Sobriquet
A sobriquet is a nickname.
Jesus bestowed the Aramaic sobriquet Boanerges ("Sons of Thunder") on brothers James and John. (Mark 3:17)
and James, the son of Zebedee, and John the brother of James (to them He gave the name Boanerges, which means, "Sons of Thunder"); (Mark 3:17, NASB)
Some believe that the epithet was derived in deference to their temper (as exhibited in Luke 9:54) as the literal Aramaic means "Sons of Wrath."
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