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(הילל בּן־ש×חר, heÌ„leÌ„l ben-shahÌ£ar, ; φωσφοÌÏος, phoÌ„sphoÌros, ): The Old Testament passage is rendered in the King James Version “Lucifer, son of the morning,†in the King James Version margin and the Revised Version (British and American) “day-star,†i.e. the morning star. The reference is to the king of Babylon (). In , “Until ... the daystar arise in your hearts,†the word is literally, “light-bringer.†It is applicable, therefore, not only to the planet Venus, seen as a morning star, herald of the dawn, but to the sun itself, and is used here as a title of our Lord. See ASTRONOMY, I, 6.