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syriackeSyriac

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

Puritas changed it
194 times in 62 works
Consistency
99.4% (194 of 195)
Reach if approved
~205 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner
Agrees: syriac
Matches
Exact word, any case
In our text
195 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings
None
Taken into joins
None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (194 changes in 62 works, 99.4% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 194)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied
  1. Printed
    … were the principall among the Gentiles which were knowne unto the Iewes. But the SyriackeSyriac of the new Teſtament inſtead of Grecians uſually turnes it, Aramaeans. (ſee Tremell. Marg …
    With rule
    … were the principall among the Gentiles which were knowne unto the Iewes. But the SyriackeSyriac of the new Teſtament inſtead of Grecians uſually turnes it, Aramaeans. (ſee Tremell. Marg …

    Richard Stock · Commentary on Malachi 2 · p. 23 · Open in the reader

  2. Printed
    Well then, this Ruler, this foreign, was an officer of King Herod, yea, as the SyriackeSyriac (which is the most ancient translation of the new Testament) hath it, he was …
    With rule
    Well then, this Ruler, this foreign, was an officer of King Herod, yea, as the SyriackeSyriac (which is the most ancient translation of the new Testament) hath it, he was …

    Arthur Hildersham · Lectures Upon John 4 · p. 388 · Open in the reader

  3. Printed
    He that despiſeth Moſes law, foreign. Eraſmus reads it, he that abrogateth Moſes law; the SyriackeSyriac hath, he that tranſgreſſeth Moſes law; but neither is ſo right, as the originall …
    With rule
    He that despiſeth Moſes law, foreign. Eraſmus reads it, he that abrogateth Moſes law; the SyriackeSyriac hath, he that tranſgreſſeth Moſes law; but neither is ſo right, as the originall …

    Sebastian Benefield · The Sin Against the Holy Ghost · p. 66 · Open in the reader

  4. Printed
    … they haue not fulfilled this condition; they lacke mercie, which in the Hebrewe and SyriackeSyriac tongue is called our righteouſneſſe. This is that alſo which wee reade in the …
    With rule
    … they haue not fulfilled this condition; they lacke mercie, which in the Hebrewe and SyriackeSyriac tongue is called our righteouſneſſe. This is that alſo which wee reade in the …

    Francis Trigge · The True Catholic · p. 564 · Open in the reader

  5. Printed
    In the new Testament written in Greeke, there be Hebrew or SyriackeSyriac names and wordes, whereof some haue their interpretation set by them, as Bar Ionah …
    With rule
    In the new Testament written in Greeke, there be Hebrew or SyriackeSyriac names and wordes, whereof some haue their interpretation set by them, as Bar Ionah …

    Thomas Wilson · Theological Rules to Guide Us in the Understanding and Practice of Scripture · p. 79 · Open in the reader

  6. Printed
    … world knew him not. Joh. 1. 10. Behold, the world is gone after him. Joh. 12. 19. The SyriackeSyriac Interpreter, vulgar Interpreter, and Mannus the Greeke Paraphraſt, adde the univerſall particle and reade …
    With rule
    … world knew him not. Joh. 1. 10. Behold, the world is gone after him. Joh. 12. 19. The SyriackeSyriac Interpreter, vulgar Interpreter, and Mannus the Greeke Paraphraſt, adde the univerſall particle and reade …

    John Ball · A Treatise of the Covenant of Grace · p. 260 · Open in the reader

  7. Printed
    Vers. 5. The same bringeth forth much fruit] Both the SyriackeSyriac and Greeke take speciall notice of this; it is added emphatically; Christ points at …
    With rule
    Vers. 5. The same bringeth forth much fruit] Both the SyriackeSyriac and Greeke take speciall notice of this; it is added emphatically; Christ points at …

    Edward Leigh · Annotations Upon the New Testament · p. 162 · Open in the reader

  8. Printed
    … it is alſo noted that a company of the Prieſts received the faith. The SyriackeSyriac hath it of the Jews, (ſcil.) inhabiting Judea, but the Greeke, Arabian, vulgar, Chriſoſtoms …
    With rule
    … it is alſo noted that a company of the Prieſts received the faith. The SyriackeSyriac hath it of the Jews, (ſcil.) inhabiting Judea, but the Greeke, Arabian, vulgar, Chriſoſtoms …

    Simeon Ashe · Letter of Ministers Requesting Judgment Concerning Nine Positions · p. 26 · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (1)

1 of them are in works where Puritas changed it elsewhere, so their places are known; Each is our text, as the rule would change it.

Exposition of the Moral Law A14909

  • Printed
    … are lawfull, which the holy men of God have uſed, as Alphaeus in the ſyriackeSyriac is called hhalphus, from [hhalaph] permutare, to change; hee was foreign, numularius, a changer of …
    With rule
    … are lawfull, which the holy men of God have uſed, as Alphaeus in the ſyriackeSyriac is called hhalphus, from [hhalaph] permutare, to change; hee was foreign, numularius, a changer of …

    John Weemes · Exposition of the Moral Law · p. 219 · Open in the reader