The Hebrew word kaw-doshe means a sacred or holy One. The first place we see the Hebrew word kaw-doshe translated into the English word Saints, is in Deuteronomy 33. This passage is a blessing from Moses before he died. He says that the Lord came with 10,000 of His saints. Moses also states that His saints are in His hand.
It is the same word in Job 15:15, and throughout many of the Psalms.
In 1 Samuel 2:9 and 2 Chronicles 6:41 saints is translated from the Hebrew word khaw-seed' which means pious, godly, holy One, merciful.
King David tells us in Psalms 37 that the Lord does not forsake His saints, but He preserves them forever. Each time the word is used in the Old Testament it isn’t point blank clear who the writer is talking about. Meaning it isn’t explicitly said that God is talking about the Children of Israel. Most of these scriptures are prophetically speaking of the Last Days.
