Chăbaqqûwq — H2265

Definition

masculine proper noun

Chabakkuk, the prophet

1. Habakkuk = "embrace"
2. a prophet of Israel who wrote the book by that name; probably lived about the 12th or 13th year of the reign of Josiah

Usually translated as

Habakkuk

Origin

by reduplication from H2263; embrace

• Derived from Châbaq (H2263)

Occurrences

Chăbaqqûwq occurs 2 times in the King James.

Distribution of the word across the Bible: Habakkuk (2)

• Habakkuk 1:1 — The burden which Habakkuk (חֲבַקּ֖וּק) the prophet did see.
• Habakkuk 3:1 — A prayer of Habakkuk (לַחֲבַקּ֣וּק) the prophet upon Shigionoth.