Sheth

Sheth [N] [E]

(compensation ).

The patriarch Seth. ( 1 Chronicles 1:1 )
In the Authorized Version of ( Numbers 24:17 ) not a proper name, but there is reason to regard it as an appellative. Read instead of "the sons of Sheth." "the suns of tumult." Comp. ( Jeremiah 48:45 )

[N] indicates this entry was also found in Nave's Topical Bible
[E] indicates this entry was also found in Easton's Bible Dictionary

Bibliography Information

Smith, William, Dr. "Entry for 'Sheth'". "Smith's Bible Dictionary". . 1901.