Seth Definition

sĕth
noun
The ancient Egyptian god of storms and chaos who murdered his brother, Osiris. He is portrayed as a man with an animal's head.
American Heritage
A masculine name.
Webster's New World
The third son of Adam: Gen. 4:25
Webster's New World

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Origin of Seth

  • Greek Sēth from Egyptian śtḫ, st&hlowmac;

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

Seth Sentence Examples

  • The name Busiris in this legend may have been caught up merely at random by the early Greeks, or they may have vaguely connected their legend with the Egyptian myth of the slaying of Osiris (as king of Egypt) by his mighty brother Seth, who was in certain aspects a patron of foreigners.

  • He is also the father of dangerous winds (typhoons), and by later writers is identified with the Egyptian Seth.

  • In the i i th century Simeon Seth, protovestiarius at the Byzantine court, translated the fabulous history from the Persian back into Greek.

  • Washington, and to the efficient board of trustees, which has included such men as Robert C. Ogden and Seth Low.

  • And the position assigned by the Sethians (EnOcavoi) to Seth is precisely similar to that given by the Mandaeans to Abel.

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