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|'''[[:Category:Biblical PN|Biblical PN]]'''
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|Name of [[SATAN|S<small>ATAN</small>]] before he fell ([http://www.lds.org/scriptures/bofm/2-ne/24.12?lang=eng#11 2 Nephi 24:12] = [http://www.lds.org/scriptures/ot/isa/14.12?lang=eng#11 Isaiah 14:12])
|Name given to [[SATAN|S<small>ATAN</small>]] ([http://www.lds.org/scriptures/bofm/2-ne/24.12?lang=eng#11 2 Nephi 24:12] = [http://www.lds.org/scriptures/ot/isa/14.12?lang=eng#11 Isaiah 14:12])
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'''Etymology'''
'''Etymology'''


Note that '''LUCIFER''' is not a transliterated Hebrew word but rather is the Latin interpretation of the Hebrew ''heylēl''. The Latin means “light bearer;” the Hebrew is more
'''LUCIFER''' is a name given to [[SATAN|S<small>ATAN</small>]] mentioned once in the [[ISAIAH|I<small>SAIAH</small>]] section of the Book of Mormon but not mentioned as a separate PN or GN in the Book of Mormon. ''Lucifer'', meaning "light bearer," is the Latin Vulgate translation of the Greek Septuagint ''heosphóros'', "bringer of dawn," which in turn is the Greek translation of the Hebrew ''hêlēl ben šaḥar'', "shining one, son of the morning."
complicated. For the etymology see the standard biblical commentaries.  
 
'''Variants'''
'''Variants'''



Revision as of 22:08, 29 November 2012

Biblical PN 1. Name given to SATAN (2 Nephi 24:12 = Isaiah 14:12)

Etymology

LUCIFER is a name given to SATAN mentioned once in the ISAIAH section of the Book of Mormon but not mentioned as a separate PN or GN in the Book of Mormon. Lucifer, meaning "light bearer," is the Latin Vulgate translation of the Greek Septuagint heosphóros, "bringer of dawn," which in turn is the Greek translation of the Hebrew hêlēl ben šaḥar, "shining one, son of the morning." Variants

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