<strong>SHETH</strong> (shĕth, Heb. <em>shēth, compensation</em>)<br /><br />

In the KJV the name of Eve’s third son (<bibleref ref="1Chr.1.1">1Chr.1.1</bibleref>, lit. trans.), elsewhere called Seth.“The sons of Sheth” in <bibleref ref="Num.24.17">Num.24.17</bibleref> refers to the Moabites, whom Balaam predicted would be conquered by an Israelite ruler. ASV here reads “sons of tumult,” but compare the footnote.

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<strong>SHETH</strong> <strong>shĕth</strong> (<span class="hebrew">שֵׁ֕ת</span>). 1. A son of Adam and Eve; he was born after the murder of Abel by Cain (<bibleref ref="1Chr.1.1">1 Chron 1:1</bibleref> KJV; RSV SETH). He became the father of Enosh and died at the age of 912 (<bibleref ref="Gen.5.6-Gen.5.8">Gen 5:6-8</bibleref>).<br /><br />

2. “The sons of Sheth” is a descriptive term for Moabites in <bibleref ref="Num.24.17">Numbers 24:17</bibleref> (KJV, ASV mg., RSV); but ASV has “sons of tumult.” Balaam foretold their defeat by an Israelite ruler (<bibleref ref="Num.24.15-Num.24.19">Num 24:15-19</bibleref>).

<h2>International Standard Bible Encyclopedia (1915)</h2>

seth, sheth (sheth; Seth):<br /><br />

(1) The son born to Adam and Eve after the death of Abel (<bibleref ref="Gen.4.25">Ge 4:25</bibleref> f; 5:3 ff; 1Ch 1:1; Sirach 49:16; <bibleref ref="Luke.3.38">Lu 3:38</bibleref>). In <bibleref ref="Gen.4.25">Ge 4:25</bibleref> the derivation of the name is given. Eve "called his name Seth: For, said she, God hath appointed (shath) me another seed instead of Abel." In <bibleref ref="1Chr.1.1">1Ch 1:1</bibleref> the <span class="auto-link">[[King James Version]]</span>, the form is "Sheth"; elsewhere in the King James Version and in the <span class="auto-link">[[Revised Version]]</span> (British and American) throughout the form is "Seth."

(2) the King James Version "the children of Sheth," the Revised Version (British and American) "the sons of tumult." According to the King James Version rendering, the name of an unknown race mentioned in Balaam’s parable (<bibleref ref="Num.24.17">Nu 24:17</bibleref>).