Habakkuk

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[edit] Etymology

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.

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Singular
Habakkuk

Plural
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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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