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shemeiShimei

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

Puritas changed it
306 times in 149 works
Consistency
98.7% (306 of 310)
Reach if approved
~326 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner
No opinion (map not loaded)
Matches
Exact word, any case
In our text
310 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings
None
Taken into joins
None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (306 changes in 149 works, 98.7% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 306)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied
  1. Printed
    … Scripture; as how God is saide to haue hardened Pharaohs heart, that he bid ShemeiShimei curse Dauid, non iubendo dixit, sed eius voluntatem proprio suo vitio malam in hoc …
    With rule
    … Scripture; as how God is saide to haue hardened Pharaohs heart, that he bid ShemeiShimei curse Dauid, non iubendo dixit, sed eius voluntatem proprio suo vitio malam in hoc …

    Andrew Willet · Commentary on Romans · p. 74 · Open in the reader

  2. Printed
    … his honour. How would wicked men have taken it, that such a dog as ShemeiShimei should raile upon David being a King, and Kings you know are impatient at …
    With rule
    … his honour. How would wicked men have taken it, that such a dog as ShemeiShimei should raile upon David being a King, and Kings you know are impatient at …

    Robert Bolton · A Cordial for Christians in the Time of Affliction · p. 6 · Open in the reader

  3. Printed
    … them with hypocriſie, or like the Iewes account them the greateſt ſinners, or as ShemeiShimei, raile on them: and ſo give them (inſtead of a cup of conſolation) vinegar …
    With rule
    … them with hypocriſie, or like the Iewes account them the greateſt ſinners, or as ShemeiShimei, raile on them: and ſo give them (inſtead of a cup of conſolation) vinegar …

    William Gouge · Gods Three Arrows · p. 80 · Open in the reader

  4. Printed
    … doth or could afflict them, but the ſinne of the act; not ſpeech from ShemeiShimei, but ſinfull reuiling ſpeech was Dauids exerciſe. Wherefore being not abſolutely euill, but good …
    With rule
    … doth or could afflict them, but the ſinne of the act; not ſpeech from ShemeiShimei, but ſinfull reuiling ſpeech was Dauids exerciſe. Wherefore being not abſolutely euill, but good …

    Paul Baynes · Commentary Upon Ephesians 1 · p. 267 · Open in the reader

  5. Printed
    … will. Rom. 12. 2. Eph. 5. 17. Dauid saith, All thy lawes are before me. 2. Sam. 22. 23. And when ShemeiShimei reuiled, he spake thus, He raileth because God biddes him raile. 2. Sam. 6. 10. Lastly, we …
    With rule
    … will. Rom. 12. 2. Eph. 5. 17. Dauid saith, All thy lawes are before me. 2. Sam. 22. 23. And when ShemeiShimei reuiled, he spake thus, He raileth because God biddes him raile. 2. Sam. 6. 10. Lastly, we …

    William Perkins · Commentary on Galatians 1-5 · p. 306 · Open in the reader

  6. Printed
    … us, though by mans unjust provocations and injuries: And this was Davids remedy, when ShemeiShimei reviled him. A third, True love to others, which is not easily, no… excessively …
    With rule
    … us, though by mans unjust provocations and injuries: And this was Davids remedy, when ShemeiShimei reviled him. A third, True love to others, which is not easily, no… excessively …

    John Robinson · Observations Divine and Moral · p. 285 · Open in the reader

  7. Printed
    … yea though an enemy ſhall by malicious railing cal his ſinne to remembrance, as ShemeiShimei did to David, even therein hee can ſee God, and can for the moſt …
    With rule
    … yea though an enemy ſhall by malicious railing cal his ſinne to remembrance, as ShemeiShimei did to David, even therein hee can ſee God, and can for the moſt …

    Henry Scudder · The Christians Daily Walk in Holy Security and Peace · p. 349 · Open in the reader

  8. Printed
    1 But this will helpe to humble a good man: Let ShemeiShimei alone (saith Dauid) I haue deserued it, 2. Sam. 16.
    With rule
    1 But this will helpe to humble a good man: Let ShemeiShimei alone (saith Dauid) I haue deserued it, 2. Sam. 16.

    Thomas Taylor · The Practice of Repentance · p. 306 · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (4)

3 of them are in works where Puritas changed it elsewhere, so their places are known; 1 more are in works where it never changed. Each is our text, as the rule would change it.

The New Covenant A09990

  • Printed
    … doe vs not (without his commission) the least good, not the least hurt. When shemeiShimei cursed David, you know, what expression he vsed; The Lord hath bid shemeiShimei curse …
    With rule
    … doe vs not (without his commission) the least good, not the least hurt. When shemeiShimei cursed David, you know, what expression he vsed; The Lord hath bid shemeiShimei curse …

    John Preston · The New Covenant · p. 31 · Open in the reader

  • Printed
    … When shemeiShimei cursed David, you know, what expression he vsed; The Lord hath bid shemeiShimei curse, as if he should say, shemeiShimei, nor any man else in the world …
    With rule
    … When shemeiShimei cursed David, you know, what expression he vsed; The Lord hath bid shemeiShimei curse, as if he should say, shemeiShimei, nor any man else in the world …

    John Preston · The New Covenant · p. 31 · Open in the reader

  • Printed
    … expression he vsed; The Lord hath bid shemeiShimei curse, as if he should say, shemeiShimei, nor any man else in the world, could not moue his tongue, if God …
    With rule
    … expression he vsed; The Lord hath bid shemeiShimei curse, as if he should say, shemeiShimei, nor any man else in the world, could not moue his tongue, if God …

    John Preston · The New Covenant · p. 31 · Open in the reader