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iethrojethro

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

Puritas changed it
524 times in 169 works
Consistency
99.8% (524 of 525)
Reach if approved
~552 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner
Agrees: jethro
Matches
Exact word, any case
In our text
525 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings
None
Taken into joins
None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (524 changes in 169 works, 99.8% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 524)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied
  1. Printed
    … gouerne them by wise and godly counsell. The necessitie hereof was well knowne to IethroJethro Moses father in law, though he were a heathen man: for he biddeth Moses …
    With rule
    … gouerne them by wise and godly counsell. The necessitie hereof was well knowne to IethroJethro Moses father in law, though he were a heathen man: for he biddeth Moses …

    William Perkins · A Golden Chain · p. 315 · Open in the reader

  2. Printed
    … For a gardiner (as the prouerbe is) hath spoken oft to very good purpose: & IethroJethro saw more in somewhat then Moses. And Duaren, though a Lawier, yet was not …
    With rule
    … For a gardiner (as the prouerbe is) hath spoken oft to very good purpose: & IethroJethro saw more in somewhat then Moses. And Duaren, though a Lawier, yet was not …

    John Rainolds · Conference Between Rainolds and Hart · p. 139 · Open in the reader

  3. Printed
    … victorie which God alone gaineth vpon the Egyptians for Israel, but without out Israel, IethroJethro duely glorifies him: Now I know that the Lord is greater than all gods …
    With rule
    … victorie which God alone gaineth vpon the Egyptians for Israel, but without out Israel, IethroJethro duely glorifies him: Now I know that the Lord is greater than all gods …

    Francis Rous · The Only Remedy · p. 226 · Open in the reader

  4. Printed
    … poore, the great as wel as the ſmal. It was not for nought, that IethroJethro aduiſed Moſes that his magiſtrates ſhould bee men of courage, and hating Couetonſnes: becauſe …
    With rule
    … poore, the great as wel as the ſmal. It was not for nought, that IethroJethro aduiſed Moſes that his magiſtrates ſhould bee men of courage, and hating Couetonſnes: becauſe …

    Richard Stock · Sermon 2 November 1606 · p. 38 · Open in the reader

  5. Printed
    … to ree…iue helpe from the weakest: Moses was content to be aduised by IethroJethro, and Dauid by Abigail: and note Pauls humility, Rom. 1. 12. he hoped to come and …
    With rule
    … to ree…iue helpe from the weakest: Moses was content to be aduised by IethroJethro, and Dauid by Abigail: and note Pauls humility, Rom. 1. 12. he hoped to come and …

    Thomas Taylor · Circumspect Walking · p. 249 · Open in the reader

  6. Printed
    … Iſrael, becauſe he had delivered them out of the hands of the Egyptians. 10 And IethroJethro ſaid: Bleſſed be the Lord God, which hath delivered you out of the hands …
    With rule
    … Iſrael, becauſe he had delivered them out of the hands of the Egyptians. 10 And IethroJethro ſaid: Bleſſed be the Lord God, which hath delivered you out of the hands …

    Dudley Fenner · Godly and Learned Treatises · p. 5 · Open in the reader

  7. Printed
    … in his old age. 2. For his publike Government, hee was like them preſcribed by IethroJethro to Moſes, an able man, a man fearing God, a man of truth, & hating …
    With rule
    … in his old age. 2. For his publike Government, hee was like them preſcribed by IethroJethro to Moſes, an able man, a man fearing God, a man of truth, & hating …

    Alexander Grosse · Deaths Deliverance and Elijahs Fiery Chariot · p. 38 · Open in the reader

  8. Printed
    Reguell ¶ Seke IethroJethro.
    With rule
    Reguell ¶ Seke IethroJethro.

    Henrich Bullinger · Historical Table of the Bible · 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.

Annotations on the Pentateuch, Psalms, Song of Songs A11649

  • Printed
    IEthroJethro] in Greeke Iothor: he was also named Hobab, and was the son of Ragouel …
    With rule
    IEthroJethro] in Greeke Iothor: he was also named Hobab, and was the son of Ragouel …

    Henry Ainsworth · Annotations on the Pentateuch, Psalms, Song of Songs · p. 8 · Open in the reader