Phosphorus and Lucifer

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“12 How art thou fallen from heaven, O Lucifer, son of the morning! howart thou cut down to the ground, which didst weaken the nations! 13 For thou hast said in thine heart, I will ascend into heaven, I will exalt my throne above the stars of God: I will sit also upon the mount of the congregation, in the sides of the north: 14 I will ascend above the heights of the clouds; I will be like the most High. 15 Yet thou shalt be brought down to hell, to the sides of the pit.” (Isaiah 14:12-15 KJV)

“Son of man, take up a lamentation upon the king of Tyrus, and say unto him, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Thou sealest up the sum, full of wisdom, and perfect in beauty.” 

(Ezekiel 28:12 KJV)

“Thou wast perfect in thy ways from the day that thou wast created, till iniquity was found in thee.” (Ezekiel 28:15 KJV)

“Thou hast defiled thy sanctuaries by the multitude of thine iniquities, by the iniquity of thy traffick; therefore will I bring forth a fire from the midst of thee, it shall devour thee, and I will bring thee to ashes upon the earth in the sight of all them that behold thee.”

(Ezekiel 28:18 KJV)

"And he said unto them, I beheld Satan as lightning fall from heaven." (Luke 10:18 KJV)

Original Word: φωσφόρος

Transliteration: phósphoros

Pronunciation: foce'-for-os

Definition: Light-bringer, Morning Star

Meaning: (lit: light-bearing), radiant, the morning-star.

Word Origin: Derived from φῶς (phōs, meaning "light") and φέρω (pherō, meaning "to bring" 

or "to carry").

The Greek translation for Lucifer is phosphorus, which literally means light-bearing. His name is also referred to as the morning-star or light-bringer.