Word Study · Strong's G4676 · Greek
σουδάριον
soudarion
soo-dar'-ee-on
Strong's 1890 spelling: soudárion
“a sudarium (sweat-cloth), i.e. towel (for wiping the perspiration from the face, or binding the face of a corpse)”
Strong's Dictionary · 1890 · public domain
a sudarium (sweat-cloth), i.e. towel (for wiping the perspiration from the face, or binding the face of a corpse)
Rendered in the KJV as
handkerchief, napkin.
- 4occurrencesin the New Testament
- 3 of 27New Testament bookswhere the word stands
- 4inflected formsdistinct spellings
Across 4 occurrences
The word itself
Inflected forms · 4
- σουδάρια1
- σουδάριον1
- σουδαρίῳ1
- σουδαρίῳ·1
How it is rendered · 4
- a piece of cloth;1
- handkerchiefs1
- in a headcloth1
- soudarion1
The sense the word carries at each spot — how the translators read it there, not a fixed translation.
How it parses · 3
- noun · dative (“to / for”) · neuter singular2
- noun · accusative (object) · neuter plural1
- noun · accusative (object) · neuter singular1
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- N-DSN · 2
- N-APN · 1
- N-ASN · 1
All 4, in canonical order
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Where this word lives
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John2 occurrences
- John 11:44σουδαρίῳsoudariōnoun · dative (“to / for”) · neuter singularThe man who had been dead came out with his hands and feet bound in strips of linen, and his face wrapped in a cloth. “Unwrap him and let him go,” Jesus told them.here: in a headcloth
- John 20:7σουδάριονsoudarionnoun · accusative (object) · neuter singularThe cloth that had been around Jesus’ head was rolled up, lying separate from the linen cloths.here: soudarion