Proakouo refers to having previously heard the message identified as the gospel.

The sole attested use refers to prior hearing: in Colossians 1:5, the plural aorist active indicative form occurs in the clause about hearing beforehand in the word of truth, identified there as the gospel.

1. Previously hearing the gospel message · dominant

   In Colossians 1:5, προηκούσατε is a second-person plural aorist active indicative in the clause concerning what the hearers had heard beforehand in the word of truth. The APB renders the clause “which you heard beforehand in the word of the truth, the gospel.”

   Colossians 1:5

In the Anselm Project Bible: In Colossians 1:5, the APB presents the clause as “which you heard beforehand,”.