How many times was Lucifer mentioned in the Old Testament?

Answer 1

A:Lucifer is mentioned once in the Old Testament. This reference, in Isaiah chapter 14, is not to the devil but to the king of Babylon, who laid the nations low. It talks of his pomp and splendour, how he had ruled the nations in anger, and his fate after his overthrow by the king of Persia. He had compared himself to the Morning Star (and was thus derisorily called 'Lucifer' - lucem ferre, which mean "light-bearer", a name for the dawn appearance of the planet Venus) and had thought that he would ascend into heaven and sit among the stars, but was now himself persecuted. Early Christians misunderstood this text and assumed that it referred to Satan or the devil.