- Original: מין
- Transliteration: Miyn
- Phonetic: meen
- Definition:
1. kind, sometimes a species (usually of animals) ++++ 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.
- Origin: from an unused root meaning to portion out
- TWOT entry: 1191a
- Part(s) of speech: Noun Masculine
- Strong's: From an unused root meaning to portion out; a sort that is species: - kind. Compare H4480 .
Total KJV Occurrences: 31
• kind, 30
Genesis 1:11; Genesis 1:12(2); Genesis 1:21(2); Genesis 1:24(2); Genesis 1:25(3); Genesis 6:20(3); Genesis 7:14(4); Leviticus 11:14; Leviticus 11:15; Leviticus 11:16; Leviticus 11:19; Leviticus 11:22(4); Leviticus 11:29; Deuteronomy 14:13; Deuteronomy 14:14; Deuteronomy 14:15; Deuteronomy 14:18
• kinds, 1
Ezekiel 47:10