Adlai, ad'-lai (Heb.)–justice of God; Jehovah's justice; my witness; lax; weary .

An Israelite; father of Shaphat (I Chron. 27:29) .

Meta. A just, discerning thought in consciousness, which is based on divine justice (justice of God, Jehovah's justice). Lax, weary, suggests a need of a more definite purpose on the part of this thought.