Waiting for reviewNamesCandidate #10704 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

eliahElijah

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

Puritas changed it: 1,721 times in 652 works
Consistency: 99.8% (1,721 of 1,724)
Reach if approved: ~1,811 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner: No opinion (map not loaded)
Matches: Exact word, any case
In our text: 1,724 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings: None
Taken into joins: None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (1,721 changes in 652 works, 99.8% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 1,721)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied

Printed
… earth; whereſoever the thought and affection is, hither we are tranſported in ſpirit: thus EliahElijah ſaith to Iehu, was not my ſpirit with thee? becauſe God by viſion ſhowed …
With rule
… earth; whereſoever the thought and affection is, hither we are tranſported in ſpirit: thus EliahElijah ſaith to Iehu, was not my ſpirit with thee? becauſe God by viſion ſhowed …
Paul Baynes · Commentary Upon Colossians 1 and 2 · p. 215 · Open in the reader
Printed
… grace from aboue; they are as a fiery chariot, which carrieth vs vp with EliahElijah, from this earth, vnto heauen. If after this manner we ſhall bee diligent in …
With rule
… grace from aboue; they are as a fiery chariot, which carrieth vs vp with EliahElijah, from this earth, vnto heauen. If after this manner we ſhall bee diligent in …
William Negus · Mans Active Obedience · p. 42 · Open in the reader
Printed
… the text relateth that vnkind conference that passed betweene King Ahab and the Prophet EliahElijah at their first meeting; and yet Ahab was aduised by EliahElijah to assemble all …
With rule
… the text relateth that vnkind conference that passed betweene King Ahab and the Prophet EliahElijah at their first meeting; and yet Ahab was aduised by EliahElijah to assemble all …
James Forester · The Marrow and Juice of 260 Scriptures · p. 210 · Open in the reader
Printed
13. Perſecution raiſed againſt the Church. This did EliahElijah much bewaile: yea it made him weary of his life. A free paſſage of …
With rule
13. Perſecution raiſed againſt the Church. This did EliahElijah much bewaile: yea it made him weary of his life. A free paſſage of …
William Gouge · A Guide to Go to God · p. 70 · Open in the reader
Printed
… is reſerved till after their departure out of this earthly pilgrimage. Now indeed like EliahElijah, they walke on foote, but … laſt they ſhall be like EliahElijah in his fiery …
With rule
… is reſerved till after their departure out of this earthly pilgrimage. Now indeed like EliahElijah, they walke on foote, but … laſt they ſhall be like EliahElijah in his fiery …
Alexander Grosse · Deaths Deliverance and Elijahs Fiery Chariot · p. 10 · Open in the reader
Printed
… not curbe and reſtrain them, as Jezebel vowed to take away the life of EliahElijah, 1. King. 19.2. So they would not ſuffer a ſoul to breath amongſt them, which feareth …
With rule
… not curbe and reſtrain them, as Jezebel vowed to take away the life of EliahElijah, 1. King. 19.2. So they would not ſuffer a ſoul to breath amongſt them, which feareth …
Adam Harsnett · A Cordial for the Afflicted · p. 323 · Open in the reader
Printed
By this, with EliahElijah, you may open and ſhut the very gates of heauen, and by this with …
With rule
By this, with EliahElijah, you may open and ſhut the very gates of heauen, and by this with …
Robert Hill · Christs Prayer Expounded · Open in the reader
Printed
And as EliahElijah lurking lay,
With rule
And as EliahElijah lurking lay,
Alexander Hume · Hymns or Sacred Songs · p. 31 · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (3)

2 of them are in works where Puritas changed it elsewhere, so their places are known; 1 more are in works where it never changed. Each is our text, as the rule would change it.

The Handmaid to Private Devotion A00587

Printed
ELIAHELIJAH.
With rule
ELIAHELIJAH.
Daniel Featley · The Handmaid to Private Devotion · p. 501 · Open in the reader
Printed
And ELIAHELIJAH requested that he might die: It is enough Lord, take away my life; I …
With rule
And ELIAHELIJAH requested that he might die: It is enough Lord, take away my life; I …
Daniel Featley · The Handmaid to Private Devotion · p. 526 · Open in the reader