John 20:7:3John.20.7.W3TAB
σουδάριον,
soudarion
“face cloth”
- Transliteration
- sou-DA-ri-on
- Extended
- sou-DA-ri-on
- IPA
- /suˈda.ri.on/
Meaning by language
- English
- face cloth
Greek · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Sigma | s — as in sit | |
| Omicron | o — as in omit (short) | |
| Upsilon | i — as in machine | |
| Delta | th — as in this | |
| Alpha | ah — as in father | |
| Rho | r — rolled r | |
| Iota | i — as in machine | |
| Omicron | o — as in omit (short) | |
| Nu | n — as in new |
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Word in context
- word
sou-DA-ri-on
- phraseyour reading level
kai TO sou-DA-ri-on
- sentence
kai TO sou-DA-ri-on HO ÊN e-PI TÊS ke-pha-LÊS au-TOU ou me-TA TÔN o-tho-NI-ōn KEI-me-non al-LA khô-RIS en-te-ty-lig-ME-non eis HE-na TO-pon
Exegesis
The articular noun phrase to soudarion {τὸ σουδάριον | tó sou-dá-ri-on} serves as the subject, and is immediately specified by the relative clause ho ēn epi tēs kephalēs autou {ὃ ἦν ἐπὶ τῆς κεφαλῆς αὐτοῦ | ho ēn epí tês ke-pha-lês au-toû}, “which was upon His head,” identifying this cloth as the one that had covered Jesus.
The negated participial phrase ou meta tōn othoniōn keimenon {οὐ μετὰ τῶν ὀθονίων κείμενον | ou metá tōn o-tho-ní-ōn keí-me-non} describes the face cloth by what is not true of it: it was not lying with the other linen cloths.
Root and etymology
Latin sudariumsigma–upsilon–delta–alpha–rho–iota–omicron–mu
“cloth for wiping sweat, face cloth”
In context — John 20:7
And the face cloth that was upon His head was not lying with the linen cloths, but was set apart, having been wrapped up in one place .
About this coordinate
John 20:7:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of John 20:7, so the Greek word σουδάριον, (soudarion) can be cited, linked and studied at exactly this position rather than somewhere in the verse. In the Biblical Knowledge Coordinate System the same position is written John.20.7.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (John.20.7.W3.S1) and character.