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.

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Habakkuk British  

/ ˈhæbəkək /

noun

1. a Hebrew prophet

2. the book containing his oracles and canticle

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Example Sentences

In 2011, along with Leymah Gbowee and Tawakkul Karmān, she won the Nobel Prize for Peace for her efforts to further women's rights.

From BBC • Jul. 10, 2025

"Tawakkul alá 'llah": in the imperative the phrase is vulgarly used="Be off!"

From The Book of the Thousand Nights and a Night — Volume 05 by Burton, Richard Francis, Sir

I said that I saw another Tawakkul Beg and another Mooll� Sh�h.

From The Faith of Islam by Sell, Edward

On the fourth night the Sheikh said:—'Let Mooll� Senghim and S�lih Beg, who are very susceptible to ecstatic emotions, apply their spiritual energies to Tawakkul Beg.'

From The Faith of Islam by Sell, Edward