Waiting for reviewApostrophes and possessivesCandidate #39496 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

joabsjoab's

Apostrophes added or expanded, mostly possessives: gods → god's. Approve one at a time: some places are plurals.

Puritas changed it: 168 times in 91 works
Consistency: 100% (168 of 168)
Reach if approved: ~177 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner: Agrees: joab's
Matches: Exact word, any case
In our text: 168 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings: None
Taken into joins: None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (168 changes in 91 works, 100% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 168)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied

Printed
… tribulation of the Lord, or a … together, or a Son of the Lord. … and JoabsJoab's and … Mother, and Sister to David, 1 Cor. 2. 16. Of her Children David complaineth, 2 Sam 16. 10. & 19 22.
With rule
… tribulation of the Lord, or a … together, or a Son of the Lord. … and JoabsJoab's and … Mother, and Sister to David, 1 Cor. 2. 16. Of her Children David complaineth, 2 Sam 16. 10. & 19 22.
Thomas Wilson · A Complete Christian Dictionary · p. 753 · Open in the reader
Printed
… croſſed, would imbrue the State in blood or confuſion; as in the caſe of JoabsJoab's murther of Abner, owned by Abiſha, who with their faction, were too ſtrong for …
With rule
… croſſed, would imbrue the State in blood or confuſion; as in the caſe of JoabsJoab's murther of Abner, owned by Abiſha, who with their faction, were too ſtrong for …
Thomas Cobbet · The Civil Magistrates Power in Matters of Religion · p. 86 · Open in the reader
Printed
… not. Hee ſent again, yet hee comes not. At laſt Abſolom ſets fire upon JoabsJoab's corn; and then hee came amain, but with no better heart: it is likely …
With rule
… not. Hee ſent again, yet hee comes not. At laſt Abſolom ſets fire upon JoabsJoab's corn; and then hee came amain, but with no better heart: it is likely …
Samuel Bolton · The Dead Saint Speaking to Saints and Sinners Living · p. 284 · Open in the reader
Printed
… dyed in his rebellion, I fear he is fallen into a worſe hand than JoabsJoab's: Oh that my death might have prevented ſo dreadful a miſcarriage; Oh Abſalom! would …
With rule
… dyed in his rebellion, I fear he is fallen into a worſe hand than JoabsJoab's: Oh that my death might have prevented ſo dreadful a miſcarriage; Oh Abſalom! would …
Thomas Case · Mount Pisgah · p. 160 · Open in the reader
Printed
… hee came not, 2 Sam. 14.29. But what Abſalom? Therefore he ſaid to his ſervants, ſee JoabsJoab's field is near mine, and he hath Barley there; go and ſet it on …
With rule
… hee came not, 2 Sam. 14.29. But what Abſalom? Therefore he ſaid to his ſervants, ſee JoabsJoab's field is near mine, and he hath Barley there; go and ſet it on …
William Gearing · Gods Sovereignty Displayed from Job 9:12 · p. 134 · Open in the reader
Printed
… play of thruſting Swords into out fellowes ſides, as we reade of Abners and JoabsJoab's Souldiers. 2 Sam. 2. v. 14, 15, 16.
With rule
… play of thruſting Swords into out fellowes ſides, as we reade of Abners and JoabsJoab's Souldiers. 2 Sam. 2. v. 14, 15, 16.
John Ley · A Monitor of Mortality · p. 20 · Open in the reader
Printed
… of that ancient and renowned Kingdome maketh them) may take the head of many JoabsJoab's and Jermines, for murther; for the command of a King cannot legitimate murther. 4. David …
With rule
… of that ancient and renowned Kingdome maketh them) may take the head of many JoabsJoab's and Jermines, for murther; for the command of a King cannot legitimate murther. 4. David …
Samuel Rutherford · Lex Rex · p. 63 · Open in the reader
Printed
… would kiſs him: But Amaſa took no heed to the Sword that was in JoabsJoab's hand: ſo he ſmote him therewith in the fifth rib, and ſhed out his …
With rule
… would kiſs him: But Amaſa took no heed to the Sword that was in JoabsJoab's hand: ſo he ſmote him therewith in the fifth rib, and ſhed out his …
George Swinnock · The Sinners Last Sentence · p. 164 · 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.