Seth (Easton)

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Appointed; a substitute, the third son of Adam and Eve ( Genesis 4:25 ; 5:3 ). His mother gave him this name, "for God," said she, "hath appointed me [i.e., compensated me with] another seed instead of Abel, whom Cain slew."

Source

• part_of source-manifest/easton — Easton's Bible Dictionary (PD)