Seth

See also: séð

English

Alternative forms

• (Egyptian god): Set, Sutekh

Etymology

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] 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.
   • Template:RQ:Authorized Version:

     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.
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

• Aramaic:

  Syriac: ܫܝܬ

• Armenian: Սեթ (Setʻ)
• 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
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• French: Seth (fr)
• German: Seth (Catholic), Set (de) (Protestant)
• Greek: Σηθ m (Sith)
• Icelandic: Set m
• Korean: 셋 (ko) (Set)
• Latin: Seth
• Norwegian: Set
• Portuguese: Sete m
• Russian: Сиф (ru) m (Sif)
• Swedish: Set (sv)

a male given name

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

Egyptian god

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

  Mandarin: 賽特／赛特 (zh) (sàitè), 赛特 (zh) (Sàitè)

• French: Seth (fr) m
• Georgian: სეთი (seti)
• German: Seth m
• Greek: Σετ m (Set), Σεθ (el) m (Seth)
• Hebrew: סת (Set)
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• Hungarian: Széth
• Italian: Seth m
• Japanese: セト (Seto)
• Korean: 세트 (ko) (Seteu)
• Persian: ست (fa) (set)
• Portuguese: Set m, Seth m
• Russian: Сет (ru) m (Set)
• Slovak: Sét m

Anagrams

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

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Italian

Proper noun

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 c (genitive Seths)

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