Easton's Bible Dictionary A town of Benjamin, in the "plain of Ono" (1 Chronicles 8:12; Ezra 2:33); now Kefr `Ana, 5 miles north of Lydda, and about 30 miles north-west of Jerusalem. Not succeeding in their attempts to deter Nehemiah from rebuilding the walls of Jerusalem, Sanballat and Tobiah resorted to strategem, and pretending to wish a conference with him, they invited him to meet them at Ono. Four times they made the request, and every time Nehemiah refused to come. Their object was to take him prisoner. Int. Standard Bible Encyclopedia ONO o'-no ('ono; Codex Vaticanus Onan; Codex Alexandrinus Ono, and other forms): A town mentioned along with Lod as fortified by certain Benjamites (1 Chronicles 8:12). The Mishna (Arakhin ix.6) says that Joshua fortified it, but there is no such early notice of it in Scripture. It was occupied by Benjamites after the return from exile (Ezra 2:33 Nehemiah 7:37; Nehemiah 11:35). In one of the villages in the plain of Ono, Sanballat and his friends vainly tried to inveigle Nehemiah into a conference (6:2). It is represented by the modern Kefr `Ana, which lies to the Northwest of Lydda. In 1 Esdras 5:22, the name appears as "Onus." W. Ewing

Multi-Version Concordance Ono (5 Occurrences) 1 Chronicles 8:12 The sons of Elpaal: Eber, and Misham, and Shemed, who built Ono and Lod, with its towns; (WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV) Ezra 2:33 The children of Lod, Hadid, and Ono, seven hundred twenty-five. (WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV) Nehemiah 6:2 that Sanballat and Geshem sent to me, saying, Come, let us meet together in one of the villages in the plain of Ono. But they thought to do me mischief. (WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV) Nehemiah 7:37 The children of Lod, Hadid, and Ono, seven hundred twenty-one. (WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV) Nehemiah 11:35 Lod, and Ono, the valley of craftsmen. (WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)