Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Definition for Boanerges
Boanerges, proper n. [Chaldee, 'sons of commotion'; Aramaic, 'sons of thunder'.]
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.
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