<P> As a name for the Devil , the more common meaning in English , `` Lucifer '' is the rendering of the Hebrew word הֵילֵל ‎ in Isaiah ( Isaiah 14 : 12 ) given in the King James Version of the Bible . The translators of this version took the word from the Latin Vulgate , which translated הֵילֵל by the Latin word lucifer ( uncapitalized ) , meaning `` the morning star , the planet Venus '' , or , as an adjective , `` light - bringing '' . </P>
<P> As a name for the Devil , the more common meaning in English , `` Lucifer '' is the rendering of the Hebrew word הֵילֵל ‎ in Isaiah ( Isaiah 14 : 12 ) given in the King James Version of the Bible . The translators of this version took the word from the Latin Vulgate , which translated הֵילֵל by the Latin word lucifer ( uncapitalized ) , meaning `` the morning star , the planet Venus '' , or , as an adjective , `` light - bringing '' . </P>
who is called the morning star in the bible
who is called the morning star in the bible
the Devil
the Devil