(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.

These dictionary topics are from
M.G. Easton M.A., D.D., Illustrated Bible Dictionary, Third Edition,
published by Thomas Nelson, 1897. Public Domain, copy freely.