'Seth' definitions:
Definition of 'Seth'
(from WordNet)
noun
(Old Testament) third son of Adam and Eve; given by God in place of the murdered Abel
noun
Evil Egyptian god with the head of a beast that has high square ears and a long snout; brother and murderer of Osiris [syn: Set, Seth]
Definition of 'Seth'
From: GCIDE
- Set \Set\, prop. n. (Egyptian Mythology) An evil beast-headed god with high square ears and a long snout; his was the brother and murderer of Osiris. Called also Seth [WordNet 1.6]
Definition of 'Seth'
From: GCIDE
- Seth \Seth\, prop. n. (Egyptian Mythology) An evil beast-headed god with high square ears and a long snout; his was the brother and murderer of Osiris. Called also Set [WordNet 1.6]
Definition of 'seth'
From: Easton
- 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."
Definition of 'seth'
From: Hitchcock
- Seth, put; who puts; fixed