Bō-a-nēr'jēs, n. pl.

n. pl. [Heb. bnē hargem, sons of thunder; bnē, pl. of bēn, son, ha, the, and ra’ām, thunder.] Sons of thunder; — an appellation given by Jesus Christ to his two disciples James and John.

And he surnamed them Boanerges, which is, the sons of thunder. Mark iii. 17.