Waiting for reviewi / jCandidate #5645 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

ionathanjonathan

i standing for j: Iesus → Jesus, iudge → judge.

Puritas changed it: 1,933 times in 501 works
Consistency: 99.4% (1,933 of 1,943)
Reach if approved: ~2,042 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner: Agrees: jonathan
Matches: Exact word, any case
In our text: 1,943 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings: None
Taken into joins: None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (1,933 changes in 501 works, 99.4% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 1,933)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied

Printed
… and without the underſtanding is nothing, nor yet a conjunction of affection onely, as IonathanJonathan and David are ſayd to have one ſoule and heart, but it is a …
With rule
… and without the underſtanding is nothing, nor yet a conjunction of affection onely, as IonathanJonathan and David are ſayd to have one ſoule and heart, but it is a …
Benjamin King · The Marriage of the Lamb · p. 7 · Open in the reader
Printed
… not drawn in vaine, as Dauid saith of IonathanJonathan. The arrow or dart of IonathanJonathan neuer turned back, that is, it neuer missed but perced & wounded. Wherefore Esay calleth …
With rule
… not drawn in vaine, as Dauid saith of IonathanJonathan. The arrow or dart of IonathanJonathan neuer turned back, that is, it neuer missed but perced & wounded. Wherefore Esay calleth …
Martin Luther · Commentary on the Psalms of Ascent · p. 158 · Open in the reader
Printed
And on his shield kinde IonathanJonathan imparts
With rule
And on his shield kinde IonathanJonathan imparts
Phineas Fletcher · The Purple Island · p. 130 · Open in the reader
Printed
… backe, which his father Couetousnesse had (but newly) deuastate, clambring vp to Honour, (as IonathanJonathan to the Garrison of the Phi…istens by the raggednesse of these two Rockes …
With rule
… backe, which his father Couetousnesse had (but newly) deuastate, clambring vp to Honour, (as IonathanJonathan to the Garrison of the Phi…istens by the raggednesse of these two Rockes …
Thomas Adams · The Gallants Burden · Open in the reader
Printed
… be an approued Man of War. Saul himselfe though a King, IonathanJonathan, that louely IonathanJonathan, the Kings Sonne and heire, other of his brethren, all Kings Sons, THEY were …
With rule
… be an approued Man of War. Saul himselfe though a King, IonathanJonathan, that louely IonathanJonathan, the Kings Sonne and heire, other of his brethren, all Kings Sons, THEY were …
William Gouge · The Dignity of Chivalry · p. 10 · Open in the reader
Printed
… love ſtripping himſelfe of his glory, dignity and life it ſelfe for us, as IonathanJonathan in his love ſtript himſelf of his ſword & garment, & gave them to David: Looke …
With rule
… love ſtripping himſelfe of his glory, dignity and life it ſelfe for us, as IonathanJonathan in his love ſtript himſelf of his ſword & garment, & gave them to David: Looke …
Alexander Grosse · The Happiness of Enjoying and Use of Christ · p. 152 · Open in the reader
Printed
… aſſurance of the performance of Covenants, and promiſes. For, what controverſy was there betweene IonathanJonathan, and David to be ended by Oath when they ſware either to other?
With rule
… aſſurance of the performance of Covenants, and promiſes. For, what controverſy was there betweene IonathanJonathan, and David to be ended by Oath when they ſware either to other?
James Balmford · Reply to Answers of Mr Gataker · p. 117 · Open in the reader
Printed
… in the example of IonathanJonathan and David, the Text ſaith that the ſoule of IonathanJonathan was knit to the ſoule of David.
With rule
… in the example of IonathanJonathan and David, the Text ſaith that the ſoule of IonathanJonathan was knit to the ſoule of David.
Thomas Hooker · Four Learned and Godly Treatises · p. 62 · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (10)

5 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.

Mans Active Obedience A08055

Printed
in what he may to be ſeruiceable to your Worſhip, IONATHANJONATHAN NEOVS.
With rule
in what he may to be ſeruiceable to your Worſhip, IONATHANJONATHAN NEOVS.
William Negus · Mans Active Obedience · Open in the reader

Harmony Upon 1 Samuel A15400

Printed
1. IOnathanJonathan herein did not forget his dutie toward Saul, either as his father, or as …
With rule
1. IOnathanJonathan herein did not forget his dutie toward Saul, either as his father, or as …
Andrew Willet · Harmony Upon 1 Samuel · p. 195 · Open in the reader

The Sum of Sacred Divinity A20766

Printed
… the people did IonathanJonathan againſt the crueltie of his father Saul, telling SAVL, Shall IONATHANJONATHAN dye, who hath ſo mightily deliuered Iſrael? God forbid. As IEHOVAH liueth, ſhould one …
With rule
… the people did IonathanJonathan againſt the crueltie of his father Saul, telling SAVL, Shall IONATHANJONATHAN dye, who hath ſo mightily deliuered Iſrael? God forbid. As IEHOVAH liueth, ſhould one …
John Downame · The Sum of Sacred Divinity · p. 178 · Open in the reader
Printed
… the ground, ſince he hath wronght with God this day? So the people deliuered IONATHANJONATHAN that hee dyed not. The like did the Princes vnto Ieremie the Prophet, Ier. 26. 24.
With rule
… the ground, ſince he hath wronght with God this day? So the people deliuered IONATHANJONATHAN that hee dyed not. The like did the Princes vnto Ieremie the Prophet, Ier. 26. 24.
John Downame · The Sum of Sacred Divinity · p. 178 · Open in the reader

The Sovereign Power of Parliaments and Kingdoms A56211

Printed
… not one haire of his head fall to the ground, So the people RESCVED IONATHANJONATHAN that he dyed not; though he were not onely King Sauls Subject, but Sonne …
With rule
… not one haire of his head fall to the ground, So the people RESCVED IONATHANJONATHAN that he dyed not; though he were not onely King Sauls Subject, but Sonne …
William Prynne · The Sovereign Power of Parliaments and Kingdoms · p. 79 · Open in the reader