List of biblical names starting with C
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{{Main|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.
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, acquisitionLockyer, p. 82
- Cain acquisition, fabricationLockyer, p. 81
- Caiphas
- Calah
- Calcol
- Caleb-Ephratah
- Caleb, bold, impetuous
- Calem
- Calneh
- Calno
- Calvary
- Camon, "derivation uncertain"{{cite book|author1=J. D. Douglas|author2=Merrill C. Tenney|title=Zondervan Illustrated Bible Dictionary|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=8Tq7UcPMwacC&pg=PA797|date=3 May 2011|publisher=Harper Collins|isbn=978-0-310-49235-1|page=797}}
- Canaan
- Cana
- Candace
- Capernaum
- Caphtor
- Cappadocia
- Carcas
- Careah, baldHolman Bible Dictionary (1991), "Kareah".
- Carmel
- Carmi
- Carpus
- Charchemish
- Carshena, meaning uncertain{{cite book|author=David Mandel|title=Who's Who in the Jewish Bible|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Yzmi5_408K4C&pg=PA72|date=1 January 2010|publisher=Jewish Publication Society|isbn=978-0-8276-1029-3|page=72}}
- Casiphia, silversmith[https://www.studylight.org/dictionaries/hbd/c/casiphia.html Holman Bible Dictionary (1991), "silversmith"]
- Casluhim
- Castiel
= Ce =
= Ch =
- Chalcol, meaning uncertainHolman Bible Dictionary (1991), "Calcol"
- 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{{Cite journal |last=Radner |first=Karen |date=2012 |title=Between a Rock and a Hard Place: Musasir, Kumme, Ukku and Šubria – the Buffer States between Assyria and Urartu. |url=https://www.academia.edu/1236294/2012_Between_a_Rock_and_a_Hard_Place_Musasir_Kumme_Ukku_and_%C5%A0ubria_the_Buffer_States_between_Assyria_and_Urartu_In_S_Kroll_et_al_ed_Urartu_Bianili_Acta_Iranica_51_Leuven_2012_243_264 |journal=Acta Iranica |volume=51 |page=260}}
- Chimham
- Chios
- Chisleu, Cisleu, Casleu
- Chislon
- Chisloth-tabor
- Chittem
- Chloe, blooming, green plant {{cite web|url=https://www.behindthename.com/name/chloe|title=Meaning, origin and history of the name Chloe}}
- Chorath
- Chorazin
- Chozeba
- Christ, anointedThe spelling "Christ" is attested from the 14th century. OED[http://faithofgod.net/NTcompare/Matthew.htm The New Testament compared : The Gospel according to Saint Matthew]"Christian": Acts 11:26; Acts 26:28; 1 Peter 4:16[http://www.biblestudytools.com/concordances/naves-topical-bible/jesus-the-christ.html Jesus, the christ][http://www.biblestudytools.com/dictionaries/eastons-bible-dictionary/christ.html Christ][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] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121005152348/http://machaut.uchicago.edu/?resource=Webster%27s&word=anoint&use1913=on |date=2012-10-05 }} is attested from the 14th century with [https://archive.org/stream/chaucersboeceeng00boetuoft/chaucersboeceeng00boetuoft_djvu.txt Chaucer's work Boece 1374]. OED The Anointed One;Lockyer, p. 366
- Christian
- Chun
- Chushan-rishathaim
- Chuza
= Ci =
= 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}}