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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (2)

1. (Old Testament) third son of Adam and Eve; given by God in place of the murdered Abel;

2. evil Egyptian god with the head of a beast that has high square ears and a long snout; brother and murderer of Osiris;
[syn: Set, Seth]


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

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]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

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]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

Seth n 1: (Old Testament) third son of Adam and Eve; given by God in place of the murdered Abel 2: evil Egyptian god with the head of a beast that has high square ears and a long snout; brother and murderer of Osiris [syn: Set, Seth]
Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary:

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."
Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary (late 1800's):

Seth, put; who puts; fixed