Anokhi is a very powerful Hebrew word translated I AM. The basic word translated I AM is Ani. Adding khi makes the word a very definite, deliberate action. It means Because I AM. Anokhi is in the Hebrew scriptures over one hundred times. Ani is used several hunderds of times. When God says I AM, He does so with great and intense purpose.
Anokhi is referred to three times in the NT. Matt 22:32, Mk. 12:26, Acts 7:32. These verses all refer to the same verse in the Hebrew Scriptures, Exodus 3:6: And He said, I AM the God of your father, the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac and the God of Jacob, And Moses hid his face, for he was afraid to look upon God.
Here is a list of Scriptures where Anokhi is used:
Where Anokhi (I AM) is used, God is saying this with great and intense purpose.
God put extra emphasis in each of these verses, and he has determined to be your shield, to be with you, to be your Savior, to erase your transgressions and not remember your sins.
Gen. 15:1 Gen. 20:6 Gen 26:24 Gen. 28:15 Gen. 31:13 Gen. 46:3
Exodus 4:11, 12, 23. Exodus 20:2,5. Exodus 23:20 Exodus 34:10 Exodus 34:11
Deut:4:8 Deut.5:6,9,28 Deut.11:26 Deut:31:23 Joshua 11:6 Joshua 13:6
Judges 6:18 I Samuel 24:5 II Samuel 12:7 Isaiah 43:11, 25 Isaiah 44:24
Isaiah 46:9 Isaiah 51:12,15 Jeremiah 3:14 Jeremiah 6:19 Jeremiah 18:11
Jeremiah 29:11,23 Jeremiah 33:8 Jeremiah 35:14 Hosea 11:9 Hosea 12:10 Micah 3:8
Malachi 3:23 Psalm 46:11 Psalm 81:11
Wherever you see the I AM - God is speaking about something that he is determined to do,something very purposeful.
