H8352 שֵׁת (Shêth) shayth

Hebrew

Noun (Masculine)

Quick Definition

Seth

Biblical Persons & Places

Seth Man living at the time before the Flood

A man living at the time before the Flood, first mentioned at Gen.4.25; referred to as Seth (שֵׁת), or Sheth (=Qere. Ketiv= "buttock") (שֵׁת), or Seth (KJV= Sheth) (Σήθ); son of Adam and Eve; a brother of Cain and Abel; father of Enosh.

Strong's Definition

Sheth, third son of Adam

Derivation: from H7896 (שִׁית); put, i.e. substituted;

KJV Usage: Seth, Sheth.

Outline of Biblical Usage

Seth = "compensation"

1) the 3rd son of Adam by Eve

1a) also 'Sheth'

Septuagint (LXX) Greek Equivalents

This Hebrew word is translated by the following Greek words in the Septuagint:

G4589

STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Hebrew Lexicon

שֵׁת (shet) — Seth. A man living at the time before the Flood, first mentioned at Gen.4.25; son of: Adam (H0121) and Eve (H2332); brother of: Cain (H7014B) and Abel (H1893); father of: Enosh (H0583); also called Sheth (Ketiv: buttock) at Num.24.17; § Seth = "compensation" 1) the 3rd son of Adam by Eve 1a) also 'Sheth'

UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew

שֵׁת (H8351 · H8352 · A8353 · H8357)

noun m · שׁאה

Right

foundation literally: foundation; hence: = the principles on which a righteous society is built

PSA 11:3

People

buttocks = the fleshy backside of a human body on which one sits ≈ shameful when exposed

2SA 10:4 · ISA 20:4

name

Names of People

Seth = man; ◄ son of Adam, who was born after the death of Abel

GEN 4:25 · GEN 4:26 · GEN 5:3 · GEN 5:4 · GEN 5:6 · GEN 5:7 · GEN 5:8 · NUM 24:17 · 1CH 1:1

noun c

Quantity | Frequency

six = state in which a countable entity is six in number

EZR 6:15 · DAN 3:1

¹ See Jacob Milgrom, Numbers: The JPS Torah Commentary (Philadelphia/New York: The Jewish Publication Society, 1989), page 208. ² NUM 24:17 NEW NOTE

Reinier de Blois

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Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon

שֵׁת n.pr.m. third son of Adam base

Bible Occurrences (8)

4:25 4:26 5:3 5:4 5:6 5:7 5:8

1:1

Genesis 4:25

And Adam again had relations with his wife, and she gave birth to a son and named him Seth, saying, God has granted me another seed in place of Abel, since Cain killed him.

Genesis 4:26

And to Seth... also a son was born, and he called him Enosh. At that time [men] began to call upon the name of the LORD.

Genesis 5:3

When Adam was 130... years old, he had a son in his own likeness, after his own image; and he named him Seth.

Genesis 5:4

And after he had become the father of Seth, Adam lived 800... years and had [other] sons and daughters.

Genesis 5:6

When Seth was 105...... years old, he became the father of Enosh.

Genesis 5:7

And after he had become the father of Enosh, Seth lived 807......... years and had [other] sons and daughters.

Genesis 5:8

So Seth... lived a total of... 912......... years, and then he died.

1 Chronicles 1:1

Adam, Seth, Enosh,