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1 | Is Lucifer Satan? | Is 14:12 | Quest for truth | 217840 | ||
In the Vulgate, Lucifer occurs in Isaiah 14:12 as a translation of the Greek word heosphorus("dawn bearer"), an epithet of Venus. The original Hebrew text of this verse was,Heilel ben-schahar, meaning "Venus, son of the morning" or "Venus, the brilliant one", a poetic epithet of the king of Babylon, comparable to many other titles used by kings throughout history, such as Louis XIV of France being called Le Roi Soleil ("The Sun King"). In Isaiah, this title is specifically used, in a prophetic vision, to reference the king of Babylon's pride and to illustrate his eventual fate by referencing mythological accounts of the planet Venus. The Jewish Encyclopedia reports that "it is obvious that the prophet in attributing to the Babylonian king boastful pride, followed by a fall, borrowed the idea from a popular legend connected with the morning star". However, this metaphorical "falling from the heavens" was later misinterpreted as a literal fall from heaven when the passage's original meaning was made opaque by retranslations and eventually forgotten. I hope this information is useful to you, it can be found on the internet regarding Lucifer, also articles from Latin Vulgate.com and Wikipedia. | ||||||