Complete Definition of "Habakkuk"

English
book of the Bible|Habakkuk

Etymology
From Latin Habacuc, from Hebr. ��ק�ק|�ֲ�ַקּ�ּק (Ḥavaqqūq or Ḥ��aqqûq) a prophet of the Old Testament and Jewish Tanakh. The name comes either from the Hebrew word ��ק habhak meaning "embrace" or else from an Akkadian word hambakuku for a kind of plant.

Proper noun
en-proper-noun

  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. A rare masculine given name.

Translations
trans-top|book of the Bible
Bulgarian: �вак�м�
Dutch: Habakuk
German: Habakuk
Greek: t|el|�ββακο�μ||trAmbakoúm|scGrek
Japanese: ����� (habakuku sho)
Latin: Habacuc
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Maltese: Ktieb Ħabaqquq, Ktieb Ħabakkuk
Romanian: Habacuc, Avacum
Russian: �ввак�м
Slovene: Habakuk
Spanish: Habacuc
Ukrainian: �бак�м, �вак�м
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trans-top|masculine given name
Polish: Bakum
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