noun · neuter
soudariem
Greekσουδάριον (soudarion)
Strong’sG4676
a handkerchief
stem soudari-4 times in the New Testamentin 3 of 27 books1 of 6 forms occur
Translated as
What it means
*† σουδάριον, -ου, τό (Lat.),
G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament, 1922 — public domain. References open in the reader.
Strong’s G4676 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from
Saidsoo-dar'-ee-on
a sudarium (sweat-cloth), i.e. towel (for wiping the perspiration from the face, or binding the face of a corpse)
Fromof Latin origin;
King Jameshandkerchief, napkin.
James Strong, Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible, 1890 — public domain. The numbers in it link to the entries here.
Every form
| Job in the sentence case | one singular | more than one plural |
|---|---|---|
| subject or object direct | soudariem | soudarieim |
| of, belonging to genitive | soudarieu | soudarieiu |
| to, for dative | soudarie2×σουδαρίῳ | soudariei |
Tinted cells are forms the New Testament never uses, so there is no Greek to show against them — but they are still correct Biblang, built from the slots below like any other.
Why these forms, and no others — the slots that make them
soudarie is this word in every one of its forms. The slots after it make all the rest.
same in every form varies — every value shown
Where it appears
4 occurrences, every one of them listed
soudarie“cloth”to, fordative singular2×
Luke 19:20“handkerchief”kai tos heteros erchata legarōtos; Kurior, idou tas mnas su han echame apokeierōtan en soudarie;Then another servant came and said, ‘Master, here is your mina, which I have laid away in a piece of cloth.
John 11:44“cloth”exerchata tos thnēskarētos dirētos toin podoin kai tain cheirain keiriai, kai tas opsias autou soudarie periditelē. legatō autoi tos Iēsus; Luavar auton kai afiēkavar auton hupagarō.The 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.
soudariem1×
John 20:7“cloth”kai tem soudariem, hem ate epi tau kefalau autou, ouk meta teiu othonieiu keierōtem alla chōris entulissirētem eis henon topon;The cloth that had been around Jesus’ head was rolled up, lying separate from the linen cloths.
soudarieim1×
Acts 19:12“handkerchiefs”hōste kai epi toin asthenarōtoin apoferirō apo tou chrōtou autou soudarieim ē simikinthieim kai apallassirō apo autoiu tain nosain, teim tē pneumeim teim ponēreim ekporeuerō.so that even handkerchiefs and aprons that had touched him were taken to the sick, and the diseases and evil spirits left them.