H4624: מַעֲקֶה
maʻăqeh · pronounced mah-ak-eh' · “parapet”
Definition
a parapet
KJV translates it as: battlement.
Word origin: from an unused root meaning to repress;
Extended definition
1) parapet
1a) a low wall at the edge of a balcony, roof, etc., or along the sides of a bridge etc.,
1a) a low wall at the edge of a balcony, roof, etc., or along the sides of a bridge etc.,
Brief lexicon based on BDB via STEPBible TBESH (CC BY 4.0).
How H4624 is translated
- a parapet ×1
Bible verses with H4624 (maʻăqeh)
Maʻăqeh appears in 1 verse.
- Deuteronomy 22:8
When thou buildest a new house, then thou shalt make a battlement for thy roof, that thou bring not blood upon thine house, if any man fall from thence.