Waiting for reviewApostrophes and possessivesCandidate #39799 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

elishaeselisha's

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

Puritas changed it: 91 times in 52 works
Consistency: 100% (91 of 91)
Reach if approved: ~96 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner: Agrees: elisha's
Matches: Exact word, any case
In our text: 91 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings: None
Taken into joins: None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (91 changes in 52 works, 100% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 91)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied

Printed
… not God speed, and according to Iohns owne example to Cerinthus in the bath, & ElishaesElisha's towards Iehoram 2 King. 3.13.14. and Dauids profession, Ps. 139.21. It may doe them much good, when …
With rule
… not God speed, and according to Iohns owne example to Cerinthus in the bath, & ElishaesElisha's towards Iehoram 2 King. 3.13.14. and Dauids profession, Ps. 139.21. It may doe them much good, when …
Daniel Dyke · Six Evangelical Histories of Water Turned into Wine · p. 268 · Open in the reader
Printed
… punisht with, cleanness of teeth. This Judgement was in part fulfilled in Elijahs and ElishaesElisha's dayes, when in Ahabs reign there was a three years famine, 1 King. 17. & 18. & 2 King. 6.25. & 8.1. and …
With rule
… punisht with, cleanness of teeth. This Judgement was in part fulfilled in Elijahs and ElishaesElisha's dayes, when in Ahabs reign there was a three years famine, 1 King. 17. & 18. & 2 King. 6.25. & 8.1. and …
Thomas Hall · Exposition of Amos 4-9 · p. 60 · Open in the reader
Printed
… in Sinai, in the holy place. In a like repreſentation they were beheld by EliſhaesElisha's ſervant, 2 Kings 6. 17. when he ſaw the mountain full of horſes, and chariots of fire …
With rule
… in Sinai, in the holy place. In a like repreſentation they were beheld by EliſhaesElisha's ſervant, 2 Kings 6. 17. when he ſaw the mountain full of horſes, and chariots of fire …
Henry Vane · The Retired Mans Meditations · p. 43 · Open in the reader
Printed
… ſcum of it boil out? no, Jehoram at that time, ſent to take off EliſhaesElisha's head, verſ. 31. and ſaid, hee would wait no longer for the Lord, verſ. 33. His …
With rule
… ſcum of it boil out? no, Jehoram at that time, ſent to take off EliſhaesElisha's head, verſ. 31. and ſaid, hee would wait no longer for the Lord, verſ. 33. His …
William Greenhill · Exposition of Ezekiel 20-29 · p. 337 · Open in the reader
Printed
… Eliah any more, did desire to send 50. strong men to seeke him, contrary to ElishaesElisha's aduise, ve. 15.16.17.18.
With rule
… Eliah any more, did desire to send 50. strong men to seeke him, contrary to ElishaesElisha's aduise, ve. 15.16.17.18.
James Forester · The Marrow and Juice of 260 Scriptures · p. 154 · Open in the reader
Printed
… to be wrought in the reuiuing of a dead man by the touching of ElishaesElisha's dead carkeise in the graue, thereby to assure the people of their deliuerance, and …
With rule
… to be wrought in the reuiuing of a dead man by the touching of ElishaesElisha's dead carkeise in the graue, thereby to assure the people of their deliuerance, and …
William Perkins · The Damned Art of Witchcraft · p. 116 · Open in the reader
Printed
… the eye, as we are taught to beleev by faith; we might behold with ElishaesElisha's servant the mountaines to be ful of horses & charets of fyre round about vs …
With rule
… the eye, as we are taught to beleev by faith; we might behold with ElishaesElisha's servant the mountaines to be ful of horses & charets of fyre round about vs …
Henry Ainsworth · The Communion of Saints · p. 309 · Open in the reader
Printed
… them: as it sared with Iehosaphat, when three nations banded against him, and with ElishaesElisha's seruant when he saw the Aramites host.
With rule
… them: as it sared with Iehosaphat, when three nations banded against him, and with ElishaesElisha's seruant when he saw the Aramites host.
Thomas Wilson · Commentary on Romans · p. 600 · 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.