Cage
Bible Usage:
- cage used twice.
- First Reference: Jeremiah 5:27
- Last Reference: Revelation 18:2
Dictionaries:
- Included in Eastons: Yes
- Included in Hitchcocks: No
- Included in Naves: Yes
- Included in Smiths: Yes
- Included in Websters: Yes
- Included in Strongs: Yes
- Included in Thayers: Yes
- Included in BDB: Yes
Strongs Concordance:
Easton's Bible Dictionary
Cage
(Heb. kelub', Jeremiah 5:27, marg. "coop;" rendered "basket" in Amos 8:1), a basket of wicker-work in which birds were placed after being caught. In Revelation 18:2 it is the rendering of the Greek phulake, properly a prison or place of confinement.
Naves Topical Index
Cage
For birds, unclean
Jeremiah 5:27; Revelation 18:2
Smith's Bible Dictionary
Cage
The term so rendered in (Jeremiah 5:27) is more properly a trap in which decoy birds were placed. In (Revelation 18:2) the (Greek term means a prison.
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
Cage
CAGE, verb transitive To confine in a cage; to shut up, or confine.