Encyclopedic Dictionary of Bible and Theology

Seton Hall University South Orange, New Jersey. Founded in 1856 as Seton Hall College, conducted by the diocesan clergy with a schools of arts and sciences, education; graduate schools. Organized into a university in 1950. Co-educational in 1968. They maintain a web site . Fuente: New Catholic Dictionary

Seton, Elizabeth Ann, Saint Born in 1774 in New York, New York; died in 1821 in Emmitsburg, Marylandd. Foundress and first superior of the Sisters of Charity in the United States. Daughter of Dr Richard Bayley, she was married to William Magee Seton, 1794, and was left a widow with five children in 1803. Becoming … Continue reading “Seton, Elizabeth Ann, Saint”

Seton, Elizabeth Ann founder of the Sisters of Charity in the United States, was born in New York city, Aug. 28, 1774. She was the daughter of Dr. Richard Bayley, and in her twentieth year married William Seton, whom she accompanied to Italy in 1803. Upon his death, in Pisa, in 1804, she returned to … Continue reading “Seton, Elizabeth Ann”

setim-wood Repeatedly mentioned in Exodus as the principal timber employed in the construction of the Tabernacle and its appurtenances. It is the wood of the shittah-tree (Isaiah 41; cf. Arabic, sont; Egyptian, shonte), the acacia, the same word designated the A. nilotica of Egypt and the A. seyal of the desert. The seyal is a … Continue reading “setim-wood”

Sethur (Heb. Sethur’, , hidden; Sept. ), the son of Michael, of the tribe of Asher, and one of the twelve spies sent by Moses to view the promised land (Num 13:13). B.C. 1657. See Van Sarn, Obs. Lightfootiana de Nomine Sethur (in the Miscell. Duisb. 1, 482 sq.). Fuente: Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and … Continue reading “Sethur”

Sethians, Or Sethites a sect of the Ophites (q.v.), of the 2d century, who paid divine honor to Seth, believing him to have reappeared in the person of Jesus Christ. They taught that Seth was made by a third divinity, and substituted in the room of the two families of Abel and Cain, destroyed by … Continue reading “Sethians, Or Sethites”

SETHIANS Heretics who paid divine worship to Seth, whom they looked upon to be Jesus Christ, the Son of God, but who was made by a third divinity, and substituted in the room of the two families of Abel and Cain, which had been destroyed by the deluge. They appeared in Egypt in the second … Continue reading “SETHIANS”

Seth, Traditions Concerning There are many traditions concerning Seth (q.v.), not only in Rabbinic, but also in Christian, writings. According to the Rabbinic traditions, Seth was one of the thirteen who came circumcised into the world. The rest were Adam, Enoch, Noah, Shem, Terak, Jacob, Joseph, Moses, Samuel, David, Isaiah, and Jeremiah (Midrash Tillim, fol. … Continue reading “Seth, Traditions Concerning”

Seth, Sheth seth, sheth (, sheth; , Seth): (1) The son born to Adam and Eve after the death of Abel (Gen 4:25 f; Gen 5:3 ff; 1Ch 1:1; Sirach 49:16; Luk 3:38). In Gen 4:25 the derivation of the name is given. Eve called his name Seth: For, said she, God hath appointed (shath) … Continue reading “Seth, Sheth”

SETH The first son of Adam after the death of Abel, Gen 4:25,26 ; 5:3,6,8, and ancestor of the line of godly patriarchs. Fuente: American Tract Society Bible Dictionary Seth (Hebrew: appointed) Third son of Adam, born after Abel’s murder, hence his name (Genesis 4). He is the direct ancestor of those holy patriarchs known … Continue reading “Seth”