Seth

See also: séð

English

Wikipedia

Alternative forms

• Set
• Sutekh

Etymology

From Hebrew שֵׁת ‎(Šet, “chosen one, anointed”).

Pronunciation

• enPR: sĕth, IPA^(key): /sɛθ/
• Rhymes: -ɛθ

Proper noun

Seth

1. The third son of Adam and Eve.
   • 1611, Bible (KJV), 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.
3. (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

the third son of Adam and Eve

• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 塞特 ‎(sak¹ dak⁶)

  Hakka: 塞特 ‎(Set-thi̍t)

  Mandarin: 塞特 ‎(Sàitè)

  Min Nan: 塞特 ‎(Sài-te̍k)

• Danish: Set
• Ewe: Set
• Finnish: Set

• French: Seth (fr)
• German: Seth (Catholic), Set (de) (Protestant)
• Greek: Σηθ m ‎(Sith)
• Icelandic: Set m
• Latin: Seth
• Norwegian: Set
• Portuguese: Sete m
• Russian: Сиф (ru) m ‎(Sif)
• Swedish: Set

a male given name

• Finnish: Seet
• Maori: Heta

• Swedish: Seth (sv), Set

Egyptian god

• Arabic: سِت (ar) m ‎(set), سَت (ar) m ‎(sat), سِت (ar) m ‎(sit)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 賽特 (zh), 赛特 (zh) ‎(Sàitè)

• French: Seth (fr) m
• Georgian: სეთი ‎(seti)
• German: Seth m
• Greek: Σετ m ‎(Set), Σεθ m ‎(Seth)
• Hebrew: סת ‎(Set)

• Hungarian: Széth
• Italian: Seth m
• Japanese: セト ‎(Seto)
• Korean: 세트 (ko) ‎(Seteu)
• Persian: ست (fa) ‎(set)
• Portuguese: Set m, Seth m
• Russian: Сет m ‎(Set)
• Slovak: Sét m

Anagrams

• eths
• hest
• hets
• shet
• tesh

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Italian

Proper noun

Wikipedia ^it

Seth ?

1. Set (Egyptian god)

Synonyms

• Set
• Setesh
• Sutekh

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Portuguese

Proper noun

Seth m

1. Alternative form of Set

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Swedish

Proper noun

Seth

1. A male given name, a common spelling variant of Set.