cage, hold, (im-)prison(-ment), ward, watch

Boyd’s Bible Dictionary:

(hollow). Bird-trap (Jer. 5:27²⁷As a cage is full of birds, so are their houses full of deceit: therefore they are become great, and waxen rich. (Jeremiah 5:27)); prison (Rev. 18:2²And 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. (Revelation 18:2)).

Concise Bible Dictionary:

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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. 5:27²⁷As a cage is full of birds, so are their houses full of deceit: therefore they are become great, and waxen rich. (Jeremiah 5:27)). “A cage of every unclean and hateful bird,” is a character a mystical Babylon (Rev. 18:2²And 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. (Revelation 18:2)). The word here is θυλακή, often translated “prison.”

Strong’s Dictionary of Greek Words:

Number:

5438 (find all occurrences in KJV Bible)

Greek:

φυλακή

Transliteration:

phulake

Phonic:

foo-lak-ay’

Meaning:

from 5442; a guarding or (concretely, guard), the act, the person; figuratively, the place, the condition, or (specially), the time (as a division of day or night), literally or figuratively

KJV Usage:

cage, hold, (im-)prison(-ment), ward, watch