Boanerges
Americannoun
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(in the Bible) a surname given by Jesus to James and John.
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(used with a singular verb) a vociferous preacher or orator.
noun
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New Testament a nickname applied by Jesus to James and John in Mark 3:17
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a fiery preacher, esp one with a powerful voice
Etymology
Origin of Boanerges
< Late Latin < Greek Boanergés ≪ Hebrew bənē reghesh sons of thunder
Example Sentences
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I understand you are in the habit of intimacy with that Boanerges of Gospel powers, Father Auld.
From The Real Robert Burns by Hughes, J. L.
He gave three of his disciples nicknames, and they were all given to express forcefulness; Simon he called Peter, the Rock; and James and John he called Boanerges, the sons of thunder.
From The Social Principles of Jesus by Rauschenbusch, Walter
Leigh Hunt called him, with much truth, "the Boanerges of the Temple."
From The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 15, No. 88, February, 1865 by Various
Boanerges was built before the printing-press was invented—in the dark ages—in the days of the Black Art.
From A Knight on Wheels by Hay, Ian
The owner of Boanerges came to the point at once.
From A Knight on Wheels by Hay, Ian
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