Strong's #4676: soudarion (pronounced soo-dar'-ee-on)

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:

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soudarion

1) a handkerchief

2) a cloth for wiping perspiration from the face and for cleaning the nose and also used in swathing the head of a corpse

Part of Speech: noun neuter

Relation: of Latin origin

Usage:

This word is used 4 times:

 

Luke 19:20: "I have kept laid up in a napkin:"
John 11:44: "his face was bound about with a napkin. Jesus saith unto them, Loose"
John 20:7: "And the napkin, that was about his head,"
Acts 19:12: "unto the sick handkerchiefs or aprons, and the"