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ionathasJonathan

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

Puritas changed it
79 times in 33 works
Consistency
100% (79 of 79)
Reach if approved
~83 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner
Disagrees: jonathas
Matches
Exact word, any case
In our text
79 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings
None
Taken into joins
None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (79 changes in 33 works, 100% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 79)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied
  1. Printed
    … or the deſyre, as where it is ſayed in Samuel, that the ſoule of IonathasJonathan was knytte to the ſoule of Dauid. And in the Actes, wher it is …
    With rule
    … or the deſyre, as where it is ſayed in Samuel, that the ſoule of IonathasJonathan was knytte to the ſoule of Dauid. And in the Actes, wher it is …

    John Calvin · Against the Errors of the Anabaptists · Open in the reader

  2. Printed
    … Iewes much bloud. Vnder Claudius, twenty thouſand ſlaine in a Feaſt of vnleauened bread. IonathasJonathan the Prieſt ſlaine by theeues ſuborned by Foelix, in the very Temple; and euer …
    With rule
    … Iewes much bloud. Vnder Claudius, twenty thouſand ſlaine in a Feaſt of vnleauened bread. IonathasJonathan the Prieſt ſlaine by theeues ſuborned by Foelix, in the very Temple; and euer …

    Joseph Hall · Works of Joseph Hall · p. 526 · Open in the reader

  3. Printed
    … Esaw seuen tymes, that is, bowed downe to him seuen times. And Dauid adored IonathasJonathan king Saule his sonne three times. Abigaile also adored Dauid twise. And the like …
    With rule
    … Esaw seuen tymes, that is, bowed downe to him seuen times. And Dauid adored IonathasJonathan king Saule his sonne three times. Abigaile also adored Dauid twise. And the like …

    William Fulke · A Brief Confutation of a Popish Discourse · Open in the reader

  4. Printed
    … drouned alone (as in another letter / I haue more plainly writtē) neither yet foūd IonathasJonathan mercy / as touchinge lyfe corporal / in the daye when Gods vengeaunce puniſhed Saule the …
    With rule
    … drouned alone (as in another letter / I haue more plainly writtē) neither yet foūd IonathasJonathan mercy / as touchinge lyfe corporal / in the daye when Gods vengeaunce puniſhed Saule the …

    John Knox · A Godly Letter to the Faithful in London · Open in the reader

  5. Printed
    The like thing chaunced to IonathasJonathan.
    With rule
    The like thing chaunced to IonathasJonathan.

    Thomas Becon · The Governance of Virtue · Open in the reader

  6. Printed
    … misteries of the Messias) vpon these words, the Lord sayd vnto my Lord &c. IonathasJonathan saieth, The Lord said vnto his woord, sit thou on my ryght hand. And …
    With rule
    … misteries of the Messias) vpon these words, the Lord sayd vnto my Lord &c. IonathasJonathan saieth, The Lord said vnto his woord, sit thou on my ryght hand. And …

    Philippe de Mornay · Concerning the Truth of Christian Religion · p. 517 · Open in the reader

  7. Printed
    1. IonathasJonathan Syrus thinketh, that this Goliath was that Philistim, which had before killed Eli his …
    With rule
    1. IonathasJonathan Syrus thinketh, that this Goliath was that Philistim, which had before killed Eli his …

    Andrew Willet · Harmony Upon 1 Samuel · p. 146 · Open in the reader

  8. Printed
    … Prophete Samuel is here to be numbred amōg the notable Capitaynes of Gods people. IonathasJonathan Saules ſonne, was a worthie Capitaine, and a ſingular example of a godlie man …
    With rule
    … Prophete Samuel is here to be numbred amōg the notable Capitaynes of Gods people. IonathasJonathan Saules ſonne, was a worthie Capitaine, and a ſingular example of a godlie man …

    Henrich Bullinger · Fifty Sermons Containing the Chief Points of the Christian Religion · p. 215 · 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.