Handkerchiefs
Bible Usage:
- handkerchiefs used once.
- Bible Reference: Acts 19:12
Dictionaries:
- Included in Eastons: Yes
- Included in Hitchcocks: No
- Included in Naves: No
- Included in Smiths: No
- Included in Websters: Yes
- Included in Strongs: Yes
- Included in Thayers: Yes
- Included in BDB: No
Strongs Concordance:
- G4676 Used 1 time
Easton's Bible Dictionary
Handkerchief
Only once in Authorized Version (Acts 19:12). The Greek word (sudarion) so rendered means properly "a sweat-cloth." It is rendered "napkin" in John 11:44; 20:7; Luke 19:20.
Naves Topical Index
Handkerchief
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
Handkerchief
HAND'KERCHIEF, noun [hand and kerchief. See Kerchief.]
1. A piece of cloth, usually silk or linen, carried about the person for the purpose of cleaning the face or hands, as occasion requires.
2. A piece of cloth to be worn about the neck, and sometimes called a neckerchief.
Smith's Bible Dictionary
Handkerchief, Napkin, Apron
(Luke 19:20; John 11:44; 20:7; Acts 19:12) These terms were used in much the same manner and having much the same significance as at the present.