BOANERGES (Boavepyes, explained by viol Bpovls, sons of thunder, Mark iii. 17), a surname given by Christ to James and John, probably on account of their fervid, impetuous spirit (comp. Luke ix. 54, and see Olshausen thereon). The word boanelys has greatly perplexed philologists and commentators. It seems agreed that the Greek term does not correctly represent the original Syro Chaldee word, although it is disputed what that word was. Many, with Jerome, think that the true word is Bevepecla, from the Hebrew Dr' +,73 benei-ra'am, as in Hebrew CV constantly denotes thunder. But this varies too much from the vestigia literarum. Others derive it from the Hebrew ln t7111 benei-ra'ash, which deviates still further, and only signifies—sons of tumult or commotion. Re cent interpreters therefore incline to the derivation of Caninius, De Dieu, and Fritzsche, who take it from benei-regesh, for Eiri, which in He brew signifies a crowd, a tumult, in Syriac and Arabic signifies thunder. Thus the word Loan
erger would seem to be a slight corruption from boane-regesh, the bonne being very possibly the Galihean pronunciation instead of bene (comp. Bloomfield's New Test. on Mark iii. i7; and Robinson's Gr. Lex. s. v. Boavepy4s).—J. K.
BOAT (raouipwv), John vi. 22, 23, was probably put for a smaller boat than the fishing craft, 7rAsia., employed on the sea of Tiberias. The people, perceiving that Jesus had not gone with his disci ples, supposed he was still on the east side of the sea, as there was not even a boat, irXoidpiov, by which he could have crossed. But when they found he was gone, they availed themselves of such boats, which had returned from Tiberias, to go in quest of him. The boat, ax4ev (Acts xxvii. 16), was the jolly-boat of the ship. [SHIP.]