- Original: σουδάριον - Transliteration: Soudarion - Phonetic: soo-dar'-ee-on - Definition: 1. a handkerchief 2. a cloth for wiping perspiration from the face and for cleaning the nose and also used in swathing the head of a corpse - Origin: of Latin origin - TDNT entry: None - Part(s) of speech: Noun Neuter - Strong's: Of Latin origin; a sudarium (sweat cloth) that is towel (for wiping the perspiration from the face or binding the face of a corpse): - handerchief napkin. Total KJV Occurrences: 3 • handkerchiefs, 1 Act 19:12 • napkin, 2 Joh 11:44; Joh 20:7