Waiting for reviewNamesCandidate #50843 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

saphyraSapphira

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

Puritas changed it: 55 times in 51 works
Consistency: 100% (55 of 55)
Reach if approved: ~58 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner: No opinion (map not loaded)
Matches: Exact word, any case
In our text: 55 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings: None
Taken into joins: None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (55 changes in 51 works, 100% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 55)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied

Printed
… dreadfull punishment did the Apostle and the Holy Ghost miraculously inflict on Ananias and SaphyraSapphira, for detaining but part of that which they had dedicated to God, (as Mr …
With rule
… dreadfull punishment did the Apostle and the Holy Ghost miraculously inflict on Ananias and SaphyraSapphira, for detaining but part of that which they had dedicated to God, (as Mr …
Richard Baxter · The Worcestershire Petition for the Ministry of England · p. 27 · Open in the reader
Printed
… the Chriſtian Magiſtrate his place, if there had been any to ſtrike Ananias and SaphyraSapphira with ſudden death▪ I doe not beleeve upon Eraſtus his word, becauſe I finde …
With rule
… the Chriſtian Magiſtrate his place, if there had been any to ſtrike Ananias and SaphyraSapphira with ſudden death▪ I doe not beleeve upon Eraſtus his word, becauſe I finde …
Samuel Rutherford · The Divine Right of Church Government and Excommunication · p. 337 · Open in the reader
Printed
… with Pighius against Marcilius Patavinus (in fetching a ground from Peters killing of Ananias & SaphyraSapphira) for their imprisoning of men; might they not aswell warrant the killing of them …
With rule
… with Pighius against Marcilius Patavinus (in fetching a ground from Peters killing of Ananias & SaphyraSapphira) for their imprisoning of men; might they not aswell warrant the killing of them …
Alexander Leighton · Appeal to the Parliament · p. 34 · Open in the reader
Printed
… sort to effect. But if they bee studious of almes and good vvorkes, then SaphyraSapphira Rabba the great Chauncellor (some Angell) according to his office, registreth the same, and …
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… sort to effect. But if they bee studious of almes and good vvorkes, then SaphyraSapphira Rabba the great Chauncellor (some Angell) according to his office, registreth the same, and …
Samuel Purchas · Pilgrimage · p. 165 · Open in the reader
Printed
… and that the cō feſſion be fayned as it was in Simon Magus Ananias, & SaphyraSapphira, but it ſufficeth vnto the churche that a man ſhewe hyr outward teſtimonie of …
With rule
… and that the cō feſſion be fayned as it was in Simon Magus Ananias, & SaphyraSapphira, but it ſufficeth vnto the churche that a man ſhewe hyr outward teſtimonie of …
Pierre Viret · Exposition of the Apostles Creed · Open in the reader
Printed
Vpon diuerſe reaſons browght to shew, that S. Peters killing Ananias and SaphyraSapphira with the word (which reaſon was miniſtred him owt of Pigghius) proueth not that …
With rule
Vpon diuerſe reaſons browght to shew, that S. Peters killing Ananias and SaphyraSapphira with the word (which reaſon was miniſtred him owt of Pigghius) proueth not that …
Thomas Cartwright · A Second Reply to an Answer Made by Doctor Whitgift Part 2 · p. 24 · Open in the reader
Printed
Ananias and SaphyraSapphira, by Lying, linked to them ſuddain death: but ours now prolongeth our life the …
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Ananias and SaphyraSapphira, by Lying, linked to them ſuddain death: but ours now prolongeth our life the …
John Bradford · The Good Old Way · p. 35 · Open in the reader
Printed
… should our thoughts be but to allude to those words of St. Paul to SaphyraSapphira, Behold, the feet of them who have buried this my brother (or sister) are …
With rule
… should our thoughts be but to allude to those words of St. Paul to SaphyraSapphira, Behold, the feet of them who have buried this my brother (or sister) are …
Nathaniel Hardy · A Looking-Glass of Human Frailty · p. 7 · 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.