English Bible words starting with C
835 meanings beginning with C, in alphabetical order. This is page 8 of 9. Under each one are the Hebrew, Aramaic, and Greek words the Bible actually uses for it.
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cover17 words
- kasahכָּסָהto cover: to spread or lay something over a thing so that it is no longer bare or exposed
- kipherכִּפֶּרto make atonement: to set right the damage that sin or impurity has done, by a ritual, a payment, or an equivalent life, so that the offender and the holy place are cleared and God's anger turned away.
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- to coat with pitch, to smear something over with tar to make it watertight.
- kaluptōκαλύπτωto cover: to lay something over a thing so that what is underneath is shielded, swallowed from sight, or kept from being known.
- tsaphahצָפָהto overlay a surface with a thin applied layer, especially to plate wood or stone with metal
- katakaluptōκατακαλύπτωto covernot studied yet
covering13 words
- seterסֵתֶרa cover: a place or condition of being hidden, whether for shelter or for secrecy
- massekhahמַסֵּכָהa covering: a woven cloth or veil spread over something
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- a cast-metal idol: a god-image made by pouring or overlaying metal
- masakhמָסָךְa screen or covering: a woven cloth hung across an entrance, or a cover spread over something to shield or conceal it
- mikhsehמִכְסֶהa covering: an outer layer laid over something to protect or enclose it
- peribolaionπεριβόλαιονa covering: an outer garment thrown around the body, such as a wrap, cloak, or mantle
coverlet1 word
covert1 word
covet4 words
- epithumeōἐπιθυμέωto set one's heart on something and reach for it with strong desire
- zēloōζηλόωto burn with intense feeling for someone or something: to be zealous or jealously devoted, to set your heart eagerly on it, or, on its dark side, to envy.
- avahאָוָהto long for: to set the heart and appetite on something one wants
- ḥamadחָמַדto find something desirable and want it, a wanting that can run all the way from quiet delight to a craving that reaches out to take
covetousness2 words
cow2 words
- parahפָּרָהa cow or heifer: the adult female of domestic cattle
- eglahעֶגְלָהa heifer: a young cow, grown past calfhood but not yet bred and usually never put to work
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- Eglath: the opening word of the Moabite place name Eglath-shelishiyah
cow's dung1 word
cowardice1 word
cowardly1 word
cower1 word
coworker1 word
coz1 word
- qotsהַקוֹץHakkoz: a priestly family, and the ancestor it is named after, holding the seventh turn of duty at the temple.
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- Koz: a man in the family lists of Judah, named as the father of Anub and Zobebah.
- qotsהַקוֹץHakkoz: a priestly family, and the ancestor it is named after, holding the seventh turn of duty at the temple.
Cozbi1 word
Cozeba1 word
craftiness3 words
craftsman3 words
crafty2 words
crag2 words
crane1 word
crash1 word
crave3 words
craving2 words
crawl2 words
cream1 word
create3 words
- qanahקָנָהto bring into being: to create, form, or father, used of God making the world and a person and of bringing a child to birth
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- to come into possession of something: to buy it, or otherwise get and hold it as your own
- ktizōκτίζωto create, to bring into being; in the New Testament always God's act.
- baraבָּרָאto create, to bring something into being; in the Bible, always an act of God.
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- to clear away or cut down, as in clearing land of trees or striking people down.
- to grow fat, or to feed on rich food.
- qanahקָנָהto bring into being: to create, form, or father, used of God making the world and a person and of bringing a child to birth
creation3 words
- ktisisκτίσιςcreation: God's act of creating, and the created world that act brings into being.
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- a human institution: an authority or social order established by people.
- poiēmaποίημαsomething that has been made: a product or piece of work, and in Paul above all the handiwork of God the maker
- beri'ahבְּרִיאָהcreationnot studied yet
- ktisisκτίσιςcreation: God's act of creating, and the created world that act brings into being.
creator1 word
creature4 words
- nepheshנֶפֶשׁthe living self: a person or creature as a breathing, needy, feeling whole, and so by extension their life, their longing, and their very self.
- ktisisκτίσιςcreation: God's act of creating, and the created world that act brings into being.
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- a human institution: an authority or social order established by people.
- ktismaκτίσμαcreaturenot studied yet
- zizזִיזcreaturenot studied yet
credit2 words
- logizomaiλογίζομαιto credit to an account: to enter something on a person's ledger, so that it officially counts for or against them.
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- to consider: to weigh something in the mind and arrive at a settled judgment about it.
- kleosκλέοςcreditnot studied yet
- logizomaiλογίζομαιto credit to an account: to enter something on a person's ledger, so that it officially counts for or against them.
creditor1 word
creep1 word
creeping1 word
creeping thing2 words
Crescens1 word
crescent1 word
Cretan1 word
Crete1 word
crevice1 word
crib1 word
cries of anguish1 word
crime4 words
criminal2 words
crimson3 words
- tole'ahתּוֹלֵעָהscarlet: the crimson dye taken from a small insect, and the costly yarn or cloth colored with it
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- a worm, grub, or maggot: a small soft creature that breeds in rot and eats away what it feeds on
- shaniשָׁנִיscarlet: the costly bright-red dye made from a scale insect, and the wool, thread, or cloth colored with it
- karmilכַּרְמִילcrimsonnot studied yet
- tole'ahתּוֹלֵעָהscarlet: the crimson dye taken from a small insect, and the costly yarn or cloth colored with it
crimsoned1 word
- ḥametsחָמֵץto ferment: to turn sour and rise, the way dough does once leaven is working in it
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- to be deep red: stained a strong crimson, said of clothing
- to be ruthless: to crush another person without pity
- ḥametsחָמֵץto ferment: to turn sour and rise, the way dough does once leaven is working in it
crippled5 words
Crispus1 word
criticize1 word
crocus1 word
crooked7 words
- skoliosσκολιόςcrookednot studied yet
- iqqeshעִקֵּשׁcrooked: bent away from what is straight and right, in a person's heart, conduct, or speech.
- tahpukhahתַּהְפֻּכָהtwistedness: words, plans, or people turned back to front, so that what ought to run straight comes out inverted
- patalפָּתַלto twist: to be wound out of straightness, whether two rivals locked together or a person, a word, or a response bent away from the straight
- aqalqalעֲקַלְקַלcrookednot studied yet
crooked place1 word
crookedness2 words
crop3 words
- periפְּרִיfruit: what a tree, vine, or field brings forth, and what a person or nation yields when pictured as a growing plant
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- offspring: the young a person or an animal brings forth, named as the fruit of the body
- result: what a person's conduct, words, or work produces, the outcome it earns
- botanēβοτάνηcropnot studied yet
- murahמֻרְאָהcropnot studied yet
- periפְּרִיfruit: what a tree, vine, or field brings forth, and what a person or nation yields when pictured as a growing plant
crops2 words
cross4 words
- xulonξύλονwood: cut timber, and by extension almost anything made of wood, from a living tree to the cross
- diabainōδιαβαίνωto crossnot studied yet
- staurosσταυρόςthe cross: the upright wooden stake with a crossbeam on which the Romans executed condemned people, above all the one Jesus was crucified on, and by extension his crucifixion itself as the saving heart of the Christian message
- diaperaōδιαπεράωto crossnot studied yet
cross over2 words
- avarעָבַרto move across or past something: to cross over, pass by, pass through, or move on
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- to overstep what God commanded: to break a covenant, command, or oath
- to make something cross over: to bring across, hand over, remove, or send through
- to be furious or overbearing: anger that boils over its limits
- dierchomaiδιέρχομαιto go through: to move all the way through or across something, from passing through a place to traveling about and, by extension, to news or death spreading and a blade running someone through
- avarעָבַרto move across or past something: to cross over, pass by, pass through, or move on
crossing1 word
crouch3 words
- karaכָּרַעto bend the knees and sink the body downward: to kneel, crouch, or collapse.
- ravatsרָבַץto lie down: to settle the body low against the ground, the way an animal drops to rest or a predator couches over its lair
- shaḥaḥשָׁחַחto sink down low: to bow, stoop, crouch, or be brought low, whether a body, a spirit, or a standing structure collapsing toward the ground
crow1 word
- phōneōφωνέωto make a loud sound with the voice: to cry out, or (of a rooster) to crow
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- to call someone to come: to summon, send for, or invite
- to call someone by a name or title: to address as
- phōneōφωνέωto make a loud sound with the voice: to cry out, or (of a rooster) to crow
crowd8 words
- plēthosπλῆθοςa large number: a great quantity of things, a crowd of people, or the whole assembled body of a community
- ochlosὄχλοςa crowd: a large, loosely-gathered body of ordinary people
- hamonהָמוֹןa multitude, host, or crowd: a large, surging mass of people or troops
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- noise, roar, or tumult: the overwhelming sound produced by a surging mass
- abundance, wealth, or a great supply of material things
- sunthlibōσυνθλίβωto press in on someone from every side; of a crowd, to throng and physically crush a person.
- daḥaqדָּחַקto crowdnot studied yet
crowd up to1 word
crowing1 word
crown10 words
- stephanosστέφανοςa wreath or crown: a woven circlet of leaves, flowers, or gold worn on the head to mark victory, honor, celebration, or high standing.
- nezerנֵזֶרa mark of being set apart for God, worn on the head: the state of consecration itself, or the emblem that shows it (a Nazirite's unshorn hair, a priest's gold band, a king's crown).
- koteretכֹּתֶרֶתthe capital of a pillar: the ornamented crown that finishes off the top of a column.
- atarahעֲטָרָהa crown or wreath: a circlet worn on the head as a mark of royalty, celebration, or honor
- diadēmaδιάδημαa royal headband: the cloth band tied around a king's head as the badge of his sovereignty.
crucible1 word
crucified1 word
crucify1 word
crucify with1 word
cruel5 words
- qashehקָשֶׁהhard in the sense of unyielding: a burden that will not let up, a manner that gives no ground, or a person who will not bend
- akhzariאַכְזָרִיcruel: unmoved by another person's suffering, and unwilling to let up
- ḥametsחָמֵץto ferment: to turn sour and rise, the way dough does once leaven is working in it
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- to be deep red: stained a strong crimson, said of clothing
- to be ruthless: to crush another person without pity
- akhzarאַכְזָרcruelnot studied yet
- akhzeriyyutאַכְזְרִיּוּתcruelnot studied yet
cruelty2 words
crumb2 words
crush16 words
- suntribōσυντρίβωto shatter: to break something by crushing it, leaving it smashed, mangled, or ruined
- shavarשָׁבַרto break: to shatter something so that it comes apart, or to crush a power, a body, or a person until they collapse
- thlibōθλίβωto press physically: to squeeze or crowd something so that it is pinched tight
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- to afflict: to bear down on someone with hardship, trouble, or persecution, like a weight pressing from outside
- thrauōθραύωto crushnot studied yet
- likmaōλικμάωto crushnot studied yet
crushed4 words
crushed grain1 word
crushing1 word
crutch1 word
- pelekhפֶּלֶךְa spindle: the weighted hand tool used to twist loose wool or flax into thread
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- a district: an administrative division of the land with an official set over it
- pelekhפֶּלֶךְa spindle: the weighted hand tool used to twist loose wool or flax into thread
cry17 words
- qaraקָרָאto raise the voice toward someone: to call, summon, invoke, name, proclaim, or read aloud
- klaiōκλαίωto weep aloud: to cry out in audible grief, mourning, or distress
- krazōκράζωto cry out: to raise a loud, urgent voice that forces itself on those who hear it.
- bakhahבָּכָהto weep: to shed tears aloud, the body's open response to grief, pain, longing, or relief.
- za'aqזָעַקto cry out: to raise a loud, urgent shout wrung out by distress, danger, grief, or wrong
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- to call out so as to summon: to muster troops or rally people by a public call
cry aloud4 words
- rananרָנַןto send up a loud, ringing cry: most often a shout or song of joy, but at heart simply to call out at full voice
- qeraקְרָאto put words into the air for others to hear: to shout something out, to call for someone, or to read a document aloud.
- tsahalצָהַלto let out a loud, piercing cry: a horse's neigh, or a human shout of joy or alarm
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- to make something gleam: to give a face the bright sheen of oil
- tsavaḥצָוַחto cry aloudnot studied yet
cry for help2 words
cry out11 words
- krazōκράζωto cry out: to raise a loud, urgent voice that forces itself on those who hear it.
- boaōβοάωto cry out: to raise the voice into a loud, carrying call that is meant to be heard.
- za'aqזָעַקto cry out: to raise a loud, urgent shout wrung out by distress, danger, grief, or wrong
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- to call out so as to summon: to muster troops or rally people by a public call
- phōneōφωνέωto make a loud sound with the voice: to cry out, or (of a rooster) to crow
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- to call someone to come: to summon, send for, or invite
- to call someone by a name or title: to address as
- tsa'aqצָעַקto cry out: to call aloud in distress, alarm, or urgent appeal for help
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- to be summoned together: to be called out and rallied as a group, especially for battle
crying2 words
crystal3 words
cub1 word
cubit3 words
- pēchusπῆχυςcubit/hournot studied yet
- ammahאַמָּהcubit: the standard biblical unit of length, the distance from the elbow to the tip of the middle finger, roughly eighteen inches
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- the foundations or pivots of a doorway: the structural base on which the door-frame and threshold rest
- ammahאַמָּהcubitnot studied yet
cucumber1 word
cucumber field1 word
cud1 word
culmination1 word
cult prostitute1 word
cumbered1 word
cumin1 word
cummin1 word
cun1 word
cunning2 words
cup3 words
- potērionποτήριονcup: a vessel for drinking, and by extension the portion it holds that a person must drink
- kosכּוֹסan ordinary drinking cup, and in the Psalms and the Prophets the fixed image of a cup that God hands someone to drink, so that what is in the cup is that person's due, whether judgment, comfort, or blessing.
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- a small nocturnal bird on the Bible's list of birds forbidden as food, most likely some kind of owl.
- gevi'aגָּבִיעַa cup or bowl: a rounded open vessel for drinking or serving, and by extension the cup-shaped ornaments of the golden lampstand
cupbearer1 word
- mashqehמַשְׁקֶהa cupbearer: the royal official who served the king's wine, and the office he held.
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- a drink: liquid meant to be drunk, a beverage.
- well-watered land: ground richly supplied with water, land under irrigation.
- mashqehמַשְׁקֶהa cupbearer: the royal official who served the king's wine, and the office he held.
curd1 word
curds1 word
cure7 words
- iaomaiἰάομαιto heal: to restore a sick, injured, or broken person to health and wholeness.
- therapeuōθεραπεύωto heal: to restore a sick or injured person to health
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- to serve: to wait on someone and attend to their needs
- rapahרָפָאto heal: to make a sick, wounded, or broken thing sound and whole again.
- marpeמַרְפֵּאhealing: recovery to soundness of body or nation, and the health that results
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- calmness: a gentle, composed temper of heart, speech, or bearing
- iamaἴαμαa healing: a cure or act of being made well
curse20 words
- barakhבָּרַךְto bless: to invoke or hand on God's favor and life-giving power for someone, and (of people toward God) to honor him as its source
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- to kneel: to go down on the knees, as in reverence before God or to make an animal lie down
- qalalקָלַלto declare someone worthless: to revile, or to curse
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- to be light in weight, and so to be swift, to die down, or to count for little
- to make something lighter: to ease a burden, or to lower a person's standing
- to shake something to and fro, and so to work an edge onto a blade
- kataraomaiκαταράομαιto curse someone: to call down ruin on a person or thing, normally by invoking God against them, as the exact opposite of blessing them
- ararאָרַרto curse: to declare a person, animal, or piece of ground cut off from blessing and handed over to ruin, by a formal word that God is expected to make good
- kataraκατάραa curse: a pronouncement calling down ruin on someone, and the doomed condition that pronouncement creates
- barakhבָּרַךְto bless: to invoke or hand on God's favor and life-giving power for someone, and (of people toward God) to honor him as its source
cursed3 words
- kataraomaiκαταράομαιto curse someone: to call down ruin on a person or thing, normally by invoking God against them, as the exact opposite of blessing them
- ararאָרַרto curse: to declare a person, animal, or piece of ground cut off from blessing and handed over to ruin, by a formal word that God is expected to make good
- epikataratosἐπικατάρατοςcursednot studied yet