Bible Dictionaries
Seth
Easton's Bible Dictionary
Appointed; a substitute, the third son of Adam and Eve (Genesis 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." Copyright Statement
These dictionary topics are from M.G. Easton M.A., D.D., Illustrated Bible Dictionary, Third Edition, published by Thomas Nelson, 1897. Public Domain.
Bibliography Information
Easton, Matthew George. Entry for 'Seth'. Easton's Bible Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/dictionaries/eng/ebd/s/seth.html. 1897.