Steadfast love

Connections List
 * Love
 * God loves us
 * Church inside vs. outside
 * Proverbs 3

Scope
 * The term "steadfast love" in OT

Topics
 * Def
 * Mech
 * Examples

Def
 * hesed H 2617
 * Lovingkindness
 * Strong notes of kindness, goodness, mercy, saving
 * Infrequently used affection, lovely appearance

Mech
 * Only used for saved people / Israel?
 * Some OT scholars say this is most important word in OT (besides YWH and some other titles I would guess, unless those are less ambiguous, and your theology depends on interpretation of this word.)

Examples (202) Abounding (9)
 * Exod 34:6
 * Num 14:18
 * Nehemiah 9:17
 * Psalm 86:5,15 - to all who call on your name, to me, to your servants
 * Psalm 103:8
 * Psalm 145:8
 * Joel 2:13
 * Jonah 4:2