Dictionaries :: Seth

Easton's Bible Dictionary

Seth:

appointed; a substitute, the third son of Adam and Eve (Gen 4:25; 5:3). His mother gave him this name, "for God," said she, "hath appointed me [i.e., compensated me with] another seed instead of Abel, whom Cain slew."

Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary

Seth:

put; who puts; fixed

Nave's Topical Bible

Seth: The Third Son of Adam and Eve

Gen 4:25, 26; 5:3, 8; 1Ch 1:1; Luk 3:38

Seth: Called Sheth

1Ch 1:1

Smith's Bible Dictionary

Seth:

(compensation) (Genesis 4:25; 6:3; 1 Chronicles 1:1) the third son of Adam, and father of Enos. (B.C. 3870) Adam handed down to Seth and his descendants the promise of mercy, faith in which became the distinction of God's children (Genesis 4:26).