Clearly "everyone" means all people. Of course, depending on the context, it could mean everyone in the room or everyone in the state or everyone in this church or that church.

When reading passages of scripture such as Hebrews 2:9, this is basically the question most commonly being explored; who is "everyone", often devolving into an Armenian or Calvinistic debat.

I started thinking about this today and what struck me is that what Jesus has done was done for all those under his authority, which is to say for ALL of mankind. EVERY LIVING CREATURE from yesterday, today and tomorrow. He did this because He is king of all things and everyone, whether they acknowledge that or not.

Really look at what Hebrews is saying in chapter 2:

Now in putting everything in subjection to him, he left nothing outside his control. At present, we do not yet see everything in subjection to him. But we see him who for a little while was made lower than the angels, namely Jesus, crowned with glory and honor because of the suffering of death, so that by the grace of God he might taste death for everyone. [emphasis mine]

Too often people will to quote that last part "...taste death for everyone", and discuss it ad nauseum, but completely ignore what the text is saying about His place and authority over them.

If you cling to the fact that He died for ALL men, then you must recognize that you are a member of His kingdom. Inherently, this means that what He said is undeniably true and not open to debate; no one will go to the Father except through Him.

The Bible is His authoritative Word to us, as is evidenced in His own testimony. It specifically means that not all roads lead to Jesus. Not all paths lead to the Father.

I would suggest that the question "what does everyone mean?" isn't the best question to pursue. Everyone is everyone.

The better question is "What does that mean to everyone?"