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Seth

Easton, 1897

Appointed; a substitute, the third son of Adam and Eve (Genesis 4:25; Genesis 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."

Dictionary: M. G. Easton, Illustrated Bible Dictionary (1897, public domain).