Mîyn — H4327

Definition

masculine noun

a sort, i.e. species

1. kind, sometimes a species (usually of animals)
2. Groups of living organisms belong in the same created "kind" if they have descended from the same ancestral gene pool. This does not preclude new species because this represents a partitioning of the original gene pool. Information is lost or conserved not gained. A new species could arise when a population is isolated and inbreeding occurs. By this definition a new species is not a new "kind" but a further partitioning of an existing "kind".

Usually translated as

kind

Origin

from an unused root meaning to portion out

Greek equivalents

• génos (G1085)
• méros (G3313)
• homoiótēs (G3665)
• plḗn (G4133)
• próteron (G4386)

Occurrences

Mîyn occurs 31 times in 18 verses of the King James.

Distribution of the word across the Bible: Genesis (7), Leviticus (6), Deuteronomy (4), Ezekiel (1)

• Genesis 1:11 — And God said, Let the earth bring forth grass, the herb yielding seed, and the fruit tree yielding fruit after his kind (לְמִינ֔וֹ), whose seed is in itself, upon the earth: and it was so.
• Genesis 1:12 — And the earth brought forth grass, and herb yielding seed after his kind (לְמִינֵ֔הוּ), and the tree yielding fruit, whose seed was in itself, after his kind: and God saw that it was good.
• Genesis 1:12 — And the earth brought forth grass, and herb yielding seed after his kind, and the tree yielding fruit, whose seed was in itself, after his kind (לְמִינֵ֑הוּ): and God saw that it was good.
• Genesis 1:21 — And God created great whales, and every living creature that moveth, which the waters brought forth abundantly, after their kind (לְמִֽינֵהֶ֗ם), and every winged fowl after his kind: and God saw that it was good.
• Genesis 1:21 — And God created great whales, and every living creature that moveth, which the waters brought forth abundantly, after their kind, and every winged fowl after his kind (לְמִינֵ֔הוּ): and God saw that it was good.
• Genesis 1:24 — And God said, Let the earth bring forth the living creature after his kind (לְמִינָ֔הּ), cattle, and creeping thing, and beast of the earth after his kind: and it was so.
• Genesis 1:24 — And God said, Let the earth bring forth the living creature after his kind, cattle, and creeping thing, and beast of the earth after his kind (לְמִינָ֑הּ): and it was so.
• Genesis 1:25 — And God made the beast of the earth after his kind (לְמִינָ֗הּ), and cattle after their kind, and every thing that creepeth upon the earth after his kind: and God saw that it was good.
• Genesis 1:25 — And God made the beast of the earth after his kind, and cattle after their kind (לְמִינָ֔הּ), and every thing that creepeth upon the earth after his kind: and God saw that it was good.
• Genesis 1:25 — And God made the beast of the earth after his kind, and cattle after their kind, and every thing that creepeth upon the earth after his kind (לְמִינֵ֑הוּ): and God saw that it was good.
• Genesis 6:20 — Of fowls after their kind (לְמִינֵ֗הוּ), and of cattle after their kind, of every creeping thing of the earth after his kind, two of every sort shall come unto thee, to keep them alive.
• Genesis 6:20 — Of fowls after their kind, and of cattle after their kind (לְמִינָ֔הּ), of every creeping thing of the earth after his kind, two of every sort shall come unto thee, to keep them alive.
• Genesis 6:20 — Of fowls after their kind, and of cattle after their kind, of every creeping thing of the earth after his kind (לְמִינֵ֑הוּ), two of every sort shall come unto thee, to keep them alive.
• Genesis 7:14 — They, and every beast after his kind (לְמִינָ֗הּ), and all the cattle after their kind, and every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth after his kind, and every fowl after his kind, every bird of every sort.
• Genesis 7:14 — They, and every beast after his kind, and all the cattle after their kind (לְמִינֵ֔הוּ), and every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth after his kind, and every fowl after his kind, every bird of every sort.
• Genesis 7:14 — They, and every beast after his kind, and all the cattle after their kind, and every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth after his kind (לְמִינָ֔הּ), and every fowl after his kind, every bird of every sort.
• Genesis 7:14 — They, and every beast after his kind, and all the cattle after their kind, and every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth after his kind, and every fowl after his kind (לְמִינֵ֑הוּ), every bird of every sort.
• Leviticus 11:14 — And the vulture, and the kite after his kind (לְמִינָֽהּ);
• Leviticus 11:15 — Every raven after his kind (לְמִינֽוֹ);
• Leviticus 11:16 — And the owl, and the night hawk, and the cuckow, and the hawk after his kind (לְמִינֵֽהוּ),
• Leviticus 11:19 — And the stork, the heron after her kind (לְמִינָ֑הּ), and the lapwing, and the bat.
• Leviticus 11:22 — Even these of them ye may eat; the locust after his kind (לְמִינ֔וֹ), and the bald locust after his kind, and the beetle after his kind, and the grasshopper after his kind.
• Leviticus 11:22 — Even these of them ye may eat; the locust after his kind, and the bald locust after his kind (לְמִינֵ֑הוּ), and the beetle after his kind, and the grasshopper after his kind.
• Leviticus 11:22 — Even these of them ye may eat; the locust after his kind, and the bald locust after his kind, and the beetle after his kind (לְמִינֵ֔הוּ), and the grasshopper after his kind.
• Leviticus 11:22 — Even these of them ye may eat; the locust after his kind, and the bald locust after his kind, and the beetle after his kind, and the grasshopper after his kind (לְמִינֵֽהוּ).
• Leviticus 11:29 — These also shall be unclean unto you among the creeping things that creep upon the earth; the weasel, and the mouse, and the tortoise after his kind (לְמִינֵֽהוּ),
• Deuteronomy 14:13 — And the glede, and the kite, and the vulture after his kind (לְמִינָֽהּ),
• Deuteronomy 14:14 — And every raven after his kind (לְמִינֽוֹ),
• Deuteronomy 14:15 — And the owl, and the night hawk, and the cuckow, and the hawk after his kind (לְמִינֵֽהוּ),
• Deuteronomy 14:18 — And the stork, and the heron after her kind (לְמִינָ֑הּ), and the lapwing, and the bat.
• Ezekiel 47:10 — And it shall come to pass, that the fishers shall stand upon it from En-gedi even unto En-eglaim; they shall be a place to spread forth nets; their fish shall be according to their kinds (לְמִינָה֙), as the fish of the great sea, exceeding many.