H4327 H4327
Kind, species; a category of living thing, always in the formula 'according to its kind' in creation and legal texts.
Found exclusively in the phrase 'according to its kind' (leminehu, leminah, etc.), this noun classifies plants and animals into divinely ordered categories. It appears first in the Genesis 1 creation account, where God commands vegetation and creatures to reproduce 'according to their kind,' establishing a principle of natural order. The same formula recurs in the Levitical dietary laws (Lev 11, Deut 14) to categorize clean and unclean animals, and once in Ezekiel's eschatological river vision (Ezek 47:10). German 'nach seiner Art' and French 'selon son espece' both capture the taxonomic sense faithfully.
Senses
1. according its kind — A biological or taxonomic category denoting a distinct type of plant or animal. Always occurs with the preposition le- and a possessive suffix ('according to its/their kind'). In Genesis 1:11-25, it structures the entire creation taxonomy; in Leviticus 11 and Deuteronomy 14, it organizes the dietary purity lists. The word implies divinely established boundaries between species rather than a modern scientific classification. 31×
AR["بِ-نَوْعِهَا","بِ-نَوْعِهِ","بِأَنْوَاعِهَا","بِأَنْوَاعِهِ","كَ-جِنْسِهَا","كَ-جِنْسِهِ"]·ben["তার-জাত-অনুসারে","তার-প্রকারানুসারে","প্রজাতি-অনুসারে"]·DE["gemaess-zu-sein-kind","nach-ihrer-Art","nach-seiner-Art"]·EN["according-to-its-kind","according-to-kind-its"]·FR["selon-son-espèce","selon-à-espèce-son"]·heb["ל-מין-ה","ל-מין-ו","ל-מינה","ל-מינהו","ל-מינו"]·HI["अपनी-जाति-के-अनुसार","जाति-उसकी-अनुसार"]·ID["menurut-jenisnya"]·IT["secondo-a-kind-suo","secondo-a-suo-kind","secondo-suo-kind"]·jav["miturut-jinisipun","miturut-jinisipun."]·KO["그의-종류대로","에-그-종류대로"]·PT["segundo-a-sua-espécie","segundo-sua-espécie"]·RU["по-роду-его","по-роду-её"]·ES["según-su-especie"]·SW["kwa-aina-yake","kwa-aina-zake"]·TR["türüne-göre"]·urd["اپنی-قسم-کے-مطابق","کے-مطابق-نسل-اس","کے-مطابق-نسل-اُس"]
Related Senses
H3808 1. simple negation (not) (4839×)G1722 1. locative: in, within (2442×)H1004b 1. house, dwelling, building (2015×)G3756 1. not (negation particle) (1635×)H4480a 1. source or separation (1198×)H5892b 1. city, town (1093×)G1519 1. direction: into, to, toward (1061×)H3427 1. Qal: to dwell, inhabit (937×)G1537 1. from, out of (source/origin) (886×)H8034 1. Name (designation / identifier) (856×)G3361 1. subjective negation (not) (834×)G1909 1. on, upon (spatial surface) (757×)H0369 1. existential negation: there is not (738×)H5869a 1. in the eyes/sight of (evaluative) (734×)H5650 1. Servant, attendant, subject (723×)H0408 1. prohibitive negation do-not (712×)G2443 1. so that, in order that (purpose/result) (665×)G0575 1. from (649×)G1223 1. through, by means of (582×)H3541 1. thus, so, in this manner (569×)
BDB / Lexicon Reference
† [מִין] n.[m.] kind, species (NH id. (Ecclus 43:25 id.), also schismatic, heretic; Jewish-Aramaic מִינָא, species, so Syriac (Edessa) ܡܺܝܢܳܐ; del. ‘so Syriac (Edessa) ܡܺܝܢܳܐ,’ ref. due to early textual error (GFM, privately, Dec. 28, 1899). Palest. Syriac = nation PS2094 SchwallyIdioticon 50; yet not Aramaic loan-wd. in Heb.; v. LagBN 183 f.);���always sf. + prep. לְמִינֵהוּ Gn 1:12(×2) + 2…