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rubenReuben

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

Puritas changed it
500 times in 172 works
Consistency
99.8% (500 of 501)
Reach if approved
~526 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner
No opinion (map not loaded)
Matches
Exact word, any case
In our text
501 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings
None
Taken into joins
None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (500 changes in 172 works, 99.8% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 500)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied
  1. Printed
    Sonnes of the same Father or Mother, as RubenReuben and Iudah; Isaac and Ismael; Iacob and Esau.
    With rule
    Sonnes of the same Father or Mother, as RubenReuben and Iudah; Isaac and Ismael; Iacob and Esau.

    Thomas Wilson · A Christian Dictionary · p. 40 · Open in the reader

  2. Printed
    … Permiſſiōs be in Lavves no leſſe then cōmaundements. Beſides vve may not ſay that RubenReuben Gad & Manaſſes made no cities more of refuge: becauſe it is not recorded. The …
    With rule
    … Permiſſiōs be in Lavves no leſſe then cōmaundements. Beſides vve may not ſay that RubenReuben Gad & Manaſſes made no cities more of refuge: becauſe it is not recorded. The …

    Hugh Broughton · A Comment Upon Coheleth · p. 43 · Open in the reader

  3. Printed
    … And Ioſue before he made open warre to be proclaymed vppon the children of RubenReuben, did firſt by embaſſage commaunde them to digge downe the altar which they ſeemed …
    With rule
    … And Ioſue before he made open warre to be proclaymed vppon the children of RubenReuben, did firſt by embaſſage commaunde them to digge downe the altar which they ſeemed …

    Henrich Bullinger · Fifty Sermons Containing the Chief Points of the Christian Religion · p. 202 · Open in the reader

  4. Printed
    RubenReuben abused hys fathers concubyne,
    With rule
    RubenReuben abused hys fathers concubyne,

    John Bale · A Tragedy Manifesting the Chief Promises of God Unto Man · Open in the reader

  5. Printed
    … luſt ouerbore Conſcience in Ammon abuſing his Siſter Thamar, Dauid in adultery with Bathſhebah, RubenReuben in abuſing his Fathers concubine, and ſuch other like examples. Couetous deſires hinder Conſcience …
    With rule
    … luſt ouerbore Conſcience in Ammon abuſing his Siſter Thamar, Dauid in adultery with Bathſhebah, RubenReuben in abuſing his Fathers concubine, and ſuch other like examples. Couetous deſires hinder Conſcience …

    Richard Bernard · Christian See to Thy Conscience · p. 111 · Open in the reader

  6. Printed
    Hee that is not thus righteous by faith, wee say of him as of RubenReuben, hee is not excellent. Whatsoever wealth, honour thou hast, whosoever thou art, thou art …
    With rule
    Hee that is not thus righteous by faith, wee say of him as of RubenReuben, hee is not excellent. Whatsoever wealth, honour thou hast, whosoever thou art, thou art …

    John Rogers · The Doctrine of Faith · p. 280 · Open in the reader

  7. Printed
    … And did not Achitophel who gaue councel so to do hang himself? Was not RubenReuben the first borne sonne of Iacob, accursed for going vp to his Fathers bed …
    With rule
    … And did not Achitophel who gaue councel so to do hang himself? Was not RubenReuben the first borne sonne of Iacob, accursed for going vp to his Fathers bed …

    Philip Stubbes · The Anatomy of Abuses · Open in the reader

  8. Printed
    … upon the hill of curſing, as being of a more ſervile and baſe minde. RubenReuben for his inceſt loſt this priviledge, and was ſet among the children of the …
    With rule
    … upon the hill of curſing, as being of a more ſervile and baſe minde. RubenReuben for his inceſt loſt this priviledge, and was ſet among the children of the …

    John Weemes · Exposition of the Moral Law · p. 177 · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (1)

1 of them are in works where Puritas changed it elsewhere, so their places are known; Each is our text, as the rule would change it.

The Obedience of a Christian Man A14136

  • Printed
    rubenReuben cxxxv
    With rule
    rubenReuben cxxxv

    William Tyndale · The Obedience of a Christian Man · Open in the reader