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Jeremiah 5:27

“As a cage is full of birds, so are their houses full of deceit: therefore they are become great, and waxen rich.” (KJV)

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Lexical meaning

כְּלוּבkᵉlûwb · kel-oob'
H3619 · Hebrew

Definition: a bird-trap (as furnished with a clap-stick or treadle to spring it); hence, a basket (as resembling a wicker cage)
Derivation: from the same as H3611 (כֶּלֶב);
KJV renderings: basket, cage.
Grammar: כִּ — preposition
כְלוּב֙ — common noun, masculine, singular, absolute
Code HR/Ncmsa
Usage: Occurs 3 times in the Hebrew Bible.Amos 8:1 Amos 8:2

Theological interpretation (AI)

The card on the left shows lexical data from published sources. Interpretation is separate: ask the Companion to explain how traditions read כְּלוּב here.

Verse 26 Verse 28

Hebrew text: Westminster Leningrad Codex (public domain). Morphology & lemmas: Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible, CC BY 4.0 (hb.openscriptures.org). Lexicon: Strong's Hebrew Dictionary (1894, public domain; JSON edition © Open Scriptures, CC BY-SA). Verse numbers follow the Hebrew text, which occasionally differs from English Bibles.