Here are all of the words used for Saint
G40 ἅγιος hagios hag'-ee-os
(an awful thing) compare G53, [H2282]; sacred (physically pure, morally blameless or religious, ceremonially consecrated): - (most) holy (one, thing), saint.
G53 ἁγνός hagnos hag-nos'
From the same as G40; properly clean, that is, (figuratively) innocent, modest, perfect: - chaste, clean, pure.
H2623 חסיד châsîyd khaw-seed'
From H2616; properly kind, that is, (religiously) pious (a saint): - godly (man), good, holy (one), merciful, saint, [un-] godly.
H6918 דשׁ קדושׁ qâdôsh qâdôsh kaw-doshe', kaw-doshe'
From H6942; sacred (ceremonially or morally); (as noun) God (by eminence), an angel, a saint, a sanctuary: - holy (One), saint.
H6944 קדשׁ qôdesh ko'-desh
From H6942; a sacred place or thing; rarely abstractly sanctity: - consecrated (thing), dedicated (thing), hallowed (thing), holiness, (X most) holy (X day, portion, thing), saint, sanctuary.
H4480 מנּי מנּי מן min minnîy minnêy min, min-nee', min-nay'
For H4482; properly a part of; hence (prepositionally), from or out of in many senses: - above, after, among, at, because of, by (reason of), from (among), in, X neither, X nor, (out) of, over, since, X then, through, X whether, with.
If any one has a strong linked to the LXX they could look and see which of the above H (Hebrew) wrods was translated into the greek work Hagos
I think 'saints' is pointing to the called out, not the called...
However those called to Christ are therefore "clean" by the blood of jesus .....but not their feet....they are not following Christ in the Way , they have not died to self, and Christ in not working in them at this time.
If someone could find out the Septuagint with a stongs and what itsays it would be helpful...I need one of these on my Esword...so I can compare how the Jewish religious translated the Hebrew into Greek.
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