Thing

Cage

Human-made Things in the Bible

The cage was a kind of basket, woven loosely of cane or sticks. It had a top or door that could be closed. When a bird or other prey was caught alive, it was confined in the cage. Sometimes the basket itself served as a kind of trap.

In the Bible

The Hebrew and Greek words for it, and every verse where each is used

סוּגַר sugar · 1 verse
κάρταλλος kartallos · 1 verse

Also in Hunting

Sources

Plants and Trees in the Bible, Animals in the Bible and Human-made Things in the Bible © United Bible Societies, 2025 (adapted from Each According to its Kind: Plants and Trees in the Bible by Robert Koops, All Creatures Great and Small: Living Things in the Bible by Edward R. Hope, and The Works of Their Hands: Man-made Things in the Bible by Ray Pritz), CC BY-SA 4.0; adapted for eRhema