Waiting for reviewFinal eCandidate #2879 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

philistinsphilistines

A final e dropped: selfe → self, beene → been, hee → he.

Puritas changed it: 873 times in 418 works
Consistency: 99.5% (873 of 877)
Reach if approved: ~921 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner: Agrees: philistines
Matches: Exact word, any case
In our text: 877 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings: None
Taken into joins: None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (873 changes in 418 works, 99.5% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 873)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied

Printed
… the vulgar vnderſtood not. And as in that bondage of the Iſraelites vnder the PhiliſtinsPhilistines, no man could ſhearpen his mattock, his axe, and his weeding hooke, but they …
With rule
… the vulgar vnderſtood not. And as in that bondage of the Iſraelites vnder the PhiliſtinsPhilistines, no man could ſhearpen his mattock, his axe, and his weeding hooke, but they …
Samuel Hieron · The Dignity of the Scripture · p. 38 · Open in the reader
Printed
Iobs children feasting ouerwhelmed by an house. The PhilistinsPhilistines sporting, ouerwhelmed by an house, Iudg. 16.
With rule
Iobs children feasting ouerwhelmed by an house. The PhilistinsPhilistines sporting, ouerwhelmed by an house, Iudg. 16.
John Lightfoot · Miscellanies Christian and Judaical · p. 179 · Open in the reader
Printed
… up the fountaine of her charitie with foule tearmes and churliſh anſweres as the PhiliſtinsPhilistines did Abrahams wels with earth. The husband and wife ſhould goe hand in hand …
With rule
… up the fountaine of her charitie with foule tearmes and churliſh anſweres as the PhiliſtinsPhilistines did Abrahams wels with earth. The husband and wife ſhould goe hand in hand …
Richard Bernard · The Ready Way to Good Works · p. 78 · Open in the reader
Printed
… to ouercome him, his owne ſinne weakneth him. And when Samſon killed a thouſand PhiliſtinsPhilistines, and no bands were able to keep him faſt, his owne ſinne made him …
With rule
… to ouercome him, his owne ſinne weakneth him. And when Samſon killed a thouſand PhiliſtinsPhilistines, and no bands were able to keep him faſt, his owne ſinne made him …
Archibald Simson · Exposition on the Seven Psalms of Repentance · p. 25 · Open in the reader
Printed
… of Chriſt, which we haue ſet downe heere aboue, being therein like to the PhiliſtinsPhilistines the companions of Sampſon, which coulde not comprehend this propoſition that hee made them …
With rule
… of Chriſt, which we haue ſet downe heere aboue, being therein like to the PhiliſtinsPhilistines the companions of Sampſon, which coulde not comprehend this propoſition that hee made them …
Jean Taffin · The Marks of the Children of God and their Comforts in Affliction · Open in the reader
Printed
… was a King ruling over a city called Gerar, in the countrey of the PhiliſtinsPhilistines. In his countrey Abraham ſojourned, you have the ſtory of him, Gen. 20. & 21. v. 22. ad …
With rule
… was a King ruling over a city called Gerar, in the countrey of the PhiliſtinsPhilistines. In his countrey Abraham ſojourned, you have the ſtory of him, Gen. 20. & 21. v. 22. ad …
William Whately · Prototypes · p. 197 · Open in the reader
Printed
Sathan with his temptations hath bored out the eyes of many as the PhilistinsPhilistines did to Samson: But alas, who hath the courage of Samson to seeke to …
With rule
Sathan with his temptations hath bored out the eyes of many as the PhilistinsPhilistines did to Samson: But alas, who hath the courage of Samson to seeke to …
Zacharie Boyd · The Last Battle of the Soul · p. 1056 · Open in the reader
Printed
… his Lords, surfetting with full carouses from the sacred Boles; a sacrilegious Feast. The PhilistinsPhilistines feast to the honour of Dagon; an Idolatrous feast. Herods birthday-feast, when Iohn …
With rule
… his Lords, surfetting with full carouses from the sacred Boles; a sacrilegious Feast. The PhilistinsPhilistines feast to the honour of Dagon; an Idolatrous feast. Herods birthday-feast, when Iohn …
Thomas Adams · The Devils Banket Described · p. 6 · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (4)

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