Waiting for reviewApostrophes and possessivesCandidate #10429 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

septuagintsseptuagint's

Apostrophes added or expanded, mostly possessives: gods → god's. Approve one at a time: some places are plurals.

Puritas changed it: 210 times in 112 works
Consistency: 100% (210 of 210)
Reach if approved: ~221 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner: No opinion (map not loaded)
Matches: Exact word, any case
In our text: 210 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings: None
Taken into joins: None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (210 changes in 112 works, 100% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 210)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied

Printed
… called, for the Lord hath reprobated them: the Chaldee paraphrase expoundeth it vile; the SeptuagintsSeptuagint's respecting the meaning rather than the word it selfe, foreign, that is, wicked, or one …
With rule
… called, for the Lord hath reprobated them: the Chaldee paraphrase expoundeth it vile; the SeptuagintsSeptuagint's respecting the meaning rather than the word it selfe, foreign, that is, wicked, or one …
George Downame · Lectures on the 25th Psalm · p. 129 · Open in the reader
Printed
… them from one end of the week to another, and the word which the SeptuagintsSeptuagint's uſe for Shew-bread, it is tranſlated as the word which the Apoſtle uſeth …
With rule
… them from one end of the week to another, and the word which the SeptuagintsSeptuagint's uſe for Shew-bread, it is tranſlated as the word which the Apoſtle uſeth …
John Cotton · Exposition of Revelation 13 · p. 135 · Open in the reader
Printed
… read our sinne in some judgement of God which lyeth upon us. Therefore the SeptuagintsSeptuagint's here in stead of being ashamed of all that they have done, (a) read …
With rule
… read our sinne in some judgement of God which lyeth upon us. Therefore the SeptuagintsSeptuagint's here in stead of being ashamed of all that they have done, (a) read …
George Gillespie · Sermon Preached 27 March 1644 · p. 17 · Open in the reader
Printed
Note g g. The words foreign Behold ye deſpiſers] which from the SeptuagintsSeptuagint's reading the Apoſtle here embraceth, are very different from what not onely the Vulgar …
With rule
Note g g. The words foreign Behold ye deſpiſers] which from the SeptuagintsSeptuagint's reading the Apoſtle here embraceth, are very different from what not onely the Vulgar …
Henry Hammond · Review of the Paraphrase of the New Testament · p. 85 · Open in the reader
Printed
… with the Lord, leaving a remembrance behinde them) have interpreted it; which phraſe the SeptuagintsSeptuagint's never uſed, as they are obſerved: for it is one thing to beleeve, that …
With rule
… with the Lord, leaving a remembrance behinde them) have interpreted it; which phraſe the SeptuagintsSeptuagint's never uſed, as they are obſerved: for it is one thing to beleeve, that …
Thomas Hooker · The Souls Vocation · p. 316 · Open in the reader
Printed
… them here (Vers. 17.) Nobles: in both, the same ranke of men. But because the SeptuagintsSeptuagint's translation of the word in this place foreign is by some made such a matter …
With rule
… them here (Vers. 17.) Nobles: in both, the same ranke of men. But because the SeptuagintsSeptuagint's translation of the word in this place foreign is by some made such a matter …
William Pemble · The Period of the Persian Monarchy · p. 78 · Open in the reader
Printed
… were, one whom God hath ſanctified, and of his grace conſecrated to himſelfe. The SeptuagintsSeptuagint's reade it foreign: that is, reuerens & religioſus; a deuout, reuerent, and religious man: they are …
With rule
… were, one whom God hath ſanctified, and of his grace conſecrated to himſelfe. The SeptuagintsSeptuagint's reade it foreign: that is, reuerens & religioſus; a deuout, reuerent, and religious man: they are …
Richard Stock · The Churchs Lamentation for the Loss of the Godly · p. 7 · Open in the reader
Printed
… at anytime accuſe the Hebrew of corruption, but rather imagineth ſome myſterie in the SeptuagintsSeptuagint's tranſlation. Which plainlie prooueth, that the Church beleeued not the Hebrew to be corrupted …
With rule
… at anytime accuſe the Hebrew of corruption, but rather imagineth ſome myſterie in the SeptuagintsSeptuagint's tranſlation. Which plainlie prooueth, that the Church beleeued not the Hebrew to be corrupted …
William Whitaker · Answer to Reynolds Book · p. 275 · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (0)

None: wherever Puritas had this word on its own, it changed it.