Waiting for reviewNamesCandidate #10935 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

ioshuahJoshua

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

Puritas changed it: 431 times in 202 works
Consistency: 100% (431 of 431)
Reach if approved: ~453 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner: Agrees: joshua
Matches: Exact word, any case
In our text: 431 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings: None
Taken into joins: None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (431 changes in 202 works, 100% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 431)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied

Printed
… was wiser then his teachers: therfore he had instructions and conference before his meditation. IoshuahJoshua and Timothie were commanded to reade before, and then to meditate.
With rule
… was wiser then his teachers: therfore he had instructions and conference before his meditation. IoshuahJoshua and Timothie were commanded to reade before, and then to meditate.
Richard Greenham · Works · p. 23 · Open in the reader
Printed
… muſt goe more litterally to worke, and ſay to this Kingdome, as Moſes to IoſhuahJoshua, Chuſe out men, and goe out to fight. Bleſſed be he that keepeth not …
With rule
… muſt goe more litterally to worke, and ſay to this Kingdome, as Moſes to IoſhuahJoshua, Chuſe out men, and goe out to fight. Bleſſed be he that keepeth not …
Thomas Barnes · An Alarm to War · p. 33 · Open in the reader
Printed
… leaue thee nor forſake thee. Nor will he. Looke what care hee had of IoſhuahJoshua, the like he hath of all that truſt in him. Hee will neuer leaue …
With rule
… leaue thee nor forſake thee. Nor will he. Looke what care hee had of IoſhuahJoshua, the like he hath of all that truſt in him. Hee will neuer leaue …
Sebastian Benefield · Seventeen Sermons on Amos 3 · p. 51 · Open in the reader
Printed
… siege of Iericho an heauenly captaine of the Lord of hosts came to helpe IoshuahJoshua: and when the king of Syria sent a mighty host to take the Prophet …
With rule
… siege of Iericho an heauenly captaine of the Lord of hosts came to helpe IoshuahJoshua: and when the king of Syria sent a mighty host to take the Prophet …
William Perkins · The Combat Between Christ and the Devil Displayed · p. 39 · Open in the reader
Printed
… to conuerſion: yet as Moſes brought onely to the borders of the promiſed land, IoſhuahJoshua ſet them in poſſeſſion. So the Law prepares vs a people to Chriſt, the …
With rule
… to conuerſion: yet as Moſes brought onely to the borders of the promiſed land, IoſhuahJoshua ſet them in poſſeſſion. So the Law prepares vs a people to Chriſt, the …
William Sclater · Exposition of 2 Thessalonians · p. 193 · Open in the reader
Printed
… buisy to breake our rankes, for thus an army is soone discomfited. This policy IoshuahJoshua used against the men of Ai. chap. 8. 20. he set part of the army before …
With rule
… buisy to breake our rankes, for thus an army is soone discomfited. This policy IoshuahJoshua used against the men of Ai. chap. 8. 20. he set part of the army before …
Thomas Taylor · Christs Victory Over the Dragon · p. 173 · Open in the reader
Printed
… place ſoeuer. For ſo ſaith he of the King of Iudah, Iehoachim ſonne of IoſhuahJoshua. Woe to him that builds his houſe by vnrighteouſneſſe, and his chambers without equitie …
With rule
… place ſoeuer. For ſo ſaith he of the King of Iudah, Iehoachim ſonne of IoſhuahJoshua. Woe to him that builds his houſe by vnrighteouſneſſe, and his chambers without equitie …
William Whately · A Caveat for the Covetous · p. 62 · Open in the reader
Printed
… commended unto others at her Funerall. For ſhe ſet up her reſolution with worthy IoſhuahJoshua. Let others doe what they would, follow the world, or ſerve their luſts, and …
With rule
… commended unto others at her Funerall. For ſhe ſet up her reſolution with worthy IoſhuahJoshua. Let others doe what they would, follow the world, or ſerve their luſts, and …
Stephen Geree · The Ornament of Women · 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.