the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
conjunction. Be it as it may; nevertheless; notwithstanding; although; albeit; yet; but; however.
The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
Be it as it may; nevertheless; notwithstanding; however.
Word Usage
"Compare Note, see on [2545] 1Co 10: 5, "with the majority of them God was displeased." howbeit -- "Nay (why need I put the question?), was it not all that came out of Egypt?""