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jephtahJephthah

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

Puritas changed it
129 times in 44 works
Consistency
100% (129 of 129)
Reach if approved
~136 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner
No opinion (map not loaded)
Matches
Exact word, any case
In our text
129 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings
None
Taken into joins
None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (129 changes in 44 works, 100% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 129)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied
  1. Printed
    … my ſoul. Therefore hee reſolved — I will pay my vows to the Lord. Though JephtahJephthah had made a raſh vow, and was much troubled at it, yet he durſt …
    With rule
    … my ſoul. Therefore hee reſolved — I will pay my vows to the Lord. Though JephtahJephthah had made a raſh vow, and was much troubled at it, yet he durſt …

    Edward Reyner · Rules for the Government of the Tongue · p. 76 · Open in the reader

  2. Printed
    Scriptural examples: Moses, Exod. 18 13. Othniel, Judg. 3. 9, 10. Tola, Jud. 10. 1, 2. JephtahJephthah, Jud. 12. 7. Samuel, 1 Sam. 7 15. David, Psal. 78. 72. Solomon, 1 King. 3. 27, 28. Psal. 72. 2, 4.
    With rule
    Scriptural examples: Moses, Exod. 18 13. Othniel, Judg. 3. 9, 10. Tola, Jud. 10. 1, 2. JephtahJephthah, Jud. 12. 7. Samuel, 1 Sam. 7 15. David, Psal. 78. 72. Solomon, 1 King. 3. 27, 28. Psal. 72. 2, 4.

    Samuel Clarke · A Mirror both for Saints and Sinners · p. 348 · Open in the reader

  3. Printed
    … in this ſence and joyned with warring in the deſcription of that conteſt which JephtahJephthah had with the King of the Children of Ammon (Judg: 11.25.) And now art thou …
    With rule
    … in this ſence and joyned with warring in the deſcription of that conteſt which JephtahJephthah had with the King of the Children of Ammon (Judg: 11.25.) And now art thou …

    Joseph Caryl · Exposition of Job 32-24 · p. 243 · Open in the reader

  4. Printed
    … then they deliver it into his hand, O heer is the sword of Gideon, JephtahJephthah, &c. and pray to God to bless him, and prosper him, then they carry …
    With rule
    … then they deliver it into his hand, O heer is the sword of Gideon, JephtahJephthah, &c. and pray to God to bless him, and prosper him, then they carry …

    Thomas Hill · Gods Eternal Preparations for His Dying Saints · p. 22 · Open in the reader

  5. Printed
    … Sons, &c. by that great Command of God, [Thou ſhalt do no Murther,] whereof JephtahJephthah is made a Breaker by thoſe that ſay he Sacrific'd his Child.
    With rule
    … Sons, &c. by that great Command of God, [Thou ſhalt do no Murther,] whereof JephtahJephthah is made a Breaker by thoſe that ſay he Sacrific'd his Child.

    Christopher Ness · A Complete History and Mystery of the Old and New Testament · p. 134 · Open in the reader

  6. Printed
    … their Inheritance, Deut. 2. 19, 2 Chron. 20. 10, 11, whatever was falſely charged upon them, in the dayes of JephtahJephthah, Judg. 11. 13, 15: And ſo theſe Ammonites do fitly anſwer unto that ſort of Perſons in …
    With rule
    … their Inheritance, Deut. 2. 19, 2 Chron. 20. 10, 11, whatever was falſely charged upon them, in the dayes of JephtahJephthah, Judg. 11. 13, 15: And ſo theſe Ammonites do fitly anſwer unto that ſort of Perſons in …

    Benjamin Stonham · Saul and David Compared · p. 28 · Open in the reader

  7. Printed
    … with damnable, or at leaſt very dangerous Opinions? You read of the Daughter of JephtahJephthah, that ſhe went up to the Mountains three months to bewail her Virginity. The …
    With rule
    … with damnable, or at leaſt very dangerous Opinions? You read of the Daughter of JephtahJephthah, that ſhe went up to the Mountains three months to bewail her Virginity. The …

    John Collinges · The Intercourses of Divine Love Betwixt Christ and His Church · p. 229 · Open in the reader

  8. Printed
    … me to tell you of Gedeon, and of Barak, and of Sampſon, and of JephtahJephthah, of Samuel alſo, and of the Prophets; All who, though emiment Servants and Favourites …
    With rule
    … me to tell you of Gedeon, and of Barak, and of Sampſon, and of JephtahJephthah, of Samuel alſo, and of the Prophets; All who, though emiment Servants and Favourites …

    Thomas Case · Elijahs Abatement · p. 9 · 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.