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( çָðåּú , chanuth'; Sept. merely Graecizes, ἡ ÷åñÝè ), properly a vault or cell (so the margin) within the dungeon, and under ground, for the separate confinement of prisoners (Jer_37:16). Others (Scheid, in the Diss. Lugdun. p. 988) understand it to mean a curved post, i.e. the stocks (comp. Jer_20:2-3; Jer_29:26). The idea conveyed in either case is that the prophet suffered the most severe and loathsome imprisonment. SEE PRISON.