Waiting for reviewi / jCandidate #5673 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

iordanjordan

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

Puritas changed it: 1,890 times in 549 works
Consistency: 99.7% (1,890 of 1,895)
Reach if approved: ~1,991 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner: Agrees: jordan
Matches: Exact word, any case
In our text: 1,895 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings: None
Taken into joins: None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (1,890 changes in 549 works, 99.7% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 1,890)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied

Printed
… bodie, but alſo in mind effectually. 6. When the Lord was baptiſed by Iohn in IordanJordan, the holie Ghost came downe in a doue vpon him, to betoken the fulnes …
With rule
… bodie, but alſo in mind effectually. 6. When the Lord was baptiſed by Iohn in IordanJordan, the holie Ghost came downe in a doue vpon him, to betoken the fulnes …
François Hotman · The Brutish Thunderbolt · p. 41 · Open in the reader
Printed
That tyme Iosue throuch IordanJordan
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That tyme Iosue throuch IordanJordan
David Lindsay · A Dialogue Betwixt Experience and a Courtier · Open in the reader
Printed
… of Christ's Crosse. Let me not set vp my rest on this side of IordanJordan, but passe ouer into the celestiall Canaan. And because death is the narrow passage …
With rule
… of Christ's Crosse. Let me not set vp my rest on this side of IordanJordan, but passe ouer into the celestiall Canaan. And because death is the narrow passage …
Daniel Featley · The Handmaid to Private Devotion · p. 469 · Open in the reader
Printed
The miraculous deed of Eliah, is the diuiding of the waters of IordanJordan with his cloke, that he and his successor might go ouer, verse 8.
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The miraculous deed of Eliah, is the diuiding of the waters of IordanJordan with his cloke, that he and his successor might go ouer, verse 8.
James Forester · The Marrow and Juice of 260 Scriptures · p. 153 · Open in the reader
Printed
Strabo deſcribeth a certaine fountaine to be in Arabia beyond IordanJordan, which poyſoneth all Beaſts that drink thereof: for which cauſe it is ordained, that …
With rule
Strabo deſcribeth a certaine fountaine to be in Arabia beyond IordanJordan, which poyſoneth all Beaſts that drink thereof: for which cauſe it is ordained, that …
John Gee · The Foot out of the Snare · p. 23 · Open in the reader
Printed
… to take him, he escaped out of their hands, and went his way beyond IordanJordan: yet afterward when the time appointed, wherein he should suffer, was come, he fled …
With rule
… to take him, he escaped out of their hands, and went his way beyond IordanJordan: yet afterward when the time appointed, wherein he should suffer, was come, he fled …
Richard Greenham · Works · p. 347 · Open in the reader
Printed
… that they may bee reported to ſucceſsion. Thus when he had ſet Iſraell over IordanJordan, and in poſſeſsion of his countrey, Set up (ſaith hee) ſtones, ſome in the …
With rule
… that they may bee reported to ſucceſsion. Thus when he had ſet Iſraell over IordanJordan, and in poſſeſsion of his countrey, Set up (ſaith hee) ſtones, ſome in the …
Robert Harris · Hezekiahs Recovery · p. 17 · Open in the reader
Printed
… pray thee, let me go ouer, and see the good Land that is beyond IordanJordan, that goodly mountaine of Lebanon. But the Lord was angry with me (saith he …
With rule
… pray thee, let me go ouer, and see the good Land that is beyond IordanJordan, that goodly mountaine of Lebanon. But the Lord was angry with me (saith he …
Arthur Hildersham · Lectures Upon John 4 · p. 414 · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (5)

4 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.

Annotations on the Pentateuch, Psalms, Song of Songs A11649

Printed
IOrdanJordan] Hebr. Iarden: a river thorow which Israel was to passe into the land, Deut …
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IOrdanJordan] Hebr. Iarden: a river thorow which Israel was to passe into the land, Deut …
Henry Ainsworth · Annotations on the Pentateuch, Psalms, Song of Songs · p. 33 · Open in the reader

Commentary on Genesis and Exodus A15408

Printed
IOrdanJordan. 1. This floud taking beginning from the Mountaine Libanus, ariseth out of two fountaines, called …
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IOrdanJordan. 1. This floud taking beginning from the Mountaine Libanus, ariseth out of two fountaines, called …
Andrew Willet · Commentary on Genesis and Exodus · p. 128 · Open in the reader

A Pisgah-Sight of Palestine A40681

Printed
MANASSEH beyond IORDANJORDAN. CHAP. 3.
With rule
MANASSEH beyond IORDANJORDAN. CHAP. 3.
Thomas Fuller · A Pisgah-Sight of Palestine · p. 91 · Open in the reader
Printed
THE DESCRIPTION OF MANASSEH on this side IORDANJORDAN. CHAP. 8.
With rule
THE DESCRIPTION OF MANASSEH on this side IORDANJORDAN. CHAP. 8.
Thomas Fuller · A Pisgah-Sight of Palestine · p. 171 · Open in the reader