- Original: προμεριμνάω - Transliteration: Promerimnao - Phonetic: prom-er-im-nah'-o - Definition: 1. to be anxious beforehand - Origin: from G4253 and G3309 - TDNT entry: 13:49,6 - Part(s) of speech: Verb - Strong's: From G4253 and G3309 ; to care (anxiously) in advance: - take thought beforehand.