Quick Definition
a towel, apron
Strong's Definition
a "linen" cloth, i.e. apron
Derivation: of Latin origin;
KJV Usage: towel
Thayer's Greek Lexicon
λέντιον, λεντιου, τό (a Latin word,linteum), a linen cloth, towel (Arrian peripl. mar. rubr. 4): of the towel or apron, which servants put on when about to work (Suetonius, Calig. 26), Joh_13:4 f; with which it was supposed the nakedness of persons undergoing crucifixion was covered, Ev. Nicod. c. 10; cf. Thilo, Cod. Apocrypha, p. 582f.
Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary
λέντιον lention 2x
a coarse cloth, with which servants were girded, a towel, napkin, apron, Joh_13:4-5
Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon
† λέντιον , -ου , τό
(Lat. linteum),
a linen cloth, towel: Joh_13:4-5 .†
Moulton & Milligan — Vocabulary of the Greek NT
λέντιον [page 374]
This Graecized form ( Joh_13:4 f. ) of the Lat. linteum , which in the second syllable shows the more open form of ι (for ε ) before a vowel (cf. Moulton Gr. ii. p. 76), is found in Ostr 1611 .1 al. (Rom.) λέν [τ (ια )] β̄ two linen cloths, and P Oxy VI. 929 .10 (ii/iii A.D.) λίνον καὶ λέντιον τριβακόν , a linen cloth and a worn towel. In Magn 116 .34 (time of Hadrian) we have λειτουργοῦ . . ἐκγδόσεως λεντίων ἑκατοστή .
Liddell-Scott — Intermediate Greek Lexicon
λέντιον λέντιον, ου, τό, Lat. linteum, a cloth, napkin, NTest.
STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Greek Lexicon
λέντιον, -ου, τό (Lat. linteum),
a linen cloth, towel: Jhn.13:4-5.†
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