Easton's Bible Dictionary: M. G. Easton, M.A., D.D.
(Heb.
kelub',
Jer. 5:27, marg. "coop;" rendered "basket" in
Amos 8:1), a basket of wicker-work in which birds were placed after being caught. In
Rev. 18:2 it is the rendering of the Greek
phulake, properly a prison or place of confinement.