Seth, Sheth [Sĕth,Shĕth]—compensation, appointed or substituted. The third son of Adam and Eve, born after the murder of Abel. Seth came as Abel’s substitute (Gen. 4:25, 26; 5:3-8; 1 Chron. 1:1; Luke 3:38). Seth became the father of Enos, and died at the age of 912. When Eve said, “God hath set for me another seed instead of Abel,” the word she used for “set” was shāth or shēth, meaning “setting.”