Are Satan and Lucifer the same being or are they two different beings in the Bible?

Yikes! I was amazed at how many bad answers there were....

First, you need to understand that, in Scripture, Lucifer is not properly a name. Yes, that's right. What makes me say so?

A name is a sort of "constant". For example, Jesus is a name. In Hebrew, it is something along the lines of Yeshua. So, though we don't pronounce it exactly like they did back then, it is still that name. "Jesus" was an (early) English attempt to spell the name "Yeshua", and even though it wasn't exact, it stuck.

"Lucifer" on the other hand is a *translation* found in Scripture. "Lucifer" is a *Latin* phrase that was translated from Hebrew. "Lucifer" does *not* exist in the Hebrew language in which the original document was written. The one place (yes, there's only one) in which the word "Lucifer" appears in some bibles, it is a *translation* of a Hebrew phrase that means "light bringer" or (euphemistically) "morning star". This is the manner in which nearly every modern, scholarly bible translation translates this passage (Isa 14:12)

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If you read this chapter - yes, read the whole chapter, not just verse 20 - you will see very clearly that verse 12 is part of a sort of song making sport of the king of Babylon's future fall. That's right - every single word in that song, according to the *immediate* context (verse 4) - is about the king of Babylon, *not* about Satan or the devil.

SO,

1) Lucifer is a Latin translation of the original Hebrew phrase which means "morning star". Any scholarly English bible translation will use an English translation in this passage rather than a Latin translation. Lucifer is not a name in Scripture. It's use *as* a name for the devil is a tradition dating from the time when nearly all bibles in the West were written in Latin - but in Scripture, Lucifer is *not* a name.

2) The passage in which "Lucifer" appears plainly states that the subject of the passage is the king of Babylon, *not* Satan. Neither Satan nor the devil are mentioned anywhere in the entire chapter.

3) Therefore, "Lucifer" - **in the bible** - is NOT the same being as Satan. "Lucifer" in the bible is, in fact, a *description* of the king of Babylon in Isaiah's time.

Jim, http://www.bible-reviews.com/

Satan is NOT the prince of darkness. The Jews never taught that Satan was evil at all or fallen. He acts as an adversary for God by his command. What Christians teach is made up. As for Lucifer, it is a Latin word and it means the morning star, Venus. They were saying merely that Nebuchadnezzar had become an evil King when previously he was a great KIng shining like the morning star. They compared him to the brightness of the planet Venus in the sky. As anyone who follows Judaism and that is where this comes from and is in the Old Testament. The word it has been translated from is in the Bible both old and new but translated differently for their own purposes, what they wished to teach as doctrine, like the trinity which is not in the Bible at all but triunes were popular in that day and age and it was voted as doctrine in one of the Councils of Nicea.

I think the confusion lies in the fact that the Romans had a goddess named Diana. She created her own consort and brother who was named Lucifer. Somehow it has gotten mixed in and is being teached as most know but other than Roman mythology, what they are referring to in Latin is the planet Venus and not a person. It is a shame so many things nowadays are misunderstood and especially if you read KJV because it is not readily understandable because some of the words mean something entirely different than they do now. I heard a person say the holy spirit would make all things knowable. I say hogwash because men made up that idea and not a supreme being.

You can find out all I'm saying if one takes the time to do actual research. Satan in Judaism was an archangel and not a God whatsoever. Just like Jehovah and El are not the same being. That is another wrong idea. Yahweh was referred to as a God of War whereas the Canaanites worshiped El and he was the God of Love and I firmly believe that is what Jesus was trying to tell people but they didn't understand.

No! devil and Lucifer are not the equivalent. devil, in protecting with Jewish theory, is an angel that to this contemporary whether obeys and sits beside God. they do no longer coach or evaluate he was once ever sturdy out. And to characteristic to that, it particularly isn't any the place desperate interior the Bible the two. Lucifer, is Latin for "easy Bearer", which became as quickly as translated from the Greek "Phosphorus" and the Hebrew "Heylel". it particularly is discovered in in trouble-free terms a hand packed with historic testomony translations which comprise the King James in Isaiah 14:12. it particularly is refering to the King of Babylon, Nebekenezzer. It became as quickly as no longer until the Latin translation became carried out interior the fourth century with the aid of Jerome that the % out Lucifer became as quickly as used in this verse and equated to devil. basically ask your self this question. If that's devil's customary call, how could he have offered it even in the previous than the existance of the Latin language and why does it no longer look in scripture any in the previous than the fourth century?

There is some debate about that. Lucifer literally means "The light bringer" which is a term that was used for Jesus in the Bible as well. While Satan in Hebrew literally means "adversary".

It is hard to know if each section is speaking of the same being.

Satan and Lucifer are the same beings. Some say that Lucifer is the name God gave him, because he was the most beautiful angel created.

But he became "satan" when he fell from grace, and heaven. But they most certainly are the same.

Lucifer, Satan, 666, Belial, Mephistopheles, etc. are all just different names for The Devil. Some people believe that each one is a different being that represents the essence of The Devil, but pretty much all views on The Devil differ from denomination to denomination. Some people believe that there are many Devils, some people believe there is one Devil, some people believe there is no Devil at all.

Yes lucifer is satan, He at one time was god's most beautiful angel until he oneday decided he was god so he was cast out of heaven and into the pitt of hell where he remained for i believe two thousand years at that point was loosed into to the world to kill, steal and destroy the earth and anyone he could to this day he is doing such. One thing i do know for sure is i want be joining him. I hope you feel the same, he can keep his butt in hell.

After the fall of Lucifer his name was changed to Satan. Which means "father of lies" or something like that...

Lucifer is the light bringer

Satan is the prince of darkness

They're the same.

The Bible really doesn't talk a lot about Satan, and he is usually referred to as the serpent.

(Lucifer is mentioned in the Book of Job.)