Is the word lucifer according to Hebrew a derivative of the word luck?

Answer 1

The Old English word Lucifer (e.g. as found in the 1611 King James Bible at Isaiah 14:12) is from the Latin lucifer, from lux (light) + ferre (carry). So 'lucifer' literally means light carrier, or light/torch bearer, and this descriptive term was/is also applied to the 'morning star', i.e. the planet Venus at dawn.

When the original Hebrew expression 'helel, ben-shahar' ('day star, son of dawn' - RSV) was translated into Greek (i.e. for the Greek Septuagint version) 'helel' was rendered as phosphoros (light bearer.)

Although 'lucifer' simply means 'light carrier' (or similar), English Bible translators and readers assumed that the scripture was providing the personal name of 'satan'*, although the context clearly shows it was referring to the King of Babylon.

In the 1800's the word 'Lucifers' was used to describe phosphorus matches, and this word may still be used in some places today.

In all cases, whether we are talking about ancient Hebrew, or the Greek or Latin origins, or the meaning in English when applied to matches, the word 'lucifer' is always used in connection with 'light', not luck.

The English words luck/lucky, on the other hand, are derived from the Dutch word luc (gheluc), which means 'happiness, good fortune', not 'light.'

FOOTNOTE

*The Hebrew word for 'satan' is not a name. It is a word that means 'the resistor, the opponent.'

Answer 2

No. the name Lucifer has no connection to the Hebrew language. It is a Latin name that means light carrier.

The Hebrew word for luck is mazal (מזל).

Christians have connected the name Lucifer to the Hebrew name הֵילֵל בֶּן-שָׁחַר (heilel ben-shachar) which appears in Isaiah 14, but there is no actual evidence of any connection. In fact, Christians also connect this name to the planet Venus, but there is no evidence for that either.

Jews translate this as "Son of the Morning"

Here is the verse in question with a Jewish translation:

Isaiah 14:12

אֵיךְ נָפַלְתָּ מִשָּׁמַיִם, הֵילֵל בֶּן-שָׁחַר; נִגְדַּעְתָּ לָאָרֶץ, חוֹלֵשׁ עַל-גּוֹיִם

How did you fall from the skies, O day-star, son of the morning? You are cut down to the ground, that had cast lots over the nations!