People: C

The Jewish high priest (A.D. 27-36) at the beginning of our Lord’s public ministry, in the reign of Tiberius (Luke…

The first-born son of Adam and Eve (Gen. 4). He became a tiller of the ground, as his brother Abel followed the…

The son of Arphaxad (Luke 3:36). He is nowhere named in the Old Testament.

The fourth antediluvian patriarch, the eldest son of Enos. He was 70 years old at the birth of his eldest son…

Sustenance, the same probably as Chalcol (1 Kings 4:31), one of the four sages whom Solomon excelled in wisdom; for “he…

One of the three sons of Hezron of the tribe of Judah. He is also called Chelubai (1 Chr. 2:9).

The son of Jephunneh (Num. 13:6; 32:12; Josh. 14:6, 14). He was one of those whom Moses sent to search the land in the…

The fourth son of Ham (Gen. 10:6). His descendants were under a curse in consequence of the transgression of his father…

Mentioned in 2 verses, first in Genesis 46:10.

The queen of the Ethiopians whose “eunuch” or chamberlain was converted to Christianity by the instrumentality of…

Son of Mizraim. Mentioned in 2 verses, first in Genesis 10:14.

Mentioned in 1 verse, Esther 1:10.

Mentioned in 1 verse, 2 Chronicles 35:20.

The son of Zimri, and the father of Achan (Josh. 7:1), “the troubler of Israel.”

The last named of the four sons of Reuben (Gen. 46:9).

Mentioned in 1 verse, Esther 1:14.

Fortified, a people descended from Mizraim (Gen. 10:14; 1 Chr. 1:12). Their original seat was probably somewhere in…

Son of Mahol. Mentioned in 1 verse, 1 Kings 4:31.

King of Elam. Many centuries before the age of Abraham, Canaan and even the Sinaitic peninsula had been conquered by…

Mentioned in 1 verse, Ezra 10:30.

Mentioned in 1 verse, Ezra 10:35.

Mentioned in 1 verse, 1 Chronicles 27:26.

Son of Rechah. Mentioned in 1 verse, 1 Chronicles 4:11.

A Benjamite (1 Chr. 7:10).

The father of Zedekiah (1 Kings 22:11, 24).

Mentioned in 1 verse, Nehemiah 9:4.

Mentioned in 1 verse, 1 Chronicles 26:29.

Whom Jehovah hath made. “Chief of the Levites,” probably a Kohathite (1 Chr. 15:22), and therefore not the same as…

Son of Dishon. Mentioned in 2 verses, first in Genesis 36:26.

Gain, the son of Nahor (Gen. 22:22).

The pining one, the younger son of Elimelech and Naomi, and husband of Orpah, Ruth’s sister (Ruth 1:2; 4:9).

Mentioned in 4 verses, first in 2 Samuel 19:37.

Mentioned in 1 verse, Numbers 34:21.

Verdure, a female Christian (1 Cor. 1:11), some of whose household had informed Paul of the divided state of the…

Cush of double wickedness, or governor of two presidencies, the king of Mesopotamia who oppressed Israel in the…

Mentioned in 1 verse, Luke 8:3.

A female Christian mentioned in 2 Tim. 4:21. It is a conjecture having some probability that she was a British maiden…

Claudius Lysias, a Greek who, having obtained by purchase the privilege of Roman citizenship, took the name of Claudius…

The fourth Roman emperor. He succeeded Caligula (A.D. 41).

Mild, a Christian of Philippi, Paul’s “fellow-labourer,” whose name he mentions as “in the book of life” (Phil. 4:3)…

One of the two disciples with whom Jesus conversed on the way to Emmaus on the day of the resurrection (Luke 24:18). We…

Son of Hazaiah. Mentioned in 1 verse, Nehemiah 11:5.

Mentioned in 1 verse, Nehemiah 3:15.

Whom Jehovah hath set, a Levite placed over the tithes brought into the temple (2 Chr. 35:9).

Mentioned in 1 verse, 1 Chronicles 7:14.

Mentioned in 2 verses, first in 2 Chronicles 31:12.

A centurion whose history is narrated in Acts 10. He was a “devout man,” and like the centurion of Capernaum, believed…

Son of Elmodam. Mentioned in 1 verse, Luke 3:28.

A descendant of Judah. 1 Chr. 4:8, “Coz;” R.V., “Hakkoz.”

Daughter of Zur. Mentioned in 2 verses, first in Numbers 25:15.

Increasing, probably one of the seventy disciples of Christ. He was one of Paul’s assistants (2 Tim. 4:10), probably a…

Curled, the chief of the synagogue at Corinth (Acts 18:8). He was converted and, with his family, baptized by Paul (1…

A son, probably the eldest, of Ham, and the father of Nimrod (Gen. 10:8; 1 Chr. 1:10). From him the land of Cush seems…

Mentioned in 1 verse, Jeremiah 36:14.

Son of Gedaliah. Mentioned in 1 verse, Zephaniah 1:1.

Mentioned in 5 verses, first in 2 Samuel 18:21.

The Grecized form of Quirinus. His full name was Publius Sulpicius Quirinus.

The celebrated “King of Persia” (Elam) who was conqueror of Babylon, and issued the decree of liberation to the Jews…