List of biblical names starting with C

Template:Short description Template:MainThis 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<ref name="Lockyer, p. 82">Lockyer, p. 82</ref>
• Cain acquisition, fabrication<ref>Lockyer, p. 81</ref>
• Caiphas
• Calah
• Calcol
• Caleb-Ephratah
• Caleb, bold, impetuous<ref name="Lockyer, p. 82"/>
• Calem
• Calneh
• Calno
• Calvary
• Camon, "derivation uncertain"<ref name="DouglasTenney2011">Template:Cite book</ref>
• Canaan
• Cana
• Candace
• Capernaum
• Caphtor
• Cappadocia
• Carcas
• Careah, bald<ref>Holman Bible Dictionary (1991), "Kareah".</ref>
• Carmel
• Carmi
• Carpus
• Charchemish
• Carshena, meaning uncertain<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
• Casiphia, silversmith<ref>Holman Bible Dictionary (1991), "silversmith"</ref>
• Casluhim
• Castiel

Ce

• Cedron
• Cenchrea
• Cephas
• Cesar
• Cesia

Ch

• Chalcol, meaning uncertain<ref>Holman Bible Dictionary (1991), "Calcol"</ref>
• 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<ref name="Radner">Template:Cite journal</ref>
• Chimham
• Chios
• Chisleu, Cisleu, Casleu
• Chislon
• Chisloth-tabor
• Chittem
• Chloe, blooming, green plant <ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• Chorath
• Chorazin
• Chozeba
• Christ, anointed<ref>The spelling "Christ" is attested from the 14th century. OED</ref><ref>The New Testament compared : The Gospel according to Saint Matthew</ref><ref>"Christian": Acts 11:26; Acts 26:28; 1 Peter 4:16</ref><ref>Jesus, the christ</ref><ref>Christ</ref><ref>Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913 + 1828) for the word "anoint" - associated with Chaucer Template:Webarchive is attested from the 14th century with Chaucer's work Boece 1374. OED</ref> The Anointed One;<ref>Lockyer, p. 366</ref>
• Christian
• Chun
• Chushan-rishathaim
• Chuza

Ci

• Cilicia
• Cis

Cl

• Clauda
• Claudia, Claudius, lame<ref>Smith's Bible Dictionary</ref>
• 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, Template:ISBN
• 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, Template:ISBN
• Lockyer, Herbert, All the Divine Names and Titles in the Bible, Zondervan Publishing 1988, Template:ISBN
• Tischler, Nancy M., All things in the Bible: an encyclopedia of the biblical world , Greenwood Publishing, Westport, Conn. : 2006 Template:ISBN