STRONGS G4676:
σουδάριον,
σουδαριου,
τό (a Latin word,
sudarium, from sudor, sweat; cf.
Buttmann, 18 (16)),
a handkerchief, i. e. a cloth for wiping the perspiration from the face and for cleaning the nose:
Luke 19:20;
Acts 19:12; also used in swathing the head of a corpse (
A. V. napkin),
John 11:44;
John 20:7. (Cf.
BB. DD., under the word .)
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