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MORNING STAR

A symbolic name of the Lord Jesus. Translated “day star” in the KJV, Gk. phōsphóros appears only in 2 Pet. 1:19. However, “star” (Gk. astḗr) as an epithet for the Messiah is not uncommon (Rev. 2:28; 22:16; cf. Num. 24:17).

At Isa. 14:12 Isaiah refers to the king of Babylon as “Day Star, son of Dawn” (Heb. hêlēl), which the KJV translates “Lucifer,” following the Latin. The word means “light-bearer” and signified the planet Venus, which preceded or accompanied the rising of the sun. Jesus may have had reference to the Isaiah passage when he spoke of Satan falling from heaven (Luke 10:18). Lucifer thus came to be used in the Middle Ages as an appellation of Satan.

Dale Ellenburg






Eerdmans Dictionary of the Bible (2000)

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