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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, acquisition
Cain acquisition, fabrication
Caiphas
Calah
Calcol
Caleb-Ephratah
Caleb, bold, impetuous
Calem
Calneh
Calno
Calvary
Camon, "derivation uncertain"
Canaan
Cana
Candace
Capernaum
Caphtor
Cappadocia
Carcas
Careah, bald
Carmel
Carmi
Carpus
Charchemish
Carshena, meaning uncertain
Casiphia, silversmith
Casluhim
Castiel

Ce
Cedron
Cenchrea
Cephas
Cesar
Cesia

Ch
Chalcol, meaning uncertain
Charran
Chebar
Chedorlaomer
Chelal
Chelluh
Chelubai
Chelub
Chemarims
Chemosh
Chenaanah
Chenaniah
Chenani
Chephirah
Cheran
Cherith
Chesed
Chesil
Chesulloth
Chidon
Chiliab
Chilion
Chilmad
Chimham
Chios
Chisleu, Cisleu, Casleu
Chislon
Chisloth-tabor
Chittem
Chloe, blooming, green plant
Chorath
Chorazin
Chozeba
Christ, anointed The Anointed One;
Christian
Chun
Chushan-rishathaim
Chuza

Ci
Cilicia
Cis

Cl
Clauda
Claudia, Claudius, lame
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

Online references

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