Spelling-Orthography Changes in the 1611 to the present day KJV
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Dr. Samuel C. Gipp, Th.D. The Answer Book: A Helpbook for Christians. Ohio: DayStar Publishing. TN: Bible and Literature Missionary Foundation. 1989, quoting from:
David F. Reagan, Th.D. The Myth of Early Revisions: The facts behind the King James Version of 1611. 1986, 11-13.
The second changes from the KJV 1611 are spelling changes. This is the second part of the three-fold explanation of changes from the KJV 1611 to the present day KJV.
Spelling changes
Changes in spelling or ‘orthography’ are the second type of changes found from the KJV 1611 to the present day KJV. Although the grammar structure was stabilized by 1611, the spelling was not. There were no standards in spelling in the 1600’s. “Therefore, in the last half of the eighteenth century, the spelling of the King James Version of 1611 was standardized.” (21)
“Additional e’s were often found at the end of the words such was feare, darke, and beare.”
“Also, double vowels were much more common than they are today. You would find me, bee, and mooued instead of me, be, and moved. “
“Double consonants were also much more common.”
“What would ranne, euill, and ftarres be according to present-day spelling? …The present-day spellings would be ran, evil, and stars.”
“These typographical and spelling changes account for almost all of the so-called thousands of changes in the King James Bible.” (21)
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quotes from Dr. Samuel C. Gipp, Th.D., The Answer Book: A Helpbook for Christians, TN: Bible and Literature Missionary Foundation, 1989. original source from David F. Reagan, Th.D. The Myth of Early Revisions: The facts behind the King James Version of 1611. 1986, 11-13.
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