KJV dictionary & concordance
An enclosure for confining birds.
Definition sources
First occurrence: Jeremiah 5:27
Complete exact-word concordance
As a cage is full of birds, so are their houses full of deceit: therefore they are become great, and waxen rich.
As a cage is full of birds, so are their houses full of deceit: therefore they are become great, and waxen rich.
1611 marginal noteOr, coupe.
And he cried mightily with a strong voice, saying, Babylon the great is fallen, is fallen, and is become the habitation of devils, and the hold of every foul spirit, and a cage of every unclean and hateful bird.
And he cryed mightily with a strōg voyce, saying, Babylon the great is fallen, is fallen, and is become the habitation of deuils, and the hold of euery foule spirit, and a cage of euery vncleane and hatefull bird:
1611 marginal noteChap. 14.8.
Source order
1 · Direct Scripture definition
As a cage is full of birds directly describes its creature-containing function. The statement is non-exhaustive and limited to the enclosure sense.
2 · KJV context and cross-references
