Habakkuk n 1: a Hebrew minor prophet 2: an Old Testament book telling Habakkuk's prophecies [syn: {Habakkuk}, {Habacuc}, {Book of Habakkuk}]
Habakkuk embrace, the eighth of the twelve minor prophets. Of his personal history we have no reliable information. He was probably a member of the Levitical choir. He was contemporary with Jeremiah and Zephaniah.