Waiting for reviewNamesCandidate #50762 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

saphirsSapphires

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

Puritas changed it: 74 times in 61 works
Consistency: 90.2% (74 of 82)
Reach if approved: ~86 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner: No opinion (map not loaded)
Matches: Exact word, any case
In our text: 82 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings: None
Taken into joins: None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (74 changes in 61 works, 90.2% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 74)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied

Printed
… whiter then milke, more ruddy then the red pretious ſtones, and like the poliſhed SaphirsSapphires, to haue viſages blacker then coales. To this horſe and rider, is attributed a …
With rule
… whiter then milke, more ruddy then the red pretious ſtones, and like the poliſhed SaphirsSapphires, to haue viſages blacker then coales. To this horſe and rider, is attributed a …
Patrick Forbes · Commentary Upon Revelation · p. 34 · Open in the reader
Printed
… the Saints be ſecured in themſelves? God will deck them with all precious ſtones, SaphirsSapphires, Agats, and Carbuncles, which ſpirituallized are his glorious graces, and by theſe ſhall they …
With rule
… the Saints be ſecured in themſelves? God will deck them with all precious ſtones, SaphirsSapphires, Agats, and Carbuncles, which ſpirituallized are his glorious graces, and by theſe ſhall they …
George Hughes · The Art of Embalming Dead Saints · p. 22 · Open in the reader
Printed
6 The stones therof are a place of SaphirsSapphires, & the dust of it is gold.
With rule
6 The stones therof are a place of SaphirsSapphires, & the dust of it is gold.
Theodore Beza · Job Expounded · Open in the reader
Printed
… the Lords building, though not as a master builder with hewen stones, or polished SaphirsSapphires: yet as a seruer and vnderlabourer as it were with a handfull of rubbish …
With rule
… the Lords building, though not as a master builder with hewen stones, or polished SaphirsSapphires: yet as a seruer and vnderlabourer as it were with a handfull of rubbish …
William Perkins · Commentary on Galatians 1-5 · Open in the reader
Printed
… behold, I will lay thy ſtones with the Carbuncles, and lay thy foundation with SaphirsSapphires.
With rule
… behold, I will lay thy ſtones with the Carbuncles, and lay thy foundation with SaphirsSapphires.
John Calvin · Commentary on Isaiah · p. 564 · Open in the reader
Printed
… Gold-rings set with the Beryl: his belly is as bright Ivory overlaid with SaphirsSapphires.
With rule
… Gold-rings set with the Beryl: his belly is as bright Ivory overlaid with SaphirsSapphires.
James Durham · Exposition of the Song of Solomon · p. 315 · Open in the reader
Printed
And thy Foundations ſhall be SaphirsSapphires pure,
With rule
And thy Foundations ſhall be SaphirsSapphires pure,
Benjamin Keach · Zion in Distress 2 · p. 20 · Open in the reader
Printed
… Testament, Isa. 54. 11. Behold I will lay thy stones with carbuncle and thy foundations with SaphirsSapphires, &c. Is…. 6. 17. for brasse I will bring gold, Isa. 35. 8. No Lyon, nor ravenous beast …
With rule
… Testament, Isa. 54. 11. Behold I will lay thy stones with carbuncle and thy foundations with SaphirsSapphires, &c. Is…. 6. 17. for brasse I will bring gold, Isa. 35. 8. No Lyon, nor ravenous beast …
Samuel Rutherford · Plea for Pauls Presbytery in Scotland · p. 112 · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (8)

4 of them are in works where Puritas changed it elsewhere, so their places are known; 4 more are in works where it never changed. Each is our text, as the rule would change it.

A Commentary on the Song of Solomon A29507

Printed
… of gold ſet with the chryſolite. his belly like white yvory covered w…th ſaphirsSapphires▪
With rule
… of gold ſet with the chryſolite. his belly like white yvory covered w…th ſaphirsSapphires▪
Thomas Brightman · A Commentary on the Song of Solomon · p. 1030 · Open in the reader
Printed
… gold rings ſet with the Beryll: his belly is as bright Ivory overlaid with ſaphirsSapphires.
With rule
… gold rings ſet with the Beryll: his belly is as bright Ivory overlaid with ſaphirsSapphires.
Thomas Brightman · A Commentary on the Song of Solomon · p. 1039 · Open in the reader

Golden Sands A76090

Printed
… ſilver, and a place for gold, the ſtones of it are the place of ſaphirsSapphires, and it hath duſt of gold, in it is hidden every precious thing. Job …
With rule
… ſilver, and a place for gold, the ſtones of it are the place of ſaphirsSapphires, and it hath duſt of gold, in it is hidden every precious thing. Job …
John Batchiler · Golden Sands · p. 12 · Open in the reader

Exposition of Ezekiel 6-13 A85667

Printed
… he ſaith, I will lay thy ſtones with faire colours, and thy foundations with ſaphirsSapphires: I will make thy windows of Agates, and thy gates of Carbuncles, and all …
With rule
… he ſaith, I will lay thy ſtones with faire colours, and thy foundations with ſaphirsSapphires: I will make thy windows of Agates, and thy gates of Carbuncles, and all …
William Greenhill · Exposition of Ezekiel 6-13 · p. 281 · Open in the reader