Boanerges

Boanerges proper n

Chaldee, 'sons of commotion'; Aramaic, 'sons of thunder'.

1. James and John (see Mark 3:17); nickname that Christ gave to the two sons of Zebedee; [fig.] disciple; apostolic messenger; loud orator; vociferous preacher; subject of an 1858 biographical sketch by James Challen.