The Greek that is translated as «saint» in English is rendered into Highland Puebla Nahuatl as «one with a clean hearts,» into Northwestern Dinka as «one with a white hearts,» and into Western Kanjobal as «person of prayer.» (Source: Nida 1952, p. 146)
Other translations include:
- Ixcatlán Mazatec: «follower of Jesus» (source: Robert Bascom)
- Tzeltal: «whom God possesses»
- Highland Totonac: «child of God»
- Isthmus Zapotec: «person of God»
- Chicahuaxtla Triqui: «one who believes in God»
- Yatzachi Zapotec: «clean-hearted person» (source for this and four above: Waterhouse / Parrott in Notes on Translation October 1967, p. 1ff.)
- Garifuna: «person consecrated to God»
- Isthmus Mixe: «one who believe God’s words»
- Ayutla Mixtec: «one of God’s»
- Tepeuxila Cuicatec: «person God has cleansed» (source for this and three above: Viola Waterhouse in Notes on Translation August 1966, p. 86ff.)
- Isthmus Zapotec: «God’s person»
- Mezquital Otomi: «God’s believer»
- Huehuetla Tepehua: «servant of God»
- Tzeltal: «one who belongs to God» (source for this and three above: Waterhouse / Parrott in Notes on Translation October 1967, p. 1ff.)
- Highland Totonac: «chosen» (Source: Herman Aschmann in The Bible Translator 1950, p. 171ff. )
- Kituba: «person of God» (if referring to a person) (source: Donald Deer in The Bible Translator 1973, p. 207ff. )
- Chichewa «(person with a) white heart» since «white» is the word that is used in Chichewa for the translation of «holy.» (Source: Mawu a Mulungu mu Chichewa Chalero Back Translation)