Boanerges

[ boh-uh-nur-jeez ]

/ ˌboʊ əˈnɜr dʒiz /

a surname given by Jesus to James and John. Mark 3:17.

(used with a singular verb) a vociferous preacher or orator.

Origin of Boanerges

< Late Latin < Greek Boanergés ≪ Hebrew bənē reghesh sons of thunder

Miss Corelli tells hers with the voice and manner of a Boanerges.

My Contemporaries In Fiction |David Christie Murray
Then Captain Boanerges, for that they were men of courage, listed them into his company, and so away they went to the war.

The Holy War made by Shaddai upon Diabolus |John Bunyan
Boanerges, not Balzac, now occupies the pasteboard pulpit of fiction.

Unicorns |James Huneker
This same prominence may have contributed partly to the title “Boanerges” or “sons of thunder” which, according to Mark iii.

Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 15, Slice 2 |Various

He is no Boanerges of the Temple; but he is a giant as regards a firm grasp of doctrinal truth.

Western Worthies |J. Stephen Jeans

Boanerges

/ (ˌbəʊəˈnɜːdʒiːz) /

New Testament a nickname applied by Jesus to James and John in Mark 3:17

a fiery preacher, esp one with a powerful voice

C17: from Hebrew benē reghesh sons of thunder