G4676: σουδάριον
soudárion · “handkerchief”
Definition
a sudarium (sweat-cloth), i.e. towel (for wiping the perspiration from the face, or binding the face of a corpse)
KJV translates it as: handkerchief, napkin
Word origin: of Latin origin;
Extended definition
handkerchief, kerchief: Luk.19:20, Act.19:12; used as a head covering for the dead, Jhn.11:44 20:7 (cf. Deiss., BS, 223).†
(AS)
Abbott-Smith Manual Greek Lexicon (1922) via STEPBible TBESG (CC BY 4.0).
How G4676 is translated
- a piece of cloth; ×1
- in a headcloth ×1
- soudarion ×1
- handkerchiefs ×1
Bible verses with G4676 (soudárion)
Soudárion appears in 4 verses.
- Luke 19:20
And another came, saying, Lord, behold, here is thy pound, which I have kept laid up in a napkin:
- John 11:44
And he that was dead came forth, bound hand and foot with graveclothes: and his face was bound about with a napkin. Jesus saith unto them, Loose him, and let him go.
- John 20:7
And the napkin, that was about his head, not lying with the linen clothes, but wrapped together in a place by itself.
- Acts 19:12
So that from his body were brought unto the sick handkerchiefs or aprons, and the diseases departed from them, and the evil spirits went out of them.