Waiting for reviewNamesCandidate #50970 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

iepthaJephthah

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

Puritas changed it: 36 times in 17 works
Consistency: 97.3% (36 of 37)
Reach if approved: ~39 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner: Disagrees: jeptha
Matches: Exact word, any case
In our text: 37 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings: None
Taken into joins: None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (36 changes in 17 works, 97.3% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 36)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied

Printed
… Christ. We read of some Fathers who have much denied themselves; Abraham offereth Isaac; IepthaJephthah offereth his Daughter; Lot would have given his Daughters to save his Guests. These …
With rule
… Christ. We read of some Fathers who have much denied themselves; Abraham offereth Isaac; IepthaJephthah offereth his Daughter; Lot would have given his Daughters to save his Guests. These …
Thomas Manton · Sermons Volume 4 · p. 159 · Open in the reader
Printed
… casteth down to the ground. Sin is a Planet of a bad Aspect; as IepthaJephthah said to his daughter, when she met them with Timbrel and Dances, Judg. 11.35. Alas …
With rule
… casteth down to the ground. Sin is a Planet of a bad Aspect; as IepthaJephthah said to his daughter, when she met them with Timbrel and Dances, Judg. 11.35. Alas …
Thomas Watson · The Mischief of Sin · p. 5 · Open in the reader
Printed
… Abraham, and Moſes, and Caleb, and David, and Gideon, and Baruck and Sampſon, and IepthaJephthah, and many others; of whom the holy Ghoſt gives this generall teſtimony; that by …
With rule
… Abraham, and Moſes, and Caleb, and David, and Gideon, and Baruck and Sampſon, and IepthaJephthah, and many others; of whom the holy Ghoſt gives this generall teſtimony; that by …
Richard Younge · A Sovereign Antidote to Drive out Discontent · p. 22 · Open in the reader
Printed
… hungring and thirſting after him, as the Elders of Gilead knew their neceſſity of IepthaJephthah, and deſired him to be their Captaine, and made him head over them: they …
With rule
… hungring and thirſting after him, as the Elders of Gilead knew their neceſſity of IepthaJephthah, and deſired him to be their Captaine, and made him head over them: they …
Alexander Grosse · Sweet and Soul-Persuading Inducements Leading Unto Christ · p. 379 · Open in the reader
Printed
… Iudg. 339. That is to ſay, Othniel. 40. Ehud and Shamgar 80. Debora. 40. Gedeon. 4. Abimelech. 3. Tolah. 23. Iair. 22. IepthaJephthah. 6. Ibtſan. 7. Elon. 16. Abdon. 8. Sampſon. 20. Elie 40.
With rule
… Iudg. 339. That is to ſay, Othniel. 40. Ehud and Shamgar 80. Debora. 40. Gedeon. 4. Abimelech. 3. Tolah. 23. Iair. 22. IepthaJephthah. 6. Ibtſan. 7. Elon. 16. Abdon. 8. Sampſon. 20. Elie 40.
Henry Finch · The Calling of the Jews · p. 175 · Open in the reader
Printed
… made in iudgement vpon due conſideration and deliberation, not raſhly or vnaduiſedly. Herein did IepthaJephthah (though otherwiſe a good man) offend. Raſh vowes canſe either much miſcheefe, or much …
With rule
… made in iudgement vpon due conſideration and deliberation, not raſhly or vnaduiſedly. Herein did IepthaJephthah (though otherwiſe a good man) offend. Raſh vowes canſe either much miſcheefe, or much …
William Gouge · The Whole Armor of God · p. 466 · Open in the reader
Printed
… phered, together with Bernardinus Ochin his Tragedy of Freewil, Plessie Morney his Tragedie of IepthaJephthah his daughter, Edward the 6. his Comedie de meretrice Babilonica, Iohn Bale his Comedies de …
With rule
… phered, together with Bernardinus Ochin his Tragedy of Freewil, Plessie Morney his Tragedie of IepthaJephthah his daughter, Edward the 6. his Comedie de meretrice Babilonica, Iohn Bale his Comedies de …
William Prynne · The Players Scourge · p. 832 · Open in the reader
Printed
… myſterie. Theſe defendours of the people, came of Ioſeph: King Ioſuah, Deborah, Gedeon, Abimelech, IepthaJephthah, Abdon, halfe the tribe of Manaſſeh in Iair, with Reuben, & Gad in Sauls dayes …
With rule
… myſterie. Theſe defendours of the people, came of Ioſeph: King Ioſuah, Deborah, Gedeon, Abimelech, IepthaJephthah, Abdon, halfe the tribe of Manaſſeh in Iair, with Reuben, & Gad in Sauls dayes …
Hugh Broughton · A Revelation of the Holy Apocalypse · p. 326 · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (1)

1 of them are in works where Puritas changed it elsewhere, so their places are known; Each is our text, as the rule would change it.

Works of Joseph Hall A68126

Printed
CONTEMPLATIONS. THE TENTH BOOKE. IEPTHAJEPHTHAH.
With rule
CONTEMPLATIONS. THE TENTH BOOKE. IEPTHAJEPHTHAH.
Joseph Hall · Works of Joseph Hall · p. 921 · Open in the reader