List of biblical names starting with C
This page includes a list of biblical proper names that start with C in English transcription, both toponyms and personal names. 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. For links to more specific lists (places, personal names, women, OT, NT, animals and plants, etc.), go to List of biblical names: See also.
A – B – C – D – E – F – G – H – I – J – K – L – M – N – O – P – Q – R – S – T – U – V – Y – Z
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 (mountain), Carmel (biblical settlement)
- Carmi
- Carpus
- Charchemish
- Carshena, meaning uncertain[5]
- Casiphia, silversmith[6]
- Casluhim
- Castiel
Ce
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
Cn
Co
Cr
Cu
Cy
References
- Comay, Joan, Who's Who in the Old Testament, Oxford University Press, 1971, ISBN 0-19-521029-8
- 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, ISBN 0-310-28151-2
- Lockyer, Herbert, All the Divine Names and Titles in the Bible, Zondervan Publishing 1988, ISBN 0-310-28041-9
- Tischler, Nancy M., All things in the Bible: an encyclopedia of the biblical world , Greenwood Publishing, Westport, Conn. : 2006 ISBN 0-313-33082-4
Online references
- ^ a b Lockyer, p. 82
- ^ Lockyer, p. 81
- ^ J. D. Douglas; Merrill C. Tenney (3 May 2011). Zondervan Illustrated Bible Dictionary. Harper Collins. p. 797. ISBN 978-0-310-49235-1.
- ^ Holman Bible Dictionary (1991), "Kareah".
- ^ David Mandel (1 January 2010). Who's Who in the Jewish Bible. Jewish Publication Society. p. 72. ISBN 978-0-8276-1029-3.
- ^ Holman Bible Dictionary (1991), "silversmith"
- ^ Holman Bible Dictionary (1991), "Calcol"
- ^ Radner, Karen (2012). "Between a Rock and a Hard Place: Musasir, Kumme, Ukku and Šubria – the Buffer States between Assyria and Urartu". Acta Iranica. 51: 260.
- ^ "Meaning, origin and history of the name Chloe".
- ^ The spelling "Christ" is attested from the 14th century. OED
- ^ The New Testament compared : The Gospel according to Saint Matthew
- ^ "Christian": Acts 11:26; Acts 26:28; 1 Peter 4:16
- ^ Jesus, the christ
- ^ Christ
- ^ Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913 + 1828) for the word "anoint" - associated with Chaucer Archived 2012-10-05 at the Wayback Machine is attested from the 14th century with Chaucer's work Boece 1374. OED
- ^ Lockyer, p. 366
- ^ Smith's Bible Dictionary