By reduplication from chabaq; embrace; Chabakkuk, the prophet -- Habakkuk.
see HEBREW chabaq
H2265. Chabaqquq
חֲבַקּוּק proper name, masculine the prophet Habakkuk Habakkuk 1:1; 3:1; ᵐ5 Ἀμβακουμ (Assyrian —amba‡û‡u is name of a plant, DlHA 36, Pr 84, so in Yemen (Schweinfurth) see HomAufsätze u. Abh. 1892, 27, 28).