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vriahuriah

u and v used by position, not sound: haue → have, vnto → unto.

Puritas changed it
774 times in 342 works
Consistency
98.4% (774 of 786)
Reach if approved
~826 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner
Agrees: uriah
Matches
Exact word, any case
In our text
786 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings
None
Taken into joins
None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (774 changes in 342 works, 98.4% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 774)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied
  1. Printed
    … he sinned grosly, albeit not against Bathsheba, whose chastitie was defiled; albeit not against VriahUriah, whose life was taken: yet he sinned against that mightie King, who had said …
    With rule
    … he sinned grosly, albeit not against Bathsheba, whose chastitie was defiled; albeit not against VriahUriah, whose life was taken: yet he sinned against that mightie King, who had said …

    David Lindsay · The Godly Mans Journey to Heaven · p. 111 · Open in the reader

  2. Printed
    6. What ſinnes accompanied the ſame: as the making of VriahUriah drunke, and the murthering of him, accompanied Dauids adulterie.
    With rule
    6. What ſinnes accompanied the ſame: as the making of VriahUriah drunke, and the murthering of him, accompanied Dauids adulterie.

    Richard Bernard · The Isle of Man · p. 90 · Open in the reader

  3. Printed
    … things wherein they offend. David sinned by committing adulterie with Bathsheba, the wife of VriahUriah; and God by way of punishment raised vp euil against him out of his …
    With rule
    … things wherein they offend. David sinned by committing adulterie with Bathsheba, the wife of VriahUriah; and God by way of punishment raised vp euil against him out of his …

    William Perkins · Exposition of the Sermon on the Mount · p. 417 · Open in the reader

  4. Printed
    … case with him, and yet hee did it: and so we know in murdering VriahUriah, it was consulted on, and a deliberate actiō, but there was much passion mingled …
    With rule
    … case with him, and yet hee did it: and so we know in murdering VriahUriah, it was consulted on, and a deliberate actiō, but there was much passion mingled …

    John Preston · The Doctrine of the Saints Infirmities · p. 91 · Open in the reader

  5. Printed
    … make princes of bandes of warre, in the heads of the people. 2. Sam. 11.11. And VriahUriah ſaide vnto David: The Arke, and Iſrael, and Iuda abide in the tentes, and …
    With rule
    … make princes of bandes of warre, in the heads of the people. 2. Sam. 11.11. And VriahUriah ſaide vnto David: The Arke, and Iſrael, and Iuda abide in the tentes, and …

    Dudley Fenner · Godly and Learned Treatises · p. 37 · Open in the reader

  6. Printed
    … of VriahUriah; and his owne sonne abuseth his in the same sort. He slayeth VriahUriah▪ himselfe with the sword; and for the slaughter of VriahUriah the sword haunteth his …
    With rule
    … of VriahUriah; and his owne sonne abuseth his in the same sort. He slayeth VriahUriah▪ himselfe with the sword; and for the slaughter of VriahUriah the sword haunteth his …

    Thomas Gataker · Two Sermons for the Direction for Christian Carriage · p. 71 · Open in the reader

  7. Printed
    … his owne commandement; for this exception was laid against David, before the matter of VriahUriah; by his accepting the Temple at Salomons hands in the very time of the …
    With rule
    … his owne commandement; for this exception was laid against David, before the matter of VriahUriah; by his accepting the Temple at Salomons hands in the very time of the …

    Walter Balcanquhall · The Honor of Christian Churches · p. 9 · Open in the reader

  8. Printed
    … himſelfe a moſt mercileſſe man, hee ſpared not his owne beſt beloued ſeruant good VriahUriah the proſelyte.
    With rule
    … himſelfe a moſt mercileſſe man, hee ſpared not his owne beſt beloued ſeruant good VriahUriah the proſelyte.

    Henry Holland · The Christian Exercise of Fasting · p. 177 · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (12)

7 of them are in works where Puritas changed it elsewhere, so their places are known; 5 more are in works where it never changed. Each is our text, as the rule would change it.

Exposition Upon Select Psalms A11005

  • Printed
    … had ſaid, thou ſhalt not commit adulttrie, there ſhould be none offence, neither of VRIAHURIAH, neither of any other in committing Adulterie, Except God had ſaide, Thou ſhalt not …
    With rule
    … had ſaid, thou ſhalt not commit adulttrie, there ſhould be none offence, neither of VRIAHURIAH, neither of any other in committing Adulterie, Except God had ſaide, Thou ſhalt not …

    Robert Rollock · Exposition Upon Select Psalms · p. 285 · Open in the reader

  • Printed
    … ſaide, Thou ſhalt not ſlay: There ſhould bee no offenſe in ſlaying, neither againſt VRIAHURIAH, nor againſt any other: Wherefore, if wee will ſpeake properly, all ſinne is committed …
    With rule
    … ſaide, Thou ſhalt not ſlay: There ſhould bee no offenſe in ſlaying, neither againſt VRIAHURIAH, nor againſt any other: Wherefore, if wee will ſpeake properly, all ſinne is committed …

    Robert Rollock · Exposition Upon Select Psalms · p. 285 · Open in the reader

A Consent of Scripture A16964

  • Printed
    … NABVCHADNEZAR ſhalbe king of BABEL: & TZEDEKIAS of IVDAH: that IERVSALEM ſhalbe made as SYLOH. VRIAHURIAH is kylde, & IEREMY quit. His thyrd yeere endyng, and much of his fourth, is …
    With rule
    … NABVCHADNEZAR ſhalbe king of BABEL: & TZEDEKIAS of IVDAH: that IERVSALEM ſhalbe made as SYLOH. VRIAHURIAH is kylde, & IEREMY quit. His thyrd yeere endyng, and much of his fourth, is …

    Hugh Broughton · A Consent of Scripture · Open in the reader

Two Treatises A21041

  • Printed
    … Iewes in Babylon their Houſes, their Orchards, and all other their delights whatſoeuer, Pſal. 102. VRIAHURIAH his owne houſe, and wife.
    With rule
    … Iewes in Babylon their Houſes, their Orchards, and all other their delights whatſoeuer, Pſal. 102. VRIAHURIAH his owne houſe, and wife.

    Daniel Dyke · Two Treatises · p. 152 · Open in the reader

Works of Joseph Hall A68126

  • Printed
    DAVID with BATHSHEBA and VRIAHURIAH.
    With rule
    DAVID with BATHSHEBA and VRIAHURIAH.

    Joseph Hall · Works of Joseph Hall · p. 1123 · Open in the reader

  • Printed
    DAVID with BATHSHEBA and VRIAHURIAH.
    With rule
    DAVID with BATHSHEBA and VRIAHURIAH.

    Joseph Hall · Works of Joseph Hall · p. 1137 · Open in the reader

Exposition of the Laws of Moses A73378

  • Printed
    … in getting of the kingdome. So when he wrote a letter to Ioab with vriahuriah, in this he was not Gods ſecretary, but the Divels. But as they were …
    With rule
    … in getting of the kingdome. So when he wrote a letter to Ioab with vriahuriah, in this he was not Gods ſecretary, but the Divels. But as they were …

    John Weemes · Exposition of the Laws of Moses · p. 68 · Open in the reader