Waiting for reviewNamesCandidate #50789 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

abigalAbigail

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

Puritas changed it: 64 times in 58 works
Consistency: 98.4% (64 of 65)
Reach if approved: ~68 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner: Agrees: abigail
Matches: Exact word, any case
In our text: 65 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings: None
Taken into joins: None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (64 changes in 58 works, 98.4% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 64)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied

Printed
… wall: I will requite the old churle, and ſlay him, and all his. Well, AbigalAbigail meets him, and ſaith, Let not my Lord I pray thee, regard this man …
With rule
… wall: I will requite the old churle, and ſlay him, and all his. Well, AbigalAbigail meets him, and ſaith, Let not my Lord I pray thee, regard this man …
Thomas Hooker · The Souls Possession of Christ · p. 108 · Open in the reader
Printed
… fooliſh men. 1. Pet: 2: 15. Wiſdom, which God hath given for a Defence. Eccleſ. 7. 12. by this AbigalAbigail diverted the ruine intended againſt Nabal and his Family. Meekneſs and Humiliiy; for the …
With rule
… fooliſh men. 1. Pet: 2: 15. Wiſdom, which God hath given for a Defence. Eccleſ. 7. 12. by this AbigalAbigail diverted the ruine intended againſt Nabal and his Family. Meekneſs and Humiliiy; for the …
Edward Reynolds · The Wall and Glory of Jerusalem · p. 12 · Open in the reader
Printed
… one, receiueth many times changes and differences. As Salmon, Ruth. 4. 21. is called Salma, 2. Chron. 2. 11. AbigalAbigail, 2. Sam. 17. 25. is named Abigail, 1. Chron. 2. 16. Tiglath-pilezer, 2. King. 15. 19. is tearmed Tilgath-pilneezer, 1. Chr. 5. 6. Aram …
With rule
… one, receiueth many times changes and differences. As Salmon, Ruth. 4. 21. is called Salma, 2. Chron. 2. 11. AbigalAbigail, 2. Sam. 17. 25. is named Abigail, 1. Chron. 2. 16. Tiglath-pilezer, 2. King. 15. 19. is tearmed Tilgath-pilneezer, 1. Chr. 5. 6. Aram …
William Perkins · The Art of Prophesying · p. 77 · Open in the reader
Printed
When AbigalAbigail returned from pacifying Dauid whom that noddie her husband had highly incenſed, and found …
With rule
When AbigalAbigail returned from pacifying Dauid whom that noddie her husband had highly incenſed, and found …
Cornelius Burges · The Fire of the Sanctuary Newly Uncovered · p. 460 · Open in the reader
Printed
… had. But let the wealthy men rather ſeek a wiſe wife, as David did AbigalAbigail, then a wealthy.
With rule
… had. But let the wealthy men rather ſeek a wiſe wife, as David did AbigalAbigail, then a wealthy.
John Cotton · A Brief Exposition of the Book of Ecclesiastes · p. 134 · Open in the reader
Printed
… and glorious husband. Come both for thy wedding Garment and matchleſs portion. Come as AbigalAbigail to David, 1 Sam. 25.40, 4142. ſay, Lord, here I am meanly, yea vilely deſcended, by ſin …
With rule
… and glorious husband. Come both for thy wedding Garment and matchleſs portion. Come as AbigalAbigail to David, 1 Sam. 25.40, 4142. ſay, Lord, here I am meanly, yea vilely deſcended, by ſin …
Samuel Hardy · A Guide to Heaven from the Word · p. 33 · Open in the reader
Printed
… my account. Is it Sin? He ſaith in thy behalf, interceding for thee, as AbigalAbigail to David. Ʋpon me, upon me, let this Iniquity be charged. He was made …
With rule
… my account. Is it Sin? He ſaith in thy behalf, interceding for thee, as AbigalAbigail to David. Ʋpon me, upon me, let this Iniquity be charged. He was made …
John Sheffeild · Discourse of Excuses · p. 265 · Open in the reader
Printed
… ſhewed in raiſing ſome after they are fallen, and derelinquiſhing others. I conclude as AbigalAbigail ſaid to David, Hereafter it ſhall be no griefe unto you, nor offence of …
With rule
… ſhewed in raiſing ſome after they are fallen, and derelinquiſhing others. I conclude as AbigalAbigail ſaid to David, Hereafter it ſhall be no griefe unto you, nor offence of …
William Twisse · The Riches of Gods Love · p. 187 · 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.