Waiting for reviewNamesCandidate #50530 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

philistimesPhilistines

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

Puritas changed it: 117 times in 82 works
Consistency: 100% (117 of 117)
Reach if approved: ~123 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner: No opinion (map not loaded)
Matches: Exact word, any case
In our text: 117 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings: None
Taken into joins: None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (117 changes in 82 works, 100% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 117)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied

Printed
… breſtplate foreign. 2 Sam. 5. 23. when David enquired of the Lord, ſhall I goe up againſt the PhiliſtimesPhilistines? the Lord anſwered, Thou ſhalt not goe up but fetch a compaſſe behind them …
With rule
… breſtplate foreign. 2 Sam. 5. 23. when David enquired of the Lord, ſhall I goe up againſt the PhiliſtimesPhilistines? the Lord anſwered, Thou ſhalt not goe up but fetch a compaſſe behind them …
John Weemes · Exercitations Divine · p. 52 · Open in the reader
Printed
PhiliſtimesPhilistines. 8. 24.
With rule
PhiliſtimesPhilistines. 8. 24.
Hugh Broughton · A Defense of the Holy Genealogies · Open in the reader
Printed
… extremity, as we may see in the example of the Israelits oppressed by the PhilistimesPhilistines, who humbled-themselues greatly, and wept so abundantly, that they are said to haue …
With rule
… extremity, as we may see in the example of the Israelits oppressed by the PhilistimesPhilistines, who humbled-themselues greatly, and wept so abundantly, that they are said to haue …
John Downame · Consolations for the Afflicted · p. 705 · Open in the reader
Printed
… of your favour, and get a full protection against the Champions of the uncircumcised PhilistimesPhilistines, and being enlightned with the splendor of your Lordships name, and receiving the impression …
With rule
… of your favour, and get a full protection against the Champions of the uncircumcised PhilistimesPhilistines, and being enlightned with the splendor of your Lordships name, and receiving the impression …
David Dickson · Truths Victory Over Error · Open in the reader
Printed
… to captivate a Sampſon, than all the Lords, than all the thouſands among the PhiliſtimesPhilistines.
With rule
… to captivate a Sampſon, than all the Lords, than all the thouſands among the PhiliſtimesPhilistines.
George Wither · The Modern Statesman · p. 155 · Open in the reader
Printed
When the Arke of God was taken by the PhiliſtimesPhilistines, olde Eli with griefe fell backeward and died.
With rule
When the Arke of God was taken by the PhiliſtimesPhilistines, olde Eli with griefe fell backeward and died.
Henry Greenwood · Tormenting Tophet · p. 64 · Open in the reader
Printed
… the Iebuſite, 2 Sam. 14.16. unto whom, Iunius thinkes, Alluſion is here made. Thus the converted PhiliſtimesPhilistines ſhould bee, not as Strangers, but as Citizens of chiefe note in the Church …
With rule
… the Iebuſite, 2 Sam. 14.16. unto whom, Iunius thinkes, Alluſion is here made. Thus the converted PhiliſtimesPhilistines ſhould bee, not as Strangers, but as Citizens of chiefe note in the Church …
William Pemble · Exposition of Zechariah 1-9 · p. 134 · Open in the reader
Printed
… the Goſpell of Ieſus Chriſt:) that I challenge the whole armie of the vncircumciſed PhiliſtimesPhilistines of Rome, to bring me forth the greateſt Goliath, I ſay not of the …
With rule
… the Goſpell of Ieſus Chriſt:) that I challenge the whole armie of the vncircumciſed PhiliſtimesPhilistines of Rome, to bring me forth the greateſt Goliath, I ſay not of the …
Richard Stock · The Churchs Lamentation for the Loss of the Godly · 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.