diff --git a/src/App.tsx b/src/App.tsx
index 6debb03..0527f95 100644
--- a/src/App.tsx
+++ b/src/App.tsx
@@ -29,6 +29,8 @@ function App() {
 
   async function runSearch(nextQuery = query) {
     setError(null)
+    const trimmed = nextQuery.trim()
+    setSelectedStrong(/^[gh]\d+$/i.test(trimmed) ? trimmed.toUpperCase() : null)
     const results = await searchVerses(nextQuery)
     setVerses(results)
     setSelectedId(results[0]?.id ?? null)
@@ -68,6 +70,7 @@ function App() {
       selectedVerse.strongs[0]
     )
   }, [selectedStrong, selectedVerse])
+  const visibleVerses = useMemo(() => verses.slice(0, 250), [verses])
 
   function searchStrong(strong: string) {
     setQuery(strong)
@@ -130,8 +133,10 @@ function App() {
         </section>
 
         <section className="result-list" aria-label="Search results">
-          <div className="section-title">{verses.length} verses</div>
-          {verses.map((verse) => (
+          <div className="section-title">
+            {verses.length} verses{verses.length > visibleVerses.length ? `, showing ${visibleVerses.length}` : ''}
+          </div>
+          {visibleVerses.map((verse) => (
             <button
               key={verse.id}
               className={verse.id === selectedVerse?.id ? 'result active' : 'result'}
diff --git a/src/studyClient.ts b/src/studyClient.ts
index 8b7dda0..c286941 100644
--- a/src/studyClient.ts
+++ b/src/studyClient.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 import { invoke } from '@tauri-apps/api/core'
-import type { LibraryState, Tag, Verse } from './types'
+import type { LibraryState, StrongLink, Tag, Verse } from './types'
 
 type TauriWindow = Window &
   typeof globalThis & {
@@ -7,8 +7,51 @@ type TauriWindow = Window &
   }
 
 const browserTagKey = 'libre-study-browser-tags'
+const libreBibleDevRoot = '/@fs/W:/libre-bible-data/packages/json'
 
-const browserVerses: Verse[] = [
+type ImportedVerse = {
+  id: string
+  book: string
+  chapter: number
+  verse: number
+  text: string
+}
+
+type ImportedStrongLink = {
+  verse_id: string
+  position: number
+  surface: string
+  strong: string
+}
+
+type ImportedStrongEntry = {
+  strongs_number: string
+  language: 'hebrew' | 'greek'
+  lemma?: string
+  transliteration?: string
+  pronunciation?: string
+  strongs_definition?: string
+  kjv_definition?: string
+}
+
+type BrowserLexiconEntry = {
+  lemma: string
+  transliteration: string
+  definition: string
+  language: 'Hebrew' | 'Greek'
+}
+
+type BrowserStrongData = {
+  linksByVerse: Map<string, StrongLink[]>
+  verseIdsByStrong: Map<string, Set<string>>
+}
+
+let browserLibraryCache: Promise<Verse[]> | null = null
+let browserStrongDataCache: Promise<BrowserStrongData> | null = null
+let browserStrongData: BrowserStrongData | null = null
+const browserVerseSourceIds = new Map<number, string>()
+
+const fallbackBrowserVerses: Verse[] = [
   {
     id: 1,
     book: 'Genesis',
@@ -142,10 +185,18 @@ function writeBrowserTags(tagsByVerse: Record<number, Tag[]>) {
   localStorage.setItem(browserTagKey, JSON.stringify(tagsByVerse))
 }
 
-function hydrateBrowserVerses() {
+async function loadBrowserVerses() {
+  browserLibraryCache ??= loadLibreBibleDevVerses().catch((error) => {
+    console.warn('Falling back to browser seed data.', error)
+    return fallbackBrowserVerses
+  })
+
+  const verses = await browserLibraryCache
+  void loadBrowserStrongData()
   const tagsByVerse = readBrowserTags()
-  return browserVerses.map((verse) => ({
+  return verses.map((verse) => ({
     ...verse,
+    strongs: browserStrongData?.linksByVerse.get(browserVerseKey(verse)) ?? verse.strongs,
     tags: tagsByVerse[verse.id] ?? [],
   }))
 }
@@ -166,7 +217,7 @@ export async function getLibraryState(): Promise<LibraryState> {
   }
 
   return {
-    verses: hydrateBrowserVerses(),
+    verses: await loadBrowserVerses(),
     tags: allBrowserTags(),
   }
 }
@@ -177,7 +228,7 @@ export async function searchVerses(query: string): Promise<Verse[]> {
   }
 
   const trimmed = query.trim().toLowerCase()
-  const verses = hydrateBrowserVerses()
+  const verses = await loadBrowserVerses()
   if (!trimmed) return verses
 
   if (trimmed.startsWith('tag:')) {
@@ -188,8 +239,10 @@ export async function searchVerses(query: string): Promise<Verse[]> {
   }
 
   if (/^[gh]\d+$/.test(trimmed)) {
+    const strongData = await loadBrowserStrongData()
+    const matchingVerseIds = strongData.verseIdsByStrong.get(trimmed.toUpperCase()) ?? new Set()
     return verses.filter((verse) =>
-      verse.strongs.some((entry) => entry.strong.toLowerCase() === trimmed),
+      matchingVerseIds.has(browserVerseKey(verse)),
     )
   }
 
@@ -212,7 +265,105 @@ export async function addTagToVerse(verseId: number, label: string, color: strin
   tagsByVerse[verseId] = existing ? current : [...current, tag]
   writeBrowserTags(tagsByVerse)
 
-  const verse = hydrateBrowserVerses().find((item) => item.id === verseId)
+  const verse = (await loadBrowserVerses()).find((item) => item.id === verseId)
   if (!verse) throw new Error(`Verse ${verseId} was not found.`)
   return verse
 }
+
+async function loadLibreBibleDevVerses(): Promise<Verse[]> {
+  const importedVerses = await fetchJsonl<ImportedVerse>(
+    `${libreBibleDevRoot}/kjv-eng-kjv2006/verses.jsonl`,
+  )
+
+  browserVerseSourceIds.clear()
+  return importedVerses.map((verse, index) => {
+    const id = index + 1
+    browserVerseSourceIds.set(id, verse.id)
+    return {
+      id,
+      book: verse.book,
+      chapter: verse.chapter,
+      verse: verse.verse,
+      text: verse.text,
+      strongs: [],
+      tags: [],
+    }
+  })
+}
+
+async function loadBrowserStrongData(): Promise<BrowserStrongData> {
+  browserStrongDataCache ??= loadLibreBibleDevStrongData().then((data) => {
+    browserStrongData = data
+    return data
+  })
+
+  return browserStrongDataCache
+}
+
+async function loadLibreBibleDevStrongData(): Promise<BrowserStrongData> {
+  const [importedLinks, importedEntries] = await Promise.all([
+    fetchJsonl<ImportedStrongLink>(`${libreBibleDevRoot}/kjv-eng-kjv2006/strongs-links.jsonl`),
+    fetchJsonl<ImportedStrongEntry>(`${libreBibleDevRoot}/strongs-open-scriptures/entries.jsonl`),
+  ])
+
+  const lexicon = new Map<string, BrowserLexiconEntry>(
+    importedEntries.map((entry) => [
+      entry.strongs_number,
+      {
+        lemma: entry.lemma ?? '',
+        transliteration: entry.transliteration ?? '',
+        definition: entry.strongs_definition ?? entry.kjv_definition ?? '',
+        language: entry.language === 'hebrew' ? 'Hebrew' : 'Greek',
+      },
+    ]),
+  )
+  const linksByVerse = new Map<string, StrongLink[]>()
+  const verseIdsByStrong = new Map<string, Set<string>>()
+
+  for (const link of importedLinks) {
+    const entry = lexicon.get(link.strong)
+    const strongLink: StrongLink = {
+      strong: link.strong,
+      surface: link.surface,
+      position: link.position,
+      lemma: entry?.lemma ?? link.surface,
+      transliteration: entry?.transliteration ?? '',
+      definition: entry?.definition ?? '',
+      language: entry?.language ?? strongLanguage(link.strong),
+    }
+    const current = linksByVerse.get(link.verse_id) ?? []
+    current.push(strongLink)
+    linksByVerse.set(link.verse_id, current)
+
+    const strongMatches = verseIdsByStrong.get(link.strong) ?? new Set<string>()
+    strongMatches.add(link.verse_id)
+    verseIdsByStrong.set(link.strong, strongMatches)
+  }
+
+  for (const links of linksByVerse.values()) {
+    links.sort((a, b) => a.position - b.position)
+  }
+
+  return { linksByVerse, verseIdsByStrong }
+}
+
+function strongLanguage(strong: string): 'Hebrew' | 'Greek' {
+  return strong.startsWith('H') ? 'Hebrew' : 'Greek'
+}
+
+function browserVerseKey(verse: Verse) {
+  return browserVerseSourceIds.get(verse.id) ?? ''
+}
+
+async function fetchJsonl<T>(url: string): Promise<T[]> {
+  const response = await fetch(url)
+  if (!response.ok) {
+    throw new Error(`Unable to load ${url}: ${response.status} ${response.statusText}`)
+  }
+
+  const text = await response.text()
+  return text
+    .split('\n')
+    .filter((line) => line.trim().length > 0)
+    .map((line) => JSON.parse(line) as T)
+}
diff --git a/vite.config.ts b/vite.config.ts
index 8b0f57b..840a3e8 100644
--- a/vite.config.ts
+++ b/vite.config.ts
@@ -4,4 +4,9 @@ import react from '@vitejs/plugin-react'
 // https://vite.dev/config/
 export default defineConfig({
   plugins: [react()],
+  server: {
+    fs: {
+      allow: ['..', 'W:/libre-bible-data'],
+    },
+  },
 })