σουδάριον
soudarion · face cloth
Greek word · Strong’s number G4676 · appears 4 times in the Bible
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soudarion (σουδάριον) is a Greek word of the Bible that means “face cloth”.
Handkerchief.
How to say it
sou·da·ri·on
Approximate pronunciation. Vowels sound as in Spanish (a as in father, e as in bed, i as in machine, o as in note, u as in rule); the syllable in bold is stressed. The voice is your device's.
Its senses in the Bible
- A piece of fabric for wiping face or sweat.
From Abbott-Smith (1922) · Thayer (1889)
How it is translated
The words this translation uses for it, most frequent first.
- cloth ×3
- handkerchiefs ×1
Where it appears
- Luke 19:20
And the other came, saying, ‘Master, look, here is your mina, which I kept laid away in a cloth;
- John 11:44
The dead man came out, bound hand and foot with strips of cloth, and his face was wrapped with a cloth. Jesus says to them, “Untie him and let him go.”
- John 20:7
and the face cloth that had been on his head, not lying with the linen cloths but rolled up separately in one place.
- Acts 19:12
so that even handkerchiefs or aprons that had touched his skin were carried to the sick, and the diseases left them, and the evil spirits went out.