Waiting for reviewApostrophes and possessivesCandidate #9438 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

ieroboamsjereboam's

Apostrophes added or expanded, mostly possessives: gods → god's. Approve one at a time: some places are plurals.

Puritas changed it: 505 times in 238 works
Consistency: 99.2% (505 of 509)
Reach if approved: ~536 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner: No opinion (map not loaded)
Matches: Exact word, any case
In our text: 510 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings: None
Taken into joins: None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (505 changes in 238 works, 99.2% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 505)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied

Printed
… tribes, how many doue-houſes, I meane ſynagogues, were ruined & plucked downe, to lodge IeroboamsJereboam's calfes in? Whither was then the reſort and repaire of Leui, flying as it …
With rule
… tribes, how many doue-houſes, I meane ſynagogues, were ruined & plucked downe, to lodge IeroboamsJereboam's calfes in? Whither was then the reſort and repaire of Leui, flying as it …
Theodore Beza · Sermons on Three Chapters of Song of Songs · p. 278 · Open in the reader
Printed
… wherein they were seated; and then afterwards from the face of the whole earth. IeroboamsJereboam's Idolatrie cut off his posterity from the Kingdome; and the wickednesse of Ely his …
With rule
… wherein they were seated; and then afterwards from the face of the whole earth. IeroboamsJereboam's Idolatrie cut off his posterity from the Kingdome; and the wickednesse of Ely his …
Robert Sanderson · Ten Sermons · p. 369 · Open in the reader
Printed
… not beare her Husbands burden? Wicked Iezabel comforted her Husband in his sicknesse, and IeroboamsJereboam's Wife sought for his health, though she was as bad as he. God did …
With rule
… not beare her Husbands burden? Wicked Iezabel comforted her Husband in his sicknesse, and IeroboamsJereboam's Wife sought for his health, though she was as bad as he. God did …
Henry Smith · A Preparative to Marriage · p. 74 · Open in the reader
Printed
… Iehu against Ahabs Idols? He rooted out the Baalims. Not so much warme against IeroboamsJereboam's Idols, but served the Calves of Bethel; whereby hee plainly uncovered his dissembling heart …
With rule
… Iehu against Ahabs Idols? He rooted out the Baalims. Not so much warme against IeroboamsJereboam's Idols, but served the Calves of Bethel; whereby hee plainly uncovered his dissembling heart …
Phineas Fletcher · Joy in Tribulation · p. 278 · Open in the reader
Printed
… were gathered together in two armies to fight one againſt another in Abijahs, and IeroboamsJereboam's time, it is ſaid that they were valiant men of Warre, mighty men of …
With rule
… were gathered together in two armies to fight one againſt another in Abijahs, and IeroboamsJereboam's time, it is ſaid that they were valiant men of Warre, mighty men of …
William Gouge · Gods Three Arrows · p. 419 · Open in the reader
Printed
… ſweeps away doung til al bee gone, and did: The doggs eate him of IeroboamsJereboam's houſe that died in the Citie, & the foules of the aite eate him that …
With rule
… ſweeps away doung til al bee gone, and did: The doggs eate him of IeroboamsJereboam's houſe that died in the Citie, & the foules of the aite eate him that …
Thomas Helwys · Short Declaration of the Mystery of Iniquity · p. 18 · Open in the reader
Printed
Now for the compariſon between yours and IeroboamsJereboam's, you tell vs he * erected viſible Idols, and very filthy ones, even calves and …
With rule
Now for the compariſon between yours and IeroboamsJereboam's, you tell vs he * erected viſible Idols, and very filthy ones, even calves and …
Francis Johnson · Answer to Mr Jacobs Defense of the Churches and Ministry of England · p. 120 · Open in the reader
Printed
… him, and the Prophet that was forbidden to eate bread in the place of IeroboamsJereboam's Idolatry.
With rule
… him, and the Prophet that was forbidden to eate bread in the place of IeroboamsJereboam's Idolatry.
John Mayer · The English Catechism Explained · p. 456 · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (4)

3 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.

Works of Joseph Hall A68126

Printed
IEROBOAMSJEREBOAM'S Wife.
With rule
IEROBOAMSJEREBOAM'S Wife.
Joseph Hall · Works of Joseph Hall · Open in the reader
Printed
IEROBOAMSJEREBOAM'S Wife.
With rule
IEROBOAMSJEREBOAM'S Wife.
Joseph Hall · Works of Joseph Hall · p. 1323 · Open in the reader

History of the Old Testament Volume 7 B13857

Printed
IEroboamsJereboam's hand is amended, his ſoule is not; that continues ſtill drie, & inflexible; Yet whiles …
With rule
IEroboamsJereboam's hand is amended, his ſoule is not; that continues ſtill drie, & inflexible; Yet whiles …
Joseph Hall · History of the Old Testament Volume 7 · p. 60 · Open in the reader