'Step' in the Bible

David swore moreover, and said, "Your father knows well that I have found favor in your eyes; and he says, 'Don't let Jonathan know this, lest he be grieved:' but truly as Yahweh lives, and as your soul lives, there is but a step between me and death."

if my step has turned out of the way, if my heart walked after my eyes, if any defilement has stuck to my hands,