Waiting for reviewNamesCandidate #10823 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

gedeonGideon

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

Puritas changed it: 848 times in 242 works
Consistency: 99.5% (848 of 852)
Reach if approved: ~897 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner: Agrees: gideon
Matches: Exact word, any case
In our text: 854 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings: None
Taken into joins: None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (848 changes in 242 works, 99.5% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 848)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied

Printed
… a Nurce. Doth thyne enemi… vexe thee? He is the God of Hosts, whom GedeonGideon findeth as strōg with a smal army as with a great. Wouldest thou haue …
With rule
… a Nurce. Doth thyne enemi… vexe thee? He is the God of Hosts, whom GedeonGideon findeth as strōg with a smal army as with a great. Wouldest thou haue …
Philippe de Mornay · Concerning the Truth of Christian Religion · p. 369 · Open in the reader
Printed
When the Angell of the Lord ſaid to GedeonGideon, The Lord is with thee, thou valiant man; GedeonGideon anſwered: Ah my Lord, if …
With rule
When the Angell of the Lord ſaid to GedeonGideon, The Lord is with thee, thou valiant man; GedeonGideon anſwered: Ah my Lord, if …
Elnathan Parr · Exposition of Romans 8-11 · p. 121 · Open in the reader
Printed
… thorow all the Iudges of Israel, and you shall see this true; looke to GedeonGideon, one sinne was the destruction of him and his house: looke to Sampson, that …
With rule
… thorow all the Iudges of Israel, and you shall see this true; looke to GedeonGideon, one sinne was the destruction of him and his house: looke to Sampson, that …
John Preston · Remains · p. 278 · Open in the reader
Printed
THe words of GedeonGideon to the Ephraimites, (Is not the gleaning of the grapes of Ephraim better than …
With rule
THe words of GedeonGideon to the Ephraimites, (Is not the gleaning of the grapes of Ephraim better than …
Daniel Featley · A Key Opening Mysterious Texts of Scripture · p. 41 · Open in the reader
Printed
… of difference betwixt such as were fit, and vnfit for Warre, that God caused GedeonGideon to obserue for retaining some, and dismissing others, tendeth to this purpose. The signe …
With rule
… of difference betwixt such as were fit, and vnfit for Warre, that God caused GedeonGideon to obserue for retaining some, and dismissing others, tendeth to this purpose. The signe …
William Gouge · The Dignity of Chivalry · p. 20 · Open in the reader
Printed
… is an ill Souldier that followes a good Leader with a dull pace. So GedeonGideon to his Souldiers, Iudg. 7. Looke on me, and do likewise: when I come to …
With rule
… is an ill Souldier that followes a good Leader with a dull pace. So GedeonGideon to his Souldiers, Iudg. 7. Looke on me, and do likewise: when I come to …
Thomas Adams · The Soldiers Honor · p. 31 · Open in the reader
Printed
… was not worthy of: but there is place for the great conquerour Ioſhua, honourable GedeonGideon, valiant Ehua, ſtrong Sampſon, godly Hezekias, zealous Ioſias, and iuſt Iehoſaphat, kings of Iuda …
With rule
… was not worthy of: but there is place for the great conquerour Ioſhua, honourable GedeonGideon, valiant Ehua, ſtrong Sampſon, godly Hezekias, zealous Ioſias, and iuſt Iehoſaphat, kings of Iuda …
Thomas Holland · Sermon 17 November 1599 · Open in the reader
Printed
… of miserye, and to prosper them in wealth, dyd reyse vp good rulers as GedeonGideon, Barac, Iepthe, Sampson. Dauid, Samuel, and suche other. And wythoute doubte euen at this …
With rule
… of miserye, and to prosper them in wealth, dyd reyse vp good rulers as GedeonGideon, Barac, Iepthe, Sampson. Dauid, Samuel, and suche other. And wythoute doubte euen at this …
Thomas Lever · A Fruitful Sermon · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (4)

2 of them are in works where Puritas changed it elsewhere, so their places are known; 2 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
… ſay, chap. 2.4. I am caſt out of thy ſight, O Lord? Elſe why ſhould GEDEONGIDEON ſay, Iud. 6.13. Now the Lord hath forſaken vs, and delivered vs into the hands …
With rule
… ſay, chap. 2.4. I am caſt out of thy ſight, O Lord? Elſe why ſhould GEDEONGIDEON ſay, Iud. 6.13. Now the Lord hath forſaken vs, and delivered vs into the hands …
Sebastian Benefield · The Sin Against the Holy Ghost · p. 19 · Open in the reader

Twenty-One Sermons on Amos 1 A68508

Printed
GEdeonGideon. 240
With rule
GEdeonGideon. 240
Sebastian Benefield · Twenty-One Sermons on Amos 1 · Open in the reader