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Handkerchief
Vine's Expository Dictionary of NT Words
a Latin word, sudarium (from sudor, "sweat"), denotes (a) "a cloth for wiping the face," etc., Luke 19:20; Acts 19:12; (b) "a headcovering for the dead," John 11:44; 20:7 . See NAPKIN.
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Vines, W. E., M. A. Entry for 'Handkerchief'. Vine's Expository Dictionary of NT Words. https://www.studylight.org/dictionaries/eng/ved/h/handkerchief.html. 1940.