STRONGS G5459:
φωσφόρος,
φωσφορον (
φῶς and
φέρω),
light-bringing, giving light (
Aristophanes,
Euripides,
Plato,
Plutarch, others); as a substantive,
ὁ φωσφόρος (Latin
Lucifer), the planet Venus, the morning-star,
day-star (
Plato, Tim. Locr., p. 96 e.;
Plutarch, others):
2 Peter 1:19, on the meaning of this passage, see
λύχνος.
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