Κα- Names

Καάθ

• Meaning: Kohath
• Note: Son of Levi (Gen 46:11)

Κααθί

• Meaning: Kohathite
• Note: Descendant of Kohath (Num 26:57)

Κααθίτης

• Parse: Noun: Nom Sing Masc
• Meaning: Kohathites
• Note: Descendant of Kohath (1Chron 9:32)

Καβασαήλ

• Meaning: Kabzeel
• Note: City in south of Judah near the border of Edom (1Chron 11:22)

Καβεσεήλ

• Meaning: Kabzeel
• Note: city in the extreme south of Judah, near to Idumaea (2Sam 23:20)

Καβσαῒμ

• Meaning: Kibzaim
• Note: Levite city in the territory of Ephraim (Josh 21:22)

Καβσεήλ

• Meaning: Kabzeel
• Note: City in the territory of Judah (Josh 15:21)

Καδές

• Meaning: Kedesh
• Note: City in the territory of Naphtali (Josh 19:37)

Καδημώθ

• Meaning: Kedemoth
• Note: City in the territory of Reuben (1Chron 6:79)

Καδημίμ

• Meaning: Kademim, ancient
• Note: LXX supposes is a proper noun, but it means ancient (Judg 5:21)

Κάδης

• Meaning: Kedesh, Kadesh, Kades
• Note: Kadesh: Sacred city of the Hittites on the bank of Orontes about 6 km south of Lake of Homs (Judith 1:9)
• Note: Kedesh: City assigned to the tribe of Judah (Josh 15:23)
• Note: Kadesh: Place in the wilderness on the SE border of Palestine about 265 km from Horeb (Gen 14:7)
• Note: Kartah: Levite city in the territory of Zebulun (Josh 21:34)

Καδμιήλ

• Meaning: Kadmiel
• Note: One of the Levites who endorsed Nehemiah's covenant (Neh 10:10)

Καδμίηλος

• Parse: Noun: Nom Sing Masc
• Meaning: Cadmiel
• Note: Ancestor (along with Jessue, Banuas, and Sudias) of 74 who came out of captivity (1Esdras 5:26)
• Forms:
  • Καδμιήλου Noun: Gen Sing Masc

Καδμώθ

• Meaning: Kedemoth
• Note: City in the territory of Reuben
• Concord: 1Chron 6:79

Καθοήλ

• Meaning: Joktheel
• Note: Name of a fortress renamed by Amaziah (2Kings 14:7)

Καθουά

• Meaning: Caathua, Cathoua
• Note: Head of family of those who came out of captivity (1Esdras 5:30)

Καϊάφας

• Parse: Noun: Nom Sing Masc
• Meaning: Caiaphas
• Note: Jewish high priest (AD 27-36)
• Forms:
  • Καϊάφα Noun: Gen Sing Masc
  • Καϊάφαν Noun: Acc Sing Masc

Καιβαισελεήλ

• Meaning: Kabzeel
• Note: A city within the territory of Judah (Josh 15:21)

Κάϊν

• Meaning: Cain
• Note: Son of Adam and Eve (Gen 4:1)

Καινά

• Meaning: Caina
• Note: LXX Vaticanus transliterates and considers it a proper noun (Judg 4:11)

Καιναῖος

• Parse: Noun: Nom Sing Masc
• Meaning: Kenite
• Note: Tribe inhabiting the desert lying between southern Palestine and the mountains of Sinai (Gen 15:19)
• Forms:
  • Καιναῖον Noun: Acc Sing Masc
  • Καιναίους Noun: Acc Plur Masc

Καϊνάμ

• Meaning: Cainan
• Note: Son of Arphaxad and father of Shelah (Luke 3:36)
• Note: Son of Enosh and father of Mahalalel (Luke 3:37)

Καϊνᾶν

• Meaning: Cainan
• Note: Son of Arphaxad and father of Shelah (Luke 3:36)
• Note: Son of Enosh and father of Cainan (Luke 3:37)

Καϊνᾶν

• Meaning: Cainan
• Note: Son of Arphaxad (Gen 10:24; 11:12)
• Note: Cainan: Son of Enosh, father of Mahalalel (Gen 5:9; 1Chron 1:2)

Καινή

• Parse: Noun: Nom Sing Fem
• Meaning: New, wilderness
• Note: LXX considers it is a proper noun; others translate it as wilderness (1Sam 23:15)
• Forms:
  • Καινῇ Noun: Dat Sing Fem
  • Καινήν Noun: Acc Sing Fem

Καῖσαρ

• Parse: Noun: Nom Sing Masc
• Meaning: Caesar
• Note: The name given to many Roman emperors
• Note: Augustus (Luke 2:1)
• Note: Tiberius (Luke 3:1; 20:22)
• Note: Claudius (Acts 11:28)
• Note: Nero (Acts 25:8; Phil 4:22)
• Forms:
  • Καίσαρος Noun: Gen Sing Masc
  • Καίσαρα Noun: Acc Sing Masc
  • Καίσαρι Noun: Dat Sing Masc

Καισαρεία

• Parse: Noun: Nom Sing Fem
• Meaning: Caesarea
• Note: City on the shore of the Mediterranean about 110 km NW of Jerusalem (Acts 9:30)
• Forms:
  • Καισαρείᾳ Noun: Dat Sing Fem
  • Καισάρειαν Noun: Acc Sing Fem
  • Καισαρείας Noun: Gen Sing Fem

Καλαμώ

• Meaning: Calamo
• Note: Hometown or ancestors (linked with Onus) of 725 who came out of captivity (1Esdras 5:22)

Καλιτά, Καλιτάν

• Meaning: Kelita
• Note: One of the Levites who endorsed Nehemiah's covenant (Neh 10:11)

Καλιτάς

• Meaning: Kelita
• Note: Alternate name of Kelaiah who had married a foreign wife (1Esdras 9:23)
• Note: One of the Levitical teachers (1Esdras 9:48)

Καλλαί, Καλλαΐ

• Meaning: Kallai
• Note: the head of a priestly house in the days of Joiakim (Neh 12:20)

Καλλισθένην

• Meaning: Callisthenen
• Note: An officer of Nicanor who was charged with the burning of the sacred portals of the temple at the time of the desecration under Antiochus Epiphanes (168 BC) (2Macc 6:33)

Καλοὶ Λιμένες

• Parse: Noun: Nom Sing Masc
• Meaning: Fair Havens
• Note: A harbour of Crete (Acts 27:8)
• Forms:
  • Καλοὺς Λιμένας Noun: Gen Sing Masc

Καλχάλ

• Meaning: Calcol
• Note: Son of Zerah
• Concord: 1Chron 2:6

Καμίν

• Meaning: Mahanaim
• Note: Levite city in the territory of Gad (Josh 21:38)

Καμουήλ

• Meaning: Kemuel
• Note: Son of Nahor (Gen 22:21)
• Note: Son of Shiphtan (Num 34:24)
• Note: Levite father of Hashabiah (1Chron 27:17)

Κανά, Κανᾶ

• Parse: Noun: Nom Sing Fem
• Meaning: Cana
• Note: Town of Galilee near Capernaum (John 2:1ff)
• Note: Kanah: town in the territory of Asher (Josh 19:28)
• Forms:
  • Κανᾷ Noun: Dat Sing Fem

Καναάθ

• Meaning: Kenath
• Note: Former name of the town Nobah (Num 32:42)

Κανάθ

• Meaning: Kenath
• Note: A city in Bashan (1Chron 2:23)

Καναναῖος

• Parse: Noun: Nom Sing Masc
• Meaning: Canaanite
• Note: The Jewish sect of Zealots (Matt 10:4; Mark 3:18; cf Luke 6:15). The word is to be distinguished from Χαναανῖτις
• Forms:
  • Καναναῖον Noun: Acc Sing Masc
  • Καναναίου Noun: Gen Sing Masc

Κανανίτης

• Parse: Noun: Nom Sing Masc
• Meaning: Canaanite
• Note: Native of Canaan
• Forms:
  • Κανανίτην Noun: Acc Sing Masc
  • Κανανίτου Noun: Gen Sing Masc

Κανδάκη

• Parse: Noun: Nom Sing Fem
• Meaning: Candace
• Note: queen of the Ethiopians (Acts 8:27)
• Forms:
  • Κανδάκης Noun: Gen Sing Fem

Κανθάν

• Meaning: Kanah
• Note: City in the territory of Asher (Josh 19:28)

Καπερναούμ

• Parse: Noun: Indeclined Fem
• Meaning: Capernaum, city in Galilee

Καπιράς

• Meaning: Caphira, Kapiras
• Note: A town whose inhabitants returned from Babylon with Zerubbabel (1Esdras 5:19)

Καππάδοκες

• Meaning: Caphtorim
• Note: The original capital of the Philistines (Deut 2:23)

Καππαδοκία

• Parse: Noun: Nom Sing Fem
• Meaning: Cappadocia, Caphtor
• Note: Cappadocia: the largest province of Asia Minor located on the far east side (Acts 2:9; 1Pet 1:1)
• Note: Caphtor: The country from which the Philistines came (Deut 2:23)
• Forms:
  • Καππαδοκίαν Noun: Acc Sing Fem
  • Καππαδοκίας Noun: Gen Sing Fem

Καραβασίων

• Meaning: Carabasion
• Note: Descendant of Bani (1Esdras 9:34)

Καραφά

• Meaning: Chephar Haammoni
• Note: One of the cities of Benjamin (Josh 18:24)
• Note: Interestingly the LXX takes this to be 3 cities: Chephar, Chephirah, and Moni

Καρανά

• Meaning: Kanah
• Note: (Josh 17:9)

Καρέμ

• Meaning: Carem
• Note: City in hill country of Judah (Josh 15:59a)

Καρηέ

• Meaning: Kareah, Careah
• Note: Father of Johanan (Jer 40:8)

Καρήθ

• Meaning: Kareah, Careah
• Note: Father of Johanan (Jer 40:8)

Καρία

• Parse: Noun: Nom Sing Fem
• Meaning: Caria
• Note: Country in SW Asia Minor (1Macc 15:23)
• Forms:
  • Καρίαν Noun: Gen Sing Fem

Καριαθαίμ, Καριαθαΐμ, Καριαθάμ

• Meaning: Kirjathaim
• Note: City of refuge in territory of Naphtali (1Chron 6:76)
• Note: Town east of Jordan assigned to territory of Reuben and later became one of prime cities of Moab (Josh 13:19; Jer 48:1)

Καριαθαρβόκ

• Meaning: Kirjath Arba
• Note: Levite city also known as Hebron in the mountains of Judah (Josh 21:11)

Καριαθαρβοκσεφέρ

• Meaning: Kirjath-Arba-Sepher
• Note: City of Arba, the original name of Hebron (Judg 1:10)

Καριαθαρβοξεφέρ

• Meaning: Kirjath Arba-Sepher
• Note: Former name of Hebron (Judg 1:10 Vat)

Καριαθαρίμ

• Meaning: Kirjath-Jearim
• Note: Kirjath Arim: Original residence of people who came out of captivity
• Concord: Neh 7:29

Καριαθβαάλ, Καριαθβάαλ

• Meaning: Kirjath Baal
• Note: City in hill country of Judah (Josh 15:60)

Καριαθιαρίμ

• Meaning: Kirjath-Jearim
• Note: Gibeonite town on the border of Benjamin (Jer 26:20)
• Note: Son of Shobal (1Chron 2:50)
• Note: Kirjath Arim: Original residence of people who came out of captivity (Ezra 2:25)

Καριαθιαρίν

• Meaning: Kirjath Jearim, Kiriath-Jearim
• Note: One of the four chief cities of the Gibeonites; on the border between Judah and Benjamin (Josh 18:14)

Καριαθιαρίος

• Meaning: Kiriathiarius, Kariathiarius
• Note: A town which may be the same as Kiriath-Jearim (1Esdras 5:19)

Καριαθσωφάρ

• Meaning: Kirjath Sepher
• Note: Former name of Debir (Judg 1:11)

Καριώθ

• Meaning: Kerioth
• Note: A city of Moab, named with Beth-meon and Bozrah (Jer 48:24)
• Note: A city of Judah (Josh 15:25)

Καρκάρ

• Meaning: Karkor
• Note: n unidentified place where Gideon surprised and overwhelmed the remnants of the army of Zeba and Zalmunnah (Judg 8:10)

Καρμηλία

• Parse: Noun: Nom Sing Fem
• Meaning: Carmelitess
• Note: A resident of the mountain area of Carmel (2Sam 3:3)
• Forms:
  • Καρμηλίᾳ Noun: Dat Sing Fem
  • Καρμηλίας Noun: Gen Sing Fem

Καρμήλιος

• Parse: Noun: Nom Sing Masc
• Meaning: Carmelite
• Note: demonym of Carmel (1Sam 25:4)
• Forms:
  • Καρμήλιον Noun: Acc Sing Masc
  • Καρμηλίου Noun: Gen Sing Masc

Κάρμηλος

• Parse: Noun: Nom Sing Masc
• Meaning: Carmel
• Note: A mountain range on the central Palestine directly west of the Sea of Galilee (1Kings 18:19-20)
• Forms:
  • Κάρμηλον Noun: Gen Sing Masc
  • Καρμήλου Noun: Gen Sing Masc
  • Καρμήλῳ Noun: Dat Sing Masc

Καρναίν, Καρναΐν

• Meaning: Carnaim
• Note: Carnaim: A strong city east of Jordan captured by Judas Maccabeus (1Macc 5:26)
• Note: Karnaim: One of the cities that Chedorlaomer attacked (Gen 14:5)

Καρνιόν

• Meaning: Carnaim
• Note: Carnaim: A strong city east of Jordan captured by Judas Maccabeus (2Macc 12:21)

Κάρπος

• Parse: Noun: Nom Sing Masc
• Meaning: Carpus
• Note: Convert of Paul in whose care he left his cloak (2Tim 4:13)
• Forms:
  • Κάρπῳ Noun: Dat Sing Masc
  • Κάρπου Noun: Gen Sing Masc
  • Κάρπον Noun: Acc Sing Masc

Καρχηδών

• Parse: Noun: Nom Sing Fem
• Meaning: Carthage
• Note: Phoenician city on Mediterranean (Isa 23:1)
• Forms:
  • Καρχηδόνα Noun: Acc Sing Fem
  • Καρχηδόνος Noun: Gen Sing Fem
  • Καρχηδόνι Noun: Dat Sing Fem

Καρχηδόνιος

• Parse: Noun: Nom Sing Masc
• Meaning: Carthaginian
• Note: Native of Carthage (Ezek 27:12)
• Forms:
  • Καρχηδόνιοι Noun: Nom Plur Masc

Κασερίν

• Meaning: Kaserin
• Note: A city near Nineveh (Tobit 11:1)

Κασίαν

• Meaning: Casian, Keziah
• Note: Job's second daughter (Job 42:14)

Κασίμ

• Meaning: Eth-Kazin
• Note: own on the eastern border of Zebulun (Josh 19:13)

Κασπίν

• Meaning: Caspin
• Note: A city East of the Jordan captured by Judas Maccabeus (also identified with Casphor) (2Macc 12:13)

Κασών

• Meaning: Cason
• Note: Not a place name. LXX transliterates meaning harvest (2Sam 23:13)

Καταάθ

• Meaning: Tahath
• Note: A wilderness station of the Israelites between Makheloth and Terah (Num 33:26)

Κατανάθ

• Meaning: Kattath
• Note: City in the territory of Zebulun (Josh 19:14)

Κατασέμ

• Meaning: Eth-Kazin
• Note: City in territory of Zebulun (Josh 19:13)

Καττάθ

• Meaning: Kattath
• Note: Town in territory of Zebulun (Josh 19:15)

Καῦδα

• Parse: Noun: Indeclined Fem
• Meaning: Clauda
• Note: A small island near Crete, also spelled Κλαύδην (Acts 27:16)

Καφάν

• Meaning: Caphan
• Note: City in territory of Benjamin (Josh 18:27 LXX)

Καφαρναούμ

• Meaning: Capernaum
• Note: Galilean city on the west shore of the Sea of Galilee (John 2:12)

Καφηραμμίν

• Meaning: Chephar Haammoni
• Note: City assigned to the territory of Benjamin (Josh 18:24 Alex)

Καφθοριείμ

• Meaning: Caphtorim
• Note: Descendants of Mizraim (Gen 10:14)

Καφθοριίμ

• Meaning: Caphtorim
• Note: Descendants of Mizraim (Gen 10:14)

Καφιρά

• Meaning: Chephirah
• Note: One of the cities of the Hivites who by guile made alliance with Israel in the territory of Benjamin and reoccupied after the return from Babylon (Ezra 2:25; Neh 7:29)