Person
Lucifer
Mentioned in 1 verse, first in Isaiah 14:12. The verses below are the ones linked to this person (the Theographic dataset, with our sourced corrections).
"Lucifer" appears once, in Isaiah 14:12, and only in older translations such as the King James Version and Douay-Rheims. It is the Latin word for "light-bearer", used for the Hebrew hêlēl, "shining one"; the Berean Standard Bible has "day star" and the World English Bible "shining one". The poem is a taunt over the king of Babylon (Isaiah 14:4), and Easton's (1897) and Smith's (1884) dictionaries read the title that way. Later Christian tradition also read the passage as describing the fall of Satan.
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In the Bible
All 1 verse, in Bible order. Text from the Berean Standard Bible; verse numbers follow the KJV.
Isaiah
- Isaiah 14:12
How you have fallen from heaven, O day star, son of the dawn! You have been cut down to the ground, O destroyer of nations.
Dictionary
From Easton’s Bible Dictionary (1897), as attached to this record by Theographic. The entry is for the name and can describe more than one person who bore it. Easton wrote in 1897, and some of his views are now debated.
Read Easton’s entry
Brilliant star, a title given to the king of Babylon (Isa. 14:12) to denote his glory.