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Napkin

(Gr. soudarion, John 11:44; This unified study connects 4 installed resource categories without replacing their source records.

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Subject type
Subject
Strong’s
G4676
Greek
σουδάριον · soudárion

Strong’s and original-language information

Strong’s Hebrew and Greek Lexicon

σουδάριον

G4676
Transliteration
soudárion
Language
Greek
Indexed occurrences
4

Glosses

handkerchief, napkin

Lexicon definition

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

Hebrew lexical coverage

No safely matched Hebrew Strong’s entry

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The installed lexicons do not contain a sufficiently exact Hebrew word-level match for this study. UNLEARN leaves this language unassigned instead of displaying an unrelated Strong’s record.

Complete dictionary entries

Easton’s Bible Dictionary (1897)

Napkin

(Gr. soudarion, John 11:44; 20:7; Lat. sudarium, a "sweat-cloth"), a cloth for wiping the sweat from the face. But the word is used of a wrapper to fold money in (Luke 19:20), and as an article of dress, a "handkerchief" worn on the head (Acts 19:12).

Source: Easton’s Bible Dictionary (1897) · View data sources

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