King James Bible
King James Version (KJV)
STRONGS NUMBER G993
Transliteration: Boanerges
Phonetic Spelling: (bo-an-erg-es')
Part of Speech: Proper Noun, Indeclinable
Short Definition: Boanerges, an epithet applied to the two sons of Zebedee
Meaning: Boanerges -- an epithet applied to the two sons of Zebedee
Βοανεργές ((R G, so Suidas (ed. Gaisf. 751 a.); but) L T Tr WH Βοανηργές), Boanerges, Hebrew רֶגֶשׁ בֲּנֵי i. e. sons of thunder (as Mark himself explains it) (the name given by our Lord to James and John the sons of Zebedee): Mark 3:17; בְּ pronounced Boa as Noabhyim for Nebhyim; see Lightfoot Horae Hebrew at the passage; רֶגֶשׁ, in Psalm 55:15 a tumultuous crowd, seems in Syriac to have signified thunder; so that the name Βοανηργές seems to denote fiery and destructive zeal that may be likened to a thunderstorm, and to make reference to the occurrence narrated in Luke 9:54. (Cf. Dr. James Morison's Commentary on Mark, the passage cited; Kautzsch, Gram. d. Biblical-Aram., p. 9.)
Word Summary
Boanerges: Boanerges, an epithet applied to the two sons of Zebedee
Original Word: ΒοανεργέςTransliteration: Boanerges
Phonetic Spelling: (bo-an-erg-es')
Part of Speech: Proper Noun, Indeclinable
Short Definition: Boanerges, an epithet applied to the two sons of Zebedee
Meaning: Boanerges -- an epithet applied to the two sons of Zebedee
Strong's Concordance
Boanerges. Of Chaldee origin (ben and rgaz); sons of commotion; Boanerges, an epithet of two of the apostles -- Boanerges.
see HEBREW ben
see HEBREW rgaz
Thayer's Greek Lexicon
STRONGS NT 993: ΒοανεργέςΒοανεργές ((R G, so Suidas (ed. Gaisf. 751 a.); but) L T Tr WH Βοανηργές), Boanerges, Hebrew רֶגֶשׁ בֲּנֵי i. e. sons of thunder (as Mark himself explains it) (the name given by our Lord to James and John the sons of Zebedee): Mark 3:17; בְּ pronounced Boa as Noabhyim for Nebhyim; see Lightfoot Horae Hebrew at the passage; רֶגֶשׁ, in Psalm 55:15 a tumultuous crowd, seems in Syriac to have signified thunder; so that the name Βοανηργές seems to denote fiery and destructive zeal that may be likened to a thunderstorm, and to make reference to the occurrence narrated in Luke 9:54. (Cf. Dr. James Morison's Commentary on Mark, the passage cited; Kautzsch, Gram. d. Biblical-Aram., p. 9.)