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Sheth
Tumult. (1.) “The children of Sheth” (Num 24:17); R.V., “the sons of tumult,” which is probably the correct rendering, as there is no evidence that this is a proper name here.
(2.) The antediluvian patriarch (1 Chr 1:1).
Named in the Bible
2 verses
- Numbers 24:17 I shall see him, but not now: I shall behold him, but not nigh: there shall come a Star out of Jacob, and a Sceptre shall rise out of Israel, and shall smite the corners of Moab, and destroy all the children of Sheth.
- 1 Chronicles 1:1 Adam, Sheth, Enosh,
From Easton’s Bible Dictionary (1897), by Matthew George Easton.
