A name from Scripture
Habakkuk
huh-BAK-uk
Meaning
Embrace; Wrestler
Hebrew origin · Boy · First in Habakkuk
What it points to
Habakkuk's name — 'embrace' — captures his journey from wrestling with God to embracing faith. His honest questioning produced the foundational truth that we live by faith, not by sight.
Verses · King James Version
“Behold, his soul which is lifted up is not upright in him: but the just shall live by his faith.”
Habakkuk 2:4
“Although the fig tree shall not blossom... yet I will rejoice in the LORD, I will joy in the God of my salvation.”
Habakkuk 3:17-18