Parapet
מַעֲקֶהStrong’s H4624maaqeh (ma-a-qeh)
Appears in 1 verse of the Old Testament
In short
Maaqeh is the Hebrew word usually translated “parapet”. It appears in 1 verse of the Old Testament.
“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.”
Meaning
- Parapeta low wall at the edge of a balcony, roof, etc., or along the sides of a bridge etc.
How it's translated
- a parapet 1
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Deuteronomy 1
1 book in all.
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Hebrew dictionary
מַעֲקֶה maaqeh · parapet
1) parapet 1a) a low wall at the edge of a balcony, roof, etc., or along the sides of a bridge etc.,
From STEPBible’s Hebrew lexicon (based on Brown-Driver-Briggs).
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
How the English word “parapet” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.
PAR'APET, noun
[Latin pectus.]
Literally, a wall or rampart to the breast or breast high; but in practice, a wall, rampart or elevation of earth for covering soldiers from an enemy's shot.
Noah Webster, An American Dictionary of the English Language (1828). Verse references are checked against the KJV. Read the full entry.
Verses are from the King James Version. Word meanings come from the original Hebrew, not from any one translation.