English Bible words starting with C
835 meanings beginning with C, in alphabetical order. This is page 4 of 9. Under each one are the Hebrew, Aramaic, and Greek words the Bible actually uses for it.
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chop2 words
Chorazin1 word
chosen6 words
- baḥarבָּחַרto choose: to pick out one person, place, or thing from others because it is wanted or preferred
- eklektosἐκλεκτόςchosen: singled out and picked from among others, above all those God has selected as his own
- baḥirבָּחִירGod's chosen one: a person or people God has singled out and claimed as his own.
- mivḥarמִבְחָרthe pick of a group: the finest one, or ones, singled out of a larger set
- eklogēἐκλογήa choosing: the act of picking someone out for a purpose, used in the New Testament of God choosing people for himself
chosen beforehand1 word
chosen men1 word
chosen with1 word
christ1 word
christian1 word
chrysolite1 word
chrysoprase1 word
chun1 word
church1 word
churn1 word
- ḥamarחָמַרto foam up: to churn hard enough to froth and boil over
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- to coat something with tar: to seal it with bitumen so water cannot get in
- ḥamarחָמַרto foam up: to churn hard enough to froth and boil over
Chuza1 word
Cilicia1 word
cinnamon2 words
circle3 words
circuit1 word
circumcise2 words
- peritemnōπεριτέμνωto circumcise: to cut away the foreskin as the physical sign that a male belongs to God's covenant people
- mulמוּלto circumcise: to cut away the foreskin as the bodily sign of belonging to God's covenant
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- to cut off, beat back, or waste away: a separate poetic word for destroying or fending off, unrelated to the covenant rite
circumcision2 words
- peritomēπεριτομήcircumcision: the covenant sign of cutting away the male foreskin, the bodily condition it leaves, and the inward change it came to picture
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- the circumcised as a group: the Jewish people, named by the mark that set them apart from the uncircumcised nations
- mulahמוּלָהcircumcisionnot studied yet
- peritomēπεριτομήcircumcision: the covenant sign of cutting away the male foreskin, the bodily condition it leaves, and the inward change it came to picture
cistern4 words
citadel3 words
cities of refuge1 word
- irעִירa settled place where people live together: the everyday word for a town of any size, marked off from open country and from lone farmsteads.
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- agitation: a rush of rage, panic, or anguish, in a rare word written with the same letters as the word for a town.
- irעִירa settled place where people live together: the everyday word for a town of any size, marked off from open country and from lone farmsteads.
citizen1 word
citizens1 word
- ba'alבַּעַלthe citizens or ruling men of a town: the property-holding men who belong to a place and hold its affairs
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- owner: the person to whom a thing, animal, property, or even a debt belongs and who answers for it
- husband: a woman's married man, the one to whom she belongs in marriage
- the one marked by something: a person, or even a creature or object, defined by the thing, trait, or role named after this word
- ba'alבַּעַלthe citizens or ruling men of a town: the property-holding men who belong to a place and hold its affairs
citizenship2 words
citron1 word
city6 words
- polisπόλιςa city: a walled, settled population center, and by extension the community that lives in it
- irעִירa settled place where people live together: the everyday word for a town of any size, marked off from open country and from lone farmsteads.
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- agitation: a rush of rage, panic, or anguish, in a rare word written with the same letters as the word for a town.
- sha'arשַׁעַרthe gate of a walled town or building: the controlled opening in the wall, and the public space there where the community's life was conducted
- qiryahקִרְיָהa town or city: a settled, inhabited place, named with an elevated, mostly poetic word
- qiryahקִרְיָהa city or town: a single walled settlement, the whole inhabited place rather than the region around it or the fort inside it
city authority1 word
City of salt1 word
claim2 words
- epangellōἐπαγγέλλωto profess: to lay public claim to a quality, skill, or knowledge, presenting oneself as having it
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- to promise: to declare, with a commitment that binds the speaker, that one will give or do something
- phaskōφάσκωto claimnot studied yet
- epangellōἐπαγγέλλωto profess: to lay public claim to a quality, skill, or knowledge, presenting oneself as having it
clamor1 word
clamp1 word
clan2 words
- elephאֶלֶףa clan or troop: the subdivision of a tribe that supplied its fighting men, and the contingent it sent
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- the number one thousand, the round figure used to count people, soldiers, animals, time, and value
- mishpaḥahמִשְׁפָּחָהa clan: the group of people who belong together by shared descent, occupying the social tier between the tribe and the individual household
- elephאֶלֶףa clan or troop: the subdivision of a tribe that supplied its fighting men, and the contingent it sent
clap2 words
- saphaqסָפַקto strike sharply with the hand: to clap the palms together, slap the thigh, or land a blow
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- to be enough: to go far enough to cover what is needed
- ma'aḥמָחָאto clapnot studied yet
- saphaqסָפַקto strike sharply with the hand: to clap the palms together, slap the thigh, or land a blow
clarified1 word
clasp2 words
class1 word
classify1 word
Claudia1 word
Claudius1 word
claw1 word
clay5 words
- pēlosπηλόςwet earth worked into a paste: mud, or the soft clay a potter shapes
- ḥomerחֹמֶרclay: the soft, wet earth that is shaped by a potter, packed as mortar, or trodden as mire
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- a heap: a piled-up mass of things gathered together
- a homer: the largest standard dry measure in ancient Israel, roughly ten times an ephah
- ostrakinosὀστράκινοςclaynot studied yet
- titטִיטmud: wet earth soft enough to sink into or to knead, from the sludge at the bottom of a pit to the clay a potter treads
- ḥasaphחֲסַףclay: cheap potter's earth, the breakable material of ordinary pottery set over against metal
clay jar1 word
clay roof tile1 word
clean7 words
- katharosκαθαρόςclean or pure: free of anything that stains, defiles, or disqualifies, from literal dirt to inner corruption
- katharizōκαθαρίζωto make clean: to remove what defiles a body, an object, or a person
- tahorטָהוֹרclean: free of whatever would defile it, so that it may be used, approached, or trusted
- zakhזַךְpure in the sense of unmixed: containing nothing foreign, spoiling, or blameworthy
- zakhahזָכָהto be clear of guilt when the question is put, or to keep a heart or a life clear of it
cleanness3 words
cleanse5 words
- ḥataחָטָאto purify, to cleanse from contamination
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- to sin, to do wrong: to fall short of what God or a relationship requires, incurring guilt
- katharizōκαθαρίζωto make clean: to remove what defiles a body, an object, or a person
- hagnizōἁγνίζωto purify: to wash away what defiles a person, so that nothing stands in the way of coming near to God
- bararבָּרַרto sift out the good from the bad, leaving what is pure, clean, or choice
- ekkathairōἐκκαθαίρωto cleansenot studied yet
- ḥataחָטָאto purify, to cleanse from contamination
cleansing3 words
- katharismosκαθαρισμόςpurification: the act, or the required rite, that removes what makes a person or thing unfit and restores them to acceptable standing before God
- tohorahטׇהֳרָהpurification: the process that restores someone to the clean standing worship requires, and the cleanness that process secures
- mishiמִשְׁעִיcleansingnot studied yet
clear6 words
- katharosκαθαρόςclean or pure: free of anything that stains, defiles, or disqualifies, from literal dirt to inner corruption
- naqahנָקָהto be clear in a legal sense: free, innocent, or unpunished, and (when someone declares it) to acquit or leave unpunished
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- to be emptied out or swept clean: stripped bare of inhabitants or contents
- naqiנָקִיinnocent: free from guilt or from a claim against you, and so not liable to be punished or held responsible.
- phanerosφανερόςout in the open: visible, evident, and publicly known, as opposed to hidden or secret
- barבַּרsifted clean: someone or something so refined of all that does not belong that it stands out as pure, sincere, choice, or shining
clear a path1 word
clear away1 word
clear of stones1 word
- saqalסָקַלto clear of stones: to rid a field or road of stones
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- to stone: to throw stones at a person, usually to put them to death
- saqalסָקַלto clear of stones: to rid a field or road of stones
clear out1 word
clear proof1 word
clearly1 word
clearly evident1 word
clearness2 words
- toharטֹהַרpurity: being in the clear before God, named as a condition a person is in, together with the counted days that condition covers
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- brightness: the clear, shining look of something with nothing clouding it
- shiphrahשִׁפְרָהclearnessnot studied yet
- toharטֹהַרpurity: being in the clear before God, named as a condition a person is in, together with the counted days that condition covers
cleave7 words
- davaqדָּבַקto stick fast to something and not let go: to cling, hold tight, or stay glued
- baqaבָּקַעto split something open by force: to cleave, breach, or burst it apart
- kollaōκολλάωto be joined firmly to someone or something, as if glued on: to cling, unite, or attach oneself closely
- shasaשָׁסַעto split in two: to cleave something apart down its length, or to be divided that way already, as a cloven hoof is.
- palaḥפָּלַחto cleavenot studied yet
cleaver1 word
cleaving1 word
cleft5 words
Clement1 word
Cleopas1 word
cliff2 words
climb2 words
cling2 words
cling to1 word
clip2 words
cloak8 words
- himationἱμάτιονa garment: a piece of clothing, especially the loose outer robe worn over the tunic
- simlahשִׂמְלָהa garment, especially the ordinary outer wrap worn over the tunic; by extension, clothing in general
- me'ilמְעִילa robe: the long outer garment pulled on over other clothing as a mark of rank or dignity
- peribolaionπεριβόλαιονa covering: an outer garment thrown around the body, such as a wrap, cloak, or mantle
- prophasisπρόφασιςa stated reason put forward for an action, as opposed to the true motive behind it
clod3 words
Clopas1 word
close8 words
- sunteleiaσυντέλειαthe completion of an age: the appointed moment when a whole stretch of time reaches the finish it was heading for
- kleiōκλείωto shut, close: to move a door, gate, or other barrier into its closed position so that nothing can pass through
- ummahעֻמָּהclose beside, or corresponding to: one thing set directly parallel to another, in space or in kind
- atsomעָצֹםto shut the eyes; to close them firmly
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- to grow vast, whether in numbers or in strength
- to gnaw or break the bones of a victim
- satamסָתַםto close something off so that nothing can get through it, and so make it inaccessible: from stopping up a well to sealing a message shut
close in on1 word
- atarעָטַרto close a ring around someone: to encircle a person so that they are hemmed in, or hedged in on every side
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- to crown someone: to set a crown or wreath on a person's head, or to grant them one
- atarעָטַרto close a ring around someone: to encircle a person so that they are hemmed in, or hedged in on every side
close up1 word
closed1 word
closet1 word
closing assembly1 word
cloth1 word
clothe8 words
- kasahכָּסָהto cover: to spread or lay something over a thing so that it is no longer bare or exposed
- enduōἐνδύωto put on clothing; to dress someone or get dressed oneself, and by extension to take something on as if slipping into a garment.
- lavashלָבֵשׁto put a garment on a body: to get dressed, to wear, or to dress someone else
- periballōπεριβάλλωto clothe: to wrap or throw a garment around a body, whether dressing another person or being dressed oneself
- ḥagarחָגַרto gird: to fasten something tightly around the waist with a belt or band
clothe in scarlet1 word
clothe oneself1 word
clothed1 word
clothes5 words
- himationἱμάτιονa garment: a piece of clothing, especially the loose outer robe worn over the tunic
- begedבֶּגֶדa piece of clothing: any woven covering worn on the body, from an everyday robe to priestly vestments
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- treachery: faithless, deceitful dealing that breaks trust
- chitōnχιτώνthe tunic: the plain inner garment worn next to the skin, under the outer cloak
- simlahשִׂמְלָהa garment, especially the ordinary outer wrap worn over the tunic; by extension, clothing in general
- madמַדa garment: a piece of clothing cut to fit the body, from a fitted tunic to a soldier's outfit
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- a measure: an extent or a measured-out portion
clothing11 words
- himationἱμάτιονa garment: a piece of clothing, especially the loose outer robe worn over the tunic
- stolēστολήa fine outer robe: the good clothing a person puts on when appearance matters, marking rank, honor, or heavenly standing
- himatismosἱματισμόςclothingnot studied yet
- levushלְבוּשׁclothing: an article of clothing worn on the body, or a covering pictured as one
- endumaἔνδυμαclothing: what a person puts on, whether garments in general or one particular garment
cloud9 words
- nephelēνεφέληa cloud: in the New Testament, almost always the visible sign that God is present and on the move
- ananעָנָןa cloud: a mass of water vapor in the sky, and above all the cloud in which the LORD shows and hides his presence.
- avעָבa dense, dark cloud, especially a heavy storm or rain cloud
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- a thicket: dense undergrowth or brushwood that offers cover
- nephosνέφοςa cloud, used figuratively for a vast, dense throng of people
- shaḥaqשַׁחַקclouds and skies: the lofty, cloud-covered heights of heaven, a poetic word for the sky
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- fine dust: the thin film of powder left when something is ground down
clouds2 words
- shaḥaqשַׁחַקclouds and skies: the lofty, cloud-covered heights of heaven, a poetic word for the sky
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- fine dust: the thin film of powder left when something is ground down
- tuḥahטֻחוֹתsomething covered over and hidden from view, almost certainly a person's inmost being in one of its two biblical uses; what it names in the other use is genuinely unknown
- shaḥaqשַׁחַקclouds and skies: the lofty, cloud-covered heights of heaven, a poetic word for the sky
cloven1 word
club2 words
cluster2 words
Cnidus1 word
co-heir1 word
co-imitator1 word
co-worker1 word
coal4 words
- geḥelגַּחֶלֶתa live, burning coal: a glowing ember, still hot, as opposed to cold spent charcoal
- ritspahרִצְפָּהa floor of set stone: the finished paving of a courtyard, temple, or palace
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- a stone or ember glowing hot from a fire, too hot to be picked up by hand
- peḥamפֶּחָםcharcoal: wood burned down to black fuel, used to raise a fire to high heat
- retsephרֶצֶףcoalnot studied yet
coals2 words
coarse jesting1 word
coast3 words
- gevulגְּבוּלborder: the marked line where one piece of land ends and the next begins, the stone that marks it, and the territory that line encloses
- iאִיcoastland: land bordering or set within the sea, from a single shore or island out to the far-off maritime regions and the peoples who live there
- ḥophחוֹףseashore: the band of land running along the sea, whether as a place to settle, a coastal region of a country, or a beach where ships put in
coastland1 word
coasts2 words