Seth

6 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Seth \Seth\, prop. n. (Egyptian Mythology)
     An evil beast-headed god with high square ears and a long
     snout; his was the brother and murderer of Osiris. Called
     also {Set}
     [WordNet 1.6]



From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Set \Set\, prop. n. (Egyptian Mythology)
     An evil beast-headed god with high square ears and a long
     snout; his was the brother and murderer of Osiris. Called
     also {Seth}
     [WordNet 1.6]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  Seth
       n 1: (Old Testament) third son of Adam and Eve; given by God in
            place of the murdered Abel
       2: evil beast-headed Egyptian god with high square ears and a
          long snout; brother and murderer of Osiris [syn: {Set}]

From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]:

  Seth
     appointed; a substitute, the third son of Adam and Eve (Gen.
     4:25; 5:3). His mother gave him this name, "for God," said she,
     "hath appointed me [i.e., compensated me with] another seed
     instead of Abel, whom Cain slew."
     

From Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary (late 1800's) [hitchcock]:

  Seth, put; who puts; fixed
  

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:

  Seth, WV
    Zip code(s): 25181