- Original: προακούω - Transliteration: Proakouo - Phonetic: pro-ak-oo'-o - Definition: 1. to hear before a. the hoped for salvation before its realisation - Origin: from G4253 and G191 - TDNT entry: None - Part(s) of speech: Verb - Strong's: From G4253 and G191 ; to hear already that is anticipate: - hear before. Total KJV Occurrences: 1 • before, 1 Colossians 1:5