Handkerchief
σουδάριονStrong’s G4676soudarion
Appears in 4 verses of the New Testament
In short
Soudarion is the Greek word usually translated “piece of cloth”, “headcloth” and “soudarion”. It appears in 4 verses of the New Testament.
“And another came, saying, Lord, behold, here is thy pound, which I have kept laid up in a napkin:”
Meaning
Usually translated “piece of cloth”, “headcloth” and “soudarion”. Open the dictionary entry below for the full range of meaning, with the verses it cites.
How it's translated
- a piece of cloth 1
- in a headcloth 1
- soudarion 1
- handkerchiefs 1
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- John 2
- Luke 1
- Acts 1
3 books in all.
Explore in Scripture
- John 11:44And 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 20:7And the napkin, that was about his head, not lying with the linen clothes, but wrapped together in a place by itself.
- Acts 19:12So 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.
Greek dictionary
σουδάριον soudarion · handkerchief
σουδάριον, -ου, τό(Lat.), 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)
From STEPBible’s Greek lexicon (based on Abbott-Smith).
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
How the English word “handkerchief” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.
HAND'KERCHIEF, noun
[hand and kerchief. See Kerchief.]
- A piece of cloth, usually silk or linen, carried about the person for the purpose of cleaning the face or hands, as occasion requires.
- A piece of cloth to be worn about the neck, and sometimes called a neckerchief.
Noah Webster, An American Dictionary of the English Language (1828). Verse references are checked against the KJV. Read the full entry.
Verses are from the King James Version. Word meanings come from the original Greek, not from any one translation.