Oligopistos addresses people whose trust is shown as inadequate amid worry, doubt, fear, or discussion of provision.

The term is used as a direct address to people whose trust is found wanting: in settings of concern over clothing and bread, timidity before danger, and doubt after help is given.

1. Direct address for inadequate trust · dominant

   All five occurrences use the adjective in the vocative. In Matthew 6:30 and Luke 12:28, the APB renders the address within the argument that God clothes the grass and will clothe the hearers; in Matthew 8:26 it follows the question, “Why are you timid,” and in Matthew 14:31 it is followed by, “why did you doubt?” Matthew 16:8 places the plural address in a discussion about having taken no bread.

   Luke 12:28Matthew 14:31Matthew 16:8Matthew 6:30Matthew 8:26

In the Anselm Project Bible: Across the cited verses, the APB presents the term as the repeated vocative “O you of little faith.” Its surrounding wording confirms the situations of provision, timidity, doubt, and bread discussion rather than establishing finer lexical distinctions.