Core Glossary
Core Glossary — Matthew (Turkish)
Given Matthew’s length (28 chapters), this glossary lists the book’s highest-priority new terms;
see 07_semantic_analysis.md for the full per-section discussion and additional lower-risk
vocabulary.
| # | English term | Greek | First occurrence(s) | Turkish rendering | Status | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | blessed | μακάριος | 5:3-11 | Ne mutlu | NEW | No ecclesiastical false-friend risk; note the Atatürk-maxim resonance without implying equivalence. |
| 2 | kingdom of heaven | βασιλεία τῶν οὐρανῶν | 5:3 | Göklerin Egemenliği | NEW | Matthew’s own distinctive phrase; keep distinct from Tanrı’nın Egemenliği throughout. |
| 3 | Immanuel, God with us | Ἐμμανουήλ | 1:23 | İmmanuel (yani Tanrı bizimle demektir) | NEW | Foundational incarnation passage. |
| 4 | repent / repentance | μετανοέω / μετάνοια | 3:2 | tövbe et / Tövbe edin | NEW | Live Islamic religious term; affirm resonance while grounding in Christ’s atoning work, not independent human turning. |
| 5 | ”You have heard… but I say to you" | "Ἠκούσατε… ἐγὼ δὲ λέγω ὑμῖν” | 5:21-48 | Şöyle söylendiğini duydunuz… Ama ben size şunu söyleyeyim | NEW | Intensifies, does not abolish, the Law (5:17); distinct from the Islamic naskh/abrogation framework. |
| 6 | the Lord’s Prayer | (whole prayer) | 6:9-13 | Göklerdeki Babamız, adın kutsal kılınsın… | NEW | Must match the standard Turkish ecumenical liturgical text. |
| 7 | your sins are forgiven | ἀφέωνταί σοι αἱ ἁμαρτίαι | 9:2 | Günahların bağışlandı | NEW | Direct claim to divine authority; continues the pipeline’s tawhid engagement. |
| 8 | not peace but a sword | οὐκ… εἰρήνην ἀλλὰ μάχαιραν | 10:34 | Ben barış değil, kılıç getirmeye geldim | NEW | Describes social/familial division, not literal violence; real apostasy-risk relevance. |
| 9 | blasphemy against the Spirit | βλασφημία εἰς τὸ πνεῦμα | 12:31-32 | Ruh’a karşı söylenen küfür | NEW | Pastorally sensitive; requires careful framing given küfür’s own cultural weight. |
| 10 | You are the Christ, the Son of the living God | Σὺ εἶ ὁ Χριστός, ὁ υἱὸς τοῦ θεοῦ τοῦ ζῶντος | 16:16 | Sen, yaşayan Tanrı’nın Oğlu Mesih’sin | NEW | Matthew’s central confessional climax. |
| 11 | transfigured | μετεμορφώθη | 17:2 | başkalaştı | NEW | Foundational deity-of-Christ passage. |
| 12 | Son of Man… ransom for many | ὁ υἱὸς τοῦ ἀνθρώπου… λύτρον ἀντὶ πολλῶν | 20:28 | İnsanoğlu… birçokları için fidye | NEW | Concrete commercial-legal atonement metaphor. |
| 13 | love the Lord your God… your neighbor as yourself | ἀγαπήσεις κύριον τὸν θεόν σου… τὸν πλησίον | 22:37-39 | Tanrın olan Rab’bi… komşunu kendin gibi seveceksin | TM-derived | Must match any future Romans 13:9/Galatians 5:14 citations exactly. |
| 14 | Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees | Οὐαὶ ὑμῖν, γραμματεῖς καὶ Φαρισαῖοι | 23:13ff | Vay halinize, ey din bilginleri ve Ferisiler | NEW | Critical historical-sensitivity requirement; see 07 for full discussion. |
| 15 | as you did it to one of the least of these | ἐφ᾽ ὅσον ἐποιήσατε ἑνὶ τούτων τῶν ἐλαχίστων | 25:40 | en basit kardeşlerimden biri için yaptığınızı, benim için yapmış oldunuz | NEW | Foundational for Christian social-ethics teaching. |
| 16 | this is my body / this is my blood of the covenant | Τοῦτό ἐστιν τὸ σῶμά μου / τὸ αἷμά μου τῆς διαθήκης | 26:26-28 | Bu benim bedenimdir / Bu benim kanımdır, antlaşmanın kanı | NEW | Confessionally weighty; flagged, not adjudicated. |
| 17 | his blood be on us and on our children | Τὸ αἷμα αὐτοῦ ἐφ᾽ ἡμᾶς καὶ ἐπὶ τὰ τέκνα ἡμῶν | 27:25 | Kanı bizim ve çocuklarımızın üzerinde olsun | NEW | Highest-sensitivity verse in this Gospel; mandatory theologian-authored anti-antisemitism framing required for every use. |
| 18 | the Great Commission / baptismal formula | πορευθέντες… βαπτίζοντες… εἰς τὸ ὄνομα τοῦ πατρὸς καὶ τοῦ υἱοῦ καὶ τοῦ ἁγίου πνεύματος | 28:19 | Gidin, bütün ulusları öğrencilerim olarak yetiştirin… Baba, Oğul ve Kutsal Ruh’un adıyla vaftiz edin | NEW | Foundational Trinitarian baptismal formula. |
Coverage confirmation
18 highest-priority glossary entries span the full 28-chapter sweep: chapters 1-2 (row 3), 3-4
(row 4), 5-7 (rows 1, 2, 5, 6), 9 (row 7), 10 (row 8), 12 (row 9), 16 (rows 10-11), 20 (row 12), 22
(row 13), 23 (row 14), 25 (row 15), 26-27 (rows 16-17), 28 (row 18). Additional chapter-specific
vocabulary of lower risk tier is documented in 07_semantic_analysis.md.
Critical Risk Terms
Righteousness
Approved rendering: Doğruluk
Transliteration: doh-roo-LOOK
Doctrine: The Beatitudes and Kingdom Values
Inherited from Romans, unchanged. Matthew 5:6, 10, 20; 6:33. Broader sense here (right-relatedness/right-living) than the narrower Pauline forensic-justification sense; teach the breadth, not the narrower sense onto every occurrence.
Resurrection
Approved rendering: Diriliş
Transliteration: dee-ree-LEESH
Doctrine: The Resurrection and the Great Commission
Inherited from Romans, unchanged. Matthew 28:6-7.
Law
Approved rendering: Kutsal Yasa
Transliteration: koot-SAHL yah-SAH
Doctrine: Fulfillment, Not Abolition, of the Law
Inherited from Romans/Galatians, unchanged. Matthew 5:17-18; 22:36, 40; 23:23.
Blessed
Approved rendering: Ne mutlu
Transliteration: neh moot-LOO
Doctrine: The Beatitudes and Kingdom Values
Original: μακάριος
Category: Ethics
NEW. Matthew 5:3-11. No ecclesiastical false-friend risk; Atatürk-maxim resonance noted, not conflated.
Kingdom Of Heaven
Approved rendering: Göklerin Egemenliği
Transliteration: gurk-leh-REEN eh-geh-mehn-lee-EE
Doctrine: The Beatitudes and Kingdom Values
Rejected alternatives: Tanrı’nın Egemenliği (a distinct, though near-synonymous, Matthean vocabulary choice not to be merged)
Original: βασιλεία τῶν οὐρανῶν
Category: Kingdom
NEW. Matthew 5:3 and throughout. Matthew’s own distinctive phrase, kept distinct from kingdom of God.
Immanuel
Approved rendering: İmmanuel (yani Tanrı bizimle demektir)
Transliteration: eem-mah-noo-EHL
Doctrine: The Virgin Birth and Incarnation
Original: Ἐμμανουήλ
Category: Christology
NEW. Matthew 1:23. Foundational incarnation passage; name translated explicitly, not merely transliterated.
Antitheses Formula
Approved rendering: Şöyle söylendiğini duydunuz… Ama ben size şunu söyleyeyim
Transliteration: shur-YLEH sur-lehn-dee-EE-nee doo-YDOO-nooz
Doctrine: Fulfillment, Not Abolition, of the Law
Original: Ἠκούσατε… ἐγὼ δὲ λέγω ὑμῖν
Category: Ethics
NEW. Matthew 5:21-48. Intensifies, does not abolish, the Law; distinct from naskh/abrogation.
Lords Prayer
Approved rendering: Göklerdeki Babamız, adın kutsal kılınsın…
Transliteration: gurk-lehr-deh-KEE bah-bah-MUHZ
Doctrine: The Lord’s Prayer
Original: (whole prayer)
Category: Prayer
NEW. Matthew 6:9-13. Must match the standard Turkish ecumenical liturgical text.
Authority To Forgive Sins
Approved rendering: Günahların bağışlandı
Transliteration: goo-nah-lah-RUHN bah-uhsh-lahn-DUH
Doctrine: Authority to Forgive Sins
Original: ἀφέωνταί σοι αἱ ἁμαρτίαι
Category: Christology
NEW. Matthew 9:2. Direct claim to divine authority; continues the tawhid engagement.
Blasphemy Against The Spirit
Approved rendering: Ruh’a karşı söylenen küfür
Transliteration: ROOH-ah kahr-SHUH sur-leh-nehn kyoo-FYOOR
Doctrine: Blasphemy Against the Spirit
Original: βλασφημία εἰς τὸ πνεῦμα
Category: Doctrine
NEW. Matthew 12:31-32. Pastorally sensitive; requires careful framing given küfür’s cultural weight.
Peters Confession
Approved rendering: Sen, yaşayan Tanrı’nın Oğlu Mesih’sin
Transliteration: sehn, yah-shah-YAHN tahn-ruh-NUHN oh-LOO meh-seeh-SEEN
Doctrine: Peter’s Confession and the Founding of the Church
Original: Σὺ εἶ ὁ Χριστός, ὁ υἱὸς τοῦ θεοῦ τοῦ ζῶντος
Category: Christology
NEW. Matthew 16:16. Matthew’s central confessional climax.
Son Of Man Ransom
Approved rendering: İnsanoğlu, hizmet edilmeye değil, hizmet etmeye ve canını birçokları için fidye olarak vermeye geldi
Transliteration: een-sahn-oh-LOO, heez-MEHT eh-deel-meh-YEH deh-EEL
Doctrine: The Son of Man as Servant and Ransom
Original: ὁ υἱὸς τοῦ ἀνθρώπου… διακονῆσαι καὶ δοῦναι τὴν ψυχὴν αὐτοῦ λύτρον ἀντὶ πολλῶν
Category: Salvation
NEW. Matthew 20:28. Concrete commercial-legal atonement metaphor; consistent with Colossians’ borç senedi discipline.
Woes Against Pharisees
Approved rendering: Vay halinize, ey din bilginleri ve Ferisiler, ikiyüzlüler!
Transliteration: vahy hah-lee-nee-ZEH, ehy deen beel-geen-leh-REE veh feh-ree-see-LEHR
Doctrine: Woes Against the Scribes and Pharisees
Original: Οὐαὶ ὑμῖν, γραμματεῖς καὶ Φαρισαῖοι ὑποκριταί
Category: Doctrine
NEW. Matthew 23:13ff. Must be kept strictly anchored to the first-century narrative conflict, never generalized to Jewish people as a whole.
Least Of These
Approved rendering: Bu en basit kardeşlerimden biri için yaptığınızı, benim için yapmış oldunuz
Transliteration: boo ehn bah-SEET kahr-dehsh-leh-reem-DEHN
Doctrine: The Olivet Discourse and Final Judgment
Original: ἐφ᾽ ὅσον ἐποιήσατε ἑνὶ τούτων τῶν ἀδελφῶν μου τῶν ἐλαχίστων, ἐμοὶ ἐποιήσατε
Category: Ethics
NEW. Matthew 25:40. Keep the direct identification of Christ with the marginalized explicit.
Words Of Institution
Approved rendering: Bu benim bedenimdir… Bu benim kanımdır, antlaşmanın kanı
Transliteration: boo beh-NEEM beh-deh-nee-DEER
Doctrine: The Words of Institution
Original: Τοῦτό ἐστιν τὸ σῶμά μου… τοῦτο γάρ ἐστιν τὸ αἷμά μου τῆς διαθήκης
Category: Sacrament
NEW. Matthew 26:26-28. Confessionally weighty; rendered exactly, flagged not adjudicated.
His Blood Be On Us
Approved rendering: Kanı bizim ve çocuklarımızın üzerinde olsun
Transliteration: kah-NUH bee-ZEEM veh choh-jook-lah-ruh-muh-ZUHN yzeh-reen-DEH ohl-SOON
Doctrine: The Crowd’s Cry and Its History of Weaponization
Original: Τὸ αἷμα αὐτοῦ ἐφ᾽ ἡμᾶς καὶ ἐπὶ τὰ τέκνα ἡμῶν
Category: Doctrine
NEW. Matthew 27:25. Highest-sensitivity verse in this Gospel; mandatory theologian-authored anti-antisemitism framing required for every use, non-negotiable.
Great Commission
Approved rendering: Gidin, bütün ulusları öğrencilerim olarak yetiştirin; onları Baba, Oğul ve Kutsal Ruh’un adıyla vaftiz edin
Transliteration: gee-DEEN, byoo-TYOON oo-loos-lah-RUH ur-rehn-jee-leh-REEM
Doctrine: The Resurrection and the Great Commission
Original: πορευθέντες οὖν μαθητεύσατε πάντα τὰ ἔθνη, βαπτίζοντες αὐτοὺς εἰς τὸ ὄνομα τοῦ πατρὸς καὶ τοῦ υἱοῦ καὶ τοῦ ἁγίου πνεύματος
Category: Mission
NEW. Matthew 28:19. Trinitarian baptismal formula; universal scope retained via established Uluslar vocabulary.
High Risk Terms
Repentance
Approved rendering: tövbe / Tövbe edin
Transliteration: turv-BEH
Doctrine: Repentance
Original: μετάνοια / μετανοεῖτε
Category: Salvation
NEW. Matthew 3:2, 8. Live Islamic religious term; affirm resonance, ground in Christ’s atoning work.
Not Peace But A Sword
Approved rendering: Ben barış değil, kılıç getirmeye geldim
Transliteration: behn bah-RUHSH deh-EEL, kuh-luhch geh-teer-meh-YEH gehl-DEEM
Doctrine: The Cost and Nature of Discipleship
Original: οὐκ ἦλθον βαλεῖν εἰρήνην ἀλλὰ μάχαιραν
Category: Discipleship
NEW. Matthew 10:34. Describes social/familial division, never literal violence.
Transfigured
Approved rendering: başkalaştı
Transliteration: bahsh-kah-lahsh-TUH
Doctrine: The Transfiguration
Original: μετεμορφώθη
Category: Christology
NEW. Matthew 17:2. Foundational deity-of-Christ passage.
Medium Risk Terms
Church
Approved rendering: Kilise
Transliteration: kee-lee-SEH
Doctrine: Peter’s Confession and the Founding of the Church
Inherited from Romans, unchanged. Matthew 16:18; 18:17.
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