Waiting for reviewApostrophes and possessivesCandidate #39916 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

gideon'sgideon

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

Puritas changed it: 97 times in 42 works
Consistency: 76.3% (97 of 127)
Reach if approved: ~133 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner: No opinion (map not loaded)
Matches: Exact word, any case
In our text: 127 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings: None
Taken into joins: None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (97 changes in 42 works, 76.3% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 97)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied

Printed
… are born again; so our own strength is not sufficient afterwards without renewed succors. Gideon'sGideon Son being but a Youth, was afraid to draw his Sword against the two …
With rule
… are born again; so our own strength is not sufficient afterwards without renewed succors. Gideon'sGideon Son being but a Youth, was afraid to draw his Sword against the two …
Timothy Cruso · The Necessity and Advantage of an Early Victory Over Satan · p. 23 · Open in the reader
Printed
… change of our condition, then we conclude, God is angry with our prayers. See Gideon'sGideon reply, Judges 6. 13. This even staggered a Moses's faith, Exod. 5. 22, 23. O what groundless Jealousies and …
With rule
… change of our condition, then we conclude, God is angry with our prayers. See Gideon'sGideon reply, Judges 6. 13. This even staggered a Moses's faith, Exod. 5. 22, 23. O what groundless Jealousies and …
John Flavel · Divine Conduct · p. 157 · Open in the reader
Printed
… unto Him for Salvation. Let us (we eſpeceally in this Wilderneſs that that like Gideon'sGideon Fleece, enjoyes theſe Dewes of Heaven when the reſt of the world is dry …
With rule
… unto Him for Salvation. Let us (we eſpeceally in this Wilderneſs that that like Gideon'sGideon Fleece, enjoyes theſe Dewes of Heaven when the reſt of the world is dry …
Increase Mather · Sermon at Execution of a Man Found Guilty of Murder · p. 55 · Open in the reader
Printed
… are sometimes defeated by small and inconsiderable Forces; the great Host of Midian, by Gideon'sGideon three hundred men; the Garrison of the Philistines by Ionathan, and his Armour-Bearer …
With rule
… are sometimes defeated by small and inconsiderable Forces; the great Host of Midian, by Gideon'sGideon three hundred men; the Garrison of the Philistines by Ionathan, and his Armour-Bearer …
Urian Oakes · The Sovereign Efficacy of Divine Providence · p. 9 · Open in the reader
Printed
… eſpecially when drought is upon the earth, and other parts of Judah are like Gideon'sGideon fleece: Iſa. 38. ver. 17. Thou haſt in love to my ſoul delivered it from the …
With rule
… eſpecially when drought is upon the earth, and other parts of Judah are like Gideon'sGideon fleece: Iſa. 38. ver. 17. Thou haſt in love to my ſoul delivered it from the …
Nathaniel Whiting · Old Jacobs Altar Newly Repaired · p. 28 · Open in the reader
Printed
… onely might wear, neither might anie imitate it; for that was the fall of Gideon'sGideon houſ. Judg. 8.26, 27.
With rule
… onely might wear, neither might anie imitate it; for that was the fall of Gideon'sGideon houſ. Judg. 8.26, 27.
John Trapp · Commentary on the Pentateuch · p. 93 · Open in the reader
Printed
… to Moſes out of the burning buſh. He put a lamp of fire into Gideon'sGideon hand and gave him the Word, The ſword of the LORD and of Gideon …
With rule
… to Moſes out of the burning buſh. He put a lamp of fire into Gideon'sGideon hand and gave him the Word, The ſword of the LORD and of Gideon …
Benjamin Colman · The Judgments of Providence in the Hand of Christ · p. 13 · Open in the reader
Printed
… Earthen Veſſels. This was probably typified of old by the burning Lights & Lamps which Gideon'sGideon Soldiers had in one Hand in Earthen Pitchers, while they held a Trumpet in …
With rule
… Earthen Veſſels. This was probably typified of old by the burning Lights & Lamps which Gideon'sGideon Soldiers had in one Hand in Earthen Pitchers, while they held a Trumpet in …
Jonathan Edwards · The True Excellency of a Minister of the Gospel · p. 20 · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (30)

4 of them are in works where Puritas changed it elsewhere, so their places are known; 26 more are in works where it never changed. Each is our text, as the rule would change it.

Discourses Upon the Rich Man and Lazarus A35318

Printed
… dip the Tip of his Finger in Water] the three hundred Men of whom Gideon'sGideon Army was compos'd by God's Direction, were such as lapped the Water, by taking …
With rule
… dip the Tip of his Finger in Water] the three hundred Men of whom Gideon'sGideon Army was compos'd by God's Direction, were such as lapped the Water, by taking …
Timothy Cruso · Discourses Upon the Rich Man and Lazarus · p. 67 · Open in the reader
Printed
… as you can. Take heed of doing any thing, which may probably become (like Gideon'sGideon Ephod, Judg. 8.27) a snare to you, or to your House. There is one thing …
With rule
… as you can. Take heed of doing any thing, which may probably become (like Gideon'sGideon Ephod, Judg. 8.27) a snare to you, or to your House. There is one thing …
Timothy Cruso · Discourses Upon the Rich Man and Lazarus · p. 130 · Open in the reader

Meditations the Parable of the Prodigal Son A42120

Printed
… keep him at a distance from God, which becomes a Snare to him, as Gideon'sGideon Ephod did to him, and to his House.
With rule
… keep him at a distance from God, which becomes a Snare to him, as Gideon'sGideon Ephod did to him, and to his House.
Obadiah Grew · Meditations the Parable of the Prodigal Son · p. 82 · Open in the reader

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

Printed
… the Wood of Ephraim, which had been ſo fatal to Oreb and Zeeb in Gideon'sGideon time, Judg. 7.25. and 8.3. and to the Ephramites alſo Judg. 12.5, 6. The Routed Rabble running from …
With rule
… the Wood of Ephraim, which had been ſo fatal to Oreb and Zeeb in Gideon'sGideon time, Judg. 7.25. and 8.3. and to the Ephramites alſo Judg. 12.5, 6. The Routed Rabble running from …
Christopher Ness · A Complete History and Mystery of the Old and New Testament · p. 400 · Open in the reader