Waiting for reviewNamesCandidate #50818 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

kaineCain

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

Puritas changed it: 59 times in 16 works
Consistency: 98.3% (59 of 60)
Reach if approved: ~68 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner: No opinion (map not loaded)
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 (59 changes in 16 works, 98.3% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 59)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied

Printed
… Lords Prophets, for their ſins and wickedneſſe, did either denie their fault committed, as KaineCain, and Geheſie. Gene. 4.9. 2. King. 5.25. Or elſe they were angrie, and vſed reprochfull words, and …
With rule
… Lords Prophets, for their ſins and wickedneſſe, did either denie their fault committed, as KaineCain, and Geheſie. Gene. 4.9. 2. King. 5.25. Or elſe they were angrie, and vſed reprochfull words, and …
Robert Cawdrey · A Treasury of Similes · p. 358 · Open in the reader
Printed
Adam Had wicked KaineCain, Gen. 4. Abraham a mocking Ishmael.
With rule
Adam Had wicked KaineCain, Gen. 4. Abraham a mocking Ishmael.
Richard Bernard · The Bibles Abstract and Epitome · p. 106 · Open in the reader
Printed
… a vote upon a motion to have the fine of £.200 imposed upon Mr. Robert KaineCain to be abated. Some would have had it at £.100—others at 100 mills, others at …
With rule
… a vote upon a motion to have the fine of £.200 imposed upon Mr. Robert KaineCain to be abated. Some would have had it at £.100—others at 100 mills, others at …
John Winthrop · Journal of the Settlements of Massachusets and Other Colonies · p. 203 · Open in the reader
Printed
… verſ. 18. Zack. 10. 11. To wit Moab, Edom, Amalek, Midian, noted by the Kenites, and by KaineCain, the firſt father of that kindred.
With rule
… verſ. 18. Zack. 10. 11. To wit Moab, Edom, Amalek, Midian, noted by the Kenites, and by KaineCain, the firſt father of that kindred.
Henry Finch · The Calling of the Jews · p. 10 · Open in the reader
Printed
… wherby they shew to be guided rather by the spirit of Sathan that hartened KaineCain to kill Abell, then by the spirit of God that taught Dauid to spare …
With rule
… wherby they shew to be guided rather by the spirit of Sathan that hartened KaineCain to kill Abell, then by the spirit of God that taught Dauid to spare …
Francis Hastings · Defense of the Watch-Word Against the Ward-Word · p. 68 · Open in the reader
Printed
… they endure here are the beginnings of hell; All theſe fearefull paſſages that befell KaineCain in his life, & Iudas in his death, were the beginnings of their paſſage into …
With rule
… they endure here are the beginnings of hell; All theſe fearefull paſſages that befell KaineCain in his life, & Iudas in his death, were the beginnings of their paſſage into …
John Randall · Saint Pauls Triumph · p. 176 · Open in the reader
Printed
… Kain that he could not abide to ſee Abels ſacrifice accepted before his, therefore KaineCain ſlew Abell his brother. It made Ioſephs bretheren that they could not abide to …
With rule
… Kain that he could not abide to ſee Abels ſacrifice accepted before his, therefore KaineCain ſlew Abell his brother. It made Ioſephs bretheren that they could not abide to …
William Whately · The View and Downfall of Pride · p. 28 · Open in the reader
Printed
… Geneſ. 4.15. but will it thereof follow, that there was no Law againſt murther, before KaineCain killed Habel? we know, many things there were, which were not recorded; for elſe …
With rule
… Geneſ. 4.15. but will it thereof follow, that there was no Law againſt murther, before KaineCain killed Habel? we know, many things there were, which were not recorded; for elſe …
Theophilus Brabourne · A Defense of the Sabbath Day · p. 571 · 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.