Strongs Number: H4327
- Hebrew Word
- מִין
- Transliteration
- mîyn
- Phonetic
- meen
- Part of Speech
- Noun Masculine
- Strongs Definition
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a {sort} that {is} species
- BDB Definition
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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
- Bible Usage
- kind. Compare H4480 .