A propheticbook in the Old Testament of the Bible, one of the minor prophets; or the eighth part of the Tere Asar in the Jewish Tanakh.
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A Jewishprophet of the Old Testament; author of the book that bears his name.
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(rare) A male given name of biblical origin.
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Origin of habakkuk
From LatinHabacuc, 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.
Sentence Examples
Margolis discusses the anonymous Greek version of Habakkuk iii.
In regard to the poem which forms the third and closing chapter of the present book of Habakkuk, there is much more general agreement.
A few years later (about 600) the two Pentateuchal documents J and E were woven together, the books of Kings were compiled, the book of Habakkuk and parts of the Proverbs were written.
(a) The original prophecy by Habakkuk, consisting of i.
Its most striking characteristic lies in the superscription ("A prayer of Habakkuk the prophet, set to Shigionoth"), the subscription ("For the chief musician, on my stringed instruments"), and the insertion of the musical term "Selah" in three places (v.