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hewenhewn

Everything else the mechanical classes do not explain: shew → show, then → than.

Puritas changed it
777 times in 495 works
Consistency
98.1% (777 of 792)
Reach if approved
~833 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner
Disagrees: hewed
Matches
Exact word, any case
In our text
793 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings
None
Taken into joins
None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (777 changes in 495 works, 98.1% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 777)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied
  1. Printed
    … them; or whether because they haue brawned themselues through some sencelesse blockishnes as men hewenhewn out of hard Oaks, or grauen out of marble stones I know not: But …
    With rule
    … them; or whether because they haue brawned themselues through some sencelesse blockishnes as men hewenhewn out of hard Oaks, or grauen out of marble stones I know not: But …

    Richard Greenham · Two Treatises Comforting an Afflicted Conscience · p. 4 · Open in the reader

  2. Printed
    … but borrowed, than euer this tree of the Morall law of God ſhall be hewenhewn downe by your hands.
    With rule
    … but borrowed, than euer this tree of the Morall law of God ſhall be hewenhewn downe by your hands.

    William Hinde · The Office and Use of the Moral Law · p. 6 · Open in the reader

  3. Printed
    … of the Amelechytes was taken of kyng Saul. i. Regum. xv.b. and was hewenhewn in peaces. xv.g. accordynge to the propheſye. Num. xxiiij.b
    With rule
    … of the Amelechytes was taken of kyng Saul. i. Regum. xv.b. and was hewenhewn in peaces. xv.g. accordynge to the propheſye. Num. xxiiij.b

    Henrich Bullinger · Historical Table of the Bible · Open in the reader

  4. Printed
    … of the tree: so that euery tree which bringeth not forth good fruite, is hewenhewn down, & cast into the fire.
    With rule
    … of the tree: so that euery tree which bringeth not forth good fruite, is hewenhewn down, & cast into the fire.

    Thomas Becon · The Principles of Christian Religion · Open in the reader

  5. Printed
    … dwells in our hearts: let's looke to the rocke out of which we were hewenhewn, to the pit whence we were digged, consider what wee were and should have …
    With rule
    … dwells in our hearts: let's looke to the rocke out of which we were hewenhewn, to the pit whence we were digged, consider what wee were and should have …

    William Pemble · A Plea for Grace · p. 38 · Open in the reader

  6. Printed
    … owne? If you looke to the rocke, to the foundation; from whence they were hewenhewn, and to the hole of the pit, from whence they were digged, they were …
    With rule
    … owne? If you looke to the rocke, to the foundation; from whence they were hewenhewn, and to the hole of the pit, from whence they were digged, they were …

    John Preston · Life Eternal · p. 116 · Open in the reader

  7. Printed
    … common rock of mankinde, and by faith relye upon Chriſt, are like ſo many hewenhewn ſtones laid upon the chiefe corner ſtone riſing to a ſpirituall building, reaching from …
    With rule
    … common rock of mankinde, and by faith relye upon Chriſt, are like ſo many hewenhewn ſtones laid upon the chiefe corner ſtone riſing to a ſpirituall building, reaching from …

    Daniel Featley · A Key Opening Mysterious Texts of Scripture · p. 251 · Open in the reader

  8. Printed
    … to adde mud-walls and a thatched roof to so fair a foundation of hewenhewn and polished stone.
    With rule
    … to adde mud-walls and a thatched roof to so fair a foundation of hewenhewn and polished stone.

    Thomas Fuller · The History of the Holy War · p. 242 · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (15)

12 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.

Dwelling with God A29932

  • Printed
    … Poor, and ye take from him burdens of Wheat, ye ſhall build Houſes of HewenHewn Stone, but ye ſhall not dwell in them. Ye planted pleaſant Vineyards, but ye …
    With rule
    … Poor, and ye take from him burdens of Wheat, ye ſhall build Houſes of HewenHewn Stone, but ye ſhall not dwell in them. Ye planted pleaſant Vineyards, but ye …

    John Bryan · Dwelling with God · p. 237 · Open in the reader

Exposition of Ezekiel 30-48 A42016

  • Printed
    … one ſide, and 4. on another ſide. For the deſcription of them, They were of HewenHewn ſtone, a Cubit and half long, a Cubit and half broad, and one Cubit …
    With rule
    … one ſide, and 4. on another ſide. For the deſcription of them, They were of HewenHewn ſtone, a Cubit and half long, a Cubit and half broad, and one Cubit …

    William Greenhill · Exposition of Ezekiel 30-48 · p. 305 · Open in the reader

An Exposition of Genesis A44894

  • Printed
    … axe upon it, thou hast polluted it, Readings to the same scope and sense. — HewenHewn stones. Sept. Onk. Vulg. Some read pollute them for it, that is, the stones …
    With rule
    … axe upon it, thou hast polluted it, Readings to the same scope and sense. — HewenHewn stones. Sept. Onk. Vulg. Some read pollute them for it, that is, the stones …

    George Hughes · An Exposition of Genesis · p. 909 · Open in the reader

The Temple of Solomon Portrayed A49971

  • Printed
    … to Poſterity, that the great Court round about, was built with three Rows of HewenHewn-ſtone, and a Row of Cedar-beams. Whence we may infer, by the Rule …
    With rule
    … to Poſterity, that the great Court round about, was built with three Rows of HewenHewn-ſtone, and a Row of Cedar-beams. Whence we may infer, by the Rule …

    Samuel Lee · The Temple of Solomon Portrayed · p. 37 · Open in the reader

  • Printed
    … together with the manner or form of the Walls viz. with three Rowes of HewenHewn-ſtone, and a Row of Cedar-Beams, which we find to be the very …
    With rule
    … together with the manner or form of the Walls viz. with three Rowes of HewenHewn-ſtone, and a Row of Cedar-Beams, which we find to be the very …

    Samuel Lee · The Temple of Solomon Portrayed · p. 51 · Open in the reader

  • Printed
    … place, where it ſayes, that the Inner-Court was built with three Rowes of HewenHewn-ſtones, and a Row of Cedar-Beams, ſeeing that in the ſame manner alſo …
    With rule
    … place, where it ſayes, that the Inner-Court was built with three Rowes of HewenHewn-ſtones, and a Row of Cedar-Beams, ſeeing that in the ſame manner alſo …

    Samuel Lee · The Temple of Solomon Portrayed · p. 55 · Open in the reader

  • Printed
    … the ſame manner alſo the outward Court was built according to the meaſure of HewenHewn-ſtones of ten Cubits, and of eight. Poſſibly ten long and 8 broad; or, ſome …
    With rule
    … the ſame manner alſo the outward Court was built according to the meaſure of HewenHewn-ſtones of ten Cubits, and of eight. Poſſibly ten long and 8 broad; or, ſome …

    Samuel Lee · The Temple of Solomon Portrayed · p. 55 · Open in the reader

  • Printed
    … that Solomon built them fully. But if the former expreſſion, in Scripture, of the HewenHewn-ſtones, and Cedar-Beams, be meant of Porches, then farewel any niggardly Expoſitors, and …
    With rule
    … that Solomon built them fully. But if the former expreſſion, in Scripture, of the HewenHewn-ſtones, and Cedar-Beams, be meant of Porches, then farewel any niggardly Expoſitors, and …

    Samuel Lee · The Temple of Solomon Portrayed · p. 55 · Open in the reader

A Complete History and Mystery of the Old and New Testament A52807

  • Printed
    … to wrap up the Body in Linnen Clothes, and to provide a New Sepulchre, (HewenHewn out of a Rock in his Garden, wherein never any Man lay before him …
    With rule
    … to wrap up the Body in Linnen Clothes, and to provide a New Sepulchre, (HewenHewn out of a Rock in his Garden, wherein never any Man lay before him …

    Christopher Ness · A Complete History and Mystery of the Old and New Testament · p. 254 · Open in the reader

The Parable of the Ten Virgins A59665

  • Printed
    … judgement is done, thou shalt go with thy beloved from the air up to HewenHewn with a shout, and live in his love and dearest embracings of thee, and …
    With rule
    … judgement is done, thou shalt go with thy beloved from the air up to HewenHewn with a shout, and live in his love and dearest embracings of thee, and …

    Thomas Shepard · The Parable of the Ten Virgins · p. 26 · Open in the reader

Commentary on Ezra Nehemiah Ester Job and Psalms A63066

  • Printed
    … one father, Mal. 2.10?) Yea, we are men of Iſrael, ſuch as fear God, Acts 13.16. HewenHewn out of the ſame rock, digg'd out of the ſame pit, Iſa. 51.1. cut out …
    With rule
    … one father, Mal. 2.10?) Yea, we are men of Iſrael, ſuch as fear God, Acts 13.16. HewenHewn out of the ſame rock, digg'd out of the ſame pit, Iſa. 51.1. cut out …

    John Trapp · Commentary on Ezra Nehemiah Ester Job and Psalms · p. 62 · Open in the reader

A Complete Christian Dictionary A66593

  • Printed
    Isa. 9. 10. HewenHewn stones, Hebr. cutting, or hewing; for stones of … or cutting; as it is more …
    With rule
    Isa. 9. 10. HewenHewn stones, Hebr. cutting, or hewing; for stones of … or cutting; as it is more …

    Thomas Wilson · A Complete Christian Dictionary · p. 302 · Open in the reader