Quick Definition
ὀλιγόψυχος, ον Adj faint-hearted
Strong's Definition
from 3641 and 6590; little-spirited, i.e. faint-hearted
KJV Usage: feebleminded
UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament
adjc. | -ον | ὀλιγωρέω + ψύχομαι
25.290 · Attitudes and Emotions · Discouragement
fainthearted, discouraged, losing heart pertaining to having limited or diminished motivation for the attainment of some goal The expression ‘those who are losing heart’ (1TH 5:14) is semantically negative, but can be expressed in a more specifically negative form in some languages, for example, ‘those who do not have courage’ or ‘those whose hearts are not strong.’
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Thayer's Greek Lexicon
ὀλιγόψυχος, -ov, (ὀλίγος. ψυχή). faint-hearted: 1 Th. v. 14. (Prov. xiv. 29; xviii. 14; Is. lvii. 15, ete.; Artem. oneir. 3, 5.)
Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary
ὀλιγόψυχος oligopsychos 1x
fainthearted, 1 Tim. 5:14*
Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon
† ὀλιγόψυχος, -ον
[in LXX: Is 35:4 (מהר ni.), etc.;]
faint-hearted: I Th 5:14.†
Moulton & Milligan — Vocabulary of the Greek NT
ὀλιγόψυχος, “ faint-hearted’”’ (1 Thess 513). For the corresponding verb cf. P Petr II. 40(a)!2 cited s.v. ἀνδρίζομαι, and add ἐνοικίου, εἰσάπαξ yap αὐτὸ λήμψῃ, ‘do not lose heart about the rent, for you will get it once for all” (Edd.), and the new astragalos inscr. from Pamphylia in 7215. xxxii. (1912) Pp. 273 μ]ηδ᾽ [ὀ]λιγοψύχίει. - -
Liddell-Scott-Jones — Greek-English Lexicon
ὀλιγόψυχος (oligopsuchos) — fainthearted. ὀλῐγόψῡχ-ος, ον, faint-hearted, feeble-minded,[LXX+NT+2nd c.AD+]