Meaning of the Name Seth
From the Hebrew name Shet (Seth), explained as 'appointed', 'put in place' or 'granted'. In Genesis, Eve links the name with the Hebrew verb shit, 'to put, to appoint': God has given her another child in place of Abel. The explanation rests on the text's own wordplay and is widely accepted; Şit is the Turkish form of the name.
Origin
The name Seth is of Hebrew origin.
Who is Seth in the Bible?
Seth is the son born to Adam and Eve after Abel's death. In the genealogy of Genesis the line from Adam to Noah runs through him, and when his son Enosh is born, people are said to begin calling on the name of the LORD. Luke's Gospel also traces Jesus' genealogy back to Adam through Seth.
The story of Seth in the Bible
The birth of Seth is a ray of hope after one of the darkest scenes in the Bible. Cain has murdered his brother Abel and gone away as a wanderer; the first family has lost one son to death and another to exile. Then Eve bears another son and names him Seth, seeing him as a gift God has given in place of Abel. The fifth chapter of Genesis notes that Adam fathered a son in his own likeness and image, and that this son was Seth, recalling how the life of humanity, created in God's image, passes from generation to generation. When Seth's son Enosh is born, the text records that people began to call on the name of the LORD. Alongside Cain's line, described through cities and crafts, a separate line turning toward God begins. From Seth's descendants come Enoch, Methuselah and Noah. The Bible tells no long story about Seth; it simply records his long life and his descendants. Yet Luke's genealogy, tracing Jesus back through Seth to Adam and to God, shows the importance of this quiet link in the chain.
Is Seth mentioned in the Quran?
The name Seth does not appear in the Quran; in Islamic tradition, Shith is known as the son of Adam and counted among the prophets. In the Bible, Seth appears in Genesis as the son born after Abel's death.
Verses where Seth appears
- Genesis 4:25 —
Adam knew his wife again. She gave birth to a son, and named him Seth, “for God has given me another child instead of Abel, for Cain killed him.”
- Genesis 5:3 —
Adam lived one hundred thirty years, and became the father of a son in his own likeness, after his image, and named him Seth.
- Luke 3:38 —
the son of Enos, the son of Seth, the son of Adam, the son of God.