Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun A venture; a chanee.
  • A variant of have. It exists in the phrase-words hab-nab, hab-or-nab, and also independently as a negro corruption of have.
  • In zoology, the regular abbreviation of habitat

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  • proper noun Abbreviation of Habakkuk.

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Examples

  • Originally called Hab. la, this Y Combinator startup has created - dare we say it?

    Original Signal - Transmitting Web 2.0 2009

  • As the current worldwide stresses and strains of human and natural disasters may remind one of Habakkuk’s complaint in Hab. 1: 2-4, might we pray for and reach out to the least-reached peoples of the world in expectation of the Lord’s answer: Look at the nations and watch – and be utterly amazed.

    The Harvest Linked Prayer Strategy Group 2006

  • The name Elohim is found 2570 times; Eloah, 57 times [41 in Job; 4 in Pss.; 4 in Dan.; 2 in Hab.; 2 in Canticle of

    The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 5: Diocese-Fathers of Mercy 1840-1916 1913

  • English Readers, Introd. to Hab., pp. 523 – 5, says: “The story, worthless in itself, nevertheless indirectly confirms the theory of date which we have accepted below” in these words, “Habakkuk’s prophecy dates from the reign of

    The Three Additions to Daniel: A Study. 1906

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