habakkuk

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Definition of habakkuk in English English dictionary

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

A male given name of biblical origin

A prophetic book Old Testament of the Bible; or the eighth part of the Tere Asar in the Jewish Tanakh

{i} prophet of the 7th century BC; book of the Old Testament named after this prophet; male first name

A rare masculine given name

flourished 6th or 7th century BC One of the 12 Minor Prophets of the Hebrew scriptures, traditional author of the book of Habakkuk. (His prophecy is part of a larger book, The Twelve, in the Jewish canon.) He was perhaps a Temple musician as well as a prophet. He denounced the sins of Judah, identifying their enemies the Chaldeans (Babylonians) as an instrument of God's punishment, but also predicted the final triumph of righteousness

an Old Testament book tellin Habakkuk's prophecies a Hebrew minor prophet

Hyphenation

Hab·ak·kuk

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.