Bible Names

Seth: meaning of the name

Seth means “put; who puts; fixed.”
Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary (1869)boy name

Seth in Hebrew and Greek

שֵׁת H8352

Shêth (shayth) — Sheth, third son of Adam

from H7896 (שִׁית); put, i.e. substituted;

Σήθ G4589

Sḗth — Seth (i.e. Sheth), a patriarch

of Hebrew origin (H08352);

Who named Seth in the Bible

Seth in Scripture

“Seth” appears in 8 verses of the King James Version.

  • Genesis 4:25

    And Adam knew his wife again; and she bare a son, and called his name Seth: For God, said she, hath appointed me another seed instead of Abel, whom Cain slew.

  • Genesis 4:26

    And to Seth, to him also there was born a son; and he called his name Enos: then began men to call upon the name of the Lord.

  • Genesis 5:3

    And Adam lived an hundred and thirty years, and begat a son in his own likeness, after his image; and called his name Seth:

  • Genesis 5:4

    And the days of Adam after he had begotten Seth were eight hundred years: and he begat sons and daughters:

  • Genesis 5:6

    And Seth lived an hundred and five years, and begat Enos:

  • Genesis 5:7

    And Seth lived after he begat Enos eight hundred and seven years, and begat sons and daughters:

  • Genesis 5:8

    And all the days of Seth were nine hundred and twelve years: and he died.

  • Luke 3:38

    Which was the son of Enos, which was the son of Seth, which was the son of Adam, which was the son of God.