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Definition: Lucifer |
LuciferNoun1. (Judeo-Christian religion) chief spirit of evil and adversary of God; tempter of mankind; master of Hell. 2. Lighter consisting of a thin piece of wood or cardboard tipped with combustible chemical; ignites with friction; "he always carries matches to light his pipe". Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
"Lucifer" is a name that signifies or is derived from: "bringing light", "to bring light". |
Date "Lucifer" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1321. (references) |
| Domain | Definition |
Bible | Lucifer brilliant star, a title given to the king of Babylon (Isa. 14:12) to denote his glory. Source: Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary. |
Literature | Lucifer The morning star. Venus is both an evening and a morning star: When she follows the sun, and is an evening star, she is called Hesperus; when she precedes the sun, and appears before sunrise, she is called Lucifer (the light-bringer). Proud as Lucifer. Very haughty and overbearing. Lucifer is the name given by Isaiah to Nebuchadnezzar, the proud but ruined king of Babylon: "Take up this proverb against the King of Babylon, and say, ... How art thou fallen, from heaven, O Lucifer, son of the morning!" (Isa. XIV. 4, 12). The poets feign that Satan, before he was driven out of heaven for his pride, was called Lucifer. Milton, in his Paradise Lost, gives this name to the demon of "Sinful Pride." Source: Brewer's Dictionary. |
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Lucifer is a Latin word derived from two words, lux ('light), and fero ("to bear,bring"), and means "light-bearer, light-bringer". In Roman mythology, Lucifer was a deity equivalent to the Greek Heosphorus, and the planet Venus was known by the name Lucifer in Roman astrology before being given its current name. In Christianity, Lucifer has become synonymous with Satan or the Devil, despite the original Judaic mythology considering Lucifer and Satan to be two quite separate entities.
Lucifer is mentioned in only one place in the Bible (Isaiah 14:12), in translations based on the Latin translation largely made by St. Jerome in the fourth century. The Hebraic texts refer to Heylel Ben-Shachar (הילל בן שחר)where 'Heylel' is the Hebrew word for the planet Venus, and Ben-shachar means "son of the dawn." Isaiah 14 starts out discussing the King of Babylon, and the reference "morning star, son of the dawn" originally meant specifically that king. Then St. Jerome translated Heylel into Lucifer. Much of Christian tradition also draws on Revelation 12:5 ("He was thrown down, that ancient serpent") in equating Lucifer, Satan, and the serpent in the Garden of Eden.
Lucifer is a key protagonist in John Milton's Protestant Christian epic, Paradise Lost. Milton presents Lucifer almost sympathetically, an ambitious and prideful angel who defies God and wages war on heaven, only to be defeated and cast down. Lucifer must then employ his rhetorical ability to organize hell; he is aided by Mammon and Beelzebub. Later, Lucifer enters the Garden of Eden, where he successfully tempts Eve, wife of Adam, to eat fruit from the Tree of knowledge of good and evil.
Lucifer is a deity in the Voodoo religions.
See also: Morning Star, Luciferians, Satanism
Lucifer was a term once applied to matches tipped with a mixture of potassium chlorate and antimony sulphide, inflamed by friction on a piece of emery paper. These were superseded by a variety of mixtures containing phosphorus. This is still the Dutch name for matches
"Lucifer" is also a character in the Marvel Comics universe "Lucifer (Vertigo)" is also a character in an ongoing series published by Vertigo Comics.
Lucifer was the name of a research block cipher developed at IBM by Horst Feistel and his colleagues in the 1970's. It had a 128-bit key but only a 32-bit block size, and was vulnerable to cryptanalysis. It was a forerunner of DES, the US federal data encryption standard.
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This incarnation of Lucifer Morningstar ('the devil'), first appeared as a supporting character in Neil Gaiman's seminal comics masterpiece The Sandman. In it, he was the ruler of Hell, who decided to quit, partly because he was bored/fed up/etc., and partly to create problems for Dream of the Endless.Since the closure of the Sandman series, the Lucifer Morningstar character has since been continued in a Sandman spin-off series, see Lucifer (Vertigo).
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Lucifer, the comic book, is published by Vertigo Comics, the adult-themed imprint of DC Comics.Written by Mike Carey, the comic book details the adventures of the retired Lord of Hell, who improbably runs a piano bar called "Lux" in Los Angeles with the assistance of his sinister female cohort, Mazikeen. Lucifer is portrayed as sophisticated and almost charming, rather than the stereotypical devil. Beneath this veneer, however, Lucifer is portrayed as a deadly and Machiavellian character, with no regard for human life or indeed anyone aside from himself: a proud and vindictive fallen angel who has no qualms in using powers which are second only to those of God.
Lucifer's "blissful" retirement is disturbed by a series of associates from his past, and after a certain triggering events he sets out to create a universe in competition to (and against the wishes of) God.
The series as of April 2003 has yet to be completed, and has thus far been collected in four anthologies, with a separate story (Lucifer: Nirvana) published as a graphic novel.
The book is set within the same continuity as the highly successful Sandman comic written by Neil Gaiman, and is heavily influenced by Paradise Lost by John Milton.
Trade Paperbacks
The Lucifer series has so far been collected in the following volumes:
And also:
- Lucifer: The Devil In The Gateway, contains introductory 3-issue miniseries The Sandman Presents: Lucifer, and issues 1-4 of the ongoing series (ISBN 1840232994)
- Lucifer: Children and Monsters, issues 5-13 (ISBN 1840233915)
- Lucifer: A Dalliance With The Damned, issues 14-20 (ISBN 1840234709)
- Lucifer: The Divine Comedy, issues 21-28 (ISBN 1840236930)
- Lucifer: Nirvana, one-shot special
External Links
Vertigo Comics' website (www.dccomics.com/vertigo)
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Lucifer is a character in the fictional Marvel Comics universe; he's the one who was responsible for paralyzing Professor X, leader of the X-Men.Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Lucifer (X-Men)."
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This article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by fixing it.Lucifer was a cryptographic algorithm developed by Horst Feistel at IBM. It saw some commercial use in the 1970s.
Lucifer had a 128-bit key and operated on 128-bit blocks. Weakened by a 56-bit key and 64-bit block, but strengthened against differential cryptanalysis, it became the Data Encryption Standard in 1977.
External links:
- LUCIFER: the first block cipher
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The Lucifer comic book series is an ongoing series from Vertigo, the darker, more adult and challenging branch of DC.See Lucifer (Sandman).
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In Greek tradition, Phosporus was the personification of the evening star (Venus). (Roman equivalent: Lucifer)Lucifer, in Roman tradition, was the father of Aradia by Diana. He was also the father of Ceyx.
also spelled Phosphorus
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Synonyms: LuciferSynonyms: friction match (n), match (n), the Devil (n), the Tempter (n). (additional references) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Fuel | Brand, torch, fuse; wick; spill, match, light, lucifer, congreve, vesuvian, vesta, fusee, locofoco; linstock. |
Pride | Haughty lofty, high, mighty, swollen, puffed up, flushed, blown; vainglorious; purse-proud, fine; proud as Lucifer; bloated with pride. |
Satan | Noun: Satan, the Devil, Lucifer, Mephistopheles, Ahriman, Belial; Samael, Zamiel, Beelzebub, the Prince of the Devils. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
Crosswords: Lucifer |
| English words defined with "Lucifer": Eupryion ♦ Luciferian ♦ Phosphor, Promethean. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "Lucifer": Drama of Exile ♦ Gian ben Gian ♦ Hugh Perry ♦ Iblis ♦ Luciferians. (references) |
| Etymologies containing "Lucifer": Luciferous. (references) |
| Non-English Usage: "Lucifer" is also a word in the following languages with English translations in parentheses. Afrikaan (Lucifer, Satan), Czech (Lucifer), Dutch (Lucifer, match, Satan), French (Lucifer), Hungarian (Lucifer), Latin (bringer of light, day star, light bringing, Lucifer, morning star, planet Venus, Satan), Romanian (Lucifer), Serbo-Croatian (lucifer), Spanish (Lucifer). |
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Screenplays | That chalk was forged by Lucifer himself (The Simpsons; writing credit: Artur Brauner; Paul Hengge) Devil, Lucifer, Satan, Prince of Darkness, does it really matter (The Manitou; writing credit: Jon Cedar; William Girdler) Remember, Lucifer was an angel (NeverWhere; writing credit: Neil Gaiman; Lenny Henry) No! No, Lucifer, King of all Evil Spirits (Santa Claus; writing credit: René Cardona; Adolfo Torres Portillo) | |
Lyrics | Lucifer go to sea. (Lucifer Sam; performing artist: Pink Floyd) | |
Movie/TV Titles | Lucifer Rising (1973) Meet Mr. Lucifer (1953) Lucifer y yo Ella (1952) The Lucifer Complex (1978) | |
Song Titles | Lucifer Sam (performing artist: Pink Floyd) | |
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| Thumbnail | Description & Credit |  | Pl. CXXI. 408. Linophryne lucifer, Collett. From Collett, "Proceed. of the Zool. Soc. of London", 1886. 409. Caulophryne setosus, Goode and Bean. At N. Lat. 39.45, W. Lon. 71.25, in 1276 fathoms. 410. Halieutaea coccinea, Alcock. From Alcock, "Annals and Magazine of Natural History", Ser. 6, Vol. VIII. 411. Malth opsis luteus, Alcock. From Alcock, "Ann. and Mag. Nat. Hist.", Ser. 6, Vo. VIII. Credit: National Marine Fisheries Historical Image Collection. |
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| "Lucifer" is generally used as a noun (proper) -- approximately 97.27% of the time. "Lucifer" is used about 110 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (proper) | 97.27% | 107 | 31,463 |
| Noun (singular) | 2.73% | 3 | 202,518 |
| Total | 100.00% | 110 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| "Lucifer" is a name that signifies or is derived from: "bringing light", "to bring light". | |||
| The following table summarizes names related to "Lucifer." | |||
| Name | Gender | Language | Related Name |
| Lucifer | N/A | Biblical | N/A |
| Lucifer | Male | Theology | N/A |
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Expressions using "Lucifer": as proud as lucifer ♦ lucifer match ♦ Lucifer match makers'disease ♦ proud as Lucifer. Additional references. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Language | Translations for "Lucifer"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Afrikaans | Lucifer (Satan), Satan (Satan). (various references) | |
Albanian | Shkrepëse Që Ndizet Lehtë, Planeti Afërditë, Djall (archenemy, archfiend, Beelzebub, Belial, daemon, demon, devil, fiend, imp, old nick, old scratch, Satan). (various references) | |
Arabic | ضرب من عيدان السيقان, شيطان (archenemy, bally, demon, devil, familiar, fiend, pestilential, pixy, prince of darkness, puckish, satan, serpent). (various references) | |
Bulgarian | Планетата 'енера, Кибритена Клечка, Зорница (Daystar), Луцифер. (various references) | |
Chinese | 路西弗 . (various references) | |
Czech | Lucifer. (various references) | |
Danish | kæbelidelse ved kronisk fosforforgiftning (Lucifer match makers'disease, phosphorus necrosis, phossy, phossy jaw). (various references) | |
Dutch | Lucifer (match, Satan). (various references) | |
Esperanto | Lucifero, Satano (Satan). (various references) | |
Finnish | leukaluun fosforikuolio (Lucifer match makers'disease, phosphorus necrosis, phossy, phossy jaw). (various references) | |
French | Lucifer, Allumette. (various references) | |
German | Luzifer. (various references) | |
Greek | Εωσφόροσ, Σπίρτο, Αυγερινόσ, Αφροδίτη (Aphrodite, Venus), υρείο. (various references) | |
Hungarian | Lucifer, Kénes Gyufa (lucifer match), Hajnalcsillag (day star, morning star). (various references) | |
Italian | Lucifero, Satana (Satan). (various references) | |
Japanese Kanji | 明星 (literary star, morning star, Venus), 明星 (morning star, star, Venus). (various references) | |
Japanese Katakana | みょうじょう (morning star, star, Venus). (various references) | |
Pig Latin | uciferlay.(various references) | |
Portuguese | Satanás (archfiend, boomer, devil, Satan). (various references) | |
Romanian | Lucifer, Luceafãrul De Zi, Luceafãrul De Dimineaţã (day star, morning star, phosphor), Satana (devil, fiend, prince of darkness), Satan. (various references) | |
Russian | Люцифер, Сатана (Satan), Спичка. (various references) | |
Serbo-Croatian | lucifer. (various references) | |
Spanish | Satanás (Satan), Satán (Satan). (various references) | |
Swahili | Ibilisi (Satan). (various references) | |
Swedish | fosfornekros (Lucifer match makers'disease, phosphorus necrosis, phossy, phossy jaw). (various references) | |
Turkish | Venüs (evening star, Venus, vesper), Sabah Yıldızı (morning star, Venus), Þeytan (Belial, Deuce, Dickens, Mephistopheles, Satan). (various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
| Language | Period | Translations |
| Latin | 500 BCE-Modern | Lucifer, luciferum, Satanas, Zabulus. (various references) |
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| Language | Date | Source | Isaiah Chapter 14, Verse 12 |
| Greek (transliterated) | 250 BC | Septuagint | PwV exepesen ek tou ouranou o ewsforoV o prwi anatellwn sunetribh eiV thn ghn o apostellwn proV panta ta eqnh |
| Latin | 405 | Vulgate | Quomodo cecidisti de caelo lucifer qui mane oriebaris corruisti in terram qui vulnerabas gentes |
| Middle English | 1395 | Wyclif | Hou felle thou, Lucyfer, fro heuene, the whiche erli sprunge; thou felle in to the erthe, that woundedest the folkes of kynde. |
| Jacobean English | 1611 | King James | 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! |
| Victorian English | 1833 | Webster | 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! |
| Basic English | 1964 | Ogden | How great is your fall from heaven, O shining one, son of the morning! How are you cut down to the earth, low among the dead bodies! |
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| Language | Isaiah Chapter 14, Verse 12 |
| Cebuano | Naunsa ang pagkahulog mo gikan sa langit, Oh kabugason, anak sa kabuntagon! naunsa ang pagkalumpag mo ngadto sa yuta, nga ikaw man unta ang nagalumpag sa mga nasud! |
| Croatian | Kako pade sa nebesa, Svjetlonošo, sine Zorin? Kako li si oboren na zemlju, ti, vladaru naroda? |
| Danish | Nej, at du faldt fra Himlen; du strålende Morgenstjerne, fældet og kastet til Jorden, du Folkebetvinger! |
| Dutch | Hoe zijt gij uit den hemel gevallen, o morgenster, gij zoon des dageraads! hoe zijt gij ter aarde nedergehouwen, gij, die de heidenen krenktet! |
| Finnish | Kuinka olet taivaalta pudonnut, sinä kointähti, aamuruskon poika! Kuinka olet maahan syösty, sinä kansojen kukistaja! |
| French | Te voil tombé du ciel, Astre brillant, fils de l`aurore! Tu es abattu terre, Toi, le vainqueur des nations! |
| German | Wie bist du vom Himmel gefallen, du schöner Morgenstern! Wie bist du zur Erde gefällt, der du die Heiden schwächtest! |
| Haitian Creole | Manyè di nou non, ou menm ki te klere tankou zetwal bajou a, ki jan ou fè tonbe sot nan syèl la? Ou menm ki te konn mache ap kraze nasyon yo anba pye ou, ki jan yo fè jete ou plat atè konsa? |
| Hungarian | Miként estél alá az égrõl fényes csillag, hajnal fia!? Levágattál a földre, a ki népeken tapostál! |
| Indonesian-Bahasa Sehari-hari | Hai raja Babel, dahulu engkau bintang pagi yang cemerlang, tapi sekarang sudah jatuh dari langit! Dahulu engkau mengalahkan bangsa-bangsa, tapi sekarang dicampakkan ke tanah. |
| Indonesian-Terjemahan Lama | Bagaimana engkau sudah gugur dari langit, hai bintang kejora! hai anak fajar! engkau sudah ditebang rebah ke bumi, engkau, yang penganiaya segala bangsa! |
| Italian | Come mai sei caduto dal cielo, Lucifero, figlio dell'aurora? Come mai sei stato steso a terra, signore di popoli? |
| Maori | Anana! tou takanga iho i te rangi, e Tawera, e te tama a te ata! te tapahanga iho i a koe ki raro, nau nei i tuku nga iwi ki raro! |
| Norwegian | Hvor er du ikke falt ned fra himmelen, du strålende stjerne, du morgenrødens sønn! Hvor er du ikke felt til jorden, du som slo ned folkeslag! |
| Rumanian | Cum ai cqzut din cer, Luceafqr strqlucitor, fiu al zorilor! Cum ai fost doborkt la pqmknt, tu, biruitorul neamurilor! |
| Russian | лБЛ Х БМ ФЩ У ОЕ'Б, "ЕООЙ"Б, УЩО ЪБТЙ! ТБЪ'ЙМУС П ЪЕНМА, П ЙТБЧЫЙК ОБТП"Щ. |
| Swedish | Huru har du icke fallit ifrån himmelen, du strålande morgonstjärna! Huru har du icke blivit fälld till jorden, du folkens förgörare! |
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Derivations | |
Words beginning with "Lucifer": luciferase, luciferases, luciferin, luciferins, luciferous, lucifers. (additional references) | |
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"Lucifer" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Leifer, Luciers, nucifera. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "Lucifer" (pronounced luw"sufer) |
| 4 | -s u f er | philosopher. |
| 3 | -u f er | aquifer, autobiographer, biographer, choreographer, cinematographer, conifer, crystallographer, demographer, geographer, lexicographer, oceanographer, photographer, pornographer, stenographer, videographer. |
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Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
Direct Anagrams: flueric. | |
| Words within the letters "c-e-f-i-l-r-u" | |
-1 letter: ireful. | |
-2 letters: cruel, curie, filer, flier, lifer, lucre, relic, rifle, ulcer, ureic. | |
-3 letters: ceil, cire, clef, clue, cuif, cure, curf, curl, ecru, fice, file, fire, flic, flue, fuci, fuel, furl, lice, lief, lier, lieu, life, lire, luce, lure, reif, rice, riel, rife, rile, rule, uric. | |
-4 letters: cel, cue, cur, ecu, elf, fer, feu, fie. | |
| Words containing the letters "c-e-f-i-l-r-u" | |
+1 letter: fluerics, lucifers, merciful. | |
+2 letters: flouncier, luciferin. | |
+3 letters: circumflex, luciferase, luciferins, luciferous, mercifully, pitcherful, ultrafiche, unmerciful. | |
+4 letters: calciferous, cauliflower, centrifugal, counterfoil, disgraceful, ferociously, fluorescein, fluorescing, lactiferous, luciferases, pitcherfuls, pitchersful, superficial, ultrafiches, unclarified. | |
+5 letters: cauliflowers, centrifugals, circumflexes, circumfluent, counterfoils, floriculture, fluidextract, fluoresceins, fluorimetric, fluorometric, interfaculty, mercifulness, unmercifully, unreflective, vociferously. | |
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