Early Syriac alphabet form of the name of Jesus

Ishoʿ (īšōʕ), a cognate of the Hebrew term

Yeshu Yeshu (Hebrew: ''Yēšū'') is the name of an individual or individuals mentioned in rabbinic literature, thought by some to refer to Jesus when used in the Talmud. The name ''Yeshu'' is also used in other sources before and after the completio ...

, is the Eastern Syriac pronunciation of the

Aramaic Aramaic (; ) is a Northwest Semitic language that originated in the ancient region of Syria and quickly spread to Mesopotamia, the southern Levant, Sinai, southeastern Anatolia, and Eastern Arabia, where it has been continually written a ...

form of the name of Jesus. The name is borrowed from

Classical Syriac The Syriac language ( ; ), also known natively in its spoken form in early Syriac literature as Edessan (), the Mesopotamian language () and Aramaic (), is an Eastern Middle Aramaic dialect. Classical Syriac is the academic term used to refer ...

and is a male given name. It is still commonly used as a name for Jesus among

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(namely

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) of

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and

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of India. In the

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and East Syriac Rites, the name is pronounced with the '''ayin''. Persons with this name include: * Ishoʿ of Merv *

Isho bar Ali Ishoʿ bar ʿAli ( late 9th century AD), known in Arabic as ʿĪsā (or Yashūʿ) ibn ʿAlī, was a Syriac author and physician. A student of Ḥunayn ibn Isḥāq and a member of the Church of the East, he served as the personal physician to the ...

* Isho Bar Nun * Isho Shiba * Isho Majid Hadaya Names with Ishoʿ as a component include: * Enanisho * Hnanisho I * Hnanisho II * Ishoʿbokht * Ishodad of Merv * Isho'dnah * Ishoʿsabran *

Ishoyahb I Ishoʿyahb I of Arzun was patriarch of the Assyrian Church of the East from 582 to 595. His name is included in the traditional list of patriarchs of the Church of the East. Sources Brief accounts of Ishoʿyahb's patriarchate are given in the '' ...

* Ishoyahb II * Ishoyahb III * Ishoyahb IV * Ishoyahb V * Sabrisho I * Sabrisho II *

Sabrisho III was Patriarch of the Church of the East The patriarch of the Church of the East (also known as patriarch of the East, patriarch of Babylon, the catholicose of the East or the grand metropolitan of the East) is the patriarch, or leader and he ...

Sabrisho IV was Patriarch of the Church of the East The patriarch of the Church of the East (also known as patriarch of the East, patriarch of Babylon, the catholicose of the East or the grand metropolitan of the East) is the patriarch, or leader and ...

* Sabrisho V

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{{given name Names of Jesus Masculine given names

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