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.”
Person
Seth
- Name means
- put; who puts; fixed
- Also called
- Sheth
- Lived
- born c. 3873 BC; died c. 2961 BC
- Born
- Eden
- Belongs to
- Genealogy of Jesus
- Mentioned
- 10 verses · first in Genesis 4:25
Family
About Seth
From Easton’s Bible Dictionary (1897).
On the timeline
- 3873 BCBirth of SethGenesis 4:25
- 3873 BCLifetime of SethGenesis 5:6–8
- 3768 BCBirth of EnosGenesis 4:26
- 2961 BCDeath of SethGenesis 5:8
Every mention
People data: Theographic Bible Metadata (CC BY-SA 4.0). Dates are traditional estimates.