Ono (Hastings' Dictionary)
This city is said in 1 Ch 813 (B Ὦνάν, A Ὦνώ) to have been built by the sons of Benjamin at an early period, and the Talmud (Mishna, Hrakhin, ix. 6) states that it was fortified by Joshua. There is no mention of it, however, in the OT except in books written after the Ca tivity, when it was inhabited by Benjamites, Ezr 2° (B 'Qvav, A 'Qvd), Neh 6? (‘the plain of Ono’ ‘x nyp3, B πεδίον ᾿Ενώ, A π. Ὠνά), 737 (Β Ὠνώ, A 'Ovdv), 115 (K* 'Qvd, BAN om.)
It is noticed with Lod (which see), and in the Talmud ONYX the two towns with their adjoining territory are included in the designation o'v71n7 Μὴ) ‘ valley of the craftsmen’ (Jerus. Megillah, i. 1; ef. 1 Ch 414, Neh 11%). Ono is the modern Kefr'And, north of Luda (the ancient Lod or Lae: Its antiquity is shown by its being noticed, along with the last-named place, in the lists of Tahutmes ΠΙ. δ. B.C. 1600. Lrrerators.—SWP vol. ii. sheet xiii. ; van de Velde, Mem. 887; Neubauer, Géog. du Talm.
86; Guérin, Judée, i. 819 ff. ; W. Max Miller, Asien u. Europa, 83; Buhl, GAP 1961. ; G.A. Smith, HGHL 160t. C. R. ConpDER. ONUS (Ὠνούς), the form in which the name Ono (wh. see), a town of Benjamin, appears in 1 Es 5”,
This topic also has an entry in the International Standard Bible Encyclopedia. Both articles offer independent scholarly perspectives.
International Standard Bible Encyclopedia on Ono
Ono o'-no ('ono; Codex Vaticanus Onan; Codex Alexandrinus Ono, and other forms): A town mentioned along with Lod as fortified by certain Benjamites (1Ch 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 (Ezr 2:33; Ne 7:37; 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." ⇒See a list of verses on ONO in the Bible. W. Ewing ⇒See also the McClintock and Strong Biblical Cyclopedia.
Smith's Bible Dictionary on Ono
(strong), one of the towns of Benjamin, is first found in (1 Chronicles 8:12) A plain was attached to the town called “the plain of Ono” (Nehemiah 6:2) perhaps identical with the valley of craftsmen” (Nehemiah 11:35)
Fausset's Bible Dictionary on Ono
A town of Benjamin (1Ch 8:12). The men of Lod, Hadid, and Ono, 721 in number, returned from Babylon (Neh 7:37). Its plain is mentioned (Neh 6:2); identified by some with "the valley of craftsmen" (Neh 11:35). Kefr Ana and Ania are suggested as representing Ono; but there are objections to both.
References
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- Smith, W. (ed.) (1884) Smith's Bible Dictionary. London: John Murray. [Public Domain]
- Fausset, A.R. (1878) Fausset's Bible Dictionary. [Public Domain]A Critical and Expository Bible Cyclopaedia