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CAGE.—Birds were taken to market in a cage or coop of wicker work (Jer_5:27); a similar cage might hold a decoy-bird in fowling (Sir_11:30). One of Ashurbanipal’s hunting scenes shows a cage of strong wooden bars from which a lion is being let loose (cf. Eze_19:8 RV [Note: Revised Version.] ). In Rev_18:2 render, with RV [Note: Revised Version.] , ‘hold’ or ‘prison’ for AV [Note: Authorized Version.] ‘cage.’
A. R. S. Kennedy.