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Βοανεργές (Boanérges) -- Sons of Thunder</title></title><link rel="canonical" href="http://biblehub.com/greek/993.htm" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="/strongsnew2.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="/print.css" type="text/css" media="Print" /><script type="application/javascript" src="https://scripts.webcontentassessor.com/scripts/8a2459b64f9cac8122fc7f2eac4409c8555fac9383016db59c4c26e3d5b8b157"></script><script src='https://qd.admetricspro.com/js/biblehub/biblehub-layout-loader-revcatch.js'></script><script id='HyDgbd_1s' src='https://prebidads.revcatch.com/ads.js' type='text/javascript' async></script><script>(function(w,d,b,s,i){var cts=d.createElement(s);cts.async=true;cts.id='catchscript'; cts.dataset.appid=i;cts.src='https://app.protectsubrev.com/catch_rp.js?cb='+Math.random(); document.head.appendChild(cts); }) (window,document,'head','script','rc-anksrH');</script></head> <script async src="https://www.googletagmanager.com/gtag/js?id=G-LR4HSKRP2H"></script> <script> window.dataLayer = window.dataLayer || []; function gtag(){dataLayer.push(arguments);} gtag('js', new Date()); gtag('config', 'G-LR4HSKRP2H'); </script><body><div id="fx"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx2"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="30" scrolling="no" src="/interlinear/vmenus/acts/3-7.htm" align="left" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div><div id="blnk"></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable"><tr><td><div id="fx5"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx6"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="245" scrolling="no" src="//biblehu.com/bmstrongs/greek/993.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable3"><tr><td><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center" id="announce"><tr><td><div id="l1"><div id="breadcrumbs"><a href="/">Bible</a> > <a href="/strongs.htm">Strong's</a> > <a href="/englishmans_greek.htm">Greek</a> > 993</div><div id="anc"><iframe src="/anc.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></div><div id="anc2"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><iframe src="/anc2.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></div></td></tr></table><div id="movebox2"><table border="0" align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tr><td><div id="topheading"><a href="../greek/992.htm" title="992">◄</a> 993. Boanérges <a href="../greek/994.htm" title="994">►</a></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center" class="maintable2"><table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><div id="leftbox"><div class="padleft"><div class="vheading">Strong's Lexicon</div><div align="left"><span class="toptitle2">Boanérges: Sons of Thunder</span></div><p><span class="tophdg">Original Word: </span><span class="greek">Βοανηργές</span><br><span class="tophdg">Part of Speech: </span>Proper Noun, Indeclinable<br><span class="tophdg">Transliteration: </span>Boanérges<br><span class="tophdg">Pronunciation: </span>bo-an-ER-ges<br><span class="tophdg">Phonetic Spelling: </span>(bo-an-erg-es')<br><span class="tophdg">Definition: </span>Sons of Thunder<br><span class="tophdg">Meaning: </span>Boanerges, sons of thunder.<p><span class="tophdg">Word Origin: </span>Of Aramaic origin, from בְּנֵי (beney, "sons") and רֶגֶשׁ (regesh, "tumult" or "thunder")<p><span class="tophdg">Corresponding Greek / Hebrew Entries: </span> - H1121 (בֵּן, ben): son <p> - H7267 (רֶגֶשׁ, regesh): tumult, commotion<p><span class="tophdg">Usage: </span>The term "Boanérges" is a nickname given by Jesus to the brothers James and John, the sons of Zebedee, as recorded in the New Testament. It signifies their zealous and fervent nature, possibly reflecting their fiery temperament or their powerful proclamation of the Gospel.<p><span class="tophdg">Cultural and Historical Background: </span>In the first-century Jewish context, names and nicknames often carried significant meaning, reflecting personal characteristics or prophetic insights. The nickname "Sons of Thunder" may have been indicative of James and John's passionate disposition or their potential for dynamic ministry. The use of Aramaic, the common language of the Jews in Palestine at the time, underscores the cultural setting of Jesus' ministry.<div class="vheading2">HELPS Word-studies</div><p class="discovery"><b>993</b> <i>Boanergés</i> – an Aramaic term transliterated from two Semitic roots: <i>bēn</i> ("sons") and <i>regesh</i> ("of thunder, tumult"; see Strong's OT #1123, 7285). <a href="/greek/993.htm">993</a> <i>/Boanergés</i> ("sons of thunder") is only used in Mk 3:17. We don't know why Jesus named these brothers (James, John), "sons of tumult," but their passion and boldness in the past no doubt <i>aptly fit their future calling</i>!</p><p class="discovery"><i>He surnamed them Boanerges</i> – M. Vincent, "The reason of its bestowal we do not know. It seems to have been intended as a title of honor, though not perpetuated like the surname Peter (this being the only instance of its occurrence). . . . It is justified by the impetuosity and zeal which characterized both the brothers, which prompted them to suggest the calling of fire from heaven to consume the inhospitable Samaritan village (Lk 9:54); which marked James as the victim of an early martyrdom (Ac 12:2); and which sounds in the thunders of John's Apocalypse" (<i>WS</i>, 98).</p><p class="discovery">["<i>Boanerges</i>" is an Aramaic term, interpreted by Mark (for his non-Jewish audience who were probably Romans). There are some 16 Aramaic and Latin terms in Mark's Gospel (see 2:4, 3:17, 5:9, 5:41, 7:4, 7:11, 7:34, 8, 9, 11;, 12:42, 14:36, 15, 15:34, 15:39, 44).]</p><iframe width="100%" height="85" scrolling=no src="/discovery.htm" frameborder=0 cellpadding=0></iframe><div class="vheading2">NAS Exhaustive Concordance</div><span class="hdg">Word Origin</span><br>of Aramaic origin <a href="/hebrew/1123.htm">ben</a> and <a href="/hebrew/7266.htm">regaz</a><br><span class="hdg">Definition</span><br>Boanerges, an epithet applied to the two sons of Zebedee<br><span class="hdg">NASB Translation</span><br>Boanerges (1).<p><div align="center"><span class="smalltext"><iframe width="100%" height="85" scrolling=no src="/nasec.htm" frameborder=0 cellpadding=0></iframe></span></div><div class="vheading2">Thayer's Greek Lexicon</div><span class="maintitle">STRONGS NT 993: Βοανεργές</span><br><br><span class="arttitle"><span class="grktitle">Βοανεργές</span></span> ((<span class="manuref">R</span> <span class="manuref">G</span>, so <span class="abbreviation">Suidas</span> (ed. Gaisf. 751 a.); but) <span class="manuref">L</span> <span class="manuref">T</span> <span class="manuref">Tr</span> <span class="manuref">WH</span> <span class="greek2">Βοανηργές</span>), <span class="accented">Boanerges,</span> Hebrew <span class="hebrew">רֶגֶשׁ</span> <span class="hebrew">בֲּנֵי</span> i. e. sons of thunder (as Mark himself explains it) (the name given by our Lord to James and John the sons of Zebedee): <a href="/interlinear/mark/3-17.htm">Mark 3:17</a>; <span class="hebrew">בְּ</span> pronounced Boa as Noabhyim for Nebhyim; see <span class="abbreviation">Lightfoot</span> Horae Hebrew at the passage; <span class="hebrew">רֶגֶשׁ</span>, in <a href="/interlinear/psalms/55-15.htm">Psalm 55:15</a> <span class="accented">a tumultuous crowd,</span> seems in Syriac to have signified <span class="accented">thunder</span>; so that the name <span class="greek2">Βοανηργές</span> seems to denote fiery and destructive zeal that may be likened to a thunderstorm, and to make reference to the occurrence narrated in <a href="/interlinear/luke/9-54.htm">Luke 9:54</a>. (Cf. Dr. James Morison's Commentary on Mark, the passage cited; <span class="abbreviation">Kautzsch</span>, Gram. d. Biblical-Aram., p. 9.)<FOOTNOTE:1> <br><br><iframe width="100%" height="85" scrolling=no src="/bsoft.htm" frameborder=0 cellpadding=0></iframe><div class="vheading2">Strong's Exhaustive Concordance</div>Boanerges. <p>Of Chaldee origin (<a href="/hebrew/1123.htm">ben</a> and <a href="/hebrew/7266.htm">rgaz</a>); sons of commotion; Boanerges, an epithet of two of the apostles -- Boanerges. <p>see HEBREW <a href="/hebrew/1123.htm">ben</a> <p>see HEBREW <a href="/hebrew/7266.htm">rgaz</a> <div class="vheading2">Forms and Transliterations</div>Βοανηργες Βοανηργές Boanerges Boanergés Boanērges Boanērgés<div class="vheading2">Links</div><a href="/interlinear/matthew/1-1.htm">Interlinear Greek</a> • <a href="/interlinear/genesis/1-1.htm">Interlinear Hebrew</a> • <a href="/strongs.htm">Strong's Numbers</a> • <a href="/englishmans_greek.htm">Englishman's Greek Concordance</a> • <a href="/englishmans_hebrew.htm">Englishman's Hebrew Concordance</a> • <a href="/texts/matthew/1-1.htm">Parallel Texts</a></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><div class="vheading">Englishman's Concordance</div><b><a href="/text/mark/3-17.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">Mark 3:17</a> <a href="/abbrev.htm" title="Noun">N</a></b><br><a href="/interlinear/mark/3.htm" title="Greek">GRK:</a> <span class="greek3">αὐτοῖς ὀνόματα <b>Βοανηργές</b> ὅ ἐστιν</span><br><a href="http://biblehub.com/nas/mark/3.htm" title="New American Standard Bible">NAS:</a> the name <span class="itali">Boanerges,</span> which<br><a href="/kjvs/mark/3.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> them <span class="itali">Boanerges,</span> which is,<br><a href="/interlinear/mark/3-17.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> to them [the] name <span class="itali">Boanerges</span> which is<p><b><a href="/greek/993.htm">Strong's Greek 993</a><br><a href="/greek/strongs_993.htm">1 Occurrence</a></b><br><br><a href="/greek/boane_rges_993.htm">Βοανηργές — 1 Occ.</a><br><br></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script> <script id="b817b7107f1d4a7997da1b3c33457e03"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=cb0edd8b-b416-47eb-8c6d-3cc96561f7e8&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-2'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-0' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-3'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-1' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div align="center" id='div-gpt-ad-1531425649696-0'> </div><br /><br /> <ins class="adsbygoogle" style="display:inline-block;width:200px;height:200px" data-ad-client="ca-pub-3753401421161123" data-ad-slot="3592799687"></ins> <script> (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); </script><br /><br /> </div> <div id="left"><a href="/greek/992.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="992"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="992" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="/greek/994.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="994"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="994" /></a></div><div id="botleft"><a href="#" onmouseover='botleft.src="/botleftgif.png"' onmouseout='botleft.src="/botleft.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botleft.png" name="botleft" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="botright"><a href="#" onmouseover='botright.src="/botrightgif.png"' onmouseout='botright.src="/botright.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botright.png" name="botright" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="bot"><iframe width="100%" height="1500" scrolling="no" src="/botmenubhchap.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></td></tr></table></div></body></html>