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.

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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 (mountain), Carmel (biblical settlement)
• 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

Cy

• Cyprus
• 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