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<div> '''1: '''''Φυλακή''''' ''' (Strong'S #5438 — Noun [[Feminine]] — phulake — foo-lak-ay' ) </div> <p> from phulasso, "to guard," denotes (a) "a watching, keeping watch," &nbsp;Luke 2:8; (b) "persons keeping watch, a guard," &nbsp;Acts 12:10; (c) "a period during which watch is kept," e.g., &nbsp;Matthew 24:43; (d) "a prison, a hold." In &nbsp;Revelation 18:2 , AV, [[Babylon]] is described figuratively, first as a "hold" and then as a "cage" of every unclean and hateful bird (RV, "hold" in both clauses; marg., "prison"). The word is almost invariably translated "prison." See [[Hold]] , [[Imprisonment]] [[Prison]] , [[Ward]] , Watch. </p>

<p> ( '''''כְּלוּב''''' , ''Kelub', '''''Φυλακή''''' '' ). Bird-cages are named in &nbsp;Jeremiah 5:27;&nbsp;Revelation 18:2; and are perhaps implied in &nbsp;Job 41:5, where "playing with a bird' is mentioned. (See Bird). In the first of these passages the Sept. renders it by '''''Παγίς''''' , a ''Snare,'' implying that it was used for holding decoys with which to entrap other birds until the cage was full '''''—''''' an idea which the derivation of the Hebrews word confirms (from '''''כָּלִב''''' , to ''Clasp'' together by the shutting of the valves or trap). This interpretation is therefore better than that of the margin, "coop," or that of the Talmud, "a place of fattening," implying that it was used for holding wild or tame fowls until they became fit for the table. The same article is referred to in &nbsp;Sirach 11:30, under the term '''''Κάρταλλος''''' , which is elsewhere used of a tapering basket. (See Fowling). In &nbsp;Revelation 18:2, the Greek term is '''''Φυλακή''''' '','' meaning a prison or restricted habitation rather than a cage. This just suffices to show that the ancient [[Israelites]] kept birds in cages; but we have no farther information on the subject, nor any allusions to the singing of birds so kept. The cages were probably of the same forms which we still observe in the East, and which are shown in the annexed engraving. It is remarkable that there is no appearance of bird-cages in any of the domestic scenes which are portrayed on the mural tablets of the Egyptians. In &nbsp;Amos 8:12, the same word ''Kelub''' denotes a fruit-basket, so called, doubtless, from its resemblance toa cage. (See [[Basket]]). </p>

<p> ''''' kāj ''''' ( כּלוּב , <i> ''''' kelūbh ''''' </i> ; φυλακή , <i> ''''' phulakḗ ''''' </i> ): The earliest known form of cage made to confine a bird, for the pleasure of its song or the beauty of its coloring, was a crude affair of willows or other pliable twigs. Later cages were made of pottery, and now they are mostly made of wire. References in the Bible make it very clear that people were accustomed to confine in cages such birds as they especially prized for pets, or to detain them for market purposes. James indicated that cages were common when he wrote (&nbsp;James 3:7 ): "For every kind of beasts and birds ... is tamed, and hath been tamed by mankind." In Job (&nbsp;Job 41:5 ) we find these lines </p> <p> "Wilt thou play with him as with a bird? </p> <p> Or wilt thou bind him for thy maidens?" </p> <p> The only way to play with a bird is to confine it so that it grows accustomed to you and Thus loses fear. Jeremiah compared the civil state of Judah to a "cage (crate) full of birds" (&nbsp;Jeremiah 5:27 ), "the houses of the rich being stuffed with craftily-obtained wealth and articles of luxury" ( <i> HDB </i> ). The sale of sparrows as an article of food still continues in the eastern markets. Jesus referred to this (&nbsp;Matthew 10:29 ) and it was He who entered the temple and overthrew "the seats of them that sold the doves" (&nbsp;Matthew 21:12 ). In &nbsp;Revelation 18:2 we find a reference to "a hold (the King James Version "cage") of every unclean and hateful bird." See also [[Ecclesiasticus]] 11:30. </p>