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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: 
  • Dutch: Habakuk
  • German: Habakuk
  • Spanish: Habacuc
Etymology: From Latin Habacuc, from (Hebr.) , ÖÖÖÖ (áavaqqÅq or áÄáaqqíq) a prophet of the Old Testament and Jewish Tanakh. The name comes either from the Hebrew word habhak meaning "embrace" or else from an Akkadian word hambakuku for a kind of plant.


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