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chaldaeaChaldea

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

Puritas changed it
143 times in 75 works
Consistency
99.3% (143 of 144)
Reach if approved
~151 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner
No opinion (map not loaded)
Matches
Exact word, any case
In our text
144 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings
None
Taken into joins
None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (143 changes in 75 works, 99.3% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 143)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied
  1. Printed
    … epistle we take the word [Babylon] properly, for the citie of that name in ChaldaeaChaldea; and in the Reuelation wee say that it signifieth Rome, figuratiuely: we do not …
    With rule
    … epistle we take the word [Babylon] properly, for the citie of that name in ChaldaeaChaldea; and in the Reuelation wee say that it signifieth Rome, figuratiuely: we do not …

    John Rainolds · Conference Between Rainolds and Hart · p. 262 · Open in the reader

  2. Printed
    … was a great Riuer, which did runne very neere vnto the olde Babylon in ChaldaeaChaldea, and it was the wall and fortification of the Citie; in ſo much that …
    With rule
    … was a great Riuer, which did runne very neere vnto the olde Babylon in ChaldaeaChaldea, and it was the wall and fortification of the Citie; in ſo much that …

    Arthur Dent · The Ruin of Rome · p. 215 · Open in the reader

  3. Printed
    ChaldaeaChaldea often mentioned in Scripture.
    With rule
    ChaldaeaChaldea often mentioned in Scripture.

    Samuel Clarke · A Geographical Description of All the Countries in the Known World · p. 2 · Open in the reader

  4. Printed
    … the ruine; and now the Fowls of Heaven, the Nobles and great Ones of ChaldaeaChaldea, and all the Beaſts of the field, the meaner ſort, made a Prey of …
    With rule
    … the ruine; and now the Fowls of Heaven, the Nobles and great Ones of ChaldaeaChaldea, and all the Beaſts of the field, the meaner ſort, made a Prey of …

    William Greenhill · Exposition of Ezekiel 30-48 · p. 52 · Open in the reader

  5. Printed
    … four quarters of the Earth. As therefore the Apocalyptical Babylon is not Babylon in ChaldaeaChaldea, but a Counter-type thereof, most like for Vniversal Ambition and Metropolitanship of Spiritual …
    With rule
    … four quarters of the Earth. As therefore the Apocalyptical Babylon is not Babylon in ChaldaeaChaldea, but a Counter-type thereof, most like for Vniversal Ambition and Metropolitanship of Spiritual …

    Joseph Mede · Works · p. 605 · Open in the reader

  6. Printed
    … none after this manner: that is, according to the Cuſtom of certain Places in ChaldaeaChaldea, as Aben-Ezra gloſſes upon theſe words. And he might have added alſo of …
    With rule
    … none after this manner: that is, according to the Cuſtom of certain Places in ChaldaeaChaldea, as Aben-Ezra gloſſes upon theſe words. And he might have added alſo of …

    Simon Patrick · Commentary on Leviticus · p. 416 · Open in the reader

  7. Printed
    … Macedonia, Peloponneſus, Epirus, Bulgaria, Servia, Boſina, Armenia, Cyprus, Syria, Egypt, Judaea, Tunes, Argeirs, Media, ChaldaeaChaldea, with a great part of Hungary; as alſo of the Perſian kingdome, and all …
    With rule
    … Macedonia, Peloponneſus, Epirus, Bulgaria, Servia, Boſina, Armenia, Cyprus, Syria, Egypt, Judaea, Tunes, Argeirs, Media, ChaldaeaChaldea, with a great part of Hungary; as alſo of the Perſian kingdome, and all …

    John Trapp · Commentary on the Minor Prophets · p. 418 · Open in the reader

  8. Printed
    … interpretation ſignifieth Confuſion. It is moſte like to bee that Babylon in Aſſyria or ChaldaeaChaldea, where Saincte Peter was the Apoſtle of the Circumciſion.
    With rule
    … interpretation ſignifieth Confuſion. It is moſte like to bee that Babylon in Aſſyria or ChaldaeaChaldea, where Saincte Peter was the Apoſtle of the Circumciſion.

    Martin Luther · Commentary on Peter and Jude · p. 116 · 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.

Commentary on Habakkuk A51907

  • Printed
    There is no compaſſion in them of chaldaeaChaldea toward the Jew, but as the Fiſherman rejoyceth in his draught of fiſhes, and …
    With rule
    There is no compaſſion in them of chaldaeaChaldea toward the Jew, but as the Fiſherman rejoyceth in his draught of fiſhes, and …

    Edward Marbury · Commentary on Habakkuk · p. 98 · Open in the reader