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[*And God made two great lights; the greater light to rule the day, and the lesser light to rule the night: he made the stars also*.][1]

A friend of mine says that the lights might be considered by some as angels and that it may be thought that the angels were created on the fourth day. Lucifer is frequently described as fallen star.

Are angels described here as stars? Where in the Bible are angels described?

[1]: https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Genesis%201&version=GNV

No. That verse isn't strictly about angels. A good reference is here

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The term "Angel" is commonly used to refer to a supernatural entity. This is not quite correct however. Angel means "messenger." So "Angel" is a job description that some entity - a member of the supernatural or unseen realm, performs.

Members of the unseen realm are called by many names and described in many ways and in 2nd Temple Judaism, yes, they were frequently referred to as stars. Check out the book of Enoch for a great example. Also, there is Job 38:7

while the morning stars sang together and all the sons of God a shouted for joy?

Here supernatural entities are compared to stars and described as the sons of God.

In some cases, the messengers that God sends look like normal men. Nowhere is a supernatural entity described like you see in popular culture:

https://m.stacker.news/19753

This is a Hellenistic depiction that is more akin to Greek or Mesopotamian mythological creatures.

Learn more here:

https://drmsh.com/

and read Dr. Heiser's books: The Unseen Realm; and Angels.

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And God made two great lights; the greater light to rule the day, and the lesser light to rule the night: he made the stars also

so maybe at some point Lucifer was a star among the greater light that ruled the day, and then he became a star among the lesser light that ruled the night.

a star is always a star either angel or daemon not sure if this division was set at that time