📖 Biblical Definition
The third son of Adam and Eve, given as the replacement for Abel. Genesis 4:25-26: And Adam knew his wife again; and she bare a son, and called his name Seth: For God, said she, hath appointed me another seed instead of Abel, whom Cain slew. And to Seth, to him also there was born a son; and he called his name Enos: then began men to call upon the name of the LORD. Seth's line is the godly line through which the messianic seed advanced (Gen 5 traces Adam to Noah through Seth, not Cain). Luke's genealogy of Christ runs back through Seth to Adam (Luke 3:38), making Seth a direct ancestor of Jesus. The naming after Abel suggests Eve's recognition that the murder of one son could not destroy God's purpose; the LORD appoints another seed. The pattern recurs throughout Scripture: the godly seed is preserved despite apparent extinction (Noah and his family, the seventy souls of Joseph in Egypt, the surviving remnant in exile, the apostles after the cross). Seth is the first instance of the preserved-seed theme.
📜 Webster 1828 Definition
Adam's third son; replacement for Abel; godly line.
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The third son of Adam and Eve, given as God's appointment after Cain murdered Abel; head of the line through which the godly seed advanced — Enosh, Methuselah, Noah, and ultimately the Messiah.
📖 Key Scripture
Genesis 4:25 — "And Adam knew his wife again; and she bare a son, and called his name Seth: For God, said she, hath appointed me another seed instead of Abel, whom Cain slew."
Genesis 4:26 — "Then began men to call upon the name of the LORD."
Luke 3:38 — "Which was the son of Enos, which was the son of Seth, which was the son of Adam, which was the son of God."
⚠️ Modern Corruption
Forgotten in favor of Cain and Abel; missing how Seth is God's deliberate continuation of the messianic seed.
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Cain killed Abel and the line of promise looked dead. Then God appointed Seth — and the messianic line continued through him. The pattern repeats: human violence does not undo divine purpose; God appoints a Seth where an Abel has fallen.
🔗 Greek & Hebrew Roots
Hebrew Sheth — appointed.
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['Hebrew', 'H8352', 'Sheth', 'Seth, appointed']
['Hebrew', 'H7896', 'shith', 'to set, appoint']
Usage
"God appoints His Seth where the world kills its Abel."
"Read Seth's line as the messianic thread."