Bible Person
Meaning: he that embraces; a wrestler · Male · 2 cross references
Habakkuk is the prophet whose short book wrestles with violence, justice, divine patience, and eventual trust. He belongs to the prophetic tradition that turns honest complaint into reverent faith. First appears in Hab 1:1.1
AI summary: Habakkuk matters because the cross references present a prophetic voice willing to argue candidly with God about injustice while remaining open to correction and vision. His book moves from bewilderment at unchecked evil to a mature, trembling confidence in God's ultimate righteousness. Taken together, the material presents Habakkuk as a prophet of faithful wrestling whose words help believers inhabit the tension between present disorder and coming divine justice.1
Central Figure
Habakkuk
Meaning: he that embraces; a wrestler
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Alistair de Blacquiere-Clarkson, “ai-BIBLE Bible Names JSON Factsheet Aggregating Material from Smith’s Bible Dictionary & Hitcocks’s New and Complete Analysis of the Bible.” ai-BIBLE electronic edition, version 1.0.
M.G.Easton, Illustrated Bible Dictionary, ai-BIBLE electronic edition, version 1.0.
Robert Rouse, “Theographic Bible Information,” Theographic-Bible-Metadata, 2020, https://github.com/robertrouse/theographic-bible-metadata.