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Waiting for reviewNamesCandidate #51031 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

beershebahBeersheba

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

Puritas changed it
28 times in 14 works
Consistency
100% (28 of 28)
Reach if approved
~29 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner
No opinion (map not loaded)
Matches
Exact word, any case
In our text
28 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings
None
Taken into joins
None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (28 changes in 14 works, 100% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 28)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied
  1. Printed
    … As thy God, O DAN, liueth, and as the God of the way of BeerſhebahBeersheba lineth, euen they ſhall fall, and ſhall not riſe any more.
    With rule
    … As thy God, O DAN, liueth, and as the God of the way of BeerſhebahBeersheba lineth, euen they ſhall fall, and ſhall not riſe any more.

    John Downame · The Sum of Sacred Divinity · p. 158 · Open in the reader

  2. Printed
    2. The term whither, was BeershebahBeersheba, where Abraham and he had dwelt, the place was so stiled for the Oath …
    With rule
    2. The term whither, was BeershebahBeersheba, where Abraham and he had dwelt, the place was so stiled for the Oath …

    George Hughes · An Exposition of Genesis · p. 328 · Open in the reader

  3. Printed
    from BeershebahBeersheba to Mount Ephraim] The South and North borders of the Kingdome of Judah. verse 4
    With rule
    from BeershebahBeersheba to Mount Ephraim] The South and North borders of the Kingdome of Judah. verse 4

    John Richardson · Observations Upon the Old Testament · p. 125 · Open in the reader

  4. Printed
    The Firſt Witneſses, were Lambs, at BeerſhebahBeersheba: the next, at Miſpa, and Gilead, the Stones of Witneſs: For Jacob, and his …
    With rule
    The Firſt Witneſses, were Lambs, at BeerſhebahBeersheba: the next, at Miſpa, and Gilead, the Stones of Witneſs: For Jacob, and his …

    John Sadler · Christ Under the Law · p. 71 · Open in the reader

  5. Printed
    … wars, wherein all men are exhorted to faſting and prayer, from Dan even to BeerſhebahBeersheba.
    With rule
    … wars, wherein all men are exhorted to faſting and prayer, from Dan even to BeerſhebahBeersheba.

    Zacharie Boyd · Crosses Comforts Counsels Needful to be Considered · p. 78 · Open in the reader

  6. Printed
    At Salem from Dan to BeerſhebahBeersheba;
    With rule
    At Salem from Dan to BeerſhebahBeersheba;

    Zacharie Boyd · The Garden of Zion · p. 234 · Open in the reader

  7. Printed
    … which vvere places in Iſrael) but taught them alſo not to paſse over to BeerſhebahBeersheba; (vvhich was a city in Iudah) Amo. 5, 5. Yet did he acknovvledge them to be …
    With rule
    … which vvere places in Iſrael) but taught them alſo not to paſse over to BeerſhebahBeersheba; (vvhich was a city in Iudah) Amo. 5, 5. Yet did he acknovvledge them to be …

    Francis Johnson · A Christian Plea · p. 116 · Open in the reader

  8. Printed
    … ſeazed vpon ſome few Cities and Townes amongſt vs, but coaſted from Dan to BeerſhebahBeersheba by his deuouring Angell, from one part of the Kingdome to the other, to …
    With rule
    … ſeazed vpon ſome few Cities and Townes amongſt vs, but coaſted from Dan to BeerſhebahBeersheba by his deuouring Angell, from one part of the Kingdome to the other, to …

    Robert Abbot · Be Thankful London and Her Sisters · p. 11 · 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.