King James Bible
King James Version (KJV)
STRONGS NUMBER G4676
Transliteration: soudarion
Phonetic Spelling: (soo-dar'-ee-on)
Part of Speech: Noun, Neuter
Short Definition: a handkerchief, a head cloth (for the dead)
Meaning: a handkerchief, a head cloth (for the dead)
σουδάριον, σουδαριου, τό (a Latin word,sudarium, from sudor, sweat; cf. Buttmann, 18 (16)), a handkerchief, i. e. a cloth for wiping the perspiration from the face and for cleaning the nose: Luke 19:20; Acts 19:12; also used in swathing the head of a corpse (A. V. napkin), John 11:44; John 20:7. (Cf. BB. DD., under the word.)
Word Summary
soudarion: a handkerchief, a head cloth (for the dead)
Original Word: σουδάριονTransliteration: soudarion
Phonetic Spelling: (soo-dar'-ee-on)
Part of Speech: Noun, Neuter
Short Definition: a handkerchief, a head cloth (for the dead)
Meaning: a handkerchief, a head cloth (for the dead)
Strong's Concordance
handkerchief, napkin. Of Latin origin; a sudarium (sweat-cloth), i.e. Towel (for wiping the perspiration from the face, or binding the face of a corpse) -- handkerchief, napkin.
Thayer's Greek Lexicon
STRONGS NT 4676: σουδάριονσουδάριον, σουδαριου, τό (a Latin word,sudarium, from sudor, sweat; cf. Buttmann, 18 (16)), a handkerchief, i. e. a cloth for wiping the perspiration from the face and for cleaning the nose: Luke 19:20; Acts 19:12; also used in swathing the head of a corpse (A. V. napkin), John 11:44; John 20:7. (Cf. BB. DD., under the word