Seth

See also: seth and səth

English

Etymology 1

From Ancient Greek Σήθ (Sḗth), from Hebrew שֵׁת (Šet, literally “chosen one, appointed, placed”).

Pronunciation

• enPR: sĕth, IPA^(key): /sɛθ/

• Audio (Southern England)

  (file)

• Rhymes: -ɛθ

Proper noun

Seth

1. The third son of Adam and Eve.
   • 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Genesis 5:3:
     :

     And Adam lived an hundred and thirty years, and begat a son in his own likeness, after his image; and called his name Seth:

2. A male given name from Hebrew.
   • 2011 November 17, Ruth Rendell, Myth / The Astronomical Scarf / Walter's Leg (Storycuts), Random House, →ISBN:

     The children suggested names. In his childhood the ones they knew would have been unheard-of (Scott, Ross, Damian, Liam, Seth) or, strangely enough, too old-fashioned for popular use (Joshua, Simon, Jack, George).

   • 2021 December 7, Elly Griffiths, The Midnight Hour, Brighton Mysteries, →ISBN, page 34:

     'David, Seth and Aaron,' said Emma. 'Biblical names. I wonder if either of the parents is religious.' 'Jewish?' said Sam. 'They sound Old Testament to me.'

Translations

the third son of Adam and Eve

• Arabic: شِيث m (šīṯ)
• Aramaic:

  Syriac: ܫܝܬ

• Armenian: Սեթ (Setʻ)
• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 塞特 (sak¹ dak⁶)

  Hakka: 塞特 (Set-thi̍t)

  Hokkien: 設／设 (Siat), 塞特 (Sài-te̍k)

  Mandarin: 塞特 (Sàitè)

• Danish: Set
• Dutch: Set
• Ewe: Set
• Finnish: Set
• French: Seth (fr)
• German: Seth (de) (Catholic), Set (de) (Protestant)
• Greek: Σηθ (el) m (Sith)
• Icelandic: Set (is) m
• Kazakh: Сет (Set)
• Korean: 셋 (ko) (Set)
• Latin: Seth
• Norwegian: Set
• Portuguese: Sete m
• Russian: Сиф (ru) m (Sif)
• Swedish: Set (sv)
• Vietnamese: Sết

a male given name

• Armenian: Սեթ (Setʻ)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 塞思 (Sāisī)

• Finnish: Seet
• Maori: Heta
• Swedish: Seth (sv), Set (sv)

Etymology 2

From Ancient Greek Σήθ (Sḗth), from Egyptian (stẖ).

Alternative forms

• Set, Sutekh

Pronunciation

• enPR: sĕth, IPA^(key): /sɛθ/

• Audio (Southern England)

  (file)

• Rhymes: -ɛθ

Proper noun

Seth

1. (Egyptian mythology) An ancient Egyptian god, variously described as the god of chaos, the god of thunder and storms, or the god of destruction.

Translations

Egyptian God — see Set

Anagrams

• Esth, Esth., Tesh, eths, hest, hets, shet, tesh

German

Etymology 1

From Ancient Greek Σήθ (Sḗth), from Hebrew שֵׁת (Šet, literally “chosen one, appointed, placed”).

Alternative forms

• Set (especially ecumenical)

Proper noun

Seth m (proper noun, strong, genitive Seths or Seth)

1. (biblical, Protestant Bible) Seth.

Etymology 2

From Ancient Greek Σήθ (Sḗth), from Egyptian (stẖ).

Alternative forms

• Setech, Sutech, Set

Proper noun

Seth m (proper noun, strong, genitive Seths or Seth)

1. (Egyptian mythology) Set, Seth

Further reading

• Seth (Egyptian mythology) on the German Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^de
• Set (Bible) on the German Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^de
• “Seth” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
• “Seth” in Duden online

Italian

Proper noun

Seth ?

1. Set (Egyptian god)

   Synonyms: Set, Setesh, Sutekh

Portuguese

Proper noun

Seth m

1. Alternative form of Set

Swedish

Pronunciation

• Audio

  (file)

Proper noun

Seth c (genitive Seths)

1. a male given name of common usage, variant of Set