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[syn: Set, Seth]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Seth \Seth\, prop. n. (Egyptian Mythology)
An evil beast-headed god with high square ears and a long
snout; his was the brother and murderer of Osiris. Called
also Set
[WordNet 1.6]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Set \Set\, prop. n. (Egyptian Mythology)
An evil beast-headed god with high square ears and a long
snout; his was the brother and murderer of Osiris. Called
also Seth
[WordNet 1.6]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
Seth
n 1: (Old Testament) third son of Adam and Eve; given by God in
place of the murdered Abel
2: evil Egyptian god with the head of a beast that has high
square ears and a long snout; brother and murderer of Osiris
[syn: Set, Seth]
Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary:
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."
Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary (late 1800's):
Seth, put; who puts; fixed