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מִין H4327

H4327 is the Hebrew word מִין, transliterated mîyn and said meen. The King James Version most often renders it after his kind.

Word: מִיןTransliteration: mîynSaid: meenLanguage: HebrewIn the KJV: 11 verses

What it means

a sort, i.e. species.

Where it comes from

from an unused root meaning to portion out.

How the King James Version translates it

Across 22 tagged occurrences, counted from this edition's word index.

after his kind 13×after their kind 5×after her kind 2×itself after his kind 1×according to their kinds 1×

Strong's own list of renderings: kind. Compare H4480 (מִן).

Verses using מִין

All 11 verses, quoted in full.

Genesis 1:11 · KJV

And God said, Let the earth bring forth grass, the herb yielding seed, and the fruit tree yielding fruit after his kind, whose seed is in itself, upon the earth: and it was so.

Genesis 1:12 · KJV

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: and God saw that it was good.

Genesis 1:21 · KJV

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: and God saw that it was good.

Genesis 1:24 · KJV

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: and it was so.

Genesis 1:25 · KJV

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: and God saw that it was good.

Genesis 6:20 · KJV

Of fowls after their kind, 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 7:14 · KJV

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, every bird of every sort.

Leviticus 11:19 · KJV

And the stork, the heron after her kind, and the lapwing, and the bat.

Leviticus 11:22 · KJV

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.

Deuteronomy 14:18 · KJV

And the stork, and the heron after her kind, and the lapwing, and the bat.

Ezekiel 47:10 · KJV

And it shall come to pass, that the fishers shall stand upon it from Engedi even unto Eneglaim; they shall be a place to spread forth nets; their fish shall be according to their kinds, as the fish of the great sea, exceeding many.

Common questions

What does Strong's H4327 mean?

H4327 is the Hebrew word מִין (mîyn), meaning a sort, i.e. species.

How is H4327 translated in the King James Version?

The King James translators rendered it after his kind (13 times), after their kind (5 times), after her kind (2 times), itself after his kind (1 time), according to their kinds (1 time).

How many times does H4327 appear in the Bible?

מִין (mîyn) is tagged in 11 verses of the King James Version in this edition's word index.

Where does H4327 come from?

Strong's gives its derivation as: from an unused root meaning to portion out.

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