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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

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

And it struck me all of a heap as we wasn't, so to speak, properly esteemed in Lunnon town; and, more, 'tis hard to believe that what Habakkuk Mucklow here says is true.

From The Soul of Susan Yellam by Vachell, Horace Annesley

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