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bethaniaBethany

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

Puritas changed it
71 times in 31 works
Consistency
100% (71 of 71)
Reach if approved
~75 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner
No opinion (map not loaded)
Matches
Exact word, any case
In our text
71 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings
None
Taken into joins
None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (71 changes in 31 works, 100% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 71)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied
  1. Printed
    … five and twenty or thirty furlongs, that is, 3½ or 3¼ of a mile. So Ioh. 11.18. BethaniaBethany was nigh towards Ieruſalem fifteene, furlongs, that is, 1 1/… of a mile. The Apoſtle, 1 Corinthians …
    With rule
    … five and twenty or thirty furlongs, that is, 3½ or 3¼ of a mile. So Ioh. 11.18. BethaniaBethany was nigh towards Ieruſalem fifteene, furlongs, that is, 1 1/… of a mile. The Apoſtle, 1 Corinthians …

    John Weemes · Observations Natural and Moral · p. 131 · Open in the reader

  2. Printed
    IEſus led hys Diſciples forth to BethaniaBethany, and gathered thē together in the ſame place, and ſpake vnto them of the …
    With rule
    IEſus led hys Diſciples forth to BethaniaBethany, and gathered thē together in the ſame place, and ſpake vnto them of the …

    Ulrich Zwingli · The Death Resurrection and Ascension of Christ · p. 200 · Open in the reader

  3. Printed
    Wherefore Marie, at the Supper was made vnto Chriſt in BethaniaBethany, is recorded to haue taken a pound of oyntment of ſpikenard very coſtly, and …
    With rule
    Wherefore Marie, at the Supper was made vnto Chriſt in BethaniaBethany, is recorded to haue taken a pound of oyntment of ſpikenard very coſtly, and …

    John Downame · The Sum of Sacred Divinity · p. 206 · Open in the reader

  4. Printed
    JEſus Chriſt-man, when he was together with his Diſciples in BethaniaBethany forty dayes after his reſurrection; after he had often proved and confirmed his reſurrection …
    With rule
    JEſus Chriſt-man, when he was together with his Diſciples in BethaniaBethany forty dayes after his reſurrection; after he had often proved and confirmed his reſurrection …

    Zacharias Ursinus · The Sum of Christian Religion · p. 313 · Open in the reader

  5. Printed
    … off ſome part of the mount of Oliues, that was neere the Towne of BethaniaBethany. Now it is coniectured by Diuines, that hee choſe this place of purpoſe; Firſt …
    With rule
    … off ſome part of the mount of Oliues, that was neere the Towne of BethaniaBethany. Now it is coniectured by Diuines, that hee choſe this place of purpoſe; Firſt …

    Nicholas Byfield · The Rule of Faith · p. 481 · Open in the reader

  6. Printed
    … And it seemes that Iesus Christ, to goe to Ierusalem, did ordinarily passe through BethaniaBethany, because that in the holy tongue Bethanie signifies, The house of grief; & the word …
    With rule
    … And it seemes that Iesus Christ, to goe to Ierusalem, did ordinarily passe through BethaniaBethany, because that in the holy tongue Bethanie signifies, The house of grief; & the word …

    Peter du Moulin Jr · The Christian Combat · p. 68 · Open in the reader

  7. Printed
    … graue when the women sought him as the Angell said: neither was hee at BethaniaBethany when Lazarus died by Christs owne words: and thus we conclude that the Christ …
    With rule
    … graue when the women sought him as the Angell said: neither was hee at BethaniaBethany when Lazarus died by Christs owne words: and thus we conclude that the Christ …

    John Foxe · Christs Victory over Satans Tyranny · p. 263 · Open in the reader

  8. Printed
    … Ascension. For ye Story saith; When he was risen againe, he led them to BethaniaBethany (where he ascended) and lift vp his hands and blessed them. And S. Paul …
    With rule
    … Ascension. For ye Story saith; When he was risen againe, he led them to BethaniaBethany (where he ascended) and lift vp his hands and blessed them. And S. Paul …

    William Perkins · A Cloud of Faithful Witnesses · p. 348 · 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.