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habakkuk

/həˈbæk.ək/

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What does habakkuk mean?

proper noun

  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.
More meanings (1)

proper noun

  1. (rare) A male given name from Hebrew of biblical origin.

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IPA pronunciation

/həˈbæk.ək/

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Other dictionary pronunciations

/ˈhæb.ə.kʊk//ˈhæb.ə.kək/
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The Apostle draws into his argument the testimony of the Prophet Habakkuk: “The just shall live by his faith.”
Martin LutherCommentary on the Epistle to the GalatiansTranslated by Theodore GraebnerProject Gutenberg ebook #1549
Jeremiah, Abdias, Nahum, and Habakkuk prophecyed in the time of Josiah.
Thomas HobbesLeviathanProject Gutenberg ebook #3207