International Standard Bible Encyclopedia: Handkerchief

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International Standard Bible Encyclopedia: Handkerchief


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haṇ´kẽr-chif (σουδάριον, soudárion): A loan-word from the Latin sudarium, found in plural in , soudária; compare sudor, “perspiration”; literally, “a cloth used to wipe off perspiration.” Elsewhere it is rendered “napkin” (; ; ), for which see DRESS; NAPKIN.