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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

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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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

Perhaps that misreading led to the otherwise unfounded belief that Habakkuk is the work’s subject.

From The New Yorker Mar. 2, 2015

Scholars think he is the Old Testament prophet Habakkuk.

From New York Times Feb. 19, 2015

One passage at which they laboured heavily is in Habakkuk ii.

From The Gospel According To Peter by Walter R. Cassels

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