Waiting for reviewApostrophes and possessivesCandidate #40017 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

naboth'snaboth

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

Puritas changed it: 95 times in 61 works
Consistency: 67.8% (95 of 140)
Reach if approved: ~147 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner: No opinion (map not loaded)
Matches: Exact word, any case
In our text: 140 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings: None
Taken into joins: None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (95 changes in 61 works, 67.8% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 95)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied

Printed
… a King, who had enough to ſatisfie his Mind) in the ſame condition for Naboth'sNaboth Vineyard. If you ſay theſe were wicked Men, who rid their Luſts without a …
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… a King, who had enough to ſatisfie his Mind) in the ſame condition for Naboth'sNaboth Vineyard. If you ſay theſe were wicked Men, who rid their Luſts without a …
Richard Gilpin · Satans Temptations in Three Parts · p. 292 · Open in the reader
Printed
… a Vanity, but the Heart lingereth after it, and groweth sick, as Ahab for Naboth'sNaboth Vineyard. Duties of Godliness are esteemed an heavy Task; the Law of God is …
With rule
… a Vanity, but the Heart lingereth after it, and groweth sick, as Ahab for Naboth'sNaboth Vineyard. Duties of Godliness are esteemed an heavy Task; the Law of God is …
Thomas Manton · Sermons Volume 4 · p. 168 · Open in the reader
Printed
… a dear Daughter of the Serpent; her he inſpir'd with ſpecial Wiles to get Naboth'sNaboth Vincyard, as we read in the Story, 1 Kings 21.
With rule
… a dear Daughter of the Serpent; her he inſpir'd with ſpecial Wiles to get Naboth'sNaboth Vincyard, as we read in the Story, 1 Kings 21.
Samuel Shaw · The True Christians T est · p. 172 · Open in the reader
Printed
… buſineſs, and to hinder and diſappoint great Deſigns. If Ahab have a Mind to Naboth'sNaboth Vineyard, and Naboth will not let him be honeſt, and have it for a …
With rule
… buſineſs, and to hinder and diſappoint great Deſigns. If Ahab have a Mind to Naboth'sNaboth Vineyard, and Naboth will not let him be honeſt, and have it for a …
John Tillotson · Discourses Proving Jesus to be the Messiah · p. 471 · Open in the reader
Printed
She who Naboth'sNaboth death contriv'd
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She who Naboth'sNaboth death contriv'd
George Wither · Divine Poems · p. 71 · Open in the reader
Printed
… alter him. When the the Prophet Eliah met Ahab with a ſharp meſſage about Naboth'sNaboth blo…d and Vineyard, it made him go ſoftly, it cooled his ſpirit, but …
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… alter him. When the the Prophet Eliah met Ahab with a ſharp meſſage about Naboth'sNaboth blo…d and Vineyard, it made him go ſoftly, it cooled his ſpirit, but …
Obadiah Sedgwick · The Parable of the Prodigal · p. 22 · Open in the reader
Printed
… deſire ſhall caſt him upon his bed? and is not Chriſt's blood better than Naboth'sNaboth vineyard? how is it O my ſoul, that thou art not ſick on thy …
With rule
… deſire ſhall caſt him upon his bed? and is not Chriſt's blood better than Naboth'sNaboth vineyard? how is it O my ſoul, that thou art not ſick on thy …
Isaac Ambrose · Looking Unto Jesus · p. 386 · Open in the reader
Printed
… of Ground thy Carkaſs ſhall fall; as God ſaid concerning Ahab with reference to Naboth'sNaboth Field, which he had gotten by Murder, I wil requite thee in this plat …
With rule
… of Ground thy Carkaſs ſhall fall; as God ſaid concerning Ahab with reference to Naboth'sNaboth Field, which he had gotten by Murder, I wil requite thee in this plat …
Timothy Cruso · Twenty-Four Sermons · p. 315 · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (45)

15 of them are in works where Puritas changed it elsewhere, so their places are known; 14 are listed here. 30 more are in works where it never changed. Each is our text, as the rule would change it.

Treatise of Moral and Intellectual Virtues A45744

Printed
… troubled for Naboth'sNaboth Vineyard; Doſt thou govern Iſrael, and knoweſt not how to have Naboth'sNaboth Vineyard? Ariſe, eat Bread, and let thy Heart be merry; I will give thee …
With rule
… troubled for Naboth'sNaboth Vineyard; Doſt thou govern Iſrael, and knoweſt not how to have Naboth'sNaboth Vineyard? Ariſe, eat Bread, and let thy Heart be merry; I will give thee …
John Hartcliffe · Treatise of Moral and Intellectual Virtues · Open in the reader

Sermons Volume 4 A51840

Printed
… that may tend to our Neighbours loss, as Ahab had a lustful desire of Naboth'sNaboth Vineyard as a Conveniency▪ thô he promised to give him a better in the …
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… that may tend to our Neighbours loss, as Ahab had a lustful desire of Naboth'sNaboth Vineyard as a Conveniency▪ thô he promised to give him a better in the …
Thomas Manton · Sermons Volume 4 · p. 305 · Open in the reader

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

Printed
… of it, having ſurfeited of thoſe Grapes that grew in it while it was Naboth'sNaboth. N.B. The contiguity of it was the ground of Ahab's concupiſcence. Some ſuppoſe …
With rule
… of it, having ſurfeited of thoſe Grapes that grew in it while it was Naboth'sNaboth. N.B. The contiguity of it was the ground of Ahab's concupiſcence. Some ſuppoſe …
Christopher Ness · A Complete History and Mystery of the Old and New Testament · p. 508 · Open in the reader
Printed
Remark the Fourth, Is Naboth'sNaboth Anſwer to the King's Demand [Chalila li me Jehovah, Heb.] the Lord forbid it …
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Remark the Fourth, Is Naboth'sNaboth Anſwer to the King's Demand [Chalila li me Jehovah, Heb.] the Lord forbid it …
Christopher Ness · A Complete History and Mystery of the Old and New Testament · p. 508 · Open in the reader
Printed
… waſhed in the Pool of Samaria (as publick a Place as was that of Naboth'sNaboth Execution) but his Armour was carried to his Armory in Jezreel, where the Dogs …
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… waſhed in the Pool of Samaria (as publick a Place as was that of Naboth'sNaboth Execution) but his Armour was carried to his Armory in Jezreel, where the Dogs …
Christopher Ness · A Complete History and Mystery of the Old and New Testament · p. 514 · Open in the reader

The True Christians T est A59607

Printed
… Ahab from Covetouſneſs, that he offered a full price, or a good exchange for Naboth'sNaboth Vineyard. Nay, the very over-buying of a thing, (if it be judicious) is …
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… Ahab from Covetouſneſs, that he offered a full price, or a good exchange for Naboth'sNaboth Vineyard. Nay, the very over-buying of a thing, (if it be judicious) is …
Samuel Shaw · The True Christians T est · p. 64 · Open in the reader

Thirty-Six Sermons A62128

Printed
… treacherously; it is in hope of getting the living from him. And it was Naboth'sNaboth Vineyard, not blasphemy, that made him guilty. Those sinners that conspired against the innocent …
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… treacherously; it is in hope of getting the living from him. And it was Naboth'sNaboth Vineyard, not blasphemy, that made him guilty. Those sinners that conspired against the innocent …
Robert Sanderson · Thirty-Six Sermons · p. 125 · Open in the reader
Printed
… had no less power, and withal more colour, to take away his life, than Naboth'sNaboth? and that when he was in the top of his jollity, solacing himself in …
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… had no less power, and withal more colour, to take away his life, than Naboth'sNaboth? and that when he was in the top of his jollity, solacing himself in …
Robert Sanderson · Thirty-Six Sermons · p. 161 · Open in the reader
Printed
… Son held without scruple. We do not find that ever he made restitution of Naboth'sNaboth vineyard to the right heir, and it is like enough he did not; and …
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… Son held without scruple. We do not find that ever he made restitution of Naboth'sNaboth vineyard to the right heir, and it is like enough he did not; and …
Robert Sanderson · Thirty-Six Sermons · p. 195 · Open in the reader
Printed
17. Ahabs sin was this, when first his teeth began to water after Naboth'sNaboth Vin…ard. He went indeed afterwards a great deal farther. He brake the Eighth …
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17. Ahabs sin was this, when first his teeth began to water after Naboth'sNaboth Vin…ard. He went indeed afterwards a great deal farther. He brake the Eighth …
Robert Sanderson · Thirty-Six Sermons · p. 422 · Open in the reader
Printed
… eat bread, though he swayed the Scepter of a mighty Kingdom, for want of Naboth'sNaboth Vineyard. Or if we could suppose Contentment should arise from the things; yet fourthly …
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… eat bread, though he swayed the Scepter of a mighty Kingdom, for want of Naboth'sNaboth Vineyard. Or if we could suppose Contentment should arise from the things; yet fourthly …
Robert Sanderson · Thirty-Six Sermons · p. 436 · Open in the reader

Forty Sermons A63825

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… and yet guilty of a rape. And they were the Elders and Nobles of Naboth'sNaboth City, who out of fear and baſe compliance with Jezabel's wicked Commands acted his …
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… and yet guilty of a rape. And they were the Elders and Nobles of Naboth'sNaboth City, who out of fear and baſe compliance with Jezabel's wicked Commands acted his …
Anthony Tuckney · Forty Sermons · p. 63 · Open in the reader
Printed
… it me, that I ſhould give the inheritance of my fathers unto thee, was Naboth'sNaboth anſwer to Ahab, who ſpake and offered fair to get it from him, 1 King …
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… it me, that I ſhould give the inheritance of my fathers unto thee, was Naboth'sNaboth anſwer to Ahab, who ſpake and offered fair to get it from him, 1 King …
Anthony Tuckney · Forty Sermons · p. 197 · Open in the reader
Printed
… joints of Ahab's Harneſs; who though he had a Kingdom, if he have no: Naboth'sNaboth Vineyard, is heavy, and diſcontented. And Haman, though he can make a Buſineſs of …
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… joints of Ahab's Harneſs; who though he had a Kingdom, if he have no: Naboth'sNaboth Vineyard, is heavy, and diſcontented. And Haman, though he can make a Buſineſs of …
Anthony Tuckney · Forty Sermons · p. 403 · Open in the reader