Biblical Names and their Meanings
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Group |
Description |
Reference |
| Cabbon | bond, builder | Joshua 15:40 |
| Cabul | binding | Joshua 19:27 |
| Caesar | severed | Matthew 22:17 |
| Caesarea | town named after Caesar | Matthew 16:13 |
| Caiaphas | a stone, a depression, as comely | Matthew 26:3 |
| Cain | possession | Genesis 4:1 |
| Cainan | possessor | Genesis 5:9 |
| Calah | vigour | Genesis 10:11 |
| Calcol | nourishing, sustaining | 1 Chronicles 2:6 |
| Caleb | perhaps a dog | Numbers 13:6 |
| Calebephratah | Ephrath was Caleb's wife (1 Chronicles 2:19), so this town was named after both of them | 1 Chronicles 2:24 |
| Calebite | RSV, Darby and Young's, of the house of Caleb | 1 Samuel 25:3 |
| Calneh | fortress of Anu, a pagan deity | Genesis 10:10 |
| Calno | same as Calneh | Isaiah 10:9 |
| Calvary | the place of a skull | Luke 23:33 |
| Camon | resurrection, raised | Judges 10:5 |
| Cana | place of reeds | John 2:1 |
| Canaan | lowland, merchant, trader | Genesis 9:18 |
| Canaanite (NT) | zealous, thus also known as "Simon Zelotes" | Matthew 10:4 |
| Canaanite (OT) | descendant of Canaan | Genesis 12:6 |
| Canaanitess | descendant of Canaan | 1 Chronicles 2:3 |
| Canaanitish | descendant of Canaan | Genesis 46:10 |
| Candace | prince of servants | Acts 8:27 |
| Canneh | to give a flattering title | Ezekiel 27:23 |
| Capernaum | city of comfort | Matthew 4:13 |
| Caphtor | a crown, original home of the Philistines | Deuteronomy 2:23 |
| Caphtorim | the people of Caphtor | Genesis 10:14 |
| Cappadocia | province of good horses | Acts 2:9 |
| Carcas | severe, perhaps from the Persian word for "eagle"? | Esther 1:10 |
| Carchemish | fortress of Chemosh | 2 Chronicles 35:20 |
| Carchemish | fortress of Chemosh | 2 Chronicles 35:20 |
| Careah | bald | 2 Kings 25:23 |
| Carmel | garden-land | Joshua 12:22 |
| Carmelite | inhabitant of Carmel | 1 Samuel 30:5 |
| Carmelitess | female inhabitant of Carmel | 1 Samuel 27:3 |
| Carmi | my vineyard | Genesis 46:9 |
| Carmites | descendants of Carmi | Numbers 26:6 |
| Carpus | fruit, fruitful | 2 Timothy 4:13 |
| Carshena | illustrious | Esther 1:14 |
| Casiphia | silvery, money | Ezra 8:17 |
| Casluhim | fortified | Genesis 10:14 |
| Castor | Castor and Pollux were the Greek gods of sailors | Acts 28:11 |
| Cedron | turbid | John 18:1 |
| Cenchrea | millet | Acts 18:18 |
| Cephas | a rock or stone | John 1:42 |
| Chalcol | who nourishes and sustains the whole | 1 Kings 4:31 |
| Chaldea | clod-breakers | Jeremiah 50:10 |
| Chaldeans | same as Chaldea | Job 1:17 |
| Chaldees | same as Chaldea | Genesis 11:28 |
| Charashim | valley of craftsmen, see entry "Harashim" | 1 Chronicles 4:14 |
| Charran | from Greek for "Haran", a mountaineer | Acts 7:2 |
| Chebar | far off, long ago | Ezekiel 1:1 |
| Chedorlaomer | a handful of sheaves | Genesis 14:1 |
| Chelal | completion | Ezra 10:30 |
| Chelluh | my accomplishment | Ezra 10:35 |
| Chelub | caged | 1 Chronicles 4:11 |
| Chelubai | my caged one | 1 Chronicles 2:9 |
| Chemarims | black robed pagan priests | Zephaniah 1:4 |
| Chemosh | subduer, conqueror | Numbers 21:29 |
| Chenaanah | trader | 1 Kings 22:11 |
| Chenani | my pillar, protector | Nehemiah 9:4 |
| Chenaniah | God defends, God establishes | 1 Chronicles 15:22 |
| Chepharhaammonai | village of the Ammonites | Joshua 18:24 |
| Chephirah | lioness | Joshua 9:17 |
| Cheran | a harp, a lyre | Genesis 36:26 |
| Cherethims | executioners | Ezekiel 25:16 |
| Cherethites | executioners | 1 Samuel 30:14 |
| Cherith | cutting, separation | 1 Kings 17:3 |
| Cherub | blessing, category of spirit beings, also called "living creatures" | Exodus 25:19 |
| Cherubims | plural of "cherub" | Genesis 3:24 |
| Chesalon | hopes | Joshua 15:10 |
| Chesed | increase | Genesis 22:22 |
| Chesil | foolishness | Joshua 15:30 |
| Chesulloth | confidences, flanks | Joshua 19:18 |
| Chezib | false | Genesis 38:5 |
| Chidon | a dart, a javalin | 1 Chronicles 13:9 |
| Chileab | whom the father has perfected, like his father | 2 Samuel 3:3 |
| Chilion | wasting away | Ruth 1:2 |
| Chilmad | enclosure | Ezekiel 27:23 |
| Chimham | longing, languishing | 2 Samuel 19:37 |
| Chinnereth | harps | Numbers 34:11 |
| Chinneroth | harps | Joshua 11:2 |
| Chios | snowy | Acts 20:15 |
| Chisleu | confidence, name of the 9th month | Nehemiah 1:1 |
| Chislon | hope, trust, confidence | Numbers 34:21 |
| Chislothtabor | flanks of Tabor, confidence of Tabor | Joshua 19:12 |
| Chittim | those that bruise, same as Kittim | Numbers 24:24 |
| Chiun | an image, probably of the planet Saturn | Amos 5:26 |
| Chloe | green herb, tender herb | 1 Corinthians 1:11 |
| Chorashan | furnace of smoke | 1 Samuel 30:30 |
| Chorazin | furnace of smoke | Matthew 11:21 |
| Chozeba | lying, falsehood | 1 Chronicles 4:22 |
| Christ | anointed | Matthew 1:1 |
| Chub | a horde | Ezekiel 30:5 |
| Chun | established | 1 Chronicles 18:8 |
| Chushanrishathaim | most malicious, twice-wicked Cushan, Cushan means blackness | Judges 3:8 |
| Chuza | the seer or prophet | Luke 8:3 |
| Cilicia | the land of Celix | Acts 6:9 |
| Cinneroth | harps | 1 Kings 15:20 |
| Cis | same as Kish, a snare, bent | Acts 13:21 |
| Clauda | lame | Acts 27:16 |
| Claudia | lame | 2 Timothy 4:21 |
| Claudius | lame | Acts 11:28 |
| Clement | mild, merciful | Philippians 4:3 |
| Cleopas | of a renowned father | Luke 24:18 |
| Cleophas | my exchanges | John 19:25 |
| Cnidus | stinging nettle | Acts 27:7 |
| Colhozeh | all-seeing | Nehemiah 3:15 |
| Colosse | very large, monstrosities | Colossians 1:2 |
| Conaniah | God has established | 2 Chronicles 35:9 |
| Coniah | God will establish, another name for Jehoiachin | Jeremiah 22:24 |
| Cononiah | God has established | 2 Chronicles 31:12 |
| Coos | top, summit | Acts 21:1 |
| Core | baldness, same as "Korah" | Jude 1:11 |
| Corinth | which is satisfied, satiated | Acts 18:1 |
| Corinthian | inhabitant of Corinth | Acts 18:8 |
| Cornelius | of a horn | Acts 10:1 |
| Cosam | divining | Luke 3:28 |
| Coz | a thorn | 1 Chronicles 4:8 |
| Cozbi | a liar, my lie | Numbers 25:15 |
| Crescens | growing; increasing | 2 Timothy 4:10 |
| Crete | fleshly, fleshy | Acts 27:7 |
| Cretes | inhabitants of Crete | Acts 2:11 |
| Cretians | inhabitants of Crete | Titus 1:12 |
| Crispus | curled | Acts 18:8 |
| Cush | blackness, same as Ethiopians | Genesis 10:6 |
| Cushan | their blackness | Habakkuk 3:7 |
| Cushan-rishathaim | same as Chushanrishathaim | Judges 3:8 |
| Cushi | their blackness | 2 Samuel 18:21 |
| Cuth | crushing, ,same as Cuthah | 2 Kings 17:30 |
| Cuthah | crushing, same as Cuth | 2 Kings 17:24 |
| Cyprus | fairness, a blossom | Acts 4:36 |
| Cyrene | a wall, perhaps supremacy of the bridle? | Matthew 27:32 |
| Cyrenian | native of Cyrene | Mark 15:21 |
| Cyrenius | warrior | Luke 2:2 |
| Cyrus | furnace, Persians used this name to refer to the sun | 2 Chronicles 36:22 |