noun · masculine
boanērges
GreekΒοανηργές (boanērges)
Strong’sG993
Boanerges
stem boanērge-once in the New Testament1 of 10 forms occur
Translated as
What it means
Βοανηργές, indecl. (on the derivation, v. Dalman, Gr., 144; Words, 42; Swete, Mk., l.c.; DCG, i, 216),
G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament, 1922 — public domain. References open in the reader.
Strong’s G993 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from
Saidbo-an-erg-es'
sons of commotion; Boanerges, an epithet of two of the apostles
Fromof Chaldee origin ( and );
King JamesBoanerges.
James Strong, Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible, 1890 — public domain. The numbers in it link to the entries here.
Every form
| Job in the sentence case | one singular | more than one plural |
|---|---|---|
| subject nominative | boanērges | boanērges |
| object accusative | boanērges | boanērges1×Βοανηργές |
| direct address vocative | boanērges | boanērges |
| of, belonging to genitive | boanērges | boanērges |
| to, for dative | boanērges | boanērges |
Tinted cells are forms the New Testament never uses, so there is no Greek to show against them — but they are still correct Biblang, built from the slots below like any other.
Why these forms, and no others — the slots that make them
same in every form varies — every value shown
Where it appears
1 occurrence, every one of them listed
boanērges“Boanerges”objectaccusative plural1×
Mark 3:17“Boanerges”kai Iakōbon ton tou Zebedaiou kai Iōannon ton adelfon tou Iakōbou kai epitithata autoi onomeim Boanērges, hem atō Huiois Brontau,James son of Zebedee and his brother John ( whom He named Boanerges, meaning “Sons of Thunder”),