rejected alternatives: kafirler (unbelievers/infidels, an Islamic religious-legal category)
Original: ἔθνη
Category: Church
Inherited from Romans package. NEVER kafirler. Acts 10 onward is the explicit target of the gospel’s expansion.
Prophecy
Approved rendering: Peygamberlik sözü
Transliteration: pay-gahm-behr-LEEK soh-ZOO
Doctrine: Fulfillment of Prophecy
Rejected alternatives: kehanet (fortune-telling/divination)
Original: προφητεία / προφητεύω
Category: Covenant
Inherited from Romans package. Elevated relevance at Acts 2:17-18, where ordinary believers (not a recognized office) are said to prophesy; never kehanet for genuine prophecy (contrast the correctly-retained kehanet-adjacent register at Acts 16:16’s counterfeit spirit of divination).
Covenant
Approved rendering: Antlaşma
Transliteration: ahnt-lahsh-MAH
Doctrine: Davidic Covenant
Rejected alternatives: sözleşme (bare contract)
Original: διαθήκη
Category: Covenant
Inherited from Romans package. Acts 3:25 (Abraham); 7:8 (circumcision).
Mission
Approved rendering: Müjdeleme görevi
Transliteration: myooj-deh-leh-MEH gur-eh-VEE
Doctrine: Mission to the Nations
Rejected alternatives: misyonerlik (loaded with 19th-20th c. Western-missionary and, in Turkish nationalist discourse, conspiratorial connotations)
Original: ἀποστολή / πέμπω register
Category: Church
Inherited from Romans package. Acts 1:8; 13:2-3, 47; 22:21 are the organizing action of the book’s second half. Never misyonerlik.
David
Approved rendering: Davut
Transliteration: dah-VOOT
Doctrine: Davidic Covenant
Original: Δαβίδ
Category: Covenant
Inherited from Romans package. Acts 1:16; 2:25-34; 4:25; 7:45; 13:22, 34, 36; 15:16.
Israel
Approved rendering: İsrail
Transliteration: ees-rah-EEL
Doctrine: Unity of Jews and Gentiles
Original: Ἰσραήλ
Category: Covenant
Inherited from Romans package. Acts 2:36’s climactic address to ‘all the house of Israel’; contemporary geopolitical sensitivity retained.
Baptism
Approved rendering: Vaftiz
Transliteration: vahf-TEEZ
Doctrine: Unity of Jews and Gentiles
Rejected alternatives: abdest-adjacent ritual-ablution vocabulary
Original: βαπτίζω / βάπτισμα
Category: Church
Inherited from Galatians extension of the package. Acts uses the distinct ‘in the name of Jesus Christ’ formula (2:38; 8:16; 10:48; 19:5) alongside Matthew 28:19’s fuller Trinitarian formula — both authentic and complementary, never harmonized into one wording.
Cross
Approved rendering: Çarmıh
Transliteration: char-MUH
Doctrine: Crucified with Christ
Rejected alternatives: sürgü/haç (less standard for this context)
Original: σταυρός / σταυρόω register (cf. 2:23, 36; 4:10; 5:30; 10:39; 13:29)
Category: Salvation
Inherited from Galatians extension of the package. Acts 2:23, 36; 4:10; 5:30; 10:39; 13:29 repeatedly name the cross as the historical means of Christ’s death preceding resurrection.
Impartiality Of God
Approved rendering: Tanrı kimseye ayrıcalık tanımaz
Transliteration: tahn-RUH keem-seh-YEH ie-ruh-jah-LUHK tah-nuh-MAHZ
Doctrine: Unity of Jews and Gentiles
Original: οὐκ ἔστιν προσωπολήμπτης ὁ θεός
Category: Church
Inherited from Galatians extension of the package. Reuse exactly at Acts 10:34, the doctrinal hinge of the Cornelius episode.
Sorcery
Approved rendering: Büyücülük
Transliteration: boo-yoo-joo-LOOK
Doctrine: Flesh versus Spirit
Original: μαγεία / μαγεύω
Category: Sin
Inherited from Galatians extension of the package. Acts 8:9, 11 (Simon Magus); 13:6, 8 (Bar-Jesus); 19:19 (scroll-burning). Descriptive, not sensationalized.
Pentecost
Approved rendering: Pentikost
Transliteration: pen-tee-KOST
Doctrine: The Holy Spirit and Pentecost
Original: πεντηκοστή
Category: Holy Spirit
NEW. Acts 2:1; 20:16. The Greek name for Shavuot, fifty days after Passover. No native Turkish lexical item exists for this feast; transliterate and gloss on first use per lesson with the Shavuot/Hasat Bayramı background so readers grasp this is a fulfilled Jewish feast, not an arbitrary Christian holiday.
Cut To The Heart
Approved rendering: yürekleri sızladı
Transliteration: yoo-rehk-leh-REE suhz-lah-DUH
Doctrine: Repentance and Baptism
Rejected alternatives: üzüldüler (they were sad, too flat)
Original: κατενύγησαν τὴν καρδίαν
Category: Repentance
NEW. Acts 2:37. Convey genuine emotional/spiritual conviction preceding repentance, distinct from mere intellectual assent.
Added To The Church
Approved rendering: topluluğa eklendi
Transliteration: toh-ploo-loo-AH ehk-lehn-DEE
Doctrine: The Church as Community
Rejected alternatives: katıldılar (they joined, shifts agency to human recruitment)
Original: προσετέθησαν
Category: Church
NEW. Acts 2:41, 47; 5:14. Divine-passive; God, not human recruitment, is the growth-agent.
Sanhedrin
Approved rendering: Yüksek Kurul
Transliteration: yook-SEHK koo-ROOL
Doctrine: Apostolic Authority and Miracles
Rejected alternatives: bare transliteration ‘Sinedrion’ (opaque to general readership)
Original: συνέδριον
Category: Apostolic Authority
NEW. Acts 4:15; 5:21, 27, 34, 41; 6:12, 15; 22:30; 23:1, 6, 15, 20, 28; 24:20. A specific first-century Jewish judicial body; never mapped onto a contemporary religious authority structure such as the Diyanet.
Great Grace
Approved rendering: büyük lütuf
Transliteration: byoo-YOOK lyoo-TOOF
Doctrine: The Church as Community
Original: χάρις μεγάλη
Category: Church
NEW. Acts 4:33. Extends Lütuf’s unmerited-favor sense into a social/communal-reception register.
Full Of Spirit And Wisdom
Approved rendering: Ruh’la ve bilgelikle dolu
Transliteration: ROOH-lah veh beel-geh-leek-LEH doh-LOO
Doctrine: Apostolic Authority and Miracles
Original: πλήρεις πνεύματος καὶ σοφίας
Category: Apostolic Authority
NEW. Acts 6:3, 5. The qualification criterion for the Seven; dignifies practical ministry equally with preaching.
Ministry Of The Word Serving Tables
Approved rendering: sözün hizmeti / sofralarda hizmet etmek
Transliteration: sur-ZYOON heez-meh-TEE / sohf-rah-lahr-DAH heez-MEHT et-MEHK
Doctrine: The Church as Community
Original: διακονία τοῦ λόγου / διακονεῖν τραπέζαις
Category: Church
NEW. Acts 6:2, 4. Avoid anachronistically importing the later, fully developed ‘deacon’ office title backward onto this narrative moment.
Hellenists
Approved rendering: Grekçe konuşan Yahudiler
Transliteration: GREHK-cheh koh-noo-SHAHN yah-hoo-dee-LEHR
Doctrine: The Church as Community
Rejected alternatives: Helenistler (bare transliteration, opaque)
Original: Ἑλληνισταί
Category: Church
NEW. Acts 6:1; 9:29; 11:20. Descriptive phrase preferred over an opaque loanword.
Stiff Necked
Approved rendering: dik başlı
Transliteration: deek bahsh-LUH
Doctrine: Persecution and Bold Witness
Original: σκληροτράχηλοι
Category: Persecution and Witness
NEW. Acts 7:51. OT covenant-rebellion idiom; retain as a recognizable prophetic-rebuke phrase rather than a flatter ‘stubborn.‘
Fell Asleep
Approved rendering: uyudu
Transliteration: oo-yoo-DOO
Doctrine: Persecution and Bold Witness
Rejected alternatives: öldü (bare ‘died,’ loses resurrection-hope connotation)
Original: ἐκοιμήθη
Category: Eschatology
NEW. Acts 7:60. Euphemism implying a temporary state awaiting resurrection; add a translator note distinguishing this from the ordinary verb for death.
Times Of Refreshing
Approved rendering: yenilenme zamanları
Transliteration: yeh-nee-lehn-MEH zah-mahn-lah-RUH
Doctrine: Repentance and Baptism
Original: καιροὶ ἀναψύξεως
Category: Eschatology
NEW. Acts 3:19-20. Eschatological blessing tied to repentance; avoid conflating with a this-worldly prosperity promise.
Restoration Of All Things
Approved rendering: her şeyin eski durumuna getirilmesi
Transliteration: hehr sheh-YEEN ehs-KEE doo-room-oo-NAH geh-tee-reel-meh-SEE
Doctrine: Repentance and Baptism
Original: ἀποκατάστασις
Category: Eschatology
NEW. Acts 3:21. Exegetically contested referent; distinguish from a universalist all-are-saved reading, a genuine question flagged, not adjudicated, in the translated text.
God Fearer
Approved rendering: Tanrı’dan korkan biri
Transliteration: tahn-RUH-dahn kohr-KAHN bee-REE
Doctrine: The Gospel to Jews and Gentiles
Original: φοβούμενος τὸν θεόν
Category: Church
NEW. Acts 10:2, 22, 35; 13:16, 26. Technical Acts category for Gentile synagogue-adherents short of full proselyte conversion; gloss this defined sociological sense on first occurrence.
Christians
Approved rendering: Hristiyanlar
Transliteration: hrees-tee-YAHN-lahr
Doctrine: The Gospel to Jews and Gentiles
Original: Χριστιανοί
Category: Church
NEW. Acts 11:26; 26:28. First NT occurrence of this designation, at Antioch; marks the movement’s decisive expansion beyond an intra-Jewish sect.
Spirit Of Divination
Approved rendering: falcılık ruhu
Transliteration: fahl-juh-LUHK roo-HOO
Doctrine: Sorcery and Occult Power
Rejected alternatives: kehanet ruhu (would blur with genuine-prophecy register elsewhere)
Original: πνεῦμα πύθωνα
Category: Sin
NEW. Acts 16:16. A genuinely demonic, counterfeit source Paul exorcises; unlike the baseline’s caution against kehanet for genuine prophecy, here the occult-divination association is doctrinally correct to retain.
Times Of Ignorance
Approved rendering: bilgisizlik dönemleri
Transliteration: beel-gee-seez-LEEK dur-nehm-leh-REE
Doctrine: Universal Human Accountability and Coming Judgment
Original: οἱ χρόνοι τῆς ἀγνοίας
Category: Apologetics
NEW. Acts 17:30. God’s past forbearance toward Gentile ignorance, now superseded by a universal call to repentance grounded in the resurrection and coming judgment (17:31).
Overseers And Elders
Approved rendering: gözetmenler / ihtiyarlar
Transliteration: gur-zeht-mehn-LEHR / eeh-tee-yahr-LAHR
Doctrine: The Church as Community
Original: ἐπίσκοποι / πρεσβύτεροι
Category: Church
NEW. Acts 20:17, 28. Terms describing the SAME group of Ephesian leaders; note their functional equivalence at this early stage, avoiding anachronistic imposition of later episcopal-hierarchy distinctions, a live ecumenical sensitivity among Turkish Protestant, Catholic, and Orthodox communities.
Shepherd The Church Of God
Approved rendering: Tanrı’nın kilisesini gütmek
Transliteration: tahn-RUH-nuhn kee-lee-seh-NEE goot-MEHK
Doctrine: The Church as Community
Original: ποιμαίνειν τὴν ἐκκλησίαν τοῦ θεοῦ
Category: Church
NEW. Acts 20:28. The possessive stresses the church belongs to God, not its human leaders, a check against clerical over-authority.
The Way
Approved rendering: Yol
Transliteration: YOHL
Doctrine: The Way: Christian Identity and Naming
Original: ἡ ὁδός
Category: Church
NEW. Acts 9:2; 19:9, 23; 22:4; 24:14, 22. Capitalize as proper noun. Note the resonance with Sufi tarikat ‘yol’ usage (a mystical path or master’s teaching lineage) without conflating the two.
Roman Citizen
Approved rendering: Roma vatandaşı
Transliteration: roh-MAH vah-tahn-dah-SHUH
Doctrine: Roman Citizenship and Legal Protection
Original: πολίτης Ῥωμαῖος
Category: Persecution and Witness
NEW. Acts 16:37-38; 22:25-29; 25:10-12. Concrete legal status providing real narrative protection; connect, without conflating, to the Philippians package’s theological ‘vatandaşlığımız göklerdedir’ metaphor.
Heavenly Vision
Approved rendering: gökten gelen görüm
Transliteration: gurk-TEHN geh-LEHN gur-ryoom
Doctrine: Conversion of Paul
Original: ἡ οὐράνιος ὀπτασία
Category: Conversion of Paul
NEW. Acts 26:19. Reinforces the obedience-of-faith register autobiographically (‘I was not disobedient’).
Low Risk Terms
Thanksgiving
Approved rendering: Şükran
Transliteration: shook-RAHN
Doctrine: Thanksgiving
Original: εὐχαριστία (register; cf. 24:3; 27:35; 28:15)
Category: Faith
Inherited from Romans package. Acts 24:3; 27:35; 28:15.
Fellowship
Approved rendering: Paydaşlık
Transliteration: pie-dahsh-LUHK
Doctrine: Christian Fellowship
Rejected alternatives: kardeşlik (brotherhood, too generic/political)
Original: κοινωνία
Category: Church
Inherited from Romans package. Acts 2:42 names this a defining Jerusalem-church practice.
Exhort
Approved rendering: Teşvik etmek
Transliteration: tesh-VEEK et-MEK
Doctrine: Mutual Edification
Original: παρακαλέω
Category: Faith
Inherited from Romans package. Acts 2:40; 11:23; 14:22; 15:32; 16:40; 20:1-2.
Amen
Approved rendering: Amin
Transliteration: ah-MEEN
Doctrine: Faith
Inherited from Galatians extension of the package. No direct narrative occurrence in Acts; retained for consistency.
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