Sheth [E,I,N,B] Bible Dictionaries

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Easton's Bible Dictionary

Sheth:

tumult. (1.) "The children of Sheth" (Num 24:17); R.V., "the sons of tumult," which is probably the correct rendering, as there is no evidence that this is a proper name here.

(2.) The antediluvian patriarch (1Ch 1:1).

International Standard Bible Encyclopaedia

Sheth:

 
Nave's Topical Bible

Sheth: 1. Translated "Tumult" [R.V.]

Num 24:17

Sheth: 2. See Seth

SETH

Smith's Bible Dictionary

Sheth:

(compensation).

(1.) The patriarch Seth (1 Chronicles 1:1).

(2.) In the Authorized Version of Numbers 24:17, not a proper name, but there is reason to regard it as an appellative. Read instead of "the sons of Sheth." "the suns of tumult." (compare Jeremiah 48:45).

Seth; Sheth:

seth, sheth (sheth; Seth):

(1) The son born to Adam and Eve after the death of Abel (Ge 4:25 f; 5:3 ff; 1Ch 1:1; Sirach 49:16; Lu 3:38). In Ge 4:25 the derivation of the name is given. Eve "called his name Seth: For, said she, God hath appointed (shath) me another seed instead of Abel." In 1Ch 1:1 the King James Version, the form is "Sheth"; elsewhere in the King James Version and in the Revised Version (British and American) throughout the form is "Seth."

(2) the King James Version "the children of Sheth," the Revised Version (British and American) "the sons of tumult." According to the King James Version rendering, the name of an unknown race mentioned in Balaam's parable (Nu 24:17).



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