Acts 10:10

ἐγένετο δὲ πρόσπεινος, καὶ ἤθελε γεύσασθαι· παρασκευαζόντων δὲ ἐκείνων, ἐπέπεσεν ἐπ᾽ αὐτὸν ἔκστασις,

RBT Greek Interlinear:

Strongs 1096; egeneto; ἐγένετο; has become; V-AIM-3S

Strongs 1161; de; δὲ; and; Conj

Strongs 4361; prospeinos; πρόσπεινος; hungry; Adj-NMS

Strongs 2532; kai; καὶ; and; Conj

Strongs 2309; ēthelen; ἤθελεν; was wanting; V-IIA-3S

Strongs 1089; geusasthai; γεύσασθαι; to eat; V-ANM

Strongs 3903; paraskeuazontōn; παρασκευαζόντων; those who were preparing; V-PPA-GMP

Strongs 1161; de; δὲ; and; Conj

Strongs 846; autōn; αὐτῶν; of themselves; PPro-GM3P

Strongs 1096; egeneto; ἐγένετο; has become; V-AIM-3S

Strongs 1909; ep’; ἐπ’; upon; Prep

Strongs 846; auton; αὐτὸν; himself; PPro-AM3S

Strongs 1611; ekstasis; ἔκστασις; displacement; N-NFS

RBT Translation:

πρόσπεινος - hungering toward

And he has become hungry toward and he kept wanting to eat; and while they, themselves were getting ready, she became upon himself a displacement.⁴⁷

Julia Smith Literal 1876 Translation:
And he was hungry, and would have eaten: and these making ready, a deep trance fell upon him,

LITV Translation:
And he became hungry and wished to taste food . But as they were preparing, an ecstasy fell on him.

Footnotes

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πρόσπεινος literally carries the sense of “hungering toward”:

• πρός = toward, in the direction of

• πεινός = hungry

So the word conveys hunger as a motivating, goal-directed force, not merely “very hungry.”

It’s a coined or literary term, only found in the New Testament, emphasizing the dynamic or relational aspect of hunger — the person is actively driven or directed by hunger toward something (food, or figuratively toward fulfillment).

The Greek πρός in compounds adds directional/relational nuance rather than simple intensity.