# Abdisho

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**Abdisho**, **ʾAbdisho**, **Abdishu**, or **ʿAbd Īshōʿ** (syr: *ܥܒܕܝܫܘܥ*, Arabic: عبد يشوع) meaning 'servant of Jesus' in [Syriac](/source/Syriac_language), is a masculine given name. The name is most predominantly used by [Syriac Christians](/source/Syriac_Christians) of [West Asia](/source/West_Asia), namely the [Assyrians](/source/Assyrians).

The name is derived from the Syriac word "abd" (syr: *ܥܒܕܐ*) and the [Aramaic](/source/Aramaic) name for [Jesus](/source/Jesus), [Isho](/source/Isho) (syr: *ܝܼܫܘܿܥ*). Abdisho can also alternatively be spelled as [Odisho](/source/Odisho), used as a surname.

Persons with this name include:

- [Abdisho (died 345)](/source/Abdisho_(died_345)) (298–345), deacon and martyr of the Church of the East
- [Abda and Abdisho](/source/Abda_and_Abdisho), two Christian bishops who were martyred on May 16, in either 376
- [Abdisho I](/source/Abdisho_I), Patriarch of the Church of the East from 963 to 986
- [Abdisho II](/source/Abdisho_II), Patriarch of the Church of the East from 1074 to 1090
- [Abdisho III](/source/Abdisho_III), Patriarch of the Church of the East from 1139 to 1148
- [Abdisho bar Berika](/source/Abdisho_bar_Berika) (Ebed-Jesu) (died 1318), author of medieval catalogue of ancient Greek and Syriac writers
- [Abdisho IV Maron](/source/Abdisho_IV_Maron), second Patriarch of the Chaldean Catholic Church, from 1555 to 1570
- Abdisho V Khayat, or Mar [Audishu V Khayyath](/source/Audishu_V_Khayyath) (1827–1899), patriarch of the Chaldean Catholic Church from 1894 to 1899
- Habib ibn Bahriz, or [ʿAbdishoʿ bar Bahrīz](/source/%CA%BFAbdisho%CA%BF_bar_Bahr%C4%ABz), a 9th-century bishop and scholar for the Church of the East

Figures with the name 'Abdisho' are also attested in the early [History of Christianity](/source/History_of_Christianity) and the Syriac rites:

- a companion in martyrdom to [Desan (bishop)](/source/Desan_(bishop)), who was bishop of the [Christian Church](/source/Christian_Church)
- a martyr at Arbela in 376 alongside [Acepsimas of Hnaita](/source/Acepsimas_of_Hnaita)

## See also

- [Odisho](/source/Odisho_(disambiguation))
- [Isho](/source/Isho)

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