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vzzahUzza

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

Puritas changed it
223 times in 117 works
Consistency
97.3% (223 of 229)
Reach if approved
~241 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner
Disagrees: uzzah
Matches
Exact word, any case
In our text
229 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings
uzziah (1)
Taken into joins
None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (223 changes in 117 works, 97.3% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 223)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied
  1. Printed
    Chap. 13 Arke brought home, 7. VzzahUzza ſtricken, 10. Obed-Edom bleſſed, Verſe. 14.
    With rule
    Chap. 13 Arke brought home, 7. VzzahUzza ſtricken, 10. Obed-Edom bleſſed, Verſe. 14.

    Ezekiel Culverwell · A Ready Way to Remember the Scriptures · p. 26 · Open in the reader

  2. Printed
    … the ſame ſinnes. This appeareth in David, when the Lord in his anger ſmote VzzahUzza for his errour, that he died by the Arke of God, becauſe he put …
    With rule
    … the ſame ſinnes. This appeareth in David, when the Lord in his anger ſmote VzzahUzza for his errour, that he died by the Arke of God, becauſe he put …

    William Attersoll · Conversion of Nineveh, Gods Trumpet, Physic Against Famine · p. 139 · Open in the reader

  3. Printed
    … had smitten VzzahUzza with sudden death: But with whom? not with God, but at VzzahUzza, and at the Priest, for that ouersight of their's, whereby the Lord was so …
    With rule
    … had smitten VzzahUzza with sudden death: But with whom? not with God, but at VzzahUzza, and at the Priest, for that ouersight of their's, whereby the Lord was so …

    Robert Harris · The Way to True Happiness · p. 124 · Open in the reader

  4. Printed
    The like we haue in VzzahUzza ſonne of Abinadab, 2 Sam. 6.6. who becauſe he touched the Arke of God contrary to …
    With rule
    The like we haue in VzzahUzza ſonne of Abinadab, 2 Sam. 6.6. who becauſe he touched the Arke of God contrary to …

    Sebastian Benefield · Seventeen Sermons on Amos 3 · p. 240 · Open in the reader

  5. Printed
    … his body. Let us therefore take heed we come preparedly; for as God strooke VzzahUzza for touching the Arke with polluted hands, and Nadab and Abihu for offering of …
    With rule
    … his body. Let us therefore take heed we come preparedly; for as God strooke VzzahUzza for touching the Arke with polluted hands, and Nadab and Abihu for offering of …

    John Preston · A Lifeless Life · p. 23 · Open in the reader

  6. Printed
    … put to death] either by men, or by the hand of God; as was VzzahUzza, for putting his hand to the Arke, 1 Chron. 13. 10. So in Thargum Ionathan it is …
    With rule
    … put to death] either by men, or by the hand of God; as was VzzahUzza, for putting his hand to the Arke, 1 Chron. 13. 10. So in Thargum Ionathan it is …

    Henry Ainsworth · Annotations on the Pentateuch, Psalms, Song of Songs · p. 8 · Open in the reader

  7. Printed
    … electiō to be king: & D. Kimchi vseth this reason, that seeing the Lord strooke VzzahUzza for touching the Arke, Saul could not haue gone vnpunished, if he had opened …
    With rule
    … electiō to be king: & D. Kimchi vseth this reason, that seeing the Lord strooke VzzahUzza for touching the Arke, Saul could not haue gone vnpunished, if he had opened …

    Andrew Willet · Harmony Upon 1 Samuel · p. 25 · Open in the reader

  8. Printed
    VzzahUzza. 53. 13.
    With rule
    VzzahUzza. 53. 13.

    Hugh Broughton · A Direction to Find All those Names in a Table of Genealogies · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (5)

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

Works of Joseph Hall A68126

  • Printed
    VzZAHUzza and the Arke,
    With rule
    VzZAHUzza and the Arke,

    Joseph Hall · Works of Joseph Hall · p. 1123 · Open in the reader

  • Printed
    VzZAHUzza, AND THE ARKE REMOVED.
    With rule
    VzZAHUzza, AND THE ARKE REMOVED.

    Joseph Hall · Works of Joseph Hall · p. 1127 · Open in the reader