Soudárion — G4676

Definition

neuter noun

a sudarium (sweat-cloth), i.e. towel (for wiping the perspiration from the face, or binding the face of a corpse)

Usually translated as

napkin, handkerchief

Origin

of Latin origin

Occurrences

Soudárion occurs 4 times in the King James.

Distribution of the word across the Bible: Luke (1), John (2), Acts (1)

• Luke 19:20 — And another came, saying, Lord, behold, here is thy pound, which I have kept laid up in a napkin (σουδαρίῳ):
• 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 (σουδαρίῳ). Jesus saith unto them, Loose him, and let him go.
• John 20:7 — And the napkin (σουδάριον), 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 (σουδάρια) or aprons, and the diseases departed from them, and the evil spirits went out of them.