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Christian Classics Ethereal Library letter C or Smith's Bible Dictionary letter C or Easton's Bible Dictionary letter C for additional definitions and Biblical sources. Most of the men's and women's biblical names can be found in Herbert Lockyer's books with a biblical source where in the bible they can be found. Many also have a short study on the name. Most of the Biblical name definitions for places, cities, countries, angels, gods, mountains and Hebrew names can be found in Nancy M. Tischler's two volume encyclopedia All things in the Bible, an encyclopedia of the biblical world with a short study on each of them.

• Cabbon
  Cabbon
  Cabbon was named in the Bible as a place in Judah near Eglon. It has been identified with the modern el-Kubeibeh....
  
  , as though understanding
• Cabul
  Cabul
  Cabul is the name of two places in ancient Israel mentioned in the Hebrew Bible:*A district in the north-west of Galilee, near Tyre, containing twenty cities given to Hiram by Solomon as a reward for various services rendered to him in building the temple. Hiram was not pleased with the gift,...
  
  , displeasing; dirty
• Caesar
  Caesar (title)
  Caesar is a title of imperial character. It derives from the cognomen of Julius Caesar, the Roman dictator...
  
  , one cut out, The surname for all Roman emperors described in the New Testament.
• Caiphas, he that seeks with diligence, a searcher
• Cain, possession, possessed; acquisition, fabrication
• Cainan
  Cainan
  Cainan can refer to either:*A variant of the name Kenan in the generations of Adam, the lists of antediluvian patriarchs given in the Torah;*Cainan, the son of the Arpachshad mentioned in most manuscripts of the Gospel of Luke 3:36...
  
  , Kenan, acquisition;
• Calah, favorable; opportunity;
• Calcol, nourishing
• Caleb
  Caleb
  Caleb is a male given name. A character called Caleb is named in both the Bible and Quran.-Caleb:When the Hebrews came to the outskirts of Canaan, the land that had been promised to them by God, after having fled slavery in Egypt, Moses sent twelve spies into Canaan to report on what was...
  
  , a dog; a crow; a basket; bold, impetous;
• Caleb-Ephratah, see Ephratah
• Calneh
  Calneh
  Calneh was said to be one of the four cities founded by Nimrod, according to Genesis 10:10 in the Bible. Its identity is uncertain, and remains a mystery. The verse in question reads, ...the beginning of his kingdom was Babel, and Erech, and Accad, and Calneh, in the land of Shinar, and W.F...
  
  , our consummation
• Calno, our consummation; altogether himself
• Calvary
  Calvary
  Calvary or Golgotha was the site, outside of ancient Jerusalem’s early first century walls, at which the crucifixion of Jesus is said to have occurred. Calvary and Golgotha are the English names for the site used in Western Christianity...
  
  , the place of a skull
• Camon, his resurrection
• Cana
  Cana
  In the Christian New Testament, the Gospel of John refers a number of times to a town called Cana of Galilee.-The marriage at Cana:Among Christians and other students of the New Testament, Cana is best known as the place where, according to the Fourth Gospel, Jesus performed his first public...
  
  , zeal; jealousy; possession
• Canaan
  Canaan
  Canaan is a historical region roughly corresponding to modern-day Israel, Palestine, Lebanon, and the western parts of Jordan...
  
  , merchant; trader; or that humbles and subdues
• Candace, who possesses contrition
• Capernaum
  Capernaum
  Capernaum was a fishing village in the time of the Hasmoneans. Located on the northern shore of the Sea of Galilee. It had a population of about 1,500. Archaeological excavations have revealed two ancient synagogues built one over the other...
  
  , the field of repentance; city of comfort
• Caphtor
  Caphtor
  Caphtor is a locality mentioned in the Bible and related literature. The people of Caphtor are called Caphtorites and are named as a division of the ancient Egyptians. Caphtor is also mentioned in ancient inscriptions from Egypt, Mari and Ugarit. Traditional Hebrew sources place Caphtor in the...
  
  , a sphere, buckle, or hand
• Cappadocia
  Cappadocia
  Cappadocia is a historical region in Central Anatolia, largely in Nevşehir Province.In the time of Herodotus, the Cappadocians were reported as occupying the whole region from Mount Taurus to the vicinity of the Euxine...
  
  , the same as Caphtor
• Carcas, the covering of a lamb
• Charchemish, a lamb; as taken away; withdrawn
• Careah, bald; ice
• Carmel
  Mount Carmel
  Mount Carmel ; , Kármēlos; , Kurmul or جبل مار إلياس Jabal Mar Elyas 'Mount Saint Elias') is a coastal mountain range in northern Israel stretching from the Mediterranean Sea towards the southeast. Archaeologists have discovered ancient wine and oil presses at various locations on Mt. Carmel...
  
  , circumcised lamb; harvest; full of ears of corn
• Carmi, my vineyard; lamb of the waters
• Carpus
  Carpus
  In tetrapods, the carpus is the sole cluster of bones in the wrist between the radius and ulna and the metacarpus. The bones of the carpus do not belong to individual fingers , whereas those of the metacarpus do. The corresponding part of the foot is the tarsus...
  
  , fruit; fruitful
• Carshena, a lamb; sleeping
• Casiphia, money; covetousness
• Casluhim
  Casluhim
  The Casluhim or Casluhites were an ancient Egyptian people mentioned in the Bible and related literature. According to and , they were descendants of Mizraim son of Ham, out of whom originated the Philistines....
  
  , hopes of life
• Cedron, black; sad
• Cenchrea, millet; small pulse
• Cephas, a rock or stone
• Cesar
  Cesar
  Cesar or César is a form of the name Caesar, and may refer to:-People:* César, an alias for Gerardo Aguilar Ramírez, a Colombian guerrillero...
  
  , a name applied to those who are cut out of the womb
• Chalcol, who nourishes, consumes, and sustains the whole
• Chaldea
  Chaldea
  Chaldea or Chaldaea , from Greek , Chaldaia; Akkadian ; Hebrew כשדים, Kaśdim; Aramaic: ܟܐܠܕܘ, Kaldo) was a marshy land located in modern-day southern Iraq which came to briefly rule Babylon...
  
  , as demons, or as robbers
• Charran, a singing or calling out
• Chebar, force or strength
• Chedorlaomer
  Chedorlaomer
  Chedorlaomer "a handful of sheaves", was a king of Elam according to the Hebrew Bible book of Genesis Chapter 14. He ruled fourteen years, from the East in southwestern Persia, occupying the regions east of the Jordan river, in the days of Abram...
  
  , roundness of a sheaf
• Chelal, as night
• Chelub, a basket
• Chelluh, all
• Chelubai, he altogether against me
• Chemarims, black ones
• Chemosh, handling; stroking; taking away
• Chenaanah, broken in pieces
• Chenani
  Chenani
  Chenani is a town and a notified area committee in Udhampur District in Jammu & Kashmir.-Geography:Chenani is located at . It has an average elevation of 1,062 metres .-Demographics:...
  
  , my pillar
• Chenaniah, preparation, or disposition, or strength, of the Lord
• Chephirah
  Chephirah
  Chephirah is one of four towns named in Joshua 9:17 along with Gibeon, Beeroth, and Kiriath-Jearim. The context is a story explaining a peace treaty between the Israelites and the natives of this region...
  
  , a young lion covered with his mane or a village protected by walls
• Cheran, anger
• Cherith
  Cherith
  Cherith , also Chorath or Carith, is a "brook", in whose banks the prophet Elijah hid himself during the early part of the three years' drought which he announced to King Ahab . It has by some been identified as the Wady el-Kelt behind Jericho, which is formed by the junction of many streams...
  
  , cutting; piercing; slaying
• Chesed
  Chesed
  The Hebrew noun khesed or chesed is the Hebrew word for "kindness." It is also commonly translated as "loving-kindness," or "love." Love is a central Jewish value, and leads to many particular commandments. Chesed is central to Jewish ethics and Jewish theology...
  
  , as a devil, or a destroyer
• Chesil, foolishness
• Chesulloth, fearfulness
• Chidon, a dart
• Chiliab, totality; or the perfection of the father
• Chilion, finished; complete; perfect
• Chilmad, teaching or learning
• Chimham, as they; like to them
• Chios
  Chios
  Chios is the fifth largest of the Greek islands, situated in the Aegean Sea, seven kilometres off the Asia Minor coast. The island is separated from Turkey by the Chios Strait. The island is noted for its strong merchant shipping community, its unique mastic gum and its medieval villages...
  
  , open; opening
• Chisleu, Cisleu, Casleu, rashness; confidence
• Chislon, hope, trust
• Chisloth-tabor, fears; purity
• Chittem, those that bruise; gold
• Chloe
  Chloe
  Chloe is a first or given name for girls, especially popular in England. The name comes from the Greek , meaning "young green shoot" and is one of the many names of the Greek goddess Demeter...
  
  , green herb
• Chorazin
  Chorazin
  Chorazin was a village in northern Galilee, two and a half miles from Capernaum on a hill above the northern shore of the Sea of Galilee.-Biblical references:...
  
  , the secret; here is a mystery
• Chozeba, men liers in wait
• Christ
  Christ
  Christ is the English term for the Greek meaning "the anointed one". It is a translation of the Hebrew , usually transliterated into English as Messiah or Mashiach...
  
  , anointed; The Anointed One;
• Christian
  Christian
  A Christian is a person who adheres to Christianity, an Abrahamic, monotheistic religion based on the life and teachings of Jesus of Nazareth as recorded in the Canonical gospels and the letters of the New Testament...
  
  , The disciples were first called "Christians" at Antioch on the Orontes (Acts 11:26). The name "Christian" appears in the New Testament at Acts 26:28; 1 Peter 4:16. "Christian" occurs 3 times in the New Testament (Acts 11:26; 26:28; 1 Pet. 4:16). Believers called The term "Christian" of the party of Christ “brethren,” “the faithful,” “elect,” “saints,” “believers,” to the followers of Jesus
• Chun, making ready
• Chushan-rishathaim
  Chushan-Rishathaim
  Chushan-Rishathaim was king of Aram Naharaim or Northwest Mesopotamia. In the book of Judges God delivers the Israelites into his hand for eight years . However, they are delivered from him by Othniel, son of Kenaz .Rishathaim means double-wickedness....
  
  , blackness of iniquities
• Chuza, the seer or prophet
• Cilicia
  Cilicia
  In antiquity, Cilicia was the south coastal region of Asia Minor, south of the central Anatolian plateau. It existed as a political entity from Hittite times into the Byzantine empire...
  
  , which rolls or overturns
• Cis, same as Kish
• Clauda, a lamentable voice
• Claudia, Claudius, lame
• Clement
  Pope Clement I
  Starting in the 3rd and 4th century, tradition has identified him as the Clement that Paul mentioned in Philippians as a fellow laborer in Christ.While in the mid-19th century it was customary to identify him as a freedman of Titus Flavius Clemens, who was consul with his cousin, the Emperor...
  
  , mild; good; merciful
• Cleophas, the whole glory
• Cnidus, age
• Colhozeh, every prophet
• Colosse, punishment; correction
• Coniah, strength of the Lord
• Coos
  Kos
  Kos or Cos is a Greek island in the south Sporades group of the Dodecanese, next to the Gulf of Gökova/Cos. It measures by , and is from the coast of Bodrum, Turkey and the ancient region of Caria. Administratively the island forms a separate municipality within the Kos peripheral unit, which is...
  
  , top, summit
• Corinth
  Corinth
  Corinth is a city and former municipality in Corinthia, Peloponnese, Greece. Since the 2011 local government reform it is part of the municipality Corinth, of which it is the seat and a municipal unit...
  
  , Greece, which is satisfied; ornament; beauty
• Cornelius, of a horn
• Cosam, divining
• Coz, a thorn
• Cozbi
  Cozbi
  Cozbi כזבי בת צור is a biblical character in . She was the daughter of Zur, a prominent Midianite, and was romantically involved with the Israelite Zimri, son of Salu...
  
  , a liar; sliding away
• Crescens
  Crescens
  Crescens was an individual who appears in the New Testament. He was said to be a missionary in Galatia and became a companion of Paul. The name 'Crescens' is the present-active participle of the Latin word crescere, and means 'increasing'....
  
  , growing; increasing
• Crete
  Crete
  Crete is the largest and most populous of the Greek islands, the fifth largest island in the Mediterranean Sea, and one of the thirteen administrative regions of Greece. It forms a significant part of the economy and cultural heritage of Greece while retaining its own local cultural traits...
  
  , carnal; fleshly
• Crispus
  Crispus
  Flavius Julius Crispus , also known as Flavius Claudius Crispus and Flavius Valerius Crispus, was a Caesar of the Roman Empire. He was the first-born son of Constantine I and Minervina.-Birth:...
  
  , curled
• Cush
  Kingdom of Kush
  The native name of the Kingdom was likely kaš, recorded in Egyptian as .The name Kash is probably connected to Cush in the Hebrew Bible , son of Ham ....
  
  , Cushan, Cushi, Ethiopians; blackness
• Cuth, Cuthah, burning
• Cyprus
  Cyprus
  Cyprus , officially the Republic of Cyprus , is a Eurasian island country, member of the European Union, in the Eastern Mediterranean, east of Greece, south of Turkey, west of Syria and north of Egypt. It is the third largest island in the Mediterranean Sea.The earliest known human activity on the...
  
  , fair; fairness
• Cyrene, a wall; coldness; the floor
• Cyrenius, who governs
• Cyrus
  Cyrus the Great
  Cyrus II of Persia , commonly known as Cyrus the Great, also known as Cyrus the Elder, was the founder of the Achaemenid Empire. Under his rule, the empire embraced all the previous civilized states of the ancient Near East, expanded vastly and eventually conquered most of Southwest Asia and much...
  
  , as miserable; as heir, King of Persia; means the son of truth