Waiting for reviewNamesCandidate #50849 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

achisAchish

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

Puritas changed it: 55 times in 36 works
Consistency: 98.2% (55 of 56)
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 36 works, 98.2% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 55)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied

Printed
… To lye alſo and to dyſſemble is not alwaye ſynne. Dauid. 1, Regum. 27. Tolde Kynge AchisAchish the Phylyſtyne that he had robbed hys owne people the Iewes, whē he had …
With rule
… To lye alſo and to dyſſemble is not alwaye ſynne. Dauid. 1, Regum. 27. Tolde Kynge AchisAchish the Phylyſtyne that he had robbed hys owne people the Iewes, whē he had …
William Tyndale · Exposition Upon Matthew 27(1) · p. xlvi · Open in the reader
Printed
… and in Dauid counterfeiting himselfe to be an Ideot, or mad, through feare of AchisAchish, King of the Philistians, and sundry others, which out of little feare of God …
With rule
… and in Dauid counterfeiting himselfe to be an Ideot, or mad, through feare of AchisAchish, King of the Philistians, and sundry others, which out of little feare of God …
Thomas Wilson · Saints by Calling · p. 286 · Open in the reader
Printed
AchisAchish K of the Philiſtins. 16. 29
With rule
AchisAchish K of the Philiſtins. 16. 29
Hugh Broughton · A Defense of the Holy Genealogies · Open in the reader
Printed
Chap. 29 David is ſent backe from warre by AchisAchish, 7. Who commends him, Verſ. 9.
With rule
Chap. 29 David is ſent backe from warre by AchisAchish, 7. Who commends him, Verſ. 9.
Ezekiel Culverwell · A Ready Way to Remember the Scriptures · p. 20 · Open in the reader
Printed
… expulsed his own Country, resorts to none but Kings: for first he goeth to AchisAchish, King of Gath; then to the King of Moab, 1 Sam. 21. 10. and 1 Sam. 22. 3.
With rule
… expulsed his own Country, resorts to none but Kings: for first he goeth to AchisAchish, King of Gath; then to the King of Moab, 1 Sam. 21. 10. and 1 Sam. 22. 3.
Richard Younge · Armor of Proof · p. 14 · Open in the reader
Printed
… fleshe and blood, doeth seeme in Augustines iudgement, as it were changing countenance before AchisAchish (to wit, an ignorant king) to expresse one thing in vtter shewe of woordes …
With rule
… fleshe and blood, doeth seeme in Augustines iudgement, as it were changing countenance before AchisAchish (to wit, an ignorant king) to expresse one thing in vtter shewe of woordes …
John Foxe · The Pope Confuted · p. 85 · Open in the reader
Printed
AchisAchish geueth vnto Dauid the cytye Ziklag. i. Reg. xxvij.a
With rule
AchisAchish geueth vnto Dauid the cytye Ziklag. i. Reg. xxvij.a
Henrich Bullinger · Historical Table of the Bible · Open in the reader
Printed
… dutie, and way of obedience, that he should haue walked in, to flie to AchisAchish, &c. Therefore the way, I say, to make our hearts perfect with God, is …
With rule
… dutie, and way of obedience, that he should haue walked in, to flie to AchisAchish, &c. Therefore the way, I say, to make our hearts perfect with God, is …
John Preston · The New Covenant · p. 179 · 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.