Category:Handkerchief

Hand"ker*chief (hân"ker*chîf; 277), n. Etym: [Hand + kerchief.]

1. A piece of cloth, usually square and often fine and elegant, carried for wiping the face or hands.

2. A piece of cloth shaped like a handkerchief to be worn about the neck; a neckerchief; a neckcloth.

---excerpt from the Illustrated 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; John 20:7; Luke 19:20.