I Am That I Am

E473666

"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