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Seth
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seth səth
English
Etymology 1
en grc Σήθ, from en hbo שֵׁת chosen one, appointed, placed Šet.
Pronunciation
sĕth, en /sɛθ/
en LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-Seth.wav Southern England
en ɛθ 1
Proper noun
en Q107626en biblical character The third son of Adam and Eve.
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:
en male Hebrew.
en 2011-11-17 Ruth Rendell Myth / The Astronomical Scarf / Walter's Leg (Storycuts) Random House 9781448108947 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).
Devan Cole, Ryan Nobles, Zachary Cohen and Oren Liebermann Two congressmen traveled to Afghanistan amid frantic evacuation efforts https://www.cnn.com/2021/08/24/politics/seth-moulton-peter-meijer-afghanistan-trip/index.html 2021-08-24 Reps. Seth Moulton, a Democrat from Massachusetts, and Peter Meijer, a Republican from Michigan, said in a joint statement Tuesday that they had traveled to Kabul “to conduct oversight on the mission to evacuate Americans and our allies” and that the trip had been conducted in secret “to minimize the risk and disruption to the people on the ground.” https://web.archive.org/web/20240924085937/https://www.cnn.com/2021/08/24/politics/seth-moulton-peter-meijer-afghanistan-trip/index.html 24 September 2024
en 2021-12-07 Elly Griffiths The Midnight Hour Brighton Mysteries 9780358424161 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.'
Derived terms
en Sethian Sethic
Translations
the third son of Adam and Eve
Arabic: ar شِيث m
Aramaic:
Syriac: syc ܫܝܬ
Armenian: hy Սեթ
Bulgarian: bg Сит m
Cherokee: chr ᏎᏘ, chr ᏎᏗ
Chinese:
Cantonese: yue 塞特 sak1 dak6
Hakka: hak 塞特 Set-thi̍t
Hokkien: nan-hbl 設 Siat, nan-hbl 塞特 Sài-te̍k
Mandarin: cmn 塞特 Sàitè
Danish: da Set
Dutch: nl Set
Ewe: ee Set
Finnish: fi Set
French: fr Seth
German: de Seth Catholic, de Set Protestant
Greek: el Σηθ m
Ancient Greek: grc Σήθ m
Hindi: hi शेत m
Icelandic: is Set m
Kazakh: kk Сет
Korean: ko ^셋
Latin: la Seth
Malay: ms Set
Norwegian: no Set
Polish: pl Set m
Portuguese: pt Sete m
Russian: ru Сиф m
Swedish: sv Set
Turkish: tr Şit
Vietnamese: vi Sết
a male given name
Armenian: hy Սեթ
Chinese:
Mandarin: cmn 塞思 Sāisī
Finnish: fi Seet
Greek: el Σεθ transliteration from English
Hindi: hi सेथ m
Māori: mi Heta
Swedish: sv Seth, sv Set
Etymology 2
From en grc Σήθ, from en egy stẖ s-t:X egy stẖ.
Alternative forms
en Set, en Sutekh
Pronunciation
sĕth, en /sɛθ/
en LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-Seth.wav Southern England
en ɛθ 1
Proper noun
en Egyptian god 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 Set
Anagrams
en ehst Esth Esth. Tesh eths hest hets shet tesh
German
de:+ (Egyptian mythology)
de:+ (Biblical character)
Pronunciation
de De-Seth.ogg <<Germany>> (<<Berlin>>)
Etymology 1
From de grc Σήθ, from de he שֵׁת chosen one, appointed, placed Šet.
Alternative forms
de Set especially ecumenical
Proper noun
m,(s)
de biblical character Protestant Bible Seth.
Etymology 2
From de grc Σήθ, from de egy stẖ s-t:X egy stẖ.
Alternative forms
de Setech Sutech Set
Proper noun
m,(s)
de Egyptian mythology Set, Seth
Further reading
Seth (Ägyptische Mythologie) Seth (Egyptian mythology) de
Set (Bibel) Set (Bible) de
Italian
it:
Proper noun
Set (Egyptian god)
it Set Setesh Sutekh
Portuguese
Proper noun
m
pt Set
Swedish
Pronunciation
sv LL-Q9027 (swe)-Moonhouse-Seth.wav
Proper noun
c
sv male common Set