{"id":4028,"date":"2024-05-25T07:41:19","date_gmt":"2024-05-25T07:41:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/lucifer-name-meaning-decoded\/"},"modified":"2026-11-05T21:35:28","modified_gmt":"2026-11-05T21:35:28","slug":"lucifer-name-meaning-decoded","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/zh\/learn\/lucifer-name-meaning-decoded\/","title":{"rendered":"\u8def\u897f\u6cd5\u8fd9\u4e2a\u540d\u5b57\u662f\u4ec0\u4e48\u610f\u601d\uff1f\u201c\u5149\u660e\u4f7f\u8005\u201d\uff0c\u6e90\u81ea\u62c9\u4e01\u8bed"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"cppw-protected cppw-protected--overlay\"><div class=\"cppw-excerpt cppw-excerpt--overlay\"><p>Lucifer means &quot;light-bearer&quot;. The word is Latin, made from lux, light, and ferre, to carry, and the Romans used it for the morning star, Venus. It came into the Bible as the Latin translation of the Hebrew helel in Isaiah 14:12, in a taunt against the king of Babylon, and only later did it become a name for the devil. So the word began as a star, the bright point that hangs low in the east just before the sun\u2026<\/p>\n<\/div>\t\t<div class=\"cppw-paywall paywp-paywall\" data-required-level=\"25\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"cppw-lock-mark\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/span>\n\t\t\t<h2>Continue reading with a subscription<\/h2>\n\t\t\t<p>Get unlimited access to all our premium content and exclusive features.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"cppw-paywall__actions\">\n\t\t\t\t<a class=\"cppw-button wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/zh\/become-a-member\/\">Subscribe now<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<a class=\"cppw-login-link\" href=\"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/zh\/login\/\">Already a subscriber? 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