Waiting for reviewNamesCandidate #50845 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

ʋzUz

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

Puritas changed it: 55 times in 32 works
Consistency: 100% (55 of 55)
Reach if approved: ~59 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner: No opinion (map not loaded)
Matches: Exact word, any case
In our text: 56 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 32 works, 100% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 55)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied

Printed
… of Uz, whoſe name was Job.] This probably was in Arabia the deſert. And ƲzUz of the Poſterity of Eſau, or Edom, Gen. 36.28. who fixed in Arabia the ſtony …
With rule
… of Uz, whoſe name was Job.] This probably was in Arabia the deſert. And ƲzUz of the Poſterity of Eſau, or Edom, Gen. 36.28. who fixed in Arabia the ſtony …
Samuel Cradock · The History of the Old Testament Methodized · p. 16 · Open in the reader
Printed
… it ſtayed not there, it paſſed thence to Egypt, to the mingled people, to ƲzUz, Philiſtia, Aſhkelon, Azzah, Ekron, and Aſhdod, &c. To all the Kings of the North …
With rule
… it ſtayed not there, it paſſed thence to Egypt, to the mingled people, to ƲzUz, Philiſtia, Aſhkelon, Azzah, Ekron, and Aſhdod, &c. To all the Kings of the North …
William Greenhill · Exposition of Ezekiel 30-48 · p. 395 · Open in the reader
Printed
… as the ſeed of Abraham were, So you find Job in the Land of ƲzUz, in the Book of Job, and his four friends, and beſides thoſe of Jobs …
With rule
… as the ſeed of Abraham were, So you find Job in the Land of ƲzUz, in the Book of Job, and his four friends, and beſides thoſe of Jobs …
Thomas Patient · The Doctrine of Baptism · p. 62 · Open in the reader
Printed
And all the Kings of the land of ƲzUz] Jobs country, called by the Greeks Auſitis.
With rule
And all the Kings of the land of ƲzUz] Jobs country, called by the Greeks Auſitis.
John Trapp · Commentary on Prov Ecc SoS Isa Jer Lam Eze Dan · p. 298 · Open in the reader
Printed
… among the luxurious Epheſians; and with Job can walk uprightly in the land of ƲzUz, where the people were prophane in their lives, and ſuperſtitious in their worſhip; and …
With rule
… among the luxurious Epheſians; and with Job can walk uprightly in the land of ƲzUz, where the people were prophane in their lives, and ſuperſtitious in their worſhip; and …
Thomas Brooks · Precious Remedies Against Satans Devices · p. 72 · Open in the reader
Printed
… Chriſtians glory; to be a Lot in Sodom, a Job in the land of ƲzUz, a Saint in Nero's houſe; To be blameleſs and harmleſs, the Sons of God …
With rule
… Chriſtians glory; to be a Lot in Sodom, a Job in the land of ƲzUz, a Saint in Nero's houſe; To be blameleſs and harmleſs, the Sons of God …
Matthew Mead · Spiritual Wisdom Improved Against Temptation · p. 1 · Open in the reader
Printed
… Countries, and like enough to haue beene eyther of the line of Aram and ƲzUz before, or else of Abraham by Keturah after. Zophar also could not be but …
With rule
… Countries, and like enough to haue beene eyther of the line of Aram and ƲzUz before, or else of Abraham by Keturah after. Zophar also could not be but …
Edmund Bunny · Of the Head Cornerstone · p. 196 · Open in the reader
Printed
… ſuffer grief and bear theſe evils patiently, as that man in the Land of ƲzUz did, whoſe name was Job: who though he was a righteous and faithful perſon …
With rule
… ſuffer grief and bear theſe evils patiently, as that man in the Land of ƲzUz did, whoſe name was Job: who though he was a righteous and faithful perſon …
Simon Patrick · The Book of Job Paraphrased · 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.