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ismaelIshmael

Proper names whose form changes beyond mechanical spelling: Ionas → Jonah. Approve one at a time.

Puritas changed it
1,540 times in 471 works
Consistency
98.9% (1,540 of 1,557)
Reach if approved
~1,636 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner
Agrees: ishmael
Matches
Exact word, any case
In our text
1,557 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings
None
Taken into joins
None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (1,540 changes in 471 works, 98.9% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 1,540)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied
  1. Printed
    1. Deriſion: for as IſmaelIshmael derided Iſaac, and as Michol ſcoffed at David, ſo they that are borne of …
    With rule
    1. Deriſion: for as IſmaelIshmael derided Iſaac, and as Michol ſcoffed at David, ſo they that are borne of …

    Daniel Featley · A Key Opening Mysterious Texts of Scripture · p. 694 · Open in the reader

  2. Printed
    … name and title of pietie chiefly to ouerthrow true pietie. Of this number were IsmaelIshmael and Esau in the tyme of Isaac and Iacob … in the tyme of Ioseph …
    With rule
    … name and title of pietie chiefly to ouerthrow true pietie. Of this number were IsmaelIshmael and Esau in the tyme of Isaac and Iacob … in the tyme of Ioseph …

    John Foxe · The Pope Confuted · p. 52 · Open in the reader

  3. Printed
    … thy ſeede be called. Gen. 21. ver. 12. Abraham therefore paſſed this bleſſing ouer, not vnto IſmaelIshmael his elder ſonne, but vnto his ſonne Iſaake. Abraham being olde, he tooke an …
    With rule
    … thy ſeede be called. Gen. 21. ver. 12. Abraham therefore paſſed this bleſſing ouer, not vnto IſmaelIshmael his elder ſonne, but vnto his ſonne Iſaake. Abraham being olde, he tooke an …

    George Gifford · Four Sermons · Open in the reader

  4. Printed
    … higher than the hill of Sion. Poore little Isaac must goe to slaughter, while IsmaelIshmael sits at home: good Iacob must bee set to keepe sheepe, whiles my Lord …
    With rule
    … higher than the hill of Sion. Poore little Isaac must goe to slaughter, while IsmaelIshmael sits at home: good Iacob must bee set to keepe sheepe, whiles my Lord …

    Richard Greenham · Works · p. 766 · Open in the reader

  5. Printed
    … godly man, he must suffer persecution. Aske what the state of the world from IsmaelIshmael downward was; the Apostle tels you Gal. 4.29. That as then he that was borne …
    With rule
    … godly man, he must suffer persecution. Aske what the state of the world from IsmaelIshmael downward was; the Apostle tels you Gal. 4.29. That as then he that was borne …

    Robert Harris · The Way to True Happiness · p. 97 · Open in the reader

  6. Printed
    … could not bring his Children vnder the Covenāt in that it did not bring IſmaelIshmael, nor anie one of his ſix ſonnes that he had by Keturah his Wife …
    With rule
    … could not bring his Children vnder the Covenāt in that it did not bring IſmaelIshmael, nor anie one of his ſix ſonnes that he had by Keturah his Wife …

    Thomas Helwys · Short Declaration of the Mystery of Iniquity · p. 182 · Open in the reader

  7. Printed
    … IſmaelIshmael and Iſaac, he perſecuted Iſaac by railing. Contempt, diſgraces, reproches be perſecutions, & as IſmaelIshmael perſecuted Iſaac, ſo it will be to the worlds end. But what ſaith the …
    With rule
    … IſmaelIshmael and Iſaac, he perſecuted Iſaac by railing. Contempt, diſgraces, reproches be perſecutions, & as IſmaelIshmael perſecuted Iſaac, ſo it will be to the worlds end. But what ſaith the …

    Thomas Hooker · The Christians Two Chief Lessons · p. 85 · Open in the reader

  8. Printed
    … beloued Iacob: without this Iſaack, had that other bene in worſe caſe than wilde IſmaelIshmael, and in this Iſaack ſtoode the chiefe ioy of Abraham, yea before Abraham was …
    With rule
    … beloued Iacob: without this Iſaack, had that other bene in worſe caſe than wilde IſmaelIshmael, and in this Iſaack ſtoode the chiefe ioy of Abraham, yea before Abraham was …

    Andrew Kingsmill · A View of Mans Estate · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (17)

11 of them are in works where Puritas changed it elsewhere, so their places are known; 6 more are in works where it never changed. Each is our text, as the rule would change it.

A Retractive from the Romish Religion A06106

  • Printed
    ISMAELISHMAEL.
    With rule
    ISMAELISHMAEL.

    Thomas Beard · A Retractive from the Romish Religion · p. 52 · Open in the reader

  • Printed
    … Scheme or figure, Iſcah is by their own rule in the first degree from ISMAELISHMAEL: and therefore by their doctrine, ISMAELISHMAEL may marry ISCAH, which is moſt notable and …
    With rule
    … Scheme or figure, Iſcah is by their own rule in the first degree from ISMAELISHMAEL: and therefore by their doctrine, ISMAELISHMAEL may marry ISCAH, which is moſt notable and …

    Thomas Beard · A Retractive from the Romish Religion · p. 52 · Open in the reader

  • Printed
    … their own rule in the first degree from ISMAELISHMAEL: and therefore by their doctrine, ISMAELISHMAEL may marry ISCAH, which is moſt notable and apparent Inceſt: for brethren and ſiſters …
    With rule
    … their own rule in the first degree from ISMAELISHMAEL: and therefore by their doctrine, ISMAELISHMAEL may marry ISCAH, which is moſt notable and apparent Inceſt: for brethren and ſiſters …

    Thomas Beard · A Retractive from the Romish Religion · p. 52 · Open in the reader

Justification of Separation from the Church of England A10835

  • Printed
    … and interrupted. As in CAIN, for his murder: in TERAH for his Idolatry: in ISMAELISHMAEL for his mocking: & in ESAV for his prophanenes. To descend lower. When the order …
    With rule
    … and interrupted. As in CAIN, for his murder: in TERAH for his Idolatry: in ISMAELISHMAEL for his mocking: & in ESAV for his prophanenes. To descend lower. When the order …

    John Robinson · Justification of Separation from the Church of England · p. 402 · Open in the reader

Lectures Upon Philippians A14185

  • Printed
    … damnation. Thou art borne of holy and godly Parents: it is well: ſo were ISMAELISHMAEL and ESAV: They which are the children of the fleſh, are not the children …
    With rule
    … damnation. Thou art borne of holy and godly Parents: it is well: ſo were ISMAELISHMAEL and ESAV: They which are the children of the fleſh, are not the children …

    Henry Airay · Lectures Upon Philippians · p. 627 · Open in the reader

A Consent of Scripture A16964

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    … that are Abrahams ſeede. Ro. 9. but in Iſaac ſhall thy ſeede be called. Gen. 21. ISMAELISHMAEL & Hagar are caſt out of Abrahams houſe. Gen. 21, 14. As then he that was borne …
    With rule
    … that are Abrahams ſeede. Ro. 9. but in Iſaac ſhall thy ſeede be called. Gen. 21. ISMAELISHMAEL & Hagar are caſt out of Abrahams houſe. Gen. 21, 14. As then he that was borne …

    Hugh Broughton · A Consent of Scripture · Open in the reader

  • Printed
    … Caſt out the ſeruant, and her ſonne, Gal. 4. 29. SELAH dieth bieng 433 yeeres olde. Gen. 11, 15. ISMAELISHMAEL hath 12 Dukedomes in the land of Cush, in whom Sem ruleth Cham. Vnto this …
    With rule
    … Caſt out the ſeruant, and her ſonne, Gal. 4. 29. SELAH dieth bieng 433 yeeres olde. Gen. 11, 15. ISMAELISHMAEL hath 12 Dukedomes in the land of Cush, in whom Sem ruleth Cham. Vnto this …

    Hugh Broughton · A Consent of Scripture · Open in the reader

  • Printed
    … Volaterranus. 2901 Rome bears for armes … one, cutting Chriſtiās: Ap. 13. as Cittī should Eber. Nū. 24. ISMAELISHMAEL is borne. Gen. 16. It is vvritten Abra. had tvvo ſonnes, one by a ſeruant …
    With rule
    … Volaterranus. 2901 Rome bears for armes … one, cutting Chriſtiās: Ap. 13. as Cittī should Eber. Nū. 24. ISMAELISHMAEL is borne. Gen. 16. It is vvritten Abra. had tvvo ſonnes, one by a ſeruant …

    Hugh Broughton · A Consent of Scripture · Open in the reader

  • Printed
    … Eſau the lande of Seyr Gen. 36, and by his ſvvord did he liue. Gen. 27, 4. ISMAELISHMAEL dyeth beyng 137 yeeres olde. Gen. 25, 17. The onely vvicked vvhoſe vvhole age is recorded in …
    With rule
    … Eſau the lande of Seyr Gen. 36, and by his ſvvord did he liue. Gen. 27, 4. ISMAELISHMAEL dyeth beyng 137 yeeres olde. Gen. 25, 17. The onely vvicked vvhoſe vvhole age is recorded in …

    Hugh Broughton · A Consent of Scripture · Open in the reader

The Temple Service in the Days of our Savior Described B25979

  • Printed
    37. ISMAELISHMAEL promoted by Valerius Gratus, upon Ananus his removall.
    With rule
    37. ISMAELISHMAEL promoted by Valerius Gratus, upon Ananus his removall.

    John Lightfoot · The Temple Service in the Days of our Savior Described · p. 31 · Open in the reader

  • Printed
    49. ISMAELISHMAEL the son of Fabi.
    With rule
    49. ISMAELISHMAEL the son of Fabi.

    John Lightfoot · The Temple Service in the Days of our Savior Described · p. 32 · Open in the reader