ben : Idioms & Phrases


ben gurion

  • noun Israeli statesman (born in Poland) and active Zionist who organized resistance against the British after World War II; prime minister of Israel (1886-1973)
    Ben Gurion; David Grun.
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ben hecht

  • noun United States writer of stories and plays (1894-1946)
    Hecht.
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ben hogan

  • noun United States golfer who won many major golf tournaments (1912-1997)
    William Benjamin Hogan; Hogan.
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ben jonson

  • noun English dramatist and poet who was the first real poet laureate of England (1572-1637)
    Jonson; Benjamin Jonson.
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ben shahn

  • noun United States artist whose work reflected social and political themes (1898-1969)
    Shahn; Benjamin Shahn.
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ben sira

  • noun an Apocryphal book mainly of maxims (resembling Proverbs in that respect)
    Sirach; Ecclesiasticus; Wisdom of Jesus the Son of Sirach.
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big ben

  • noun clock in the clock tower of the Houses of Parliament, London
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david ben gurion

  • noun Israeli statesman (born in Poland) and active Zionist who organized resistance against the British after World War II; prime minister of Israel (1886-1973)
    Ben Gurion; David Grun.
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joseph ben matthias

  • noun Jewish general who led the revolt of the Jews against the Romans and then wrote a history of those events (37-100)
    Flavius Josephus; Josephus.
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rabbi moses ben maimon

  • noun Spanish philosopher considered the greatest Jewish scholar of the Middle Ages who codified Jewish law in the Talmud (1135-1204)
    Moses Maimonides; Maimonides.
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