Maʻăqeh — H4624

Definition

masculine noun

a parapet

1. parapet
1. a low wall at the edge of a balcony, roof, etc., or along the sides of a bridge etc.,

Usually translated as

battlement

Origin

from an unused root meaning to repress

Occurrences

Maʻăqeh occurs 1 time in the King James.

Distribution of the word across the Bible: Deuteronomy (1)

• Deuteronomy 22:8 — When thou buildest a new house, then thou shalt make a battlement (מַעֲקֶ֖ה) for thy roof, that thou bring not blood upon thine house, if any man fall from thence.