Habakkuk

Habakkuk was a prophet in the Bible Old Testament and Jewish Tanach.

The name means embrace.

He was the eighth of the twelve minor prophets.

Of his personal history we have no reliable information, though he was probably active around 612 B.C., corresponding with the rise of the Chaldeans, who are the subject of much of his eponymous book. Habakkuk was probably a member of the Levitical choir. He was contemporary with Jeremiah and Zephaniah.

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Initial text from Easton's Bible Dictionary, 1897 -- Please update as needed