Seth

//sɛθ// name

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  1. 1
    The third son of Adam and Eve.

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

  2. 2
    An ancient Egyptian god, variously described as the god of chaos, the god of thunder and storms, or the god of destruction. Egyptian
  3. 3
    A male given name from Hebrew.

    "The children suggested names. In his childhood the ones they knew would have been unheard-of (Scott, Ross, Damian, Liam, Seth) or, strangely enough, too old-fashioned for popular use (Joshua, Simon, Jack, George)."

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"Seth ate chocolate and I, peanut butter."

Etymology

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Ancient Greek Σήθ (Sḗth), from Biblical Hebrew שֵׁת (Šet, literally “chosen one, appointed, placed”).

Etymology 2

From Ancient Greek Σήθ (Sḗth), from Egyptian s-t:X (stẖ).

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