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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • noun The ancient Egyptian god of storms and chaos who murdered his brother, Osiris. He is portrayed as a man with an animal's head.
  • In the Bible, the third son of Adam and Eve.

from The Century Dictionary.

  • Same as sith for since.
  • noun Same as saith.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • proper noun (Egyptian Mythology) An evil beast-headed god with high square ears and a long snout; his was the brother and murderer of Osiris. Called also Set

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  • proper noun The third son of Adam and Eve.
  • proper noun A male given name.

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

  • noun evil Egyptian god with the head of a beast that has high square ears and a long snout; brother and murderer of Osiris
  • noun (Old Testament) third son of Adam and Eve; given by God in place of the murdered Abel

Etymologies

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition

[Greek Sēth, from Egyptian śtḫ, stẖ.]

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From Hebrew שֵׁת (Šet, "chosen one, anointed").

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