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Habakkuk.

A prophetic book 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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name/həˈbæk.ək/UK, US/ˈhæb.ə.kʊk/UK, US/ˈhæb.ə.kək/UK, US
  1. A prophetic book in the Old Testament of the Bible, one of the minor prophets; 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. A male given name from Hebrew of biblical origin.

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Where this word comes from

Borrowed from Biblical Hebrew חֲבַקּוּק (ḥăḇaqqūq). The name perhaps comes from חָבַק (ḥāḇaq, “embrace”), or perhaps from Akkadian 𒄩𒄠𒁀𒄣𒄣 (ḫambaqūqu [ḫa-am-ba-qu-qu], “garden herb”).

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