Gender Masculine
Usage English, Biblical, Biblical Latin, Biblical Greek [1]
Meaning & History
From the Hebrew name שֵׁת (Sheṯ) meaning "placed, set". In the Old Testament he is the third named son of Adam and Eve, and the ancestor of Noah and all humankind. In England this name came into use after the Protestant Reformation.
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Depiction of the biblical Seth from a 14th-century fresco in NovgorodDepiction of the biblical Seth from a 14th-century fresco in Novgorod
Sources & References
- Strong, James. The Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible, entry g4589, available from https://www.blueletterbible.org/lang/lexicon/lexicon.cfm?strongs=g4589.
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Entry updated May 26, 2026