Seth

See also: séð

English

Alternative forms

(Egyptian god): Set, Sutekh

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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

Proper noun

Seth

The third son of Adam and Eve.
- 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), imprinted at London: By Robert Barker, […], OCLC 964384981, 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:
A male given name.
(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 (Setʿ)
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
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 (Setʿ)
Finnish: Seet

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 (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 (ru) m (Set)
Slovak: Sét m

Anagrams

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

Italian

Proper noun

Seth ?

Set (Egyptian god)

Synonyms

Set
Setesh
Sutekh

Portuguese

Proper noun

Seth m

Alternative form of Set

Swedish

Proper noun

Seth c (genitive Seths)

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

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