[seth] 
| 1. | the third son of Adam. Gen. 4:25 |
| 2. | a male given name: from a Hebrew word meaning “substitute.” |
[set] | the brother and murderer of Osiris, represented as having the form of a donkey or other mammal and regarded as personifying the desert. |
| Seth (sěth) In the Bible, the third son of Adam and Eve. |
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set (sět)
v. set, set·ting, sets
To put in a specified position; place.
To put into a specified state.
To put into a stable position.
To fix firmly or in an immobile manner.
To become fixed or hardened; coagulate.
To bring the bones of a fracture back into a normal position or alignment.
The act or process of setting.
The condition resulting from setting.
A permanent firming or hardening of a substance.
The carriage or bearing of a part of the body.
A particular psychological state, usually of anticipation or preparedness.
| set (sět) Pronunciation Key
A collection of distinct elements that have something in common. In mathematics, sets are commonly represented by enclosing the members of a set in curly braces, as {1, 2, 3, 4, 5}, the set of all positive integers from 1 to 5. |
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."
Seth
ancient Egyptian god, patron of the 11th nome, or province, of Upper Egypt.
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