Waiting for reviewNamesCandidate #10836 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

absalonAbsalom

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

Puritas changed it: 308 times in 188 works
Consistency: 100% (308 of 308)
Reach if approved: ~324 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner: No opinion (map not loaded)
Matches: Exact word, any case
In our text: 308 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings: None
Taken into joins: None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (308 changes in 188 works, 100% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 308)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied

Printed
… who are neuer a whit the better by them, as we it ſee in AbſalonAbsalom, Achitophel, Saul, Iudas & others of whom it is ſpoken, Matth. 17.22. & therefore it is vnto …
With rule
… who are neuer a whit the better by them, as we it ſee in AbſalonAbsalom, Achitophel, Saul, Iudas & others of whom it is ſpoken, Matth. 17.22. & therefore it is vnto …
Theodore Beza · Sermons on Three Chapters of Song of Songs · p. 173 · Open in the reader
Printed
… and let us flee, for we shall not escape else from the face of AbsalonAbsalom; make speed to depart, lest he come suddenly and take us, and bring evill …
With rule
… and let us flee, for we shall not escape else from the face of AbsalonAbsalom; make speed to depart, lest he come suddenly and take us, and bring evill …
Henry Ainsworth · Annotations on the Pentateuch, Psalms, Song of Songs · p. 5 · Open in the reader
Printed
… whom, comm…nded that she should be burned without any further delay. Was not AbsalonAbsalom, king Dauid his sonne plagued all his life for going into his Fathers Concubines …
With rule
… whom, comm…nded that she should be burned without any further delay. Was not AbsalonAbsalom, king Dauid his sonne plagued all his life for going into his Fathers Concubines …
Philip Stubbes · The Anatomy of Abuses · Open in the reader
Printed
… vs in the eldeſt ſonne of Dauid. For he was ſlaine of his brother AbſalonAbsalom, for defiling his ſiſter Thamar. And the like chaunce happened vnto Simon the high …
With rule
… vs in the eldeſt ſonne of Dauid. For he was ſlaine of his brother AbſalonAbsalom, for defiling his ſiſter Thamar. And the like chaunce happened vnto Simon the high …
Peter Martyr Vermigli · Commentary on Romans · p. 338 · Open in the reader
Printed
AbſalonAbsalom. 69. 2.
With rule
AbſalonAbsalom. 69. 2.
Hugh Broughton · A Defense of the Holy Genealogies · Open in the reader
Printed
… have us know; though hee be as strong as Sampson; though as beautifull as AbsalonAbsalom; though as rich as Salomon; though as full of blessings, as the world can …
With rule
… have us know; though hee be as strong as Sampson; though as beautifull as AbsalonAbsalom; though as rich as Salomon; though as full of blessings, as the world can …
Sir Richard Baker · Meditations and Disquisitions Upon Psalm 1 · p. 59 · Open in the reader
Printed
… thy ſinnes may ſeeme grievous to thee for the preſent; as the death of AbſalonAbsalom was to David, yet as he loſt but a rebellious ſonne, ſo doſt thou …
With rule
… thy ſinnes may ſeeme grievous to thee for the preſent; as the death of AbſalonAbsalom was to David, yet as he loſt but a rebellious ſonne, ſo doſt thou …
Benjamin King · The Marriage of the Lamb · p. 155 · Open in the reader
Printed
Secondly, by flattery, as AbſalonAbsalom is noted to haue flattered the people, vſing all courteſie towards them, that ſo …
With rule
Secondly, by flattery, as AbſalonAbsalom is noted to haue flattered the people, vſing all courteſie towards them, that ſo …
John Mayer · The English Catechism Explained · p. 393 · 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.