Habakkuk

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Contents 1 English 1.1 Etymology 1.2 Proper noun 1.2.1 Translations

[edit] English

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From Latin Habacuc, from Classical Hebrew חֲבַקּוּק (Ḥăḇaqqûq) a prophet of the Old Testament and Jewish Tanakh. The name comes either from the Hebrew word חבק (khavak), “‘embrace’”) or else from an Akkadian word hambakuku for a kind of plant.

[edit] Proper noun

Singular Habakkuk

Plural -

Habakkuk

1. A prophetic book Old Testament of the Bible; or the eighth part of the Tere Asar in the Jewish Tanakh.
2. A Jewish prophet of the Old Testament; author of the book that bears his name.
3. (rare) A male given name of biblical origin.

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