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    Hesper

    HES-per

    Meaning

    Evening star; Western star

    Greek origin · Girl

    What it points to

    Hesper shines until the day star arises — light in a dark place, the bright morning star illuminating, the evening star who heralds Christ's coming dawn.

    Verses · King James Version

    “I Jesus have sent mine angel to testify unto you these things in the churches. I am the root and the offspring of David, and the bright and morning star.”

    Revelation 22:16

    “We have also a more sure word of prophecy; whereunto ye do well that ye take heed, as unto a light that shineth in a dark place, until the day dawn, and the day star arise in your hearts.”

    2 Peter 1:19

    biblesundays.com · King James Version

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