Waiting for reviewNamesCandidate #10848 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

goliahGoliath

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

Puritas changed it: 1,923 times in 885 works
Consistency: 99.6% (1,923 of 1,930)
Reach if approved: ~2,028 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner: No opinion (map not loaded)
Matches: Exact word, any case
In our text: 1,930 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings: None
Taken into joins: None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (1,923 changes in 885 works, 99.6% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 1,923)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied

Printed
… are only theſe. Iacobs bleſſing with his handes a croſſe: the ſtone that wounded GoliahGoliath in the forehead: and the rodde of Moyſes vppon mount Syna, wherewith Amalet was …
With rule
… are only theſe. Iacobs bleſſing with his handes a croſſe: the ſtone that wounded GoliahGoliath in the forehead: and the rodde of Moyſes vppon mount Syna, wherewith Amalet was …
Robert Parker · Against Symbolizing with Antichrist in Ceremonies · p. 125 · Open in the reader
Printed
… big, & his men shall appear as … as great as euer were the Anakims and GoliahGoliath: yet we are not by the grace of God, afraid of thē. VVe haue …
With rule
… big, & his men shall appear as … as great as euer were the Anakims and GoliahGoliath: yet we are not by the grace of God, afraid of thē. VVe haue …
John Field · A Caveat for Parsons Howlet · Open in the reader
Printed
… of the ſinfulneſſe of it: for the ſtrength of ſinne was ſuch, that like GoliahGoliath it would have defied the whole hoſt of heaven and earth. It was not …
With rule
… of the ſinfulneſſe of it: for the ſtrength of ſinne was ſuch, that like GoliahGoliath it would have defied the whole hoſt of heaven and earth. It was not …
Thomas Goodwin · Aggravation of Sin · p. 20 · Open in the reader
Printed
… pollicies, thou hast a further assurance that sinne, although it be as great as GoliahGoliath, yet it hath not hitherto preuailed against thy poore and little Dauid, I say …
With rule
… pollicies, thou hast a further assurance that sinne, although it be as great as GoliahGoliath, yet it hath not hitherto preuailed against thy poore and little Dauid, I say …
Richard Greenham · Two Treatises Comforting an Afflicted Conscience · p. 141 · Open in the reader
Printed
… as the greatest reward to such a one as should undertake to fight with GoliahGoliath, that hee would give him his daughter, and enrich him with great riches, and …
With rule
… as the greatest reward to such a one as should undertake to fight with GoliahGoliath, that hee would give him his daughter, and enrich him with great riches, and …
Robert Harris · The Way to True Happiness · p. 40 · Open in the reader
Printed
… you haue the ſling of Dauid, it is more forcible then the ſpeare of GoliahGoliath: you may walke vpon this Lion, and Aſpe; this young deuouring Lion and Dragon …
With rule
… you haue the ſling of Dauid, it is more forcible then the ſpeare of GoliahGoliath: you may walke vpon this Lion, and Aſpe; this young deuouring Lion and Dragon …
Robert Hill · The Pathway to Prayer and Piety · p. 163 · Open in the reader
Printed
… I ſhall finde as ſtrongly wedded to his owne fancy as the former. The GoliahGoliath of whoſe ſelfe conceit of hauing grace, if I may but beate to the …
With rule
… I ſhall finde as ſtrongly wedded to his owne fancy as the former. The GoliahGoliath of whoſe ſelfe conceit of hauing grace, if I may but beate to the …
Thomas Barnes · The Gales of Grace · p. 164 · Open in the reader
Printed
… raiſed vp this man, to bee as the Malle that ſhould knocke that blasphemous GoliahGoliath in the pate, and the Leeche that ſhould applie vnto him & his greazed generatiō …
With rule
… raiſed vp this man, to bee as the Malle that ſhould knocke that blasphemous GoliahGoliath in the pate, and the Leeche that ſhould applie vnto him & his greazed generatiō …
Martin Luther · Commentary on Peter and Jude · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (7)

4 of them are in works where Puritas changed it elsewhere, so their places are known; 3 more are in works where it never changed. Each is our text, as the rule would change it.

Exposition of Job 38-42 A35538

Printed
… who made the whole hoſt of Iſrael tremble. Yet ſling-ſtones, with this Sea-goliahGoliath, Leviathan, are turned into ſtubble, that is, he even blows them away like ſtubble …
With rule
… who made the whole hoſt of Iſrael tremble. Yet ſling-ſtones, with this Sea-goliahGoliath, Leviathan, are turned into ſtubble, that is, he even blows them away like ſtubble …
Joseph Caryl · Exposition of Job 38-42 · p. 764 · Open in the reader

Works of Joseph Hall A68126

Printed
DAVID and GOLIAHGOLIATH.
With rule
DAVID and GOLIAHGOLIATH.
Joseph Hall · Works of Joseph Hall · Open in the reader
Printed
DAVID and GOLIAHGOLIATH.
With rule
DAVID and GOLIAHGOLIATH.
Joseph Hall · Works of Joseph Hall · p. 1080 · Open in the reader

The Christian Synagogue B16291

Printed
… of the ground shall be valued. So the Scripture shewes vs the strength of goliahGoliath, by the weight of his armour: therefore, Wisedome. 11. God hath made all things in …
With rule
… of the ground shall be valued. So the Scripture shewes vs the strength of goliahGoliath, by the weight of his armour: therefore, Wisedome. 11. God hath made all things in …
John Weemes · The Christian Synagogue · p. 191 · Open in the reader