The Hebrew word Ono (אוֹנוֹ) is a proper noun referring to a city in the territory of Benjamin, located near the coastal plain. It appears in lists of cities repopulated after the Babylonian exile and in the time of Nehemiah, where it is mentioned alongside Lod and the Valley of the Craftsmen.
Ono is most dramatically known from Nehemiah's rebuilding narrative. The enemies of the restoration — Sanballat, Tobiah, and Geshem — sent a message to Nehemiah: "Come, let us meet together in one of the villages on the plain of Ono" (Nehemiah 6:2). This was a trap. Nehemiah's response — "I am carrying on a great project and cannot go down. Why should the work stop?" — is one of Scripture's great models of focused perseverance against distraction. The city thus represents the temptation to abandon the Lord's work for lesser pursuits.