| Noah Webster's Dictionary 1. (a.) Of or pertaining to the universe; extending to, including, or affecting, the whole number, quantity, or space; unlimited; general; all-reaching; all-pervading; as, universal ruin; universal good; universal benevolence or benefice. 2. (a.) Constituting or considered as a whole; total; entire; whole; as, the universal world. 3. (a.) Adapted or adaptable to all or to various uses, shapes, sizes, etc.; as, a universal milling machine. 4. (a.) Forming the whole of a genus; relatively unlimited in extension; affirmed or denied of the whole of a subject; as, a universal proposition; -- opposed to particular; e. g. (universal affirmative) All men are animals; (universal negative) No men are omniscient. 5. (n.) The whole; the general system of the universe; the universe. 6. (n.) A general abstract conception, so called from being universally applicable to, or predicable of, each individual or species contained under it. 7. (n.) A universal proposition. See Universal, a., 4. | Multi-Version Concordance Universal (7 Occurrences) Matthew 10:22 And you will be objects of universal hatred because you are called by my name; but he who holds out to the End--he will be saved. (WEY) Mark 13:13 You will be objects of universal hatred because you are called by my name, but those who stand firm to the End will be saved. (WEY) Luke 21:17 You will be the objects of universal hatred because you are called by my name; (WEY) Ephesians 1:22 God has put all things under His feet, and has appointed Him universal and supreme Head of the Church, which is His Body, (WEY) 1 Timothy 1:15 Faithful is the saying, and deserving of universal acceptance, that Christ Jesus came into the world to save sinners; among whom I stand foremost. (WEY) 1 Timothy 4:9 Faithful is this saying and deserving of universal acceptance: (WEY) Hebrews 12:23 the universal gathering; and to the assembly of the firstborn who are registered in heaven; and to God, judge of all; and to the spirits of just men made perfect; (DBY) |