Habakkuk
Americannoun
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a Hebrew prophet
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the book containing his oracles and canticle
Example Sentences
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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
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
Nobody, in those parts, knew the northern half of the New Forest better than Habakkuk Mucklow.
From The Soul of Susan Yellam by Vachell, Horace Annesley
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