Strong’s H1966 · Hebrew

הֵילֵל
hêylêl
hay-lale'

Definition

the morning-star

Etymology

from H1984 (הָלַל) (in the sense of brightness);

Where the KJV renders it

  • lucifer

Every distinct English word the King James Version uses to translate this Hebrew term. The variety shows what readers in English receive across many different surface words — the same underlying word, scattered across the English Bible under different names.

What the first audience heard

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