Hebrew: chaciyd (OT:2623), kind; pious; holy; favored or gracious ones (Psalm 37:28; Psalm 30:4; Psalm 31:23; Psalm 50:5; Psalm 52:9; Psalm 79:2; Psalm 85:8; Psalm 97:10; Psalm 116:15; Psalm 132:9,16; Psalm 145:10; Psalm 148:14; Psalm 149:1,5,9; 1 Samuel 2:9; 2 Chron. 6:41; Proverbs 2:8).  Saints are made by God and are such in this life.  They don’t become saints by being canonized after death.  The word is used 39 times in the O.T. and 62 times in the N.T.  All saved people are saints, so there is no grounds for making people saints after death (Acts 9:13,32,41; 26:10; Rom. 1:7; 1Cor. 1:2; 6:1-2; 2Cor. 1:1; Eph. 1:1; Php. 1:1; Col. 1:2; 2Th. 1:10; Jude 1:3; Rev. 5:8; 13:7,10; 17:6). The word is never used of angels, only of redeemed men.