Cabin

Holman Bible Dictionary

Jeremiah 37:16

Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible

CABIN . The Eng. word ‘cabin’ is now chiefly confined to an apartment in a ship, but was formerly used of any small room. It occurs in AV [Note: Authorized Version.] for the cell (which is the word in AVm [Note: Authorized Version margin.] and RV [Note: Revised Version.] ) in which Jeremiah was confined ( Jeremiah 37:16 ). Cf. Spenser, FQ I. vi. 23

‘So long in secret cabin there he held

Her captive to his sensual desire.’

People's Dictionary of the Bible

Cabin. Jeremiah 37:16. A prison cell.

Wilson's Dictionary of Bible Types

Jeremiah 37:16 (a) This is really a dungeon or a prison cell for prisoners.

International Standard Bible Encyclopedia

       kab´in חניּות  ḥănuyyōth  Jeremiah 37:16

Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature

( חָנוּת, chanuth'; Sept. merely Graecizes, ἡ χερέθ ), properly a vault or cell (so the margin) within the dungeon, and under ground, for the separate confinement of prisoners ( Jeremiah 37:16). Others (Scheid, in the Diss. Lugdun. p. 988) understand it to mean a curved post, i.e. the stocks (comp. Jeremiah 20:2-3; Jeremiah 29:26). The idea conveyed in either case is that the prophet suffered the most severe and loathsome imprisonment. (See Prison).