Strong H8352שֵׁת
Seth
- Transliteration
- shêth
- Pronunciation
- shayth
- Morphology
- Proper Name (Masculine) of a Person
Definition
From H7896; {put} that {is} substituted;
{Sheth} third son of Adam: - {Seth} Sheth.
{Sheth} third son of Adam: - {Seth} Sheth.
Meaning of the name
Seth = "compensation"
Detailed definition
In the biblical story
Seth
Third son of Adam and Eve, ancestor of righteous line
Seth was the third son of Adam and Eve, born after the death of Abel, and became the ancestor of the righteous line of humanity.
In the Bible
Strong H8352 appears in 9 verses of the KJV.
Translated in the KJV by
- seth7
- sheth2
First verses
- Genesis 4:25And Adam knew his wife again; and she bare a son, and called his name Seth: For God, said she, hath appointed me another seed instead of Abel, whom Cain slew.
- Genesis 4:26And to Seth, to him also there was born a son; and he called his name Enos: then began men to call upon the name of the Lord.
- Genesis 5:3And Adam lived an hundred and thirty years, and begat a son in his own likeness, after his image; and called his name Seth:
- Genesis 5:4And the days of Adam after he had begotten Seth were eight hundred years: and he begat sons and daughters:
- Genesis 5:6And Seth lived an hundred and five years, and begat Enos:
- Genesis 5:7And Seth lived after he begat Enos eight hundred and seven years, and begat sons and daughters:
- Genesis 5:8And all the days of Seth were nine hundred and twelve years: and he died.
- Numbers 24:17I shall see him, but not now: I shall behold him, but not nigh: there shall come a Star out of Jacob, and a Sceptre shall rise out of Israel, and shall smite the corners of Moab, and destroy all the children of Sheth.
- 1 Chronicles 1:1Adam, Sheth, Enosh,