HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H6918
קָדוֹשׁ
qa.dosh — holy
: holy sacred, holy, Holy One, saint, set apart
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Saint
Original Hebrew / Aramaic / Greek connected to this term
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HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H2623
חָסִיד
cha.sid — pious
1) faithful, kind, godly, holy one, saint, pious 1a) kind 1b) pious, godly 1c) faithful ones (subst)
33 tagged verse occurrences · see every occurrence →HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H6922
קַדִּישׁ
qad.dish — holy
1) holy, separate 2) (TWOT) angels, saints
12 tagged verse occurrences · see every occurrence →GREEK · G2822
κλητός
klētos — called
κλητός, -ή, -όν (καλέω), [in LXX for קָרָא, מִקְרָא, Exo.12:16, al. ;] called, invited (as to a banquet, Æsch., 1Sa 1:41, 3Ma.5:14); in NT, always of the Divine call; (a) to some office: κ. ἀπόστολος, Rom.1:1, 1Co.1:1; (b) to salvation: Rom.8:28, 1Co.1:24, Ju 1; κ. καὶ ἐκλεκτοὶ κ. πιστοί, Rev.17:14; in gosp. (not in pl., see: καλέω) disting. fr.ἐκλεκτός, Mat.20:16 (WH, txt., R, omit), Mat.22:14; κ. Ἰησοῦ Χρ., Rom.1:6; κ. ἅγιοι, saints by calling, Rom.1:7, 1Co.1:2.† (AS)
10 tagged verse occurrences · see every occurrence →GREEK · G5487
χαριτόω
charitoō — to favor
χαριτόω, -ῶ (χάρις), [in LXX: Sir.18:17 (ἀνδρί κεχαριτωμένῳ; Vg., justificato; Syr., saintly) * ;] to endow with χάρις (which see), i.e. 1. (a) to make graceful; (b) to make gracious (Sir, l.with). 2. In Hellenistic writings (for exx., see AR, Eph., 227; Lft., Notes, 315), (a) to cause to find favour; (b) to endue with grace (i.e. divine favour): Luk.1:28, Eph.1:6.† (AS)
2 tagged verse occurrences · see every occurrence →GREEK · G8319
μηνίσκος
mēniskos — a crescent
a crescent , Lat. lunula: a covering to protect the head of statues (like the nimbus or glory of Christian Saints), (Aristophanes Comicus) (ML)
0 tagged verse occurrences · see every occurrence →Historical dictionary entry
One separated from the world and consecrated to God; one holy by profession and by covenant; a believer in Christ (Ps. 16:3; Rom. 1:7; 8:27; Phil. 1:1; Heb. 6:10). The “saints” spoken of in Jude 1:14 are probably not the disciples of Christ, but the “innumerable company of angels” (Heb. 12:22; Ps. 68:17), with reference to Deut. 33:2. This word is also used of the holy dead (Matt. 27:52; Rev. 18:24). It was not used as a distinctive title of the apostles and evangelists and of a “spiritual nobility” till the fourth century. In that sense it is not a scriptural title.
Scripture references
Psalms 16:3Romans 1:7Romans 8:27Philippians 1:1Hebrews 6:10Jude 1:1Hebrews 12:22Psalms 68:17Deuteronomy 33:2Matthew 27:52Revelation 18:24
Source: Easton’s Bible Dictionary (1897). Historical dictionary wording reflects the scholarship and language of its era.