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Bernanke, Ben Shalom

(Encyclopedia)Bernanke, Ben Shalom bĕrnăngkˈē [key], 1953–, U.S. economist and government official, b. Augusta, Ga.; grad. Harvard (B.A., 1975), Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Ph.D., 1979). He was a p...

Jehovah-shalom

(Encyclopedia)Jehovah-shalom jəhōˈvə-shāˈlŏm [key], in the Bible, name Gideon gave to his altar in Ophrah after an angel appeared to him. ...

Ben

(Encyclopedia)Ben, in the Bible, Levite porter under David.

Macdui, Ben

(Encyclopedia)Macdui, Ben, or Ben Macdhui, peak: see Ben Macdui, Scotland. ...

Ben Macdui

(Encyclopedia)Ben Macdui or Ben Macdhui măkdo͞oˈē [key], Gaelic Beinn Muic Duibhe, peak, 4,296 ft (1,309 m) high, Moray, Scotland, in the Cairngorm Mts.; second highest peak in Scotland. ...

Ben Nevis

(Encyclopedia)Ben Nevis nēˈvĭs, nĕvˈĭs [key], peak, 4,411 ft (1,345 m) high, Highland, W Scotland, overlooking Glen Nevis; highest peak of Great Britain. Ben Nevis is the remnant of a geologically ancient vol...

Nevis, Ben

(Encyclopedia)Nevis, Ben, peak: see Ben Nevis, Scotland. ...

Ben Ezra

(Encyclopedia)Ben Ezra: see Ibn Ezra, Abraham ben Meir. ...

Ben-hail

(Encyclopedia)Ben-hail bēn-hāˈĭl [key], in the Bible, one of Jehoshaphat's princes. ...

Ben-ammi

(Encyclopedia)Ben-ammi bĕn-ămˈī [key], in the Bible, son of Lot by his younger daughter; eponym of the Ammonites. ...