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Habakkuk
Prophet of the Hebrew Bible
This article is about Habakkuk, a biblical prophet. For other uses, see Habakkuk (disambiguation).
Habakkuk,[a] or Habacuc,[1] who was active around 612 BC, was a prophet whose oracles and prayer are recorded in the Book of Habakkuk, the eighth of the collected twelve minor prophets in the Hebrew Bible.
He is revered by Jews, Christians, and Muslims.
Almost all information about Habakkuk is drawn from the book of the Bible bearing his name, with no biographical details provided other than his title, "the prophet".
Biblical prophet habakkuk biography
He is mentioned in the deuterocanonicalAdditions to Daniel, and outside the Bible, he is mentioned over the centuries in the forms of Christian and Rabbinic tradition.
Name
The name Habakkuk, or Habacuc,[b] appears in the Hebrew Bible only in Habakkuk 1:1 and 3:1.
In the Masoretic Text, it is written in Hebrew: חֲבַקּוּק (StandardḤavaqquqTiberianḤăḇaqqûq). This name does not occur els