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saphirSapphire

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

Puritas changed it
209 times in 93 works
Consistency
93.7% (209 of 223)
Reach if approved
~234 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner
Disagrees: saphir
Matches
Exact word, any case
In our text
223 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings
None
Taken into joins
None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (209 changes in 93 works, 93.7% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 209)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied
  1. Printed
    … no glas, he sayth it is no christall, he sayth it is no white SaphirSapphire. So Christ saying this is my body, sayth it is no bread: Which plainesse …
    With rule
    … no glas, he sayth it is no christall, he sayth it is no white SaphirSapphire. So Christ saying this is my body, sayth it is no bread: Which plainesse …

    Archishop Thomas Cranmer · Answer unto a Crafy and Sophistical Cavillation · p. 256 · Open in the reader

  2. Printed
    … garniſhed with all manner of precious Stones. The firſt Foundation was Jaſper, the ſecond SaphirSapphire, the third a Chalcedony, the fourth an Em…rald, the fifth a Sardonix, the …
    With rule
    … garniſhed with all manner of precious Stones. The firſt Foundation was Jaſper, the ſecond SaphirSapphire, the third a Chalcedony, the fourth an Em…rald, the fifth a Sardonix, the …

    William Dyer · Mount Zion · Open in the reader

  3. Printed
    … And there was under his Feet as it were a paved work of a SaphirSapphire Stone (which is a Stone of a very clear Sky colour) and as it …
    With rule
    … And there was under his Feet as it were a paved work of a SaphirSapphire Stone (which is a Stone of a very clear Sky colour) and as it …

    John Hickes · The Excellency of the Heavenly Substance · p. 66 · Open in the reader

  4. Printed
    their decking of SaphirSapphire.
    With rule
    their decking of SaphirSapphire.

    Vavasor Powell · The Bird in the Cage · p. 21 · Open in the reader

  5. Printed
    … that God had now changed their condition, their brickes made in their bondage to SaphirSapphire, their lying and ſooting among the pots into the wings of a Dove covered …
    With rule
    … that God had now changed their condition, their brickes made in their bondage to SaphirSapphire, their lying and ſooting among the pots into the wings of a Dove covered …

    John Trapp · Commentary on Prov Ecc SoS Isa Jer Lam Eze Dan · p. 174 · Open in the reader

  6. Printed
    … foundation of the vvall vvas of all manner of pretious ſtones, as of Jaſper, SaphirSapphire Calcedon, of the▪ Emeraude, Sardoinx, Sardius, of the Chriſolite, Beryl, Topas, of the Chriſopraſus …
    With rule
    … foundation of the vvall vvas of all manner of pretious ſtones, as of Jaſper, SaphirSapphire Calcedon, of the▪ Emeraude, Sardoinx, Sardius, of the Chriſolite, Beryl, Topas, of the Chriſopraſus …

    William Loe · The Merchant Real · p. 36 · Open in the reader

  7. Printed
    … foundations of the new Ieruſalem were garniſhed with all manner of pretious ſtones; Iaſper, SaphirSapphire, Chalcedon, and the twelue gates were twelue pearles, &c.
    With rule
    … foundations of the new Ieruſalem were garniſhed with all manner of pretious ſtones; Iaſper, SaphirSapphire, Chalcedon, and the twelue gates were twelue pearles, &c.

    Thomas Taylor · Two Treatises · p. 10 · Open in the reader

  8. Printed
    … purer then ſnow, whiter then milk, ruddier then any Iewell, whoſe pulliſh paſſeth the SaphirSapphire, ſo hee boroweth the SaphirSapphire to ſhewe that our foreign, or civill cariage muſt be …
    With rule
    … purer then ſnow, whiter then milk, ruddier then any Iewell, whoſe pulliſh paſſeth the SaphirSapphire, ſo hee boroweth the SaphirSapphire to ſhewe that our foreign, or civill cariage muſt be …

    Hugh Broughton · An Advertisement of Corruption in our Handling of Religion · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (14)

8 of them are in works where Puritas changed it elsewhere, so their places are known; 6 more are in works where it never changed. Each is our text, as the rule would change it.

A Key Opening Mysterious Texts of Scripture A00593

  • Printed
    … teare they have ſhed they ſhall receive a pearle, for every blew ſtripe a ſaphirSapphire, for every green wound an emerald, for every drop of bloud a ruby to …
    With rule
    … teare they have ſhed they ſhall receive a pearle, for every blew ſtripe a ſaphirSapphire, for every green wound an emerald, for every drop of bloud a ruby to …

    Daniel Featley · A Key Opening Mysterious Texts of Scripture · p. 271 · Open in the reader

The Merchant Real A06192

  • Printed
    … rovve a ſardius, a topaze, a carbuncle, in the ſecond an em…raud a ſaphirSapphire, & a diamond, in the third a ligure, an achate, an hematite▪ in the fourth …
    With rule
    … rovve a ſardius, a topaze, a carbuncle, in the ſecond an em…raud a ſaphirSapphire, & a diamond, in the third a ligure, an achate, an hematite▪ in the fourth …

    William Loe · The Merchant Real · p. 35 · Open in the reader

Arrow Against the Separationists A08811

  • Printed
    … the Thargum that the firſt tables of the law were hevven out of the ſaphirSapphire of the throne of Gods glorie mentioned in Exo. 24,10. Theſe Iewiſh traditions are preſumptuous …
    With rule
    … the Thargum that the firſt tables of the law were hevven out of the ſaphirSapphire of the throne of Gods glorie mentioned in Exo. 24,10. Theſe Iewiſh traditions are preſumptuous …

    John Paget · Arrow Against the Separationists · p. 357 · Open in the reader

  • Printed
    … of the ſtones, in making the ſeventh to be a Beryll & the eight a ſaphirSapphire, manifeſtly contrary to the text, & contrary to you alſo: Had you fully ſet downe …
    With rule
    … of the ſtones, in making the ſeventh to be a Beryll & the eight a ſaphirSapphire, manifeſtly contrary to the text, & contrary to you alſo: Had you fully ſet downe …

    John Paget · Arrow Against the Separationists · p. 461 · Open in the reader

An Advertisement of Corruption in our Handling of Religion A16951

  • Printed
    SAPHIRSAPPHIRE in Ebrew & Lxx. & Apo. bare the name of Iſachar: the noble ſon of Lady …
    With rule
    SAPHIRSAPPHIRE in Ebrew & Lxx. & Apo. bare the name of Iſachar: the noble ſon of Lady …

    Hugh Broughton · An Advertisement of Corruption in our Handling of Religion · Open in the reader

Westminster Annotations A36467

  • Printed
    a saphirSapphire] A jem, of which, see chap. 4. 6. It was the fifth in Aarons brestplate, Exod …
    With rule
    a saphirSapphire] A jem, of which, see chap. 4. 6. It was the fifth in Aarons brestplate, Exod …

    John Downame · Westminster Annotations · Open in the reader

Exposition of Ezekiel 6-13 A85667

  • Printed
    A ſaphirSapphire ſtone.
    With rule
    A ſaphirSapphire ſtone.

    William Greenhill · Exposition of Ezekiel 6-13 · p. 279 · Open in the reader

  • Printed
    … ſuch as Saphirs are, Exod. 24.10. Ʋnder his feete was a paved worke of a ſaphirSapphire ſtone. He walks among Saphirs, ſits in a ſapharine throne. Stones which are beautifull …
    With rule
    … ſuch as Saphirs are, Exod. 24.10. Ʋnder his feete was a paved worke of a ſaphirSapphire ſtone. He walks among Saphirs, ſits in a ſapharine throne. Stones which are beautifull …

    William Greenhill · Exposition of Ezekiel 6-13 · p. 281 · Open in the reader