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BOANERGES*

Name meaning “sons of thunder” given by Jesus to James and John, Zebedee’s sons (Mk 3:17). Its derivation is uncertain. The name may have referred to the volatile personalities of the two brothers (Lk 9:54), to their possible revolutionary past as Zealots, or even to a “thundering” style of speech.

Show passage in OET: MRK 3:17

OET-RV MRK 3:17

17 Ya’akov (James; Grk. Yakobos) and his brother Yohan (John; Grk. Yoannes) who were Zavday’s (Grk. Zebedaios) sons (and he nicknamed them the “sons of thunder”),

OET-LV MRK 3:17

17 and Yakōbos/(Yaˊₐqoⱱ) the son of _the Zebedaios, and Yōannaʸs the brother the of _Yakōbos, and he _added _on to _them the_names Boanerges, which is sons of _thunder,

Show passage in OET: LUK 9:54

OET-RV LUK 9:54

54 Seeing this, his apprentices Ya’akov (James; Grk. Yakobos) and Yohan (John; Grk. Yoannes) asked, “Master, will you let us call fire down from the sky to burn them up?”

OET-LV LUK 9:54

54 And having _seen it, the apprentices/followers Yakōbos/(Yaˊₐqoⱱ) and Yōannaʸs said:
master, are _you _willing that we _may _call fire to _come _down from the sky and to _consume_ them _up?

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See also James (Person); John, The Apostle.