- Original: מעקה - Transliteration: Ma`aqeh - Phonetic: mah-ak-eh' - Definition: 1. parapet a. a low wall at the edge of a balcony, roof, etc., or along the sides of a bridge etc., - Origin: from an unused root meaning to repress - TWOT entry: 1679a - Part(s) of speech: Noun Masculine - Strong's: From an unused root meaning to repress; a parapet: - battlement. Total KJV Occurrences: 1 • battlement, 1 Deuteronomy 22:8