Habakkuk

English

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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.

Pronunciation

• (UK, US) IPA: /həˈbæk.ək/, /ˈhæb.ə.kʌk/

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Proper noun

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.

Translations

book of the Bible

Bulgarian: Авакумъ Dutch: Habakuk French: Habacuc (fr) German: Habakuk Greek: Αββακούμ (el) (Ambakoúm) Italian: Habacuc (it) f. Japanese: ハバクク書 (habakuku sho) Latin: Habacuc

Maltese: Ktieb Ħabaqquq, Ktieb Ħabakkuk Norwegian: Habakuk (no) Romanian: Habacuc, Avacum Russian: Аввакум (ru) Slovene: Habakuk Spanish: Habacuc Ukrainian: Абакум (uk), Авакум (uk)

male given name

Polish: Bakum