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Cage

Cage (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...

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Cage (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.

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