List of biblical names starting with C explained

See main article: List of biblical names. This page includes a list of biblical proper names that start with C in English transcription. Some of the names are given with a proposed etymological meaning. For further information on the names included on the list, the reader may consult the sources listed below in the References and External Links.

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C

Ca

• Cabbon
• Cabul
• Caesar
• Cainan, Kenan, acquisition^[1]
• Cain acquisition, fabrication^[2]
• Caiphas
• Calah
• Calcol
• Caleb-Ephratah
• Caleb, bold, impetuous^[1]
• Calem
• Calneh
• Calno
• Calvary
• Camon, "derivation uncertain"^[3]
• Canaan
• Cana
• Candace
• Capernaum
• Caphtor
• Cappadocia
• Carcas
• Careah, bald^[4]
• Carmel
• Carmi
• Carpus
• Charchemish
• Carshena, meaning uncertain^[5]
• Casiphia, silversmith^[6]
• Casluhim
• Castiel

Ce

• Cedron
• Cenchrea
• Cephas
• Cesar
• Cesia

Ch

• Chalcol, meaning uncertain^[7]
• Charran
• Chebar
• Chedorlaomer
• Chelal
• Chelluh
• Chelubai
• Chelub
• Chemarims
• Chemosh
• Chenaanah
• Chenaniah
• Chenani
• Chephirah
• Cheran
• Cherith
• Chesed
• Chesil
• Chesulloth
• Chidon
• Chiliab
• Chilion
• Chilmad, possibly a corruption of Kullimeri, a city in Shubria in the upper Tigris valley^[8]
• Chimham
• Chios
• Chisleu, Cisleu, Casleu
• Chislon
• Chisloth-tabor
• Chittem
• Chloe, blooming, green plant ^[9]
• Chorath
• Chorazin
• Chozeba
• Christ, anointed^{[10] [11] [12] [13] [14] [15]} The Anointed One;^[16]
• Christian
• Chun
• Chushan-rishathaim
• Chuza

Ci

• Cilicia
• Cis

Cl

• Clauda
• Claudia, Claudius, lame^[17]
• Clement, merciful
• Cleophas

Cn

• Cnidus

Co

• Colhozeh
• Colosse
• Coniah
• Coos
• Corinth
• Cornelius
• Cosam
• Coz

Cr

• Crescens
• Crete
• Crispus

Cu

• Cush, Cushan
• Cuth
• Cyprus

Cy

• Cyrene
• Cyrenius
• Cyrus

References

• Comay, Joan, Who's Who in the Old Testament, Oxford University Press, 1971,
• Lockyer, Herbert, All the men of the Bible, Zondervan Publishing House (Grand Rapids, Michigan), 1958
• Lockyer, Herbert, All the women of the Bible, Zondervan Publishing 1988,
• Lockyer, Herbert, All the Divine Names and Titles in the Bible, Zondervan Publishing 1988,
• Tischler, Nancy M., All things in the Bible: an encyclopedia of the biblical world , Greenwood Publishing, Westport, Conn. : 2006

Notes and References

1. Lockyer, p. 82
2. Lockyer, p. 81
3. Book: J. D. Douglas. Merrill C. Tenney. Zondervan Illustrated Bible Dictionary. 3 May 2011. Harper Collins. 978-0-310-49235-1. 797.
4. Holman Bible Dictionary (1991), "Kareah".
5. Book: David Mandel. Who's Who in the Jewish Bible. 1 January 2010. Jewish Publication Society. 978-0-8276-1029-3. 72.
6. https://www.studylight.org/dictionaries/hbd/c/casiphia.html Holman Bible Dictionary (1991), "silversmith"
7. Holman Bible Dictionary (1991), "Calcol"
8. Radner . Karen . 2012 . Between a Rock and a Hard Place: Musasir, Kumme, Ukku and Šubria – the Buffer States between Assyria and Urartu. . . 51 . 260.
9. Web site: Meaning, origin and history of the name Chloe.
10. The spelling "Christ" is attested from the 14th century. OED
11. http://faithofgod.net/NTcompare/Matthew.htm The New Testament compared : The Gospel according to Saint Matthew
12. "Christian": ; ;
13. http://www.biblestudytools.com/concordances/naves-topical-bible/jesus-the-christ.html Jesus, the christ
14. http://www.biblestudytools.com/dictionaries/eastons-bible-dictionary/christ.html Christ
15. http://machaut.uchicago.edu/?resource=Webster%27s&word=anoint&use1913=on Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913 + 1828) for the word "anoint" - associated with Chaucer
16. Lockyer, p. 366
17. http://www.biblestudytools.com/dictionaries/smiths-bible-dictionary/claudia.html Smith's Bible Dictionary