I Am That I Am

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"I Am That I Am" is a biblical divine self-designation from the Book of Exodus, expressing God's self-existence and eternal, unchanging nature.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
I Am That I Am canonical 1
“I AM WHO I AM” 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf biblical phrase ⓘ
divine name ⓘ
theophoric expression ⓘ
addressedTo Moses ⓘ
appearsIn Book of Exodus ⓘ
Hebrew Bible ⓘ
linked to: Tanakh

Old Testament ⓘ
associatedWith Septuagint translation ⓘ
Vulgate translation ⓘ
canonicalStatus part of Jewish and Christian canon ⓘ
chapter Exodus 3 ⓘ
commonEnglishRendering I AM THAT I AM ⓘ
I AM WHO I AM ⓘ
I WILL BE WHAT I WILL BE ⓘ
context burning bush narrative ⓘ
call of Moses ⓘ
describes God's eternal nature ⓘ
God's self-existence ⓘ
God's unchanging nature ⓘ
genre religious text phrase ⓘ
hasInfluenceOn classical theism ⓘ
concept of divine being ⓘ
doctrine of God ⓘ
hasLanguage Hebrew ⓘ
isSelfDesignationOf God of Israel ⓘ
linked to: the LORD
originalForm Ehyeh asher ehyeh ⓘ
linked to: YHWH
originalLanguageScript אֶהְיֶה אֲשֶׁר אֶהְיֶה ⓘ
relatedTo Tetragrammaton ⓘ
linked to: YHWH

YHWH ⓘ
divine name revelation ⓘ
religiousTradition Christianity ⓘ
Islamic biblical tradition ⓘ
Judaism ⓘ
scripturalStatus key divine self-designation ⓘ
SeptuagintRendering ἐγώ εἰμι ὁ ὤν ⓘ
spokenBy God ⓘ
theologicalTheme divine aseity ⓘ
divine eternity ⓘ
divine immutability ⓘ
divine self-revelation ⓘ
divine transcendence ⓘ
translationOf Ehyeh asher ehyeh ⓘ
usedIn Christian systematic theology ⓘ
Jewish theology ⓘ
biblical exegesis ⓘ
philosophy of religion ⓘ
theology ⓘ
verse Exodus 3:14 ⓘ
linked to: Exodus 3
VulgateRendering Ego sum qui sum ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (2)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Ehyeh Asher Ehyeh → meaning → I Am That I Am ⓘ
subject linked to: Names of God in Judaism
Burning bush → revealsNameOfGod → “I AM WHO I AM” ⓘ
linked to: I Am That I Am