Habakkuk definition

hăbə-kŭk, -ko͝ok, hə-băkək

A Hebrew prophet of the late seventh century bc .

(person, proper) A Hebrew prophet of c. 7th cent. b.c.

noun

(proper) The book containing his prophecies.

noun

A prophetic book in the Old Testament of the Bible, one of the minor prophets; or the eighth part of the Tere Asar in the Jewish Tanakh.

pronoun

A Jewish prophet of the Old Testament; author of the book that bears his name.

pronoun

(rare) A male given name of biblical origin.

pronoun

Origin of habakkuk

Hebrew ḥăbaqqûq perhaps akin to Akkadian ḫabbaququ a type of plant

From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
From Latin Habacuc, from Classical Hebrew חֲבַקּוּק (chavakúk, “Habakkuk”). The name comes either from the Hebrew word חבק (khavák, “embrace”) or else from an Akkadian word [script?] (hambakuku) for a kind of plant.

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