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josuaJoshua

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

Puritas changed it
138 times in 74 works
Consistency
99.2% (138 of 139)
Reach if approved
~146 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner
Agrees: joshua
Matches
Exact word, any case
In our text
139 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings
None
Taken into joins
None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (138 changes in 74 works, 99.2% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 138)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied
  1. Printed
    … there was of all that armie not left a man alive, save Caleb and JosuaJoshua, Numb. 26. 63, 64, 65.
    With rule
    … there was of all that armie not left a man alive, save Caleb and JosuaJoshua, Numb. 26. 63, 64, 65.

    Henry Ainsworth · Annotations on the Pentateuch, Psalms, Song of Songs · p. 137 · Open in the reader

  2. Printed
    … ſome Orthodox Writers doe deny the imputation of Adam's actual diſobedience unto us, as JoſuaJoshua Placeus, who bringeth many Arguments (Theſ. Salm. Diſ. de ſtatu hominis lapſi ante gratiam …
    With rule
    … ſome Orthodox Writers doe deny the imputation of Adam's actual diſobedience unto us, as JoſuaJoshua Placeus, who bringeth many Arguments (Theſ. Salm. Diſ. de ſtatu hominis lapſi ante gratiam …

    Anthony Burgess · A Treatise of Original Sin · p. 405 · Open in the reader

  3. Printed
    … greateſt intereſt in the earth, and that they might not be ſhut out herein JoſuaJoshua 22: 25. which would be a rare ſight in this day, to ſee Nations contending thus …
    With rule
    … greateſt intereſt in the earth, and that they might not be ſhut out herein JoſuaJoshua 22: 25. which would be a rare ſight in this day, to ſee Nations contending thus …

    Robert Flemming · The True Settlement of a Christians Faith · p. 171 · Open in the reader

  4. Printed
    … died the servant of the Lord, Moses my servant is dead, said God to JosuaJoshua, Jos. 1. 2… Such a one is dead that was the servant of the Lord, what …
    With rule
    … died the servant of the Lord, Moses my servant is dead, said God to JosuaJoshua, Jos. 1. 2… Such a one is dead that was the servant of the Lord, what …

    John Maynard · A Memento to Young and Old · p. 149 · Open in the reader

  5. Printed
    … among men, to triumph over them also; to trample them under their feet, as JosuaJoshua or Iesus (Act. 7. 45. Heb. 4. 8.) the type of Christ, caused the captains of the men …
    With rule
    … among men, to triumph over them also; to trample them under their feet, as JosuaJoshua or Iesus (Act. 7. 45. Heb. 4. 8.) the type of Christ, caused the captains of the men …

    George Sikes · The Book of Nature Translated and Epitomized · p. 106 · Open in the reader

  6. Printed
    ;;1. JosuaJoshua, Heb. 4. 8. Act. 7. 45.;;
    With rule
    ;;1. JosuaJoshua, Heb. 4. 8. Act. 7. 45.;;

    Thomas Wilson · A Complete Christian Dictionary · p. 326 · Open in the reader

  7. Printed
    … own and not the things that are Jesus Christs, Phil. 2.21. And then like holy JosuaJoshua set before them his resolved practise in the place before insisted upon, Phil. 3.13. As …
    With rule
    … own and not the things that are Jesus Christs, Phil. 2.21. And then like holy JosuaJoshua set before them his resolved practise in the place before insisted upon, Phil. 3.13. As …

    Richard Eedes · Christ Exalted and Wisdom Justified · p. 105 · Open in the reader

  8. Printed
    … throne of this Kingdome. Viſit him, as thou didſt viſit Moſes in the Buſh, JoſuaJoshua in the Battel, Gedeon in the Field, and Samuel in the Temple; beſprinkle him …
    With rule
    … throne of this Kingdome. Viſit him, as thou didſt viſit Moſes in the Buſh, JoſuaJoshua in the Battel, Gedeon in the Field, and Samuel in the Temple; beſprinkle him …

    William Prynne · The Signal Loyalty and Devotion of Gods Saints Part 2 · p. 277 · 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.

The Sum of Christian Religion A64611

  • Printed
    … is ſaid to die for all. IN The famous Univerſity of HEIDELBERGE, declaimed by JOSUAJOSHUA ZEVELIUS of Colen, the day before Eaſter, An. 1590.
    With rule
    … is ſaid to die for all. IN The famous Univerſity of HEIDELBERGE, declaimed by JOSUAJOSHUA ZEVELIUS of Colen, the day before Eaſter, An. 1590.

    Zacharias Ursinus · The Sum of Christian Religion · p. 807 · Open in the reader