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The Theological Dictionary of the Old Testament (TDOT) is one of the most extensive and important works on the Old Testament ever produced. A requirement for sound scholarship on the Hebrew Bible, it remains as fundamental to Old Testament studies as its New Testament counterpart Theological Dictionary of the New Testament (TDNT), does to New Testament studies. Beginning with ’ābh (’āb),...

we can draw the general conclusion that the concept ḥeseḏ includes an element of action. b. It is likewise clear that ḥeseḏ is a relational concept. In Ruth 3:10, the point is the relationship of Ruth to her mother-in-law and to Boaz, whom she prefers to the young men. Isa. 16:5 and Prov. 20:28 speak in general terms of the relationship between a king and his subjects. Est. 2:9, 17 are concerned with the good will of Hegai and the king toward Esther, Dnl. 1:9 with that of the chief eunuch toward
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