Father of Lights
אֲבִי הַמְּאוֹרוֹת (modern Heb NT)
The Father of the heavenly lights, with whom is no variation or shadow of turning — every good gift descends from Him.
The stars change, wheel, and shadow; their Father does not. James compresses Genesis 1 and divine constancy into one title — the unchanging Giver behind every changing gift.
First occurrence
Jas 1:17 — James' one-verse portrait
Key passages
Gen 1:14 — The lights He fathered
Ps 136:7 — 'To Him who made the great lights, for His chesed endures forever'
In the Greek Scriptures
ὁ Πατὴρ τῶν φώτων