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abiatherAbiathar

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

Puritas changed it
133 times in 35 works
Consistency
100% (133 of 133)
Reach if approved
~144 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner
Disagrees: abjather
Matches
Exact word, any case
In our text
137 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings
None
Taken into joins
None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (133 changes in 35 works, 100% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 133)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied
  1. Printed
    … next unto Moſes? was not Eleazar next unto Ioſua? Had not David, Zador, and AbiatherAbiathar, continually in his company? Was not Azariah next unto Salomon? and did not Ioaſh …
    With rule
    … next unto Moſes? was not Eleazar next unto Ioſua? Had not David, Zador, and AbiatherAbiathar, continually in his company? Was not Azariah next unto Salomon? and did not Ioaſh …

    Robert Rollock · Episcopal Government · p. 35 · Open in the reader

  2. Printed
    … and the whole generall councell of Israell did erre. Here was neither Zadocke, nor AbiatherAbiathar, nor Abinadab, nor Gad, nor Nathan or any other that made contradiction, vntill God …
    With rule
    … and the whole generall councell of Israell did erre. Here was neither Zadocke, nor AbiatherAbiathar, nor Abinadab, nor Gad, nor Nathan or any other that made contradiction, vntill God …

    William Fulke · Two Treatises Against the Papists · p. 223 · Open in the reader

  3. Printed
    … in that though the high Prieſthood, was expreſly from God, he yet rightly depoſed AbiatherAbiathar and placed Sadok in his roome. 1. Kings. 3.35. For though in reſpect of that which …
    With rule
    … in that though the high Prieſthood, was expreſly from God, he yet rightly depoſed AbiatherAbiathar and placed Sadok in his roome. 1. Kings. 3.35. For though in reſpect of that which …

    Thomas Sparke · Brotherly Persuasion to Unity and Uniformity · Open in the reader

  4. Printed
    2. AbiatherAbiathar, who was of the Stock of Eli, went after Adonijah, and no doubt drew …
    With rule
    2. AbiatherAbiathar, who was of the Stock of Eli, went after Adonijah, and no doubt drew …

    William Alleine · The Mystery of the Temple and City in Ezekiel Unfolded · p. 15 · Open in the reader

  5. Printed
    … obſerve many in his age; and like enough an eminent man in the Church, AbiatherAbiathar the high Prieſt, 1 Kings 2.26, 27. Ezekiel obſerved many ſuch in his time, Ezek. 18.24. That many …
    With rule
    … obſerve many in his age; and like enough an eminent man in the Church, AbiatherAbiathar the high Prieſt, 1 Kings 2.26, 27. Ezekiel obſerved many ſuch in his time, Ezek. 18.24. That many …

    John Cotton · A Brief Exposition of the Book of Ecclesiastes · p. 137 · Open in the reader

  6. Printed
    5. Neceſſity moves mightily, it caus'd AbiatherAbiathar to give the Shew-bread to David, 1 Sam. 21.6. the neceſſity of the Church mov'd …
    With rule
    5. Neceſſity moves mightily, it caus'd AbiatherAbiathar to give the Shew-bread to David, 1 Sam. 21.6. the neceſſity of the Church mov'd …

    William Greenhill · Exposition of Ezekiel 14-19 · p. 104 · Open in the reader

  7. Printed
    … to the Sanhedrim. Particularly, it is notorious that Solomon, by his own Power, put AbiatherAbiathar out of the Office of High-Prieſt, 1. Kings II. 6, 26. which Judgment the Talmudiſts ſay …
    With rule
    … to the Sanhedrim. Particularly, it is notorious that Solomon, by his own Power, put AbiatherAbiathar out of the Office of High-Prieſt, 1. Kings II. 6, 26. which Judgment the Talmudiſts ſay …

    Simon Patrick · Commentary on Deuteronomy · p. 271 · Open in the reader

  8. Printed
    … to wise, and was therefore as one aspiring to the kingdom, put to death. AbiatherAbiathar of the race of Eli, was put from the High Priesthood; and Zadock put …
    With rule
    … to wise, and was therefore as one aspiring to the kingdom, put to death. AbiatherAbiathar of the race of Eli, was put from the High Priesthood; and Zadock put …

    James Ussher · The Annals of the World · p. 39 · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (0)

None: wherever Puritas had this word on its own, it changed it.