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Habakkuk

American  
[huh-bak-uhk, hab-uh-kuhk, -kook] / həˈbæk ək, ˈhæb əˌkʌk, -ˌkʊk /
Douay Bible, Habacuc

noun

  1. a Minor Prophet of the 7th century b.c.

  2. a book of the Bible bearing his name. Hab.


Habakkuk British  
/ ˈhæbəkək /

noun

  1. a Hebrew prophet

  2. the book containing his oracles and canticle

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In a 2014 interview, he recalled being heartbroken at having to give away his two pet parakeets, Habakkuk and Zephaniah.

From New York Times • Apr. 30, 2020

Some scholars think he might be Habakkuk, who wondered aloud why God did not seem to answer suffering humanity's cries for help.

From Los Angeles Times • May 8, 2015

The short Book of Habakkuk is beautifully written.

From The New Yorker • Mar. 2, 2015

The singers were adequate to excellent on Friday, the most notable being James Ruff as Daniel, Peter Walker as Belshazzar and Habakkuk, and Sarah Pillow as Belshazzar’s queen and Habakkuk’s angel.

From New York Times • Dec. 30, 2013

She be low, Habakkuk, but I be fighting for her.

From The Soul of Susan Yellam by Vachell, Horace Annesley