han'-ker-chif (soudarion): A loan-word from the Latin sudarium, found in plural inAc 19:12, soudaria; compare sudor, "perspiration"; literally, "a cloth used to wipe off perspiration." Elsewhere it is rendered "napkin" (Lu 19:20;Joh 11:44;20:7), for which seeDRESS;NAPKIN.
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International Standard Bible Encyclopedia
The International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, James Orr, General Editor, 1844–1913 edition.