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joshuahJoshua

Proper names whose form changes beyond mechanical spelling: Ionas → Jonah. Approve one at a time.

Puritas changed it
844 times in 342 works
Consistency
98.3% (844 of 858)
Reach if approved
~903 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner
Agrees: joshua
Matches
Exact word, any case
In our text
859 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings
None
Taken into joins
None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (844 changes in 342 works, 98.3% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 844)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied
  1. Printed
    … your work to the utmoſt, and leave God to do his. When God called JoſhuahJoshua to do a work fully, and he did it, God ſhewed mercy to him …
    With rule
    … your work to the utmoſt, and leave God to do his. When God called JoſhuahJoshua to do a work fully, and he did it, God ſhewed mercy to him …

    William Bridge · The Freeness of the Grace and Love of God · p. 20 · Open in the reader

  2. Printed
    JoshuahJoshua was so zealous against Eldad and Medad, for prophesying in the camp; without first …
    With rule
    JoshuahJoshua was so zealous against Eldad and Medad, for prophesying in the camp; without first …

    John Bunyan · A Confession of My Faith and a Reason of My Practice · p. 100 · Open in the reader

  3. Printed
    … the glory of his Omniſcience, manifeſted in the diſcovery of his ſecret Crime. And JoſhuahJoshua ſaid to Achan, My Son give glory to the Lord God of Iſrael, and …
    With rule
    … the glory of his Omniſcience, manifeſted in the diſcovery of his ſecret Crime. And JoſhuahJoshua ſaid to Achan, My Son give glory to the Lord God of Iſrael, and …

    Stephen Charnock · Existence and Attributes of God · p. 326 · Open in the reader

  4. Printed
    … of the City, and ſpake comfortably to them. &c. Exod. 17. 9. And Moſes ſaid to JoſhuahJoshua, chooſe us out men, and goe out, fight with Amalek, tomorrow I will ſtand …
    With rule
    … of the City, and ſpake comfortably to them. &c. Exod. 17. 9. And Moſes ſaid to JoſhuahJoshua, chooſe us out men, and goe out, fight with Amalek, tomorrow I will ſtand …

    John Cotton · An Abstract of Laws and Government · p. 3 · Open in the reader

  5. Printed
    She was of a JoſhuahJoshua-like reſolution. As for me and my houſe, we will ſerve the Lord.
    With rule
    She was of a JoſhuahJoshua-like reſolution. As for me and my houſe, we will ſerve the Lord.

    Thomas Case · The Imitation of the Saints · p. 45 · Open in the reader

  6. Printed
    … put there for his Providence) had fulfilled whatever his mouth had spoken, … Kings 8. 24. So JoshuahJoshua in like manner acknowledges, that not one good thing had failed, of all the …
    With rule
    … put there for his Providence) had fulfilled whatever his mouth had spoken, … Kings 8. 24. So JoshuahJoshua in like manner acknowledges, that not one good thing had failed, of all the …

    John Flavel · Divine Conduct · p. 132 · Open in the reader

  7. Printed
    JoſhuahJoshua Moodey.
    With rule
    JoſhuahJoshua Moodey.

    Cotton Mather · The Principles of the Protestant Religion Maintained · Open in the reader

  8. Printed
    … evil it ſelf become good. It is therefore upon fulleſt deliberation to chooſe with JoſhuahJoshua, I and my houſe, thoſe whom I can govern, …ill ſerve the Lord. It …
    With rule
    … evil it ſelf become good. It is therefore upon fulleſt deliberation to chooſe with JoſhuahJoshua, I and my houſe, thoſe whom I can govern, …ill ſerve the Lord. It …

    Thomas Beverley · The General Inefficacy and Insincerity of a Death-Bed Repentance · p. 24 · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (14)

9 of them are in works where Puritas changed it elsewhere, so their places are known; 7 are listed here. 5 more are in works where it never changed. Each is our text, as the rule would change it.

A Century of Sermons A43515

  • Printed
    JOSHUAHJOSHUA xxii. 26.
    With rule
    JOSHUAHJOSHUA xxii. 26.

    John Hacket · A Century of Sermons · p. 831 · Open in the reader

The Key of the Bible A57377

  • Printed
    1. ISraels entrance into the promised land, is described in the Book of JOSHUAHJOSHUA. So called from the chiefe subject handled therein, viz. The Acts of Ioshuah, the …
    With rule
    1. ISraels entrance into the promised land, is described in the Book of JOSHUAHJOSHUA. So called from the chiefe subject handled therein, viz. The Acts of Ioshuah, the …

    Francis Roberts · The Key of the Bible · p. 31 · Open in the reader

The Garden of Zion B01751

  • Printed
    With JOSHUAHJOSHUA; the other ten afraide,
    With rule
    With JOSHUAHJOSHUA; the other ten afraide,

    Zacharie Boyd · The Garden of Zion · p. 90 · Open in the reader

  • Printed
    And of EPHRAIM godly JOSHUAHJOSHUA,
    With rule
    And of EPHRAIM godly JOSHUAHJOSHUA,

    Zacharie Boyd · The Garden of Zion · p. 90 · Open in the reader

  • Printed
    JOSHUAHJOSHUA. A Saviour.
    With rule
    JOSHUAHJOSHUA. A Saviour.

    Zacharie Boyd · The Garden of Zion · p. 91 · Open in the reader

  • Printed
    Said JOSHUAHJOSHUA to theſe of Gibeon.
    With rule
    Said JOSHUAHJOSHUA to theſe of Gibeon.

    Zacharie Boyd · The Garden of Zion · p. 93 · Open in the reader

  • Printed
    Then JOSHUAHJOSHUA to help poor GIBEON
    With rule
    Then JOSHUAHJOSHUA to help poor GIBEON

    Zacharie Boyd · The Garden of Zion · p. 93 · Open in the reader