Kilʼayim — H3610

Definition

masculine noun

two heterogeneities

1. two kinds, mixture
1. forbidden practice among cattle (cross breeding), seeds (sowing), and cloth garments (material)

Usually translated as

divers seeds, mingled, divers see kinds

Origin

dual of H3608 in the original sense of separation

• Keleʼ (H3608)

Greek equivalents

• diáphoros (G1313)
• hýsteros (G5306)
• hyphantós (G5307)

Occurrences

Kilʼayim occurs 4 times in 2 verses of the King James.

Distribution of the word across the Bible: Leviticus (1), Deuteronomy (1)

• Leviticus 19:19 — Ye shall keep my statutes. Thou shalt not let thy cattle gender with a diverse kind (כִּלְאַ֔יִם): thou shalt not sow thy field with mingled seed: neither shall a garment mingled of linen and woollen come upon thee.
• Leviticus 19:19 — Ye shall keep my statutes. Thou shalt not let thy cattle gender with a diverse kind: thou shalt not sow thy field with mingled seed (כִּלְאָ֑יִם): neither shall a garment mingled of linen and woollen come upon thee.
• Leviticus 19:19 — Ye shall keep my statutes. Thou shalt not let thy cattle gender with a diverse kind: thou shalt not sow thy field with mingled seed: neither shall a garment mingled (כִּלְאַ֙יִם֙) of linen and woollen come upon thee.
• Deuteronomy 22:9 — Thou shalt not sow thy vineyard with divers seeds (כִּלְאָ֑יִם): lest the fruit of thy seed which thou hast sown, and the fruit of thy vineyard, be defiled.