Waiting for reviewNamesCandidate #50612 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

cosbiCozbi

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

Puritas changed it: 94 times in 72 works
Consistency: 98.9% (94 of 95)
Reach if approved: ~100 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner: No opinion (map not loaded)
Matches: Exact word, any case
In our text: 95 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings: None
Taken into joins: None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (94 changes in 72 works, 98.9% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 94)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied

Printed
… to the great offence of many, did then also bring in with him, one CosbiCozbi, a Midianit… Lady, into his tent, there to take their pleasure togither, euen to …
With rule
… to the great offence of many, did then also bring in with him, one CosbiCozbi, a Midianit… Lady, into his tent, there to take their pleasure togither, euen to …
Edmund Bunny · Of the Head Cornerstone · p. 180 · Open in the reader
Printed
… like manner, what became of Abſalom the diſobedient, and Ela the drunkard? … Zimri and CosbiCozbi the unclean? of Anani… and Saphira thoſe lyars? Were not all theſe taken away …
With rule
… like manner, what became of Abſalom the diſobedient, and Ela the drunkard? … Zimri and CosbiCozbi the unclean? of Anani… and Saphira thoſe lyars? Were not all theſe taken away …
John Beadle · Diary of a Thankful Christian · p. 22 · Open in the reader
Printed
… againſt their evil Works is not ſpeedily executed, nor they deſtroy'd (as Zimri and CosbiCozbi) in their Sins, their Hearts are ſet in them to do wickedly; not conſidering …
With rule
… againſt their evil Works is not ſpeedily executed, nor they deſtroy'd (as Zimri and CosbiCozbi) in their Sins, their Hearts are ſet in them to do wickedly; not conſidering …
Francis Fuller · A Treatise of Faith and Repentance · p. 102 · Open in the reader
Printed
See what a commendation God gave to Phineas for his zeale against Zimri and CosbiCozbi, he would have it remembred as a speciall note of his love to him …
With rule
See what a commendation God gave to Phineas for his zeale against Zimri and CosbiCozbi, he would have it remembred as a speciall note of his love to him …
John Preston · Sunbeams of Gospel Light · p. 42 · Open in the reader
Printed
… for the neglect of it. Take that action of Phinehas in ſlaying Zimri and CosbiCozbi, and ſuppoſe Phinehas to have deduced his duty in that particular only by way …
With rule
… for the neglect of it. Take that action of Phinehas in ſlaying Zimri and CosbiCozbi, and ſuppoſe Phinehas to have deduced his duty in that particular only by way …
Joseph Whiston · Infant Baptism from Heaven and Not of Men · p. 308 · Open in the reader
Printed
… ſlew three thouſand who were actors in the golden Calf. Phineas ſlew Zimri and CosbiCozbi, Numb. 25.7, 8. ſo we may have a juſt anger, when our own name, or ſtate …
With rule
… ſlew three thouſand who were actors in the golden Calf. Phineas ſlew Zimri and CosbiCozbi, Numb. 25.7, 8. ſo we may have a juſt anger, when our own name, or ſtate …
Christopher Blackwood · Expositions Upon Matthew 1-10 · p. 239 · Open in the reader
Printed
… Gods ſpirit, killed him, as Phineas the ſon of Aaron ſlew, Num. 25. Zimri and CosbiCozbi, 7, 8. And Elijah ſlew Baals Prieſts, 1 Kin. 18. 40. 2 Kin. 1. 10. If Phineas by office, and Elias by …
With rule
… Gods ſpirit, killed him, as Phineas the ſon of Aaron ſlew, Num. 25. Zimri and CosbiCozbi, 7, 8. And Elijah ſlew Baals Prieſts, 1 Kin. 18. 40. 2 Kin. 1. 10. If Phineas by office, and Elias by …
Samuel Rutherford · The Divine Right of Church Government and Excommunication · p. 426 · Open in the reader
Printed
… end, for the staying of the people from Idolatry, executed vengeance vpon Z…mri & CosbiCozbi, beeing but a priuate man, and no Magistrate;) seemeth to make for it.
With rule
… end, for the staying of the people from Idolatry, executed vengeance vpon Z…mri & CosbiCozbi, beeing but a priuate man, and no Magistrate;) seemeth to make for it.
Robert Sanderson · Two Sermons Preached at Several Visitations · p. 83 · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (1)

0 of them are in works where Puritas changed it elsewhere, so their places are known; 1 more are in works where it never changed. Each is our text, as the rule would change it.