Habakkuk

Meaning

Proper Noun

• A prophetic book in the Old Testament of the Bible, one of the minor prophets; or the eighth part of the Tere Asar in the Jewish Tanakh.
• A Jewish prophet of the Old Testament; author of the book that bears his name.

Origin

• Borrowed from Ancient Hebrew חֲבַקּוּק. The name perhaps comes from חָבַק, or perhaps from Akkadian 𒄩𒄠𒁀𒄣𒄣.