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Hebrew words like אֱמוּנָה (emunah, Strong's H530) meaning "faithfulness" or "steadfastness," and בָּטַח (batach, Strong's H982) meaning "to trust" or "to have confidence," capture similar themes.<p><span class="tophdg">Usage: </span>The term "oligopistos" is used in the New Testament to describe individuals who exhibit a lack of faith or trust in God. It is often used by Jesus to gently rebuke His disciples or followers when they doubt His power or provision. The word conveys a sense of insufficient faith, not necessarily a complete absence of it, but rather a faith that is weak or underdeveloped.<p><span class="tophdg">Cultural and Historical Background: </span>In the context of first-century Judea, faith was a central component of religious life. The Jewish people were familiar with the concept of faith in God as a foundational aspect of their covenant relationship with Him. Jesus' use of "oligopistos" reflects a call to deeper trust and reliance on God, challenging the prevailing attitudes of doubt and fear that could hinder spiritual growth and understanding.<div class="vheading2">HELPS Word-studies</div><p class="discovery"><b>3640</b> <i>oligópistos</i> (from <a href="/greek/3641.htm">3641</a> <i>/olígos</i>, "little in <i>number</i>, low in <i>quantity</i>" and <a href="/greek/4102.htm">4102</a> <i>/pístis</i>, "faith") – properly, <i>few </i>occurrences (applications) of<i> faith</i>. <a href="/greek/3640.htm">3640</a> (<i>oligópistos</i>) occurs five times in the NT, each time with Jesus rebuking the problem of <i>failing to hear His voice</i> (cf. Jn 10:3,4,27).</p><p class="discovery">"Little-faith" (<a href="/greek/3640.htm">3640</a> <i>/oligópistos</i>) describes someone dull to hearing the Lord's voice, or disinterested in walking intimately with Him. In contrast, the goal of life is to receive (obey) the Lord's gift of faith in each scene of life (Ro 14:23; Heb 11:6). </p><p class="discovery">[<a href="/greek/3640.htm">3640</a> (<i>oligópistos</i>) is derived from <a href="/greek/3461.htm">3461</a> <i>/myriás</i> ("few, small in number"), which is the opposite of <a href="/greek/4183.htm">4183</a> <i>/polýs</i> ("many in <i>number</i>").]</p><iframe width="100%" height="85" scrolling=no src="/discovery.htm" frameborder=0 cellpadding=0></iframe><div class="vheading2">Thayer's Greek Lexicon</div><span class="maintitle">STRONGS NT 3640: ὀλιγόπιστος</span><br><br><span class="arttitle"><span class="grktitle">ὀλιγόπιστος</span></span>, <span class="greek2">ὀλιγοπιστου</span>, <span class="greek2">ὁ</span>, <span class="greek2">ἡ</span> (<span class="greek2">ὀλίγος</span> and <span class="greek2">πίστις</span>), <span class="accented">of little faith, trusting too little</span>: <a href="/interlinear/matthew/6-30.htm">Matthew 6:30</a>; <a href="/interlinear/matthew/8-26.htm">Matthew 8:26</a>; <a href="/interlinear/matthew/14-31.htm">Matthew 14:31</a>; <a href="/interlinear/matthew/16-8.htm">Matthew 16:8</a>; <a href="/interlinear/luke/12-28.htm">Luke 12:28</a>. (Not found in secular authors)<FOOTNOTE:1> <br><br><iframe width="100%" height="85" scrolling=no src="/bsoft.htm" frameborder=0 cellpadding=0></iframe><div class="vheading2">Strong's Exhaustive Concordance</div>of little faith. <p>From <a href="/greek/3641.htm">oligos</a> and <a href="/greek/4102.htm">pistis</a>; incredulous, i.e. Lacking confidence (in Christ) -- of little faith. <p>see GREEK <a href="/greek/3641.htm">oligos</a> <p>see GREEK <a href="/greek/4102.htm">pistis</a> <div class="vheading2">Forms and Transliterations</div>Ολιγοπιστε ολιγόπιστε Ὀλιγόπιστε ολιγοπιστιαν ὀλιγοπιστίαν ολιγοπιστοι ολιγόπιστοι ὀλιγόπιστοι Oligopiste Oligópiste oligopistian oligopistían oligopistoi oligópistoi<div class="vheading2">Links</div><a href="/interlinear/matthew/1-1.htm">Interlinear Greek</a> • <a href="/interlinear/genesis/1-1.htm">Interlinear Hebrew</a> • <a href="/strongs.htm">Strong's Numbers</a> • <a href="/englishmans_greek.htm">Englishman's Greek Concordance</a> • <a href="/englishmans_hebrew.htm">Englishman's Hebrew Concordance</a> • <a href="/texts/matthew/1-1.htm">Parallel Texts</a></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><div class="vheading">Englishman's Concordance</div><b><a href="/text/matthew/6-30.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">Matthew 6:30</a> <a href="/abbrev.htm" title="Adjective - Vocative Masculine Plural">Adj-VMP</a></b><br><a href="/interlinear/matthew/6.htm" title="Greek">GRK:</a> <span class="greek3">μᾶλλον ὑμᾶς <b>ὀλιγόπιστοι</b> </span><br><a href="http://biblehub.com/nas/matthew/6.htm" title="New American Standard Bible">NAS:</a> more <span class="itali">[clothe] you? You of little faith!</span><br><a href="/kjvs/matthew/6.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> [clothe] you, <span class="itali">O ye of little faith?</span><br><a href="/interlinear/matthew/6-30.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> more you <span class="itali">O [you] of little faith</span><p><b><a href="/text/matthew/8-26.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">Matthew 8:26</a> <a href="/abbrev.htm" title="Adjective - Vocative Masculine Plural">Adj-VMP</a></b><br><a href="/interlinear/matthew/8.htm" title="Greek">GRK:</a> <span class="greek3">δειλοί ἐστε <b>ὀλιγόπιστοι</b> τότε ἐγερθεὶς</span><br><a href="http://biblehub.com/nas/matthew/8.htm" title="New American Standard Bible">NAS:</a> are you afraid, <span class="itali">you men of little faith?</span> Then<br><a href="/kjvs/matthew/8.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> fearful, <span class="itali">O ye of little faith?</span> Then<br><a href="/interlinear/matthew/8-26.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> fearful are you <span class="itali">O [you] of little faith</span> Then having arisen<p><b><a href="/text/matthew/14-31.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">Matthew 14:31</a> <a href="/abbrev.htm" title="Adjective - Vocative Masculine Singular">Adj-VMS</a></b><br><a href="/interlinear/matthew/14.htm" title="Greek">GRK:</a> <span class="greek3">λέγει αὐτῷ <b>Ὀλιγόπιστε</b> εἰς τί</span><br><a href="http://biblehub.com/nas/matthew/14.htm" title="New American Standard Bible">NAS:</a> of him, and said <span class="itali">to him, You of little faith,</span> why<br><a href="/kjvs/matthew/14.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> unto him, <span class="itali">O thou of little faith,</span> wherefore<br><a href="/interlinear/matthew/14-31.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> says to him <span class="itali">[you] of little faith</span> of why<p><b><a href="/text/matthew/16-8.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">Matthew 16:8</a> <a href="/abbrev.htm" title="Adjective - Vocative Masculine Plural">Adj-VMP</a></b><br><a href="/interlinear/matthew/16.htm" title="Greek">GRK:</a> <span class="greek3">ἐν ἑαυτοῖς <b>ὀλιγόπιστοι</b> ὅτι ἄρτους</span><br><a href="http://biblehub.com/nas/matthew/16.htm" title="New American Standard Bible">NAS:</a> of this, said, <span class="itali">You men of little faith,</span> why<br><a href="/kjvs/matthew/16.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> unto them, <span class="itali">O ye of little faith,</span> why<br><a href="/interlinear/matthew/16-8.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> among yourselves <span class="itali">O [you] of little faith</span> because bread<p><b><a href="/text/matthew/17-20.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">Matthew 17:20</a> <a href="/abbrev.htm" title="Noun - Accusative Feminine Singular">N-AFS</a></b><br><a href="/interlinear/matthew/17.htm" title="Greek">GRK:</a> <span class="greek3">Διὰ τὴν <b>ὀλιγοπιστίαν</b> ὑμῶν ἀμὴν</span><br><a href="http://biblehub.com/nas/matthew/17.htm" title="New American Standard Bible">NAS:</a> to them, Because <span class="itali">of the littleness of your faith;</span> for truly<br><a href="/interlinear/matthew/17-20.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> Because of the <span class="itali">little faith</span> of you truly<p><b><a href="/text/luke/12-28.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">Luke 12:28</a> <a href="/abbrev.htm" title="Adjective - Vocative Masculine Plural">Adj-VMP</a></b><br><a href="/interlinear/luke/12.htm" title="Greek">GRK:</a> <span class="greek3">μᾶλλον ὑμᾶς <b>ὀλιγόπιστοι</b> </span><br><a href="http://biblehub.com/nas/luke/12.htm" title="New American Standard Bible">NAS:</a> more <span class="itali">[will He clothe] you? You men of little faith!</span><br><a href="/kjvs/luke/12.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> [will he clothe] you, <span class="itali">O ye of little faith?</span><br><a href="/interlinear/luke/12-28.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> rather you <span class="itali">O [you] of little faith</span><p><b><a href="/greek/3640.htm">Strong's Greek 3640</a><br><a href="/greek/strongs_3640.htm">6 Occurrences</a></b><br><br><a href="/greek/oligopiste_3640.htm">Ὀλιγόπιστε — 1 Occ.</a><br><a href="/greek/oligopistian_3640.htm">ὀλιγοπιστίαν — 1 Occ.</a><br><a href="/greek/oligopistoi_3640.htm">ὀλιγόπιστοι — 4 Occ.</a><br><br></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script> <script id="b817b7107f1d4a7997da1b3c33457e03"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=cb0edd8b-b416-47eb-8c6d-3cc96561f7e8&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-2'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-0' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-3'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-1' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div align="center" id='div-gpt-ad-1531425649696-0'> </div><br /><br /> <ins class="adsbygoogle" style="display:inline-block;width:200px;height:200px" data-ad-client="ca-pub-3753401421161123" data-ad-slot="3592799687"></ins> <script> (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); </script><br /><br /> </div> <div id="left"><a href="/greek/3639.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="3639"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="3639" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="/greek/3640a.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="3640a"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="3640a" /></a></div><div id="botleft"><a href="#" onmouseover='botleft.src="/botleftgif.png"' onmouseout='botleft.src="/botleft.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botleft.png" name="botleft" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="botright"><a href="#" onmouseover='botright.src="/botrightgif.png"' onmouseout='botright.src="/botright.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botright.png" name="botright" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="bot"><iframe width="100%" height="1500" scrolling="no" src="/botmenubhchap.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></td></tr></table></div></body></html>