cage Summary and Overview
Bible Dictionaries at a Glance
cage in Easton's Bible Dictionary
(Heb. kelub', Jer. 5:27, marg. "coop;" rendered "basket" in Amos 8:1), a basket of wicker-work in which birds were placed after being caught. In Rev. 18:2 it is the rendering of the Greek "phulake", properly a prison or place of confinement.
cage in Smith's Bible Dictionary
The term so rendered in #Jer 5:27| is more properly a trap in which decoy birds were placed. In #Re 18:2| the (Greek term means a prison.
cage in Fausset's Bible Dictionary
(Jeremiah 5:27), rather "a trap" with decoy birds in it. In Revelation 18:2 a prison, guardhouse. (See BIRD.)