Waiting for reviewi / jCandidate #5783 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

iairjair

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

Puritas changed it: 106 times in 37 works
Consistency: 99.0% (106 of 107)
Reach if approved: ~112 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner: No opinion (map not loaded)
Matches: Exact word, any case
In our text: 107 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings: None
Taken into joins: None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (106 changes in 37 works, 99.0% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 106)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied

Printed
… Ioſeph: King Ioſuah, Deborah, Gedeon, Abimelech, Ieptha, Abdon, halfe the tribe of Manaſſeh in IairJair, with Reuben, & Gad in Sauls dayes. But Ieroboam the eight, did marr all. So …
With rule
… Ioſeph: King Ioſuah, Deborah, Gedeon, Abimelech, Ieptha, Abdon, halfe the tribe of Manaſſeh in IairJair, with Reuben, & Gad in Sauls dayes. But Ieroboam the eight, did marr all. So …
Hugh Broughton · A Revelation of the Holy Apocalypse · p. 326 · Open in the reader
Printed
… Machati: and called them after his owne name, that is to wit, Basan Hauoth IairJair, vnto this day.
With rule
… Machati: and called them after his owne name, that is to wit, Basan Hauoth IairJair, vnto this day.
John Calvin · Sermons on Deuteronomy · p. 90 · Open in the reader
Printed
… among the Nation, that extraordinary holinesse might attain to miraculous workings. R. Phinehas ben IairJair saith, Industry bringeth to purity, Purity to cleannesse, Cleannesse to holinesse, Holinesse to humblenesse …
With rule
… among the Nation, that extraordinary holinesse might attain to miraculous workings. R. Phinehas ben IairJair saith, Industry bringeth to purity, Purity to cleannesse, Cleannesse to holinesse, Holinesse to humblenesse …
John Lightfoot · The Harmony Chronicle and Order of the New Testament · p. 81 · Open in the reader
Printed
IairJair]
With rule
IairJair]
Thomas Wilson · A Complete Christian Dictionary · p. 320 · Open in the reader
Printed
There was a certaine Iew, whose name was Mordecai, the sonne of IairJair, the sonne of Shemai, the sonne of Kish, * a man of Iemini; which had …
With rule
There was a certaine Iew, whose name was Mordecai, the sonne of IairJair, the sonne of Shemai, the sonne of Kish, * a man of Iemini; which had …
John Weemes · The Christian Synagogue · p. 42 · Open in the reader
Printed
… Iudg. 5. 51. of Gideon, 40. yeers. Iudg. 8. 28. of Abimelech, 3. yeers. Iud. 9. 22. of Tolah, 23. yeers, Iudg. 10. 2. of IairJair, 22. yeeres. Iudg. 10. 3. The whole in all is, 305. yeeres. Here therefore the fiue odde yeeres …
With rule
… Iudg. 5. 51. of Gideon, 40. yeers. Iudg. 8. 28. of Abimelech, 3. yeers. Iud. 9. 22. of Tolah, 23. yeers, Iudg. 10. 2. of IairJair, 22. yeeres. Iudg. 10. 3. The whole in all is, 305. yeeres. Here therefore the fiue odde yeeres …
William Perkins · The Art of Prophesying · p. 79 · Open in the reader
Printed
… Bedan beside his ordinarie name by way of distinction, because there was an elder IairJair, Numb. 32.41. of Manasseh, of whome certaine townes were called Havoth IairJair. sic Iun.
With rule
… Bedan beside his ordinarie name by way of distinction, because there was an elder IairJair, Numb. 32.41. of Manasseh, of whome certaine townes were called Havoth IairJair. sic Iun.
Andrew Willet · Harmony Upon 1 Samuel · p. 79 · Open in the reader
Printed
… poſteritie: as tyme vvell argueth, and had 30 ſonnes and Cities. I can not thinke IairJair to be Bedan: for from his tvvelfth yere, Ammon afflicted Iſrael: and vvere not …
With rule
… poſteritie: as tyme vvell argueth, and had 30 ſonnes and Cities. I can not thinke IairJair to be Bedan: for from his tvvelfth yere, Ammon afflicted Iſrael: and vvere not …
Hugh Broughton · A Consent of Scripture · 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.

A Consent of Scripture A16964

Printed
… Philistines Before the birth of CHRIST. 18 kept in the quietnes vvhich Gedeon had gotten. IAIRJAIR of Manaſſes defendeth Iſrael. 22 Y. lud. 10, 3. HE is thought to be called alſo Bedan …
With rule
… Philistines Before the birth of CHRIST. 18 kept in the quietnes vvhich Gedeon had gotten. IAIRJAIR of Manaſſes defendeth Iſrael. 22 Y. lud. 10, 3. HE is thought to be called alſo Bedan …
Hugh Broughton · A Consent of Scripture · Open in the reader