A small piece of cloth used for wrapping, wiping, or cleaning.
About Band of Cloth
The handkerchief was a small, rectangular piece of cloth used for wiping perspiration from the face. It was also sometimes tied around the forehead by workmen to keep the sweat from running into the eyes and face.
Key References
The man who had been dead came out with his hands and feet bound in strips of linen, and his face wrapped in a cloth. “Unwrap him and let him go,” Jesus told them.
The cloth that had been around Jesus’ head was rolled up, lying separate from the linen cloths.
so that even handkerchiefs and aprons that had touched him were taken to the sick, and the diseases and evil spirits left them.
All Scripture References (4)
Luke (1)
Then another servant came and said, ‘Master, here is your mina, which I have laid away in a piece of cloth.
John (2)
The man who had been dead came out with his hands and feet bound in strips of linen, and his face wrapped in a cloth. “Unwrap him and let him go,” Jesus told them.
The cloth that had been around Jesus’ head was rolled up, lying separate from the linen cloths.
Acts (1)
so that even handkerchiefs and aprons that had touched him were taken to the sick, and the diseases and evil spirits left them.