Hypertext Webster Gateway: "Boanerges"
From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary (easton)
Boanerges
sons of thunder, a surname given by our Lord to James and John
(Mark 3:17) on account of their fervid and impetuous temper
(Luke 9:54).
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Boanerges \Bo`a*ner"ges\ [Gr. ?, fr. Heb. bn? hargem sons of
thunder. -- an appellation given by Christ to two of his
disciples (James and John). See Mark iii. 17.]
Any declamatory and vociferous preacher or orator.
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