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naimNain

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

Puritas changed it
92 times in 65 works
Consistency
97.8% (92 of 94)
Reach if approved
~99 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner
No opinion (map not loaded)
Matches
Exact word, any case
In our text
94 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings
None
Taken into joins
None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (92 changes in 65 works, 97.8% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 92)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied
  1. Printed
    … which ſinners of the lower form may be reſembled, and the widdows ſon of NaimNain, who was carried forth to be buried, to whom may be reſembled ſuch ſinners …
    With rule
    … which ſinners of the lower form may be reſembled, and the widdows ſon of NaimNain, who was carried forth to be buried, to whom may be reſembled ſuch ſinners …

    James Votier · Gods Call from Heaven Echoed · p. 70 · Open in the reader

  2. Printed
    … was loath they ſhould faint by the way, Luk. 7. 12, 13. meeting with a Widdow of NaimNain, following her only Son to the grave, his bowels roll within him, and without …
    With rule
    … was loath they ſhould faint by the way, Luk. 7. 12, 13. meeting with a Widdow of NaimNain, following her only Son to the grave, his bowels roll within him, and without …

    Ralph Robinson · Christ the Perfect Pattern of a Christians Practice · p. 55 · Open in the reader

  3. Printed
    … onely ſonne (thinke here how great the griefe was of that diſconſolate widow of NaimNain, Luke 7.13. of Iacob for his Ioſeph, of David for his Abſalom) and ſhall be …
    With rule
    … onely ſonne (thinke here how great the griefe was of that diſconſolate widow of NaimNain, Luke 7.13. of Iacob for his Ioſeph, of David for his Abſalom) and ſhall be …

    John Trapp · Gods Love · Open in the reader

  4. Printed
    … other Confirmation, than to call over the Instances of Lazarus, the Widows Son of NaimNain, the daughter of Iairus; but whether he did it with, or without Authority, I …
    With rule
    … other Confirmation, than to call over the Instances of Lazarus, the Widows Son of NaimNain, the daughter of Iairus; but whether he did it with, or without Authority, I …

    Vincent Alsop · Opposition to Errors of William Sherlock · p. 18 · Open in the reader

  5. Printed
    … the knowledge of their friends: when Christ raised the sonne of the widow of NaimNain, he delivered him to his Mother; when Peter raised Tabitha, he called the Saints …
    With rule
    … the knowledge of their friends: when Christ raised the sonne of the widow of NaimNain, he delivered him to his Mother; when Peter raised Tabitha, he called the Saints …

    John Donne · Fifty Sermons · p. 3 · Open in the reader

  6. Printed
    … well as others, Job. 21. 23. One dyeth in his full strength. The young man of NaimNain whom Christ restored to life; notwithstanding his Youth, was subject to the stroke of …
    With rule
    … well as others, Job. 21. 23. One dyeth in his full strength. The young man of NaimNain whom Christ restored to life; notwithstanding his Youth, was subject to the stroke of …

    Increase Mather · A Call from Heaven · p. 102 · Open in the reader

  7. Printed
    … the time of its being done. When Christ raised up the dead man at NaimNain, it was before much people, and such persons in probability who were many of …
    With rule
    … the time of its being done. When Christ raised up the dead man at NaimNain, it was before much people, and such persons in probability who were many of …

    Edward Stillingfleet · The Grounds of the Christian Faith · p. 286 · Open in the reader

  8. Printed
    The day following he goes into the City of NaimNain, and raises one that was dead and carried out, which was the only …on …
    With rule
    The day following he goes into the City of NaimNain, and raises one that was dead and carried out, which was the only …on …

    James Ussher · The Annals of the World · p. 823 · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (2)

1 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.

Harmony of the Gospels A16078

  • Printed
    NAimNain, what manner citie, 234. 11. the name of lesu honorable, 24. 31. why the name of God is …
    With rule
    NAimNain, what manner citie, 234. 11. the name of lesu honorable, 24. 31. why the name of God is …

    John Calvin · Harmony of the Gospels · Open in the reader