Matthew 17:20:7Matt.17.20.W7TAB
⸀ὀλιγοπιστίαν
oligopistian
“little faith of”
- Transliteration
- o-li-go-pis-TI-an
- Extended
- oh-li-go-pis-TI-an
- IPA
- /o.li.go.pis.ˈti.an/
Meaning by language
- English
- little faith of
Greek · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Omicron | o — as in omit (short) | |
| Lambda | l — as in law | |
| Iota | i — as in machine | |
| Gamma | gh — guttural | |
| Omicron | o — as in omit (short) | |
| Pi | p — as in pet | |
| Iota | i — as in machine | |
| Sigma | s — as in sit | |
| Tau | t — as in top | |
| Iota | i — as in machine | |
| Alpha | ah — as in father | |
| Nu | n — as in new |
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The word
Word in context
- word
o-li-go-pis-TI-an
- clause
di-A TÊN o-li-go-pis-TI-an hy-MÔN
- sentence
HO DE LE-yei au-TOIS di-A TÊN o-li-go-pis-TI-an hy-MÔN a-MÊN GAR LE-gô hy-MEEN e-AN E-khê-te PIS-tin HÔS KOK-kon si-NA-pe-ôs e-REI-te TÔ O-rei TOU-tô me-TA-ba EN-then e-KEI KAI me-ta-BÊ-se-tai KAI ou-DEN a-dy-na-TÊ-sei hy-MEEN
Exegesis
The prepositional construction Dia tēn oligopistian hymōn {Διὰ τὴν ὀλιγοπιστίαν ὑμῶν | Diá tḕn o-li-go-pis-tí-an hy-môn} expresses causation (“because of your little faith”), with the accusative governing the abstract noun.
Root and etymology
oligopistosomicron–lambda–iota–gamma–omicron–pi–iota–sigma–tau–omicron–sigma
“of little faith”
In context — Matthew 17:20
But He says to them, “Because of your little faith , for truly I say to you, if you have faith like a mustard seed, you will say to this mountain, ‘Move from here to there,’ and it will move, and nothing will be impossible for you.”
About this coordinate
Matthew 17:20:7 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 7 of Matthew 17:20, so the Greek word ⸀ὀλιγοπιστίαν (oligopistian) can be cited, linked and studied at exactly this position rather than somewhere in the verse. In the Biblical Knowledge Coordinate System the same position is written Matt.17.20.W7, which extends further down to each syllable (Matt.17.20.W7.S1) and character.