min · kind

What it means

min (מִין) is a Hebrew word of the Bible that means “kind”.

Sort. It appears in the phrase "according to its kind": each living thing according to its type.

How to say it

Approximate pronunciation. Vowels sound as in Spanish (a as in father, e as in bed, i as in machine, o as in note, u as in rule); the syllable in bold is stressed. The voice is your device's.

Its senses in the Bible

1. The kind each animal or plant belongs to; God made them "according to their kind".

From Brown-Driver-Briggs (1906)

How it is translated

The words this translation uses for it, most frequent first.

• kind ×29
• kinds ×2

Where it appears

• Genesis×17
• Leviticus×9
• Deuteronomy×4
• Ezekiel×1

• Genesis 1:11

  And Elohim said, “Let the earth sprout vegetation: plants yielding seed, and fruit trees bearing fruit according to its kind, that has its seed in it, on the earth.” And it was so.

• Genesis 1:12

  And the earth brought forth vegetation: plants yielding seed according to its kind, and trees bearing fruit that has its seed in it, according to its kind. And Elohim saw that it was good.

• Genesis 1:21

  And Elohim created the great sea monsters and every living being that moves, with which the waters swarm, according to their kinds, and every winged bird according to its kind. And Elohim saw that it was good.

• Genesis 1:24

  And Elohim said, “Let the earth bring forth living beings according to their kind: livestock and creeping things and animals of the earth according to their kind.” And it was so.

• Genesis 1:25

  And Elohim made the animals of the earth according to their kind, and the livestock according to their kind, and every creeping thing of the ground according to its kind. And Elohim saw that it was good.

• Genesis 6:20

  Of the birds according to their kind, and of the livestock according to their kind, of every creeping thing of the ground according to its kind, two of every kind will come to you to be kept alive.

• Genesis 7:14

  they, and every animal according to its kind, and all the livestock according to their kind, and every creeping thing that creeps on the earth according to its kind, and every bird according to its kind, every bird, every winged creature.

• Leviticus 11:14

  the kite, and the falcon according to its kind,

• Leviticus 11:15

  every raven according to its kind,

• Leviticus 11:16

  the ostrich, the owl, the gull, and the hawk according to its kind,

• Leviticus 11:19

  the stork, the heron according to its kind, the hoopoe, and the bat.

• Leviticus 11:22

  These of them you may eat: the locust according to its kind, the bald locust according to its kind, the cricket according to its kind, and the grasshopper according to its kind.

• Leviticus 11:29

  And these shall be unclean for you among the swarming things that swarm on the earth: the weasel, the mouse, and the lizard according to its kind,

• Deuteronomy 14:13

  the kite, the falcon, and the harrier of every kind,

• Deuteronomy 14:14

  every kind of raven,

• Deuteronomy 14:15

  the ostrich, the owl, the gull, and the hawk of every kind,

• Deuteronomy 14:18

  the stork, the heron of every kind, the hoopoe, and the bat.

• Ezekiel 47:10

  And it will be that fishermen will stand beside it from En-gedi to En-eglaim; there will be a place for spreading nets; according to its kinds will be their fish, like the fish of the great sea, very many.

And 13 more times.