Waiting for reviewApostrophes and possessivesCandidate #40184 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

ephraim'sephraim

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

Puritas changed it: 68 times in 36 works
Consistency: 73.1% (68 of 93)
Reach if approved: ~98 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner: No opinion (map not loaded)
Matches: Exact word, any case
In our text: 93 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings: None
Taken into joins: None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (68 changes in 36 works, 73.1% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 68)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied

Printed
Gray hairs are thick upon our Ephraim'sEphraim Head,
With rule
Gray hairs are thick upon our Ephraim'sEphraim Head,
Benjamin Keach · Zion in Distress · p. 38 · Open in the reader
Printed
… the ſtronger, and that wherewith we commonly perform every thing; the laying that on Ephraim'sEphraim Head was giving him the preheminence.
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… the ſtronger, and that wherewith we commonly perform every thing; the laying that on Ephraim'sEphraim Head was giving him the preheminence.
Simon Patrick · Commentary on Genesis · p. 595 · Open in the reader
Printed
… a Commandment from Jeroboam to worſhip the Golden Calves, yet this did not excuſe Ephraim'sEphraim Sin; but God waſted Ephraim with ſecret and open Judgments, for walking willingly after …
With rule
… a Commandment from Jeroboam to worſhip the Golden Calves, yet this did not excuſe Ephraim'sEphraim Sin; but God waſted Ephraim with ſecret and open Judgments, for walking willingly after …
Owen Stockton · A Rebuke to the Informers · p. 41 · Open in the reader
Printed
… in their Horſes and ſtrength at home, and in their Idols, had been Iſrael's & Ephraim'sEphraim reigning ſins, but when they truly and ſincerely turn to the Lord, then they …
With rule
… in their Horſes and ſtrength at home, and in their Idols, had been Iſrael's & Ephraim'sEphraim reigning ſins, but when they truly and ſincerely turn to the Lord, then they …
John Whitlock · Sermons on Psalm 18:23 · p. 48 · Open in the reader
Printed
… to heart, and it kindles great diſpleaſure in him, Hoſ. 13.5, 6. The Lord rub's up Ephraim'sEphraim memory, and tells him, I did know thee in the wilderneſs, in the land …
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… to heart, and it kindles great diſpleaſure in him, Hoſ. 13.5, 6. The Lord rub's up Ephraim'sEphraim memory, and tells him, I did know thee in the wilderneſs, in the land …
Nathaniel Whiting · The Saints Dangers Deliverances and Duties · p. 270 · Open in the reader
Printed
… murmurings and mutinies againſt Moſes; Abimelech's cruelty againſt his brethren; of the tribe of Ephraim'sEphraim quarrel with Jephta; and the Iſraelites with the Benjamites and their war; of the …
With rule
… murmurings and mutinies againſt Moſes; Abimelech's cruelty againſt his brethren; of the tribe of Ephraim'sEphraim quarrel with Jephta; and the Iſraelites with the Benjamites and their war; of the …
Richard Baxter · The True Way of Concord of All the Christian Churches · p. 54 · Open in the reader
Printed
… of the Sons of Benjamin were increaſed ten thouſand and two hundred. Thus though Ephraim'sEphraim own Tribe was diminiſhed, yet the other two Tribes joyned with him were augmented …
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… of the Sons of Benjamin were increaſed ten thouſand and two hundred. Thus though Ephraim'sEphraim own Tribe was diminiſhed, yet the other two Tribes joyned with him were augmented …
Samuel Cradock · The History of the Old Testament Methodized · p. 209 · Open in the reader
Printed
… of Iſrael, which was divided from the Kingdom of …dah, and therefore are call'd Ephraim'sEphraim fellows, not Judah's. All theſe repreſented by the Stick God would take, and what …
With rule
… of Iſrael, which was divided from the Kingdom of …dah, and therefore are call'd Ephraim'sEphraim fellows, not Judah's. All theſe repreſented by the Stick God would take, and what …
William Greenhill · Exposition of Ezekiel 30-48 · p. 453 · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (25)

4 of them are in works where Puritas changed it elsewhere, so their places are known; 21 more are in works where it never changed. Each is our text, as the rule would change it.

One Hundred Select Sermons A44565

Printed
… in this expreſſion of a Cake not turn'd, as it is an ggravation of Ephraim'sEphraim Judgment in the ſuddenneſs of it. That's the ſecond Branch of the Text, laid …
With rule
… in this expreſſion of a Cake not turn'd, as it is an ggravation of Ephraim'sEphraim Judgment in the ſuddenneſs of it. That's the ſecond Branch of the Text, laid …
Thomas Horton · One Hundred Select Sermons · p. 372 · Open in the reader
Printed
… paſſage, as well as the former, carries a double Emphaſis with it, both of Ephraim'sEphraim ſin and Judgment; and accordingly we may look upon it.
With rule
… paſſage, as well as the former, carries a double Emphaſis with it, both of Ephraim'sEphraim ſin and Judgment; and accordingly we may look upon it.
Thomas Horton · One Hundred Select Sermons · p. 372 · Open in the reader
Printed
The Second is, the ſtrength of Substance. Ephraim'sEphraim ſtrength, that is, Ephraim'sEphraim Wealth; his vaſt and great treaſure: That's a great piece of ſtrength to a …
With rule
The Second is, the ſtrength of Substance. Ephraim'sEphraim ſtrength, that is, Ephraim'sEphraim Wealth; his vaſt and great treaſure: That's a great piece of ſtrength to a …
Thomas Horton · One Hundred Select Sermons · p. 379 · Open in the reader

Commentary on Genesis A56630

Printed
Ver. 14. Stretched out his right hand, and laid it on Ephraim'sEphraim head.] Laying Hands on the Head of any Perſon, was always uſed in this …
With rule
Ver. 14. Stretched out his right hand, and laid it on Ephraim'sEphraim head.] Laying Hands on the Head of any Perſon, was always uſed in this …
Simon Patrick · Commentary on Genesis · p. 595 · Open in the reader