Key Restored Terms and Glossary

Key Restored Terms and Glossary

Sacred Words with Restored Meaning — A Quick Guide for Readers Purpose: To provide readers with a concise, accessible glossary of the key terms that have been clarified or restored throughout the Bible Restored project — to preserve the sacred tone and relational meaning of the original language

Framing Introduction

This is not a dictionary. It is a compass — to help the reader navigate sacred language that may have become clouded through mistranslation or tradition.

Every word here was restored not for novelty, but because the Spirit behind it was lost or distorted. These are words you will encounter again and again throughout the restored scrolls — and they are meant to breathe.

Each term is followed by a brief explanation and a note on how it now reads across the project.

Glossary of Key Restored Terms

Term

Restored Wording

Meaning/Use

Faith

Trust / Trusting allegiance

Relational confidence that produces obedience — not mental belief alone

Repent

Turn / Return

Realignment with God; a change of direction and posture

Holy Spirit

Set-Apart Breath / Sacred Spirit

The divine, relational presence of God’s Spirit, life-giving and personal

Christ

Anointed One / King from Heaven

The chosen, Spirit-filled ruler; not a surname, but a role/title

Judgment

Restoration / Setting things right

Righteous reckoning that brings healing and truth, not vengeance

Hell

Gehenna / Realm of the Dead / Outer Darkness

Varied terms restored to reflect accurate cultural meanings

Law

Instruction / Covenant path

Torah understood not as legalism, but sacred guidance for life

Sin

Fracture / Wandering / Missing the mark

A relational and spiritual disorder, not just rule-breaking

Righteousness

Right standing / Covenant loyalty

Being rightly aligned in relationship with God and others

Salvation

Rescue / Deliverance / Healing

God’s act of making whole, not just saving from wrath

Atonement

Covering / Oneness restored

The healing of the breach; the restoration of relationship

Soul

Life being / Breath-self

The whole living person — not a ghost-like entity

Spirit

Breath / Wind / Life force

Dynamic presence and energy of God, or of a human being

Kingdom

Reign / Domain of the Anointed

God’s order breaking into the world through justice, healing, and peace

Sabbath

Sacred Rest / Set rhythm of life

A divine pattern of release, trust, and sacred time

Angel

Messenger

A divine or human agent of God’s will — not always winged or glowing

Gospel

Message of the Kingdom / Good news of the Anointed

Proclamation of divine reign, not a doctrine only

Church

Assembly / Gathering of the faithful

A people called out to walk the Way — not a building

Baptism

Immersion / Womb of rebirth

A full-body, Spirit-filled re-entry into life and covenant

Grace

Gift / Divine generosity

Unmerited favor — love and empowerment freely given

Final Word

Let the sacred words be breathed again — not read in coldness, but received in Spirit.

These words are not relics. They are rivers.

Use them not to argue — but to walk deeper in the Way.

Key Restored Terms and Glossary — Fully and Faithfully Restored