ΠΡΟΗΚΟΥΣΑΤΕ, προηκουσατε
PROĒKOUSATE, proēkousate
Sounds Like: proh-ay-KOO-sah-teh
Translations: you heard beforehand, you have heard before, you heard previously
From the root: ΠΡΟΑΚΟΥΩ
Part of Speech: Verb
Explanation: This is a compound verb formed from the preposition πρό (pro), meaning 'before' or 'in front of', and the verb ἀκούω (akouō), meaning 'to hear'. Therefore, it means 'to hear beforehand' or 'to hear previously'. It is used to indicate that someone has received information or a message at an earlier time.
Inflection: Aorist, Active, Indicative, 2nd Person, Plural
Strong’s number: G4255 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Codex Sinaiticus
- Colossians — 1:5
Tischendorf's Greek New Testament
- Colossians — 1:5
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΠΡΟΑΚΟΥΩ.
These could represent different words with related meanings, or different forms of the same word to fit different grammatical cases, numbers, or genders. This list may include spelling variants and even misspellings in the original manuscripts! Even more words from the same root may exist in other ancient texts that aren't in our database.
- ΠΡΟΑΚΗΚΟΩΣ — having heard beforehand, having previously heard
- ΠΡΟΑΚΟΥΩ — to hear beforehand, to hear before
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