The meaning of “מִין”
Understanding mîyn reveals the original theological depth often simplified in translation.
kind. Compare מִן. - a sort, i.e. species 1) kind, sometimes a species (usually of animals) ++++ Groups of living organi...
מִין
kind. Compare מִן. - a sort, i.e. species 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".
Occurrences in the Bible
| Reference | Text | |
|---|---|---|
| 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: and it was so.” Word: מִין (mîyn) | |
| Leviticus 11:19 | “And the stork, the heron after her kind, and the lapwing, and the bat.” Word: מִין (mîyn) | |
| Deuteronomy 14:15 | “And the owl, and the night hawk, and the cuckow, and the hawk after his kind,” Word: מִין (mîyn) | |
| 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, as the fish of the great sea, exceeding many.” Word: מִין (mîyn) |
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