Waiting for reviewi / jCandidate #5784 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

iambresjambres

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

Puritas changed it: 204 times in 132 works
Consistency: 99.0% (204 of 206)
Reach if approved: ~216 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner: Agrees: jambres
Matches: Exact word, any case
In our text: 206 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings: None
Taken into joins: None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (204 changes in 132 works, 99.0% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 204)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied

Printed
… them sharply that they might be sound in the faith. Those againe like Iannes & IambresJambres resisting the truth, with prophane vayn bablings, disputations, and oppositions of science falsly so …
With rule
… them sharply that they might be sound in the faith. Those againe like Iannes & IambresJambres resisting the truth, with prophane vayn bablings, disputations, and oppositions of science falsly so …
Henry Ainsworth · The Communion of Saints · p. 419 · Open in the reader
Printed
… in places where they meet with ſuch as reſiſt the truth, as Iannes and IambresJambres did Moſes, Atheiſts and Papiſts I meane, and ſuch like, men of corrupt mindes …
With rule
… in places where they meet with ſuch as reſiſt the truth, as Iannes and IambresJambres did Moſes, Atheiſts and Papiſts I meane, and ſuch like, men of corrupt mindes …
William Whitaker · Answer to Campian the Jesuit · Open in the reader
Printed
… to our ancetours onely by tradition. As 2. Tim. 3. 20. it is said, that Iannes and IambresJambres were the Magitians that withstood Moses: now in the books of the olde testament …
With rule
… to our ancetours onely by tradition. As 2. Tim. 3. 20. it is said, that Iannes and IambresJambres were the Magitians that withstood Moses: now in the books of the olde testament …
Anthony Wotton · Defense of Perkins Book Called a Reformed Catholic · p. 400 · Open in the reader
Printed
… Lord, are ready to embrace falſe teachers. Pharaoh hated Moſes, but receiued Iannes and IambresJambres. Ahab hated Michaiah, but liked the falſe prophets. So the Iewes did flocke after …
With rule
… Lord, are ready to embrace falſe teachers. Pharaoh hated Moſes, but receiued Iannes and IambresJambres. Ahab hated Michaiah, but liked the falſe prophets. So the Iewes did flocke after …
William Gouge · Exposition on John 5 · p. 92 · Open in the reader
Printed
… the the ministerie of the Word, giueth them their But also. As Iannes and IambresJambres withstood Moses, so doe these resist the truth, men of corrupt minds, reprobates concerning …
With rule
… the the ministerie of the Word, giueth them their But also. As Iannes and IambresJambres withstood Moses, so doe these resist the truth, men of corrupt minds, reprobates concerning …
Samuel Hieron · Three Sermons 2 · p. 45 · Open in the reader
Printed
… in all kinde of badnesse. Angels of Sathan by discord, as were Iannes and IambresJambres. Angels of Apostacie through Pride, as was proude Diotrephes; who loued the preheminence. Angels …
With rule
… in all kinde of badnesse. Angels of Sathan by discord, as were Iannes and IambresJambres. Angels of Apostacie through Pride, as was proude Diotrephes; who loued the preheminence. Angels …
William Loe · A Still Voice · p. 15 · Open in the reader
Printed
… as Paul sheweth by the example of Iannes and IambresJambres. And as Iannes and IambresJambres, saith he, withstood Moses, so doe these also resist the truth, men of corrupt …
With rule
… as Paul sheweth by the example of Iannes and IambresJambres. And as Iannes and IambresJambres, saith he, withstood Moses, so doe these also resist the truth, men of corrupt …
William Perkins · A Golden Chain · p. 493 · Open in the reader
Printed
… then your tongues will proue as good as the miracles, which Iannes wrought, and IambresJambres, to harden Pharaos hart, by doing like as Moses did. You cast vs in …
With rule
… then your tongues will proue as good as the miracles, which Iannes wrought, and IambresJambres, to harden Pharaos hart, by doing like as Moses did. You cast vs in …
John Rainolds · Conference Between Rainolds and Hart · p. 135 · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (2)

0 of them are in works where Puritas changed it elsewhere, so their places are known; 2 more are in works where it never changed. Each is our text, as the rule would change it.