Quick Definition
a handkerchief
Strong's Definition
a sudarium (sweat-cloth), i.e. towel (for wiping the perspiration from the face, or binding the face of a corpse)
Derivation: of Latin origin;
KJV Usage: handkerchief, napkin
Thayer's Greek Lexicon
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: Luk_19:20; Act_19:12; also used in swathing the head of a corpse (A. V. napkin), Joh_11:44; Joh_20:7. (Cf. BB. DD., under the word .)
Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary
σουδάριον soudarion 4x
a handkerchief, napkin, etc., Luk_19:20 ; Joh_11:44 ; Joh_20:7 ; Act_19:12
Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon
*† σουδάριον , -ου , τό
(Lat.),
handkerchief, kerchief: Luk_19:20 , Act_19:12 ; used as a head covering for the dead, Joh_11:44 ; Joh_20:7 ( cf. Deiss., BS , 223).†
Moulton & Milligan — Vocabulary of the Greek NT
σουδάριον [page 581]
(Lat. sudarium : also naturalized in Aramaic), a handkerchief ( Luk_19:20 , al. ). In the marriage contracts CPR I. 27 .7 (A.D. 190) and ib. 21 .19 (A.D. 230) a σουδάριον is included in the bride s dowry (cf. Deissmann BS p. 223), and in P Lond 121 .826 (iii/A.D.) (= I. p. 110) the word occurs in a charm for procuring dreams, ἐντύλισσε τὰ φύλ (λα ) ἐν σουδαρίῳ κενῷ ( l . καινῷ ) καὶ τίθει ὑπὸ τὴν κεφαλήν σου . See also the magic P Osl I. 1 .289 (iv/A.D.) σουδάριον ὁλόλιτον , a sudarium of fine linen, with the editor s note.
Liddell-Scott — Intermediate Greek Lexicon
σουδάριον σουδάριον, ου, τό, the Lat. suda_rium, a kerchief, NTest.
STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Greek Lexicon
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).†
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