Word Study · Strong's H8352 · Hebrew
שֵׁת
Sheth
shayth
Strong's 1890 spelling: Shêth
“Sheth, third son of Adam”
Strong's Dictionary · 1890 · public domain
Sheth, third son of Adam
Rendered in the KJV as
Seth, Sheth.
- 9occurrencesin the Old Testament
- 3 of 39Old Testament bookswhere the word stands
- 7inflected formsdistinct spellings
Across 9 occurrences
The word itself
Inflected forms · 7
- שֵׁ֔ת2
- שֵֽׁת׃2
- וּלְשֵׁ֤ת1
- שֵׁ֑ת1
- שֵׁ֕ת1
- שֵׁ֗ת1
- שֵׁ֖ת1
How it is rendered · 3
- Seth7
- and to Seth1
- Sheth1
The sense the word carries at each spot — how the translators read it there, not a fixed translation.
How it parses · 2
- proper noun (a name)8
- conjunction (“and”) + preposition + proper noun (a name)1
Show the grammar codes as tagged
- HNpm · 8
- HC/R/Npm · 1
All 9, in canonical order
The ledger of occurrences
Where this word lives
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Genesis7 occurrences
- Genesis 4:25שֵׁ֑תshetproper noun (a name)And Adam again had relations with his wife, and she gave birth to a son and named him Seth, saying, “God has granted me another seed in place of Abel, since Cain killed him.”here: Seth
- Genesis 4:26וּלְשֵׁ֤תulshetconjunction (“and”) + preposition + proper noun (a name)And to Seth also a son was born, and he called him Enosh. At that time men began to call upon the name of the LORD.here: and to Seth
- Genesis 5:3שֵֽׁת׃shetproper noun (a name)When Adam was 130 years old, he had a son in his own likeness, after his own image; and he named him Seth.here: Seth
- Genesis 5:4שֵׁ֔תshetproper noun (a name)And after he had become the father of Seth, Adam lived 800 years and had other sons and daughters.here: Seth
- Genesis 5:6שֵׁ֕תshetproper noun (a name)When Seth was 105 years old, he became the father of Enosh.here: Seth
- Genesis 5:7שֵׁ֗תshetproper noun (a name)And after he had become the father of Enosh, Seth lived 807 years and had other sons and daughters.here: Seth
- Genesis 5:8שֵׁ֔תshetproper noun (a name)So Seth lived a total of 912 years, and then he died.here: Seth
1 Chronicles1 occurrence
Same headword in Strong's