What does ὀλιγόπιστος (oligópistos) mean in the Bible?
ὀλιγόπιστος (oligópistos): Insufficiency of trust in God's provision and care, characteristic of wavering belief during crisis.
Greek · G3640
ὀλιγόπιστος
Of little faith
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ὀλιγόπιστος G3640
Pronunciation oligópistos
What does ὀλιγόπιστος (oligópistos) mean in the Bible?
ὀλιγόπιστος (oligópistos): Insufficiency of trust in God's provision and care, characteristic of wavering belief during crisis.
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Questions this entry answers
How does the BSB render G3640?
The BSB source-word alignment has 6 aligned rows for this entry. Common renderings include [You] of little faith (3), O [you] of little faith (2), [have] so little faith (1).
Where does ὀλιγόπιστος (oligópistos) appear in Scripture?
The source-word alignment first shows this entry at Matthew 6:30. Its strongest book concentrations include Matthew (5), Luke (1).
Source Word Evidence
BSB source-word alignment connects this entry to exact verse rows, English rendering, source form, transliteration, and parsing.
How English Renders It [You] of little faith 3× Matthew 8:26, Matthew 14:31, Matthew 16:8
O [you] of little faith 2× Matthew 6:30, Luke 12:28
[have] so little faith 1× Matthew 17:20
Show sample aligned rows
Matthew 6:30 ὀλιγόπιστοι to O [you] of little faith Adjective - Vocative Masculine Plural Matthew 8:26 ὀλιγόπιστοι to [You] of little faith Adjective - Vocative Masculine Plural Matthew 14:31 Ὀλιγόπιστε to [You] of little faith Adjective - Vocative Masculine Singular Matthew 16:8 ὀλιγόπιστοι to [You] of little faith Adjective - Vocative Masculine Plural Matthew 17:20 ὀλιγοπιστίαν to [have] so little faith Noun - Accusative Feminine Singular Luke 12:28 ὀλιγόπιστοι to O [you] of little faith Adjective - Vocative Masculine Plural
Usage map
A compact distribution from source-word alignment before the full evidence tables.
First aligned row Matthew 6:30
Aligned rows 6
Books represented 2
Matthew 5 Luke 1
Source forms
ὀλιγόπιστοι 4x oligopistoi Matthew 6:30, Matthew 8:26, Matthew 16:8, Luke 12:28
Ὀλιγόπιστε 1x Oligopiste Matthew 14:31
ὀλιγοπιστίαν 1x oligopistian Matthew 17:20
Parsing patterns
Adjective - Vocative Masculine Plural 4x Matthew 6:30, Matthew 8:26, Matthew 16:8, Luke 12:28
Adjective - Vocative Masculine Singular 1x Matthew 14:31
Noun - Accusative Feminine Singular 1x Matthew 17:20
Evidence Summary
Greek word. Insufficiency of trust in God's provision and care, characteristic of wavering belief during crisis.
Strong's G3640
Lexical occurrences 5 verses Greek text appearances 5 times Word forms 2 forms 5 references Verse guides 0 guides
Study link Matthew 6:30 Source Gloss
of little faith
Greek Text Appearances
Textus Receptus witness, full corpus Greek token appearances from Scrivener 1894 Textus Receptus in the full New Testament corpus.
5 Greek text appearances shown. Linked morphology labels have verse guides.
Matthew 6:30 Adjective Plural Masculine
ὀλιγόπιστοι; oligopistoi
of little faith
Read verse Matthew 8:26 Adjective Plural Masculine
ὀλιγόπιστοι; oligopistoi
of little faith
Read verse Matthew 14:31 Adjective Singular Masculine
Ὀλιγόπιστε, oligopiste
of little faith
Read verse Matthew 16:8 Adjective Plural Masculine
ὀλιγόπιστοι, oligopistoi
of little faith
Read verse Luke 12:28 Adjective Plural Masculine
ὀλιγόπιστοι; oligopistoi
of little faith
Read verseFull New Testament corpus: 260 chapters, 7,957 verses, 140,628 tokens. Data source: honza/textus-receptus (data only), with authority check against byztxt/greektext-textus-receptus.
Grammatical Forms
How this word appears across different grammatical cases and numbers.
This word appears as a noun across 2 case and number patterns. The form changes show how the word functions in a sentence; they do not change the basic lexical meaning by themselves.
Form patterns 2 Aligned forms 5 Case pattern Vocative (5) Number pattern Plural (4)
Verse guides are not available for this word yet, so verse references remain plain evidence markers.
Vocative · Plural · Masculine Matt 6:30 · Matt 8:26 · Matt 16:8 · Luke 12:28 4×
Vocative · Singular · Masculine Matt 14:31 1×
Selected Scripture Witnesses
Selected passage-level study witnesses for this word. This section is not the full occurrence list.
Biblical Witnesses
Jesus rebukes disciples for anxiety about clothing and food
Jesus questions disciples' faith during storm on sea
Jesus reproaches Peter for doubt while walking on water
Jesus contrasts God's care for lilies with human anxious doubt
Showing 4 selected witnesses from 5 lexical occurrence verses.
Word Origins
ὀλιγόπιστος is built from these roots:
Sources
MorphGNT Strong's Dictionary XML — CC0 1.0 Public Domain
Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible (morphhb/OSHB) — CC BY 4.0
Open Scriptures Hebrew Lexicon — CC BY 4.0
Berean Standard Bible (BSB) source-word alignment - CC0 Public Domain