Strong's Lexicon

H1966

H1966 — הֵילֵל

Hebrew / Aramaic entry for Bible study and original-language reference.

Hebrewheylelnoun mascOccurrences: 1TWOT: 499a

Definition / Gloss

Strong's Number:H1966
Word:הֵילֵל
Part of Speech:noun masc
Etymology:from H1984 (in the sense of brightness)
Language:Hebrew
Occurrences:1
Transliteration:heylel
Phonetic Spelling/Pronunciation:hay-lale'
Meaning:1. the morning-star
KJV Renderings:lucifer.

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Brown-Driver-Briggs Enhanced

BDB2149

הֵילֵל Isa 14:12 see below הלל.


הִים see הוּם .


BDB2169

הֵילֵל noun appellative shining one, epithet of king of Babylon, בֶּןשָֿׁ֑חַר ׳ אֵיךְ נָפַלְתָּ מִשָּׁמַיִם ה Isa 14:12 how art thou fallen, shinning one, son of dawn ! i.e. star of the morning. (compare Assyrian muštilil, epithet of (Venus a) morning-star III R Isa 57:60 OppJAS 1871, 448 SchrSK 1874, 337 COTad. loc.)


Other Resources

Theological Wordbook of the Old Testament
R. Laird Harris, Gleason L. Archer, and Bruce K. Waltke

Englishman's Hebrew Concordance

הילל (h-lehl’)

Isaiah 14:12

KJV: How art thou fallen from heaven, O Lucifer, son of the morning! how art thou cut down to the ground, which didst weaken the nations!O Lucifer: or, O day star
EHCC: O Lucifer, son of the morning ! (marg.
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