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ioasJoash

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

Puritas changed it
191 times in 87 works
Consistency
98.4% (191 of 194)
Reach if approved
~207 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner
Disagrees: joas
Matches
Exact word, any case
In our text
197 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings
None
Taken into joins
None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (191 changes in 87 works, 98.4% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 191)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied
  1. Printed
    … the ende be might hinder the promise concerning Christ. Afterwardes the kingdom came vnto IoasJoash, who also was of the seede of Dauid, & was preserued by the meanes of …
    With rule
    … the ende be might hinder the promise concerning Christ. Afterwardes the kingdom came vnto IoasJoash, who also was of the seede of Dauid, & was preserued by the meanes of …

    Martin Luther · Commentary on the Psalms of Ascent · p. 275 · Open in the reader

  2. Printed
    … because he was the chiefe of them in blood; neither did he set vp IoasJoash, but helped to maintaine his …ight, which was vsurped by Attaliah: in a word …
    With rule
    … because he was the chiefe of them in blood; neither did he set vp IoasJoash, but helped to maintaine his …ight, which was vsurped by Attaliah: in a word …

    William Perkins · Exposition of Jude · p. 79 · Open in the reader

  3. Printed
    … importunately; and beggers euer ſpeed beſt at Gods hand. The Prophet Elizeus reproued King IoasJoash that he ſhot onely three arrowes forth of the window; for if he had …
    With rule
    … importunately; and beggers euer ſpeed beſt at Gods hand. The Prophet Elizeus reproued King IoasJoash that he ſhot onely three arrowes forth of the window; for if he had …

    Archibald Simson · Exposition on the Seven Psalms of Repentance · p. 129 · Open in the reader

  4. Printed
    … eſpie a foull fault in your tranſlation. In the 22. Chap. 26. verſe, of this booke, IoasJoash is called by your tranſlator, the ſonne of Amelech, for the Kings ſonne, by …
    With rule
    … eſpie a foull fault in your tranſlation. In the 22. Chap. 26. verſe, of this booke, IoasJoash is called by your tranſlator, the ſonne of Amelech, for the Kings ſonne, by …

    William Whitaker · Answer to Reynolds Book · p. 299 · Open in the reader

  5. Printed
    9. And if IoasJoash, with his father Vzias & Amaſias, better all then he, be left out, it were …
    With rule
    9. And if IoasJoash, with his father Vzias & Amaſias, better all then he, be left out, it were …

    Hugh Broughton · Certain Questions · p. 32 · Open in the reader

  6. Printed
    … ſonnes ſtriue: and Salomon was fayne to be annoynted, becauſe of Adoniahs contention. Likewyſe IoasJoash for Athaliah, and Ioachas for Ioakim: ſo was the houſe ſhaken: and Ioſias who …
    With rule
    … ſonnes ſtriue: and Salomon was fayne to be annoynted, becauſe of Adoniahs contention. Likewyſe IoasJoash for Athaliah, and Ioachas for Ioakim: ſo was the houſe ſhaken: and Ioſias who …

    Hugh Broughton · A Treatise Proving Melchizedek to be Shem · Open in the reader

  7. Printed
    … reſemblances of vertue, but wherevnto that grew, it appeared plainly in his diſobedience. King IoasJoash in the lifetime of Iehoida the Prieſt, by whome he was inſtructed, procéeded with …
    With rule
    … reſemblances of vertue, but wherevnto that grew, it appeared plainly in his diſobedience. King IoasJoash in the lifetime of Iehoida the Prieſt, by whome he was inſtructed, procéeded with …

    John Carpenter · Remember Lots Wife · Open in the reader

  8. Printed
    Then Ochosias, then Athalia, then IoasJoash,
    With rule
    Then Ochosias, then Athalia, then IoasJoash,

    John Bale · A Tragedy Manifesting the Chief Promises of God Unto Man · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (3)

3 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.

Against Sacrilege A09838

  • Printed
    … vp in the Temple of Ierusalem by priuate persons, and taken away first by IOASJOASH King of Israell, and thereafter invaded by HELIODORVS at commandement of king SELEVCVS, no …
    With rule
    … vp in the Temple of Ierusalem by priuate persons, and taken away first by IOASJOASH King of Israell, and thereafter invaded by HELIODORVS at commandement of king SELEVCVS, no …

    Robert Pont · Against Sacrilege · Open in the reader

A Consent of Scripture A16964

  • Printed
    … and reigneth 6 Y. 2 Kin. 11, 3. She had ſonnes by an other vvhich she tendered, 2. Chr. 24. IOASJOASH the naturall ſon of Achaziah, beyng hyd in the Temple by his fathers ſiſter …
    With rule
    … and reigneth 6 Y. 2 Kin. 11, 3. She had ſonnes by an other vvhich she tendered, 2. Chr. 24. IOASJOASH the naturall ſon of Achaziah, beyng hyd in the Temple by his fathers ſiſter …

    Hugh Broughton · A Consent of Scripture · Open in the reader

  • Printed
    … be regarded: they are moſt vncertaine & vnreconed of many hundred Y. vntyll Xenophons time. IOASJOASH of Ioachaz raigneth 16. yeeres. 2. King. 13, 10. Vnder him olde Eliſeus dieth: vvho vvrought miracles to …
    With rule
    … be regarded: they are moſt vncertaine & vnreconed of many hundred Y. vntyll Xenophons time. IOASJOASH of Ioachaz raigneth 16. yeeres. 2. King. 13, 10. Vnder him olde Eliſeus dieth: vvho vvrought miracles to …

    Hugh Broughton · A Consent of Scripture · Open in the reader