Hebrew word · H207

אוֹנוֹ

'ono

Ono

A proper name: the town of Ono, usually identified with Kafr 'Ana, northwest of Lod.

Appears 5 times in 5 verses of the Hebrew Old Testament. ·

What it means

Ono = "vigorous"

city in Benjamin

2) a valley (of craftsman)

Also named: ke.phi.rim (כְּפִירִים "Hakkephirim" H3715B)

Abridged from Brown, Driver and Briggs, A Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), via STEPBible.org (CC BY 4.0).

In depth

From the study of 1 Chronicles 8:12

Range of meaning

A proper name: the town of Ono, usually identified with Kafr 'Ana, northwest of Lod.

Against the English

Uniform transliteration in all versions.

Used elsewhere in the period

Thutmose III's town list; Ezra 2:33; Nehemiah 7:37; 11:35; and Nehemiah 6:2, where Sanballat and Geshem try to draw Nehemiah out to 'the plain of Ono,' a borderland outside his direct control.

Where it appears

1 Chronicles · 1

  1. 1 Chronicles 8:12 אוֹנ֔וֹ Ono

    The sons of Elpaal: Eber, Misham, Shemed (who built Ono and Lod with its villages),

    Here: A town on the coastal plain, generally placed at Kafr 'Ana near modern Or Yehuda, a few miles northwest of Lod. Nehemiah 6:2 calls the area 'the plain of Ono.'

Ezra · 1

  1. Ezra 2:33 וְאוֹנ֔וֹ and Ono

    the men of Lod, Hadid, and Ono, 725;

Nehemiah · 3

  1. Nehemiah 6:2 אוֹנ֑וֹ Ono

    Sanballat and Geshem sent me this message: “Come, let us meet together in one of the villages on the plain of Ono.” But they were planning to harm me.

    Here: A town near Lod (Lydda), roughly 40 km (25 miles) northwest of Jerusalem, at the far western edge of the area settled by returning Judeans. Reaching it meant going 'down' to the lowland (v.3), at least a day's journey from the unfinished wall.

  2. Nehemiah 7:37 וְאוֹנ֔וֹ and Ono

    the men of Lod, Hadid, and Ono, 721;

  3. Nehemiah 11:35 וְאוֹנ֖וֹ and Ono

    Lod, and Ono; and in the Valley of the Craftsmen.

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