Hebrew. ‘Joined to’, derived from the verb lehilavot (להילוות), which means ‘to accompany’. He was the third son of Jacob and Leah, and the progenitor of tribe of Levites, which is called after him and from which came the house of Aaron. The Levites did not receive a land of their own, but instead set apart for the service of the sanctuary, serving as priests in the Temple.

Lucifer

Latin. ‘Bearer of light’ or ‘bringer of light’. An epithet of the planet Venus, also known as the ‘morning star’ and sometimes referred to as ‘brilliant star’. In Isaiah 14:12 the name appears in Hebrew, i.e. Hillel (הילל), as a title given to the tyrannous king of Babylon to indicate that he is destined to fall, and in 2 Peter 1:19 it is used in its Greek form, i.e. Phosphoros (φωσφόρος) with reference to the rise of the morning star in ones heart. In later literature the name is used for Satan (שָׂטָן), a fallen angel, who was cast out of Heaven by God for rebelling against Him.