LUCIFER

A son of Aurora.

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Light-bringer, the Latin name of the morning-star, or "son of the morning." In the figurative language of Scripture, a brilliant star denoted an illustrious prince, Nu 24:17. Christ was given to men as the "bright and morning Star," Re 2:28; 22:16. The word Lucifer is used once only in the English Bible, and then of the king of Babylon, Isa 14:12. It is now commonly, though inappropriately, given to the prince of darkness.

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Lucifer. Lucifer
Brilliant star, a title given to the king of Babylon (Isa. 14:12) to denote his glory.

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Lucifer. bringing light

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LUCIFER. → Nebuchadnezzar called by this name Isa 14:12

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lucifer. Lucifer, n. the name of the devil, the morning-star

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Lu″ci‐fer (?), n. [[L., bringing light, n., the morning star, fr. lux, lucis, light + ferre to bring.]] 1. 1. The planet Venus, when appearing as the morning star; — applied in Isaiah by a metaphor to a king of Babylon.
How art thou fallen from heaven, O Lucifer, son of the morning ! how art thou cut down to the ground which didst weaken the nations ! Is. xiv. 12. Tertullian and Gregory the Great understood this passage of Isaiah in reference to the fall of Satan; in consequence of which the name Lucifer has since been applied to Satan. Kitto. 2. 2. Hence, Satan.
How wretched Is that poor man that hangs on princes' favors! . . . When he falls, he falls like Lucifer, Never to hope again. Shak. 3. 3. A match made of a sliver of wood tipped with a combustible substance, and ignited by friction; — called also lucifer match, and locofoco. See Locofoco.
4. 4. (Zoöl.) A genus of free-swimming macruran Crustacea, having a slender body and long appendages.