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annahAnna

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

Puritas changed it
84 times in 48 works
Consistency
98.8% (84 of 85)
Reach if approved
~89 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner
No opinion (map not loaded)
Matches
Exact word, any case
In our text
85 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings
None
Taken into joins
None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (84 changes in 48 works, 98.8% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 84)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied
  1. Printed
    … nothing more than in bearing of children; the examples may be Sarah, Rebeccah, Rachel, AnnahAnna, Elizabeth, Jo. 16.21.
    With rule
    … nothing more than in bearing of children; the examples may be Sarah, Rebeccah, Rachel, AnnahAnna, Elizabeth, Jo. 16.21.

    William Nicholson · Davids Harp Strung and Tuned · p. 380 · Open in the reader

  2. Printed
    … the Lords time of viſitation only, ſo Iſaac his two ſonnes after 20. yeares expectation, AnnahAnna, Samuel, Elizabeth, the baptiſt; and David here his ſonnes after many yeares longing, let …
    With rule
    … the Lords time of viſitation only, ſo Iſaac his two ſonnes after 20. yeares expectation, AnnahAnna, Samuel, Elizabeth, the baptiſt; and David here his ſonnes after many yeares longing, let …

    William Guild · The Throne of David · p. 48 · Open in the reader

  3. Printed
    2 AnnahAnna and Iacob and others like to them might have by ſpeciall and divine inſtinct …
    With rule
    2 AnnahAnna and Iacob and others like to them might have by ſpeciall and divine inſtinct …

    William Gouge · The Saints Sacrifice · p. 186 · Open in the reader

  4. Printed
    … effectually: So that Paul maketh good what they doe in this kind. This good AnnahAnna found, 1 Sam. 1.17. when ſhe had meekely anſwered, ſo harſh and falſe a ſuſpition, The …
    With rule
    … effectually: So that Paul maketh good what they doe in this kind. This good AnnahAnna found, 1 Sam. 1.17. when ſhe had meekely anſwered, ſo harſh and falſe a ſuſpition, The …

    Paul Baynes · Commentary Upon Ephesians 1 · p. 17 · Open in the reader

  5. Printed
    … Firſt, The Perſon, or objectum cui. Secondly, Faith of Audience. Thirdly, Earneſtneſſe of Affection; AnnahAnna. Fourthly, The matter, Reſcue my ſoul, That Regular.
    With rule
    … Firſt, The Perſon, or objectum cui. Secondly, Faith of Audience. Thirdly, Earneſtneſſe of Affection; AnnahAnna. Fourthly, The matter, Reſcue my ſoul, That Regular.

    William Sclater · Sermons Experimental · p. 32 · Open in the reader

  6. Printed
    … and the giuing will make more to his glory and our comfort. Abraham, Zachary, AnnahAnna, prayed, no doubt, for children in their yong dayes, but were not heard till …
    With rule
    … and the giuing will make more to his glory and our comfort. Abraham, Zachary, AnnahAnna, prayed, no doubt, for children in their yong dayes, but were not heard till …

    Thomas Taylor · Davids Learning · p. 233 · Open in the reader

  7. Printed
    … sighes of his heart, and yet he spake neuer a word, the like did AnnahAnna 1. Sam. 1. the like do all the Saints sometimes Rom. 8. 26. the secret and silent groanes …
    With rule
    … sighes of his heart, and yet he spake neuer a word, the like did AnnahAnna 1. Sam. 1. the like do all the Saints sometimes Rom. 8. 26. the secret and silent groanes …

    Thomas Wilson · Theological Rules to Guide Us in the Understanding and Practice of Scripture · p. 149 · Open in the reader

  8. Printed
    … communion with God, hee may much more fitly ſay vnto vs, as Elcanah to AnnahAnna, Am not I much better vnto thee then all worldly comforts, which are vaine …
    With rule
    … communion with God, hee may much more fitly ſay vnto vs, as Elcanah to AnnahAnna, Am not I much better vnto thee then all worldly comforts, which are vaine …

    John Downame · A Guide to Godliness · p. 188 · 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.