This compound verb describes hiding something by placing it within or concealing it inside another object. In Matthew 13:33, Jesus uses it in the parable where a woman hides leaven in three measures of flour—a vivid image of the kingdom's hidden, transformative work. The multilingual renderings (Spanish 'escondió', French 'cacher', English 'hid') consistently emphasize the concealment aspect, though the German preserves the Greek form itself, perhaps recognizing the technical precision of this particular compounding.