noun · feminine
oligopistias
Greekὀλιγοπιστία (oligopistia)
Strong’sG570
littleness of faith
stem oligopisti-once in the New Testament1 of 10 forms occur
Translated as
What it means
*† ὀλιγοπιστία, -ας, ἡ,
G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament, 1922 — public domain. References open in the reader.
Strong’s G570 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from
Saidap-is-tee'-ah
faithlessness, i.e. (negatively) disbelief (lack of Christian faith), or (positively) unfaithfulness (disobedience)
Fromfrom G571;
King Jamesunbelief.
James Strong, Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible, 1890 — public domain. The numbers in it link to the entries here.
Every form
| Job in the sentence case | one singular | more than one plural |
|---|---|---|
| subject nominative | oligopistias | oligopistiais |
| object accusative | oligopistian1×ὀλιγοπιστίαν | oligopistiain |
| direct address vocative | oligopistiar | oligopistiair |
| of, belonging to genitive | oligopistiau | oligopistiaiu |
| to, for dative | oligopistia | oligopistiai |
Tinted cells are forms the New Testament never uses, so there is no Greek to show against them — but they are still correct Biblang, built from the slots below like any other.
Why these forms, and no others — the slots that make them
oligopistia is this word in every one of its forms. The slots after it make all the rest.
same in every form varies — every value shown
Where it appears
1 occurrence, every one of them listed
oligopistian“little faith”objectaccusative singular1×
Matthew 17:20“little faith”tos de legatō autoi; Dia tan oligopistian vu; amēn gar legamō vi, ean echaveiō pistian hōs kokkon sinapieu, legavi te ore houte; Metabainasar enthen ekei, kai metabaineti, kai oudenem adunatati vi.“Because you have so little faith,” He answered. “For truly I tell you, if you have faith the size of a mustard seed, you can say to this mountain, ‘Move from here to there,’ and it will move. Nothing will be impossible for you.”