שֵׁת
shet
“Seth”
Definition
Sheth, third son of Adam
from H7896 (שִׁית); put, i.e. substituted;
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Grammar & Morphology
Proper Noun (Masculine)
N:N-M-P
Proper Noun, Masculine
Occurrences
שֵׁת appears 9 times in the Old Testament.
Distribution by Book
Key Passages
Adam, Seth, Enosh,
And Adam again had relations with his wife, and she gave birth to a son and named him Seth, saying, “God has granted me another seed in place of Abel, since Cain killed him.”
And to Seth also a son was born, and he called him Enosh.At that time men began to call upon the name of the LORD.
When Adam was 130 years old, he had a son in his own likeness, after his own image; and he named him Seth.
And after he had become the father of Seth, Adam lived 800 years and had other sons and daughters.
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