Habakkuk — the meaning of the Hebrew name חֲבַקּוּק

חֲבַקּוּק

Chăbaqqûwq · pronounced khab-ak-kook' · Strong's H2265 · a man

Habakkuk means embrace.

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חָבַק châbaq (by reduplication from, H2263) — to clasp (the hands or in embrace) open in the lexicon ›

by reduplication from H2263; embrace; Chabakkuk, the prophet.

Hab 1:1 The burden which Habakkuk the prophet did see. (KJV)

2 occurrences in 2 verses — Habakkuk

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Definitions from Strong's Hebrew Lexicon (public domain); occurrences from the Westminster Leningrad Codex via Hebrew Explorer's interlinear.

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