“Basket” From Boyd’s Bible Dictionary:
Mostly of wicker, and variously used for bread (Gen. 40:16-19; Ex. 29:2-3,23; Lev. 8:2; Matt. 14:20; 15:37); first fruits (Deut. 26:2-4); fruits (Jer. 24:1-2); bulky articles (2 Kings 10:7; Psa. 81:6).
“Cage” From Boyd’s Bible Dictionary:
(hollow). Bird-trap (Jer. 5:27); prison (Rev. 18:2).
“Basket” From Concise Bible Dictionary:
Various Hebrew words are translated “basket,” and doubtless the size, shape and strength varied according to the purpose for which they were intended. In the New Testament there are three Greek words used: σαργάνη, “a hamper,” in which Paul was let down by the wall, (2 Cor. 11:33), though for the same occurrence another word is used in Acts 9:25, σπυρίς, which also signifies “a hamper,” and is used for the seven baskets of fragments remaining after the four thousand were fed (Matt. 15:37; Matt. 16:10; Mark 8:8, 20). When the five thousand were fed there were twelve baskets of fragments, but it was then the κόθινος, “a hand basket” (Matt. 14:20; Matt. 16:9; Mark 6:43; Mark 8:19; Luke 9:17; John 6:13). The two perfect numbers seven and twelve show the inexhaustible supply the Lord furnishes when His purpose is to bless His own.
“Cage” From Concise Bible Dictionary:
It is said symbolically that as a cage or trap is full of birds, so the houses of the Jews were full of deceit (Jer. 5:27). “A cage of every unclean and hateful bird,” is a character a mystical Babylon (Rev. 18:2). The word here is θυλακή, often translated “prison.”
Strong’s Dictionary of Hebrew Words:
Meaning:
from the same as 3611; a bird-trap (as furnished with a clap-stick or treadle to spring it); hence, a basket (as resembling a wicker cage)