Ben-Gurion

[ben-goor-ee-uhn, ben-goo-ryawn]

noun

1. David, 1886–1973, Israeli statesman, born in Poland: prime minister of Israel 1948–53, 1955–63.

Ben-Gurion

/ bɛnˈɡʊərɪən /

noun

1. David , original name David Gruen . 1886–1973, Israeli socialist statesman, born in Poland; first prime minister of Israel (1948–53, 1955–63)

Example Sentences

"We found that while adequately treated chronic thyroid dysfunction was not associated with increased autism risk in offspring, ongoing imbalance across multiple trimesters was," said Idan Menashe, Ph.D., of the Ben-Gurion University of the Negev in Beer Sheva, Israel.

Read more on Science Daily

Prof. Alon Monsonego of Ben-Gurion University of the Negev found that T helper lymphocytes, which are immune cells involved in regulating the body's defenses, shift in function as people grow older.

Read more on Science Daily

He has his flaws and has made his share of costly mistakes, but the same can be said of ancient leaders like Samson and David as well as modern heroes like David Ben-Gurion, Golda Meir and Moshe Dayan.

Read more on The Wall Street Journal

But despite the moment of extraordinary tension, Truman immediately recognised the State of Israel when it was declared two days later by David Ben-Gurion, the country's first prime minister.

Read more on BBC

In 2019, for example, Nir Grinberg, a computational social scientist at Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, and colleagues showed that in a sample of more than 16,000 Twitter users taken around the 2016 U.S. presidential election, 80% of tweeted news from untrustworthy websites came from just 16 users.

Read more on Science Magazine