חֲבַקּוּק

Strong’s Definition

Chabakkuk, the prophet

Etymology & Derivation

by reduplication from H2263 (חָבַק); embrace;

KJV Usage

Habakkuk.

Detailed Definition

From the Brown–Driver–Briggs (BDB) Hebrew lexicon outline.

• 1.a prophet of israel who wrote the book by that name; probably lived about the 12th or 13th year of the reign of josiah

Scholarly Notes

Transliteration: Chăbaqqûwq; Pronunciation: khab-ak-kook'