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Boanerges

Boanerges noun: a vociferous preacher or orator.

Noun

Boanerges (plural Boanergeses)

  1. A vociferous preacher or orator.
    • The groom is a Boanerges, rants twice as loud and twice as long as my Phoenix, and is, of course, in the estimate of the fanatics, twice as clever a fellow.1835, Chandler Robbins Gilman, Legends of a log cabin, page 121
    • I have sat under Boanerges when he has specifically addressed himself to us — us, the infants — and at this present writing I hear his lumbering jocularity (which never amused us, though we basely pretended that it did), and I behold his big round face, and I look up the inside of his outstretched...c. 1861, Charles Dickens, chapter IX, in The Uncommercial Traveller

Boanerges meaning in Tamil

Boanerges in Tamil

பெருஞ்சொற்கொண்டல்

Forms of Boanerges

pluralBoanergeses

Origin of Boanerges

Borrowed from Ancient Greek Βοανεργές (Boanergés), likely from Aramaic בני רגז (bəney rəgaz, literally “sons of rage”), traditionally glossed as "sons of thunder". However, Maurice Casey argues that it is simply a misreading of Aramaic r‘am "thunder" (due to the similarity of z to the final m). This is supported by one Syriac translation of the name as bnay ra‘mâ. This appellation was given by Christ to two of his disciples, James and John (cf. Mark 3:17), in reference to their fiery temper.

Questions about Boanerges

What does Boanerges mean?
Boanerges means a vociferous preacher or orator.
What is Boanerges in Tamil?
Boanerges in Tamil is பெருஞ்சொற்கொண்டல். See Boanerges meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is Boanerges?
Boanerges is a noun.
What is the plural of Boanerges?
The plural of Boanerges is Boanergeses.

Words near Boanerges in the dictionary

  1. Boals
  2. Boamandhipparu Huraagan'du
  3. Boambee
  4. Boambee East
  5. Boambolo
  6. Boanerges
  7. Boanergeses
  8. Boann
  9. boanthropy
  10. Boao
  11. boar

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Adapted from Wiktionary: Boanerges (page history and authors); Boanerges (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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