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ionasJonah

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

Puritas changed it
2,279 times in 533 works
Consistency
99.2% (2,279 of 2,296)
Reach if approved
~2,417 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner
Disagrees: jonas
Matches
Exact word, any case
In our text
2,300 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings
None
Taken into joins
None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (2,279 changes in 533 works, 99.2% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 2,279)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied
  1. Printed
    … words of that story, They gaue out their Lots; and the Lot lighted on IonasJonah; to wit, that they should cast Lots oft ouer and ouer to be more …
    With rule
    … words of that story, They gaue out their Lots; and the Lot lighted on IonasJonah; to wit, that they should cast Lots oft ouer and ouer to be more …

    Thomas Gataker · Nature and Use of Lots · p. 278 · Open in the reader

  2. Printed
    … vpō vs, as did the Niniuites repēting in aſhes & ſackloth at the preaching of IonasJonah. But O merciful god what flintiſh harts haue we? The enemies of Chriſte do …
    With rule
    … vpō vs, as did the Niniuites repēting in aſhes & ſackloth at the preaching of IonasJonah. But O merciful god what flintiſh harts haue we? The enemies of Chriſte do …

    Anthony Gilby · Commentary Upon Micah · Open in the reader

  3. Printed
    … wildernesse: the three children in the fiery Furnace: Daniel in the Lions Denne: and IonasJonah in the Whales belly. O Lord our God, how excellent is thy Name in …
    With rule
    … wildernesse: the three children in the fiery Furnace: Daniel in the Lions Denne: and IonasJonah in the Whales belly. O Lord our God, how excellent is thy Name in …

    Sir Richard Baker · Meditations and Disquisitions Upon the Lords Prayer · p. 62 · Open in the reader

  4. Printed
    … vnto them, and their estates, as that Worme which was at the roote of IonasJonah Gourd, which caused a speedie fading, and finall decay, like Achans ex…crable thing …
    With rule
    … vnto them, and their estates, as that Worme which was at the roote of IonasJonah Gourd, which caused a speedie fading, and finall decay, like Achans ex…crable thing …

    William Guild · The Humble Address Both of Church and Poor to Britains Monarch · p. 20 · Open in the reader

  5. Printed
    … sch…rcie, and sayeth they shall haue no other signe, but the signe of IonasJonah, who wes thre dayes, ad thre nyghtes in the whales bellie, not hereby laboring …
    With rule
    … sch…rcie, and sayeth they shall haue no other signe, but the signe of IonasJonah, who wes thre dayes, ad thre nyghtes in the whales bellie, not hereby laboring …

    George Hay · The Confutation of the Abbot of Crosraguels Mass · Open in the reader

  6. Printed
    … God either by revelation, according vnto that, Bleſſed art thou Simon the ſonne of IonasJonah, for fleſh and bloud hath not reveiled it vnto thee, but my father which …
    With rule
    … God either by revelation, according vnto that, Bleſſed art thou Simon the ſonne of IonasJonah, for fleſh and bloud hath not reveiled it vnto thee, but my father which …

    Thomas Holland · Sermon 17 November 1599 · Open in the reader

  7. Printed
    … especially drowne vs not. Though wee lose, like the Mariners in the prophecie of IonasJonah, our wares, our goods, our vessell, our liberties, yea our liues, let vs keepe …
    With rule
    … especially drowne vs not. Though wee lose, like the Mariners in the prophecie of IonasJonah, our wares, our goods, our vessell, our liberties, yea our liues, let vs keepe …

    Thomas Adams · The Black Devil · p. 36 · Open in the reader

  8. Printed
    … in Abel, in Noah, in Abraham, Melchisedech, Ioseph, Moyses, Aaron, Iosuah, Sampson, Dauid, Elias, IonasJonah, Iesu the great Priest, in the Paschall Lambe, in the brasen Serpent, in the …
    With rule
    … in Abel, in Noah, in Abraham, Melchisedech, Ioseph, Moyses, Aaron, Iosuah, Sampson, Dauid, Elias, IonasJonah, Iesu the great Priest, in the Paschall Lambe, in the brasen Serpent, in the …

    John Foxe · A Sermon Preached at the Christening of a Jew · 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.

The Sin Against the Holy Ghost A08402

  • Printed
    … be mercifull? Hath he ſhut vp his tender mercies in displeaſure? Elſe why ſhould IONASJONAH ſay, chap. 2.4. I am caſt out of thy ſight, O Lord? Elſe why ſhould …
    With rule
    … be mercifull? Hath he ſhut vp his tender mercies in displeaſure? Elſe why ſhould IONASJONAH ſay, chap. 2.4. I am caſt out of thy ſight, O Lord? Elſe why ſhould …

    Sebastian Benefield · The Sin Against the Holy Ghost · p. 19 · Open in the reader

  • Printed
    … ſang accordingly, Pſal. 145.8. The Lord is gracious and mercifull, long ſuffering, & of great goodneſſe. IONASJONAH knewe it well, and confeſſed accordingly, chap. 4.2. Thou art a gracious God, and mercifull …
    With rule
    … ſang accordingly, Pſal. 145.8. The Lord is gracious and mercifull, long ſuffering, & of great goodneſſe. IONASJONAH knewe it well, and confeſſed accordingly, chap. 4.2. Thou art a gracious God, and mercifull …

    Sebastian Benefield · The Sin Against the Holy Ghost · p. 147 · Open in the reader

  • Printed
    … property is ever to haue mercy and to forgiue, receaue our humble petitions. DAVID, IONASJONAH, and the CHVRCH, all haue learned it at Gods owne mouth, who hauing deſcended …
    With rule
    … property is ever to haue mercy and to forgiue, receaue our humble petitions. DAVID, IONASJONAH, and the CHVRCH, all haue learned it at Gods owne mouth, who hauing deſcended …

    Sebastian Benefield · The Sin Against the Holy Ghost · p. 147 · Open in the reader

History of the First Ten Persecutions A13296

  • Printed
    … not onely repugning vnto the trueth, but also to it selfe, much like vnto IONASJONAH gourd, which had into it a worme that smote it, so that it withered …
    With rule
    … not onely repugning vnto the trueth, but also to it selfe, much like vnto IONASJONAH gourd, which had into it a worme that smote it, so that it withered …

    Patrick Simson · History of the First Ten Persecutions · Open in the reader

  • Printed
    … no prayers for wicked men. All these fables are like vnto the gourd of IONASJONAH, that had a worme within it, which smote it, so that it withered incontinent …
    With rule
    … no prayers for wicked men. All these fables are like vnto the gourd of IONASJONAH, that had a worme within it, which smote it, so that it withered incontinent …

    Patrick Simson · History of the First Ten Persecutions · Open in the reader

A Consent of Scripture A16964

  • Printed
    … Dauid vvan Chamath, to Iudah: & by Iudahs ryght vvas he to fight for it. IONASJONAH ſent to Nineue, fled to Ioppe: hopeles to con…ert Nineue, vntyll he had …
    With rule
    … Dauid vvan Chamath, to Iudah: & by Iudahs ryght vvas he to fight for it. IONASJONAH ſent to Nineue, fled to Ioppe: hopeles to con…ert Nineue, vntyll he had …

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

Daily Sermons Upon Jonah A17683

  • Printed
    Caluin. IOnasJonah ſéemeth here (as I haue touched already) couertly to note that hée was before …
    With rule
    Caluin. IOnasJonah ſéemeth here (as I haue touched already) couertly to note that hée was before …

    John Calvin · Daily Sermons Upon Jonah · Open in the reader

  • Printed
    Caluin. IOnasJonah alſo doth not raſhly put in this thing, that the Shypmen conſulted among them …
    With rule
    Caluin. IOnasJonah alſo doth not raſhly put in this thing, that the Shypmen conſulted among them …

    John Calvin · Daily Sermons Upon Jonah · p. 15 · Open in the reader

Works of Joseph Hall A68126

  • Printed
    EP. 7. To Mr IONASJONAH REIGESBERGIVS in Zeland. Written ſome whiles ſince, concerning ſome new opinions then broached in …
    With rule
    EP. 7. To Mr IONASJONAH REIGESBERGIVS in Zeland. Written ſome whiles ſince, concerning ſome new opinions then broached in …

    Joseph Hall · Works of Joseph Hall · p. 360 · Open in the reader

  • Printed
    To M. IONASJONAH REIGESBERGIVS in ZELAND. EP. VII. Written ſome whiles ſince, concerning ſome new opinions then …
    With rule
    To M. IONASJONAH REIGESBERGIVS in ZELAND. EP. VII. Written ſome whiles ſince, concerning ſome new opinions then …

    Joseph Hall · Works of Joseph Hall · p. 395 · Open in the reader

Epistles Volume 2 B13862

  • Printed
    EP. VII. To Master IONASJONAH REIGESBERGIVS in Zeland. Written some whiles since, concerning some new opinions then broaced in …
    With rule
    EP. VII. To Master IONASJONAH REIGESBERGIVS in Zeland. Written some whiles since, concerning some new opinions then broaced in …

    Joseph Hall · Epistles Volume 2 · Open in the reader