oligopistia denotes the inadequacy of faith cited as the reason for failure before the mountain-moving comparison.

The sole attested use names inadequate faith as the stated reason before a comparison in which faith like a mustard seed can command a mountain to move.

1. Inadequate faith as a stated reason · dominant

   In Matthew 17:20, the accusative singular feminine noun occurs in the explanation beginning “Because of your little faith.” The APB then contrasts that stated reason with faith like a mustard seed that could command a mountain to move.

   Matthew 17:20

In the Anselm Project Bible: In Matthew 17:20, the APB presents the clause as “Because of your little faith,”.