what is the biblical relevance of "i am" ?

Answer 1

there is a linguistic aspect that none of the previous answers have pointed out...not to disagree with their responses but.....

in the language of the time, Hebrew verbs came in two modes...those actions that could be resolved, finished, completed ...and those that could not...
what is linguistically interesting about this passage is that g-d is using the verb form of "to be" in the unfinishable mode
...this usage was new...at that time...
therefore...instead of the rather stilted and forced translation of
"I am who am" or " I am who I am" or some such
....basically, the form of the verb would be something akin to
"I am....such that I cannot be finished, completed, etc etc etc

so....a rough translation would be more in the lines of
" I am the infinite one"

Answer 2

One of God's names is Jahweh (we translate it as "Jehovah"); it means "I AM." (see Exodus 3:14) It signifies God's eternality, because God is always in the present tense: not "I WAS", or "I WILL BE", but "I AM." He always has been and He always will be.

Note John 8:58, when Jesus used the term for Himself: "Before Abraham was born, I am." The religious leaders almost stoned Him there, because they knew He was equating Himself with the Eternal One.

Answer 3

And God spake unto Moses, and said unto him, I am the Lord:
And I appeared unto Abraham, unto Isaac, and unto Jacob, by the name of God Almighty, but by my name Jehovah was I not known to them.
-- Exodus 6: 2-3 (KJV)

"I am that I am" -- ehyeh asher ehyeh

The name Jehovah is taken from the Hebrew word havah, which is a verb meaning "to be"

Answer 4

When God spoke to Moses from the burning bush, he identified himself as "I AM" and instructed Moses to tell the Isrealites that "I AM" had sent him (Moses) to deliver them from Egypt to the promised land. It is one of the many names of God in the Bible.

Answer 5

father,son,and the holy spirit.. mostly god

Answer 6

" I am" is how God refers to himself.